Chords for Joni Mitchell: Carey, 1972.02.23

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_ _ A couple of years ago I went to [Gb] Greece and I was traveling with a friend of mine, [G] _ a poetess named Penelope.
_ _ [A] And _ _ we were walking through the [G] streets of Athens and every place that we went people
would yell at us,
[Eb] E shipi shipi, matala matala, which means [G] hippy hippy, matala matala, seek your own
kind, there are lots of them there.
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_ So we showed up [Gb] in matala and _ [Eb] me with creases down the front of my jeans from the dry [A] cleaners, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ which was kind of [D] unhip, I had to wait a couple of days [G] to get a little more grimy and [Abm] wrinkled
before I was [Ab] truly accepted by [A] the society there.
_ _ _ _ Penelope and I were sitting on the beach with creases down the front of our jeans having
this picnic _ and _ [Gb] she doesn't like to eat the crust of her bread, you know, she's kind of
picky about [Am] some things like that.
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Me I don't eat orange [Ab] rinds, very seldom, you know. _
You squeeze [G] them together and light them, you know, they kind of burst into flame, that's
interesting [A] but eating them, that's another trip, you know.
So we had this little pile [Abm] of litter that was accumulating, that [Ab] and Mickey Mouse chocolate
bars because in Greece they had these great Mickey Mouse [A] chocolate bars, it said Mickey
Mouse [G] in Greek, [F] and on the inside there were all these trading cards [Ab] and as far as we knew
there were 160 [D] of them.
_ _ It was Donald Duck [G] and Mickey Mouse Pluto [Am] and Pinocchio with his [G] nose in several lengths,
you know, [A] and _ _ Cinderella, _ _ _ _ [D] oh there was everything.
[Am] _
_ _ _ So [Gb] I bought these chocolate bars, you know, just to kind of try them out before I realized
that there was a whole cult [G] sort of around them.
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So we picked up this little parcel [N] of litter you see that we had lying on the beach, Mickey
Mouse wrappers and orange peels and bread crusts, and we followed the strains of the
Beatles into this little restaurant called the [Eb] Delphini Restaurant and standing behind
the counter there was this great looking guy [G] with a mane of red hair and a little
gold heart in one ear and a little gold loop in the other ear and a soiled gray turban
on his head, [Am] supposedly a white turban. _
I soaked [B] it one night, overnight in [Ab] a bidet in a pension [A] in Athens and was evicted, [D] trying
to get all the [Am] grime of the East out of it.
_ _ But this time we were [Gm] strangers and I handed him this pile of litter and I said, listen,
what [G] can we do with this?
And he [Ab] took it out of my hands and with a really ferocious look he threw it all over
[G] the floor of the Delphini Restaurant.
_ [Am] He was the cook there. _ _ _
_ _ _ So I liked him immediately, [N] you know, and we became very good friends [Db] and for his birthday
I gave him ten [G] Mickey Mouse chocolate bars, eight [Eb] of which had new trading cards that
he didn't have yet, so he was very thrilled.
_ And I made him up this tune which goes, oh, Carrie, you're a [Db] mean old daddy but you're
out of sight.
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Hey, pal, [A] _ last night I couldn't sleep.
Oh, you [D] know it's your lease for a Juliet but [A] it's really not worth it.
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_ [A] _ I've got peach tar on my feet and I miss my [D] green linen and my [A]
fancy French cologne.
Oh, Carrie, get [D] out your game.
_ [A] _ I'll put on some silver.
Oh, you're a mean old daddy but [D] I like you.
Bye. _ _ _
_ _ _ Come on down to the Mermaid Cafe [A] and I will buy you a bottle of wine.
And we'll [D] laugh, we'll sing and [A] smash our empty glasses down.
[D] Let's have a round for these brinks of these [A] soldiers.
A round for these friends of mine.
Let's have another round.
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_ _ _ _ _ Oh, Carrie, get [D] out your game.
_ [A] _ I'll put on some silver.
_ Oh, you're a mean old daddy but I [D] like you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Maybe I'll go to Amsterdam.
[A] No, maybe I'll go to Rome. _
Rent me [D] a piano and put [A] some flowers round my room.
_ _ [D] But let's not talk about fairly [A] wells now.
The night is a starry dome and they're playing [D] that scratchy rock and [A] roll beneath the magdala _ _ moon.
Oh, Carrie, get out [D] your game.
_ [A] I'll put on my finest silver.
Go to the Mermaid Cafe, have fun [D] _ tonight. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The wind is in from Africa.
_ [A] The sea is full of sheep.
Oh, you know, it's hard [D] to leave you but [A] it's really not my house.
_ _ _ _ [D] Maybe it's been too [A] long, a term since I was scrambling down in the street.
Now [D] they got me used to that _ _ [A] fancy French cologne.
_ Oh, Carrie, get out [D] your game.
[A] Oh, I'll put on my finest silver.
Go to the Mermaid Cafe, have fun [D] tonight.
_ _ [A] I said, Wolf, you're a mean old daddy but [D] you're on the side. _
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