Chords for Joni Mitchell - Little Green (Live NYC 1967)
Tempo:
81.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Well I began playing guitar like a lot of folk people on the ukulele and in the
beginning I had a ukulele peep song instruction book or something like that
which I used to take to parties with me and sit in the corner all night and practice
F chords and D chords and making the change from one to the other.
I used to
annoy a lot of people because I just sit off there and be anti-social [A] and slave
away at this thing.
They thought I was working but I really wasn't.
[A] [E]
People began to [Am] sing folk music at our [B] parties up at the lakes in Saskatchewan.
We used to sit around campfires and sing.
[E]
I [Em] stumbled into it by accident.
I was [E] very very serious about my art and not
very serious about my music and then suddenly my art has become whimsy to me.
My music has become serious and I think when it becomes less serious it'll be better.
[Em] [E]
[C]
[N]
[Ab]
[C] [A]
[C]
[D] [G]
[Eb] [F]
I've made her [G] agree, be a gypsy dancer.
[C]
He [G] went to California, [C] hearing [G] that everything's water [C] there.
So you [Eb] write him a letter and her eyes are blue.
[F] He sends you a poem and she's lost to [G] you.
A little green, be a non-conformer.
Just a little [F] green, [Eb] like the color when [C] the spring is born.
[C] There'll be crocuses [Dm] to bring to [C] school tomorrow.
[B] Just a little [F] green, [F] like the nights when northern lights [C] perform.
There'll [B] be bicycles and [A] birthday coals and sometimes there'll be sorrow.
[C]
Child with [G] a child pretending,
[C] weary [D] of lies you are [G] sending home.
So [Eb] you sign all the papers for the family name.
[F] You're sad and you're sorry but you're not [G] ashamed.
A little green, have a happy [C] ending.
Just a little [F] green, like the color when the spring [C] is born.
There'll be crocuses [A] to bring to school [D] tomorrow.
Just a little [F] green, like the nights when northern [C] lights perform.
There'll be bicycles [A] and birthday coals and sometimes there'll be sorrow.
[C]
Born [G] with a mooning cancer.
[C]
Choose her [D] a name she will [G]
answer to.
[Eb] Color green and the winters cannot fade her.
Color [F] green for the children who have made [G] her.
Color green, be a juicy dancer.
Color green, be a juicy dancer.
[C] [C] [D]
[G]
beginning I had a ukulele peep song instruction book or something like that
which I used to take to parties with me and sit in the corner all night and practice
F chords and D chords and making the change from one to the other.
I used to
annoy a lot of people because I just sit off there and be anti-social [A] and slave
away at this thing.
They thought I was working but I really wasn't.
[A] [E]
People began to [Am] sing folk music at our [B] parties up at the lakes in Saskatchewan.
We used to sit around campfires and sing.
[E]
I [Em] stumbled into it by accident.
I was [E] very very serious about my art and not
very serious about my music and then suddenly my art has become whimsy to me.
My music has become serious and I think when it becomes less serious it'll be better.
[Em] [E]
[C]
[N]
[Ab]
[C] [A]
[C]
[D] [G]
[Eb] [F]
I've made her [G] agree, be a gypsy dancer.
[C]
He [G] went to California, [C] hearing [G] that everything's water [C] there.
So you [Eb] write him a letter and her eyes are blue.
[F] He sends you a poem and she's lost to [G] you.
A little green, be a non-conformer.
Just a little [F] green, [Eb] like the color when [C] the spring is born.
[C] There'll be crocuses [Dm] to bring to [C] school tomorrow.
[B] Just a little [F] green, [F] like the nights when northern lights [C] perform.
There'll [B] be bicycles and [A] birthday coals and sometimes there'll be sorrow.
[C]
Child with [G] a child pretending,
[C] weary [D] of lies you are [G] sending home.
So [Eb] you sign all the papers for the family name.
[F] You're sad and you're sorry but you're not [G] ashamed.
A little green, have a happy [C] ending.
Just a little [F] green, like the color when the spring [C] is born.
There'll be crocuses [A] to bring to school [D] tomorrow.
Just a little [F] green, like the nights when northern [C] lights perform.
There'll be bicycles [A] and birthday coals and sometimes there'll be sorrow.
[C]
Born [G] with a mooning cancer.
[C]
Choose her [D] a name she will [G]
answer to.
[Eb] Color green and the winters cannot fade her.
Color [F] green for the children who have made [G] her.
Color green, be a juicy dancer.
Color green, be a juicy dancer.
[C] [C] [D]
[G]
Key:
C
G
F
A
D
C
G
F
Well I began playing guitar like a lot of folk people on the ukulele and in the
beginning I had a ukulele peep song instruction book or something like that
which I used to take to parties with me and sit in the corner all night and practice
F chords and D chords and making the change from one to the other.
I used to
annoy a lot of people because I just sit off there and be anti-social [A] and slave
away at this thing.
They thought I was working but I really wasn't.
[A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ People began to [Am] sing folk music at our [B] parties up at the lakes in Saskatchewan.
We used to sit around campfires and sing.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I [Em] stumbled into it by accident.
I was [E] very very serious about my art and not
very serious about my music and then suddenly my art has become whimsy to me.
My music has become serious and I think when it becomes less serious it'll be better.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ I've made her [G] _ agree, _ be a gypsy dancer.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ He [G] went to California, _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ hearing [G] that everything's water [C] there.
_ So you [Eb] write him a letter and her eyes are blue.
[F] He sends you a poem and she's lost to [G] you.
A little green, _ be a non-conformer.
Just a little [F] green, [Eb] like the color when [C] the spring is born.
[C] There'll be crocuses [Dm] to bring to [C] school tomorrow.
_ [B] Just a little [F] green, [F] like the nights when northern lights [C] perform. _ _
There'll [B] be bicycles and [A] birthday coals and sometimes there'll be sorrow.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ Child with [G] a child pretending, _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ weary [D] of lies you are [G] sending home.
So [Eb] you sign all the papers for the family name.
[F] You're sad and you're sorry but you're not [G] ashamed.
A little green, have a happy [C] ending.
_ Just a little [F] green, like the color when the spring [C] is born. _
There'll be crocuses [A] to bring to school [D] tomorrow.
_ Just a little [F] green, like the nights when northern [C] lights perform.
_ _ _ There'll be bicycles [A] and birthday coals and sometimes there'll be sorrow.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Born [G] with a mooning cancer.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ Choose her [D] a name she will [G]
answer to.
_ [Eb] Color green and the winters cannot fade her.
Color [F] green for the children who have made [G] her.
Color green, _ be a juicy dancer. _
_ _ Color green, _ be a juicy dancer.
[C] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
beginning I had a ukulele peep song instruction book or something like that
which I used to take to parties with me and sit in the corner all night and practice
F chords and D chords and making the change from one to the other.
I used to
annoy a lot of people because I just sit off there and be anti-social [A] and slave
away at this thing.
They thought I was working but I really wasn't.
[A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ People began to [Am] sing folk music at our [B] parties up at the lakes in Saskatchewan.
We used to sit around campfires and sing.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I [Em] stumbled into it by accident.
I was [E] very very serious about my art and not
very serious about my music and then suddenly my art has become whimsy to me.
My music has become serious and I think when it becomes less serious it'll be better.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ I've made her [G] _ agree, _ be a gypsy dancer.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ He [G] went to California, _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ hearing [G] that everything's water [C] there.
_ So you [Eb] write him a letter and her eyes are blue.
[F] He sends you a poem and she's lost to [G] you.
A little green, _ be a non-conformer.
Just a little [F] green, [Eb] like the color when [C] the spring is born.
[C] There'll be crocuses [Dm] to bring to [C] school tomorrow.
_ [B] Just a little [F] green, [F] like the nights when northern lights [C] perform. _ _
There'll [B] be bicycles and [A] birthday coals and sometimes there'll be sorrow.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ Child with [G] a child pretending, _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ weary [D] of lies you are [G] sending home.
So [Eb] you sign all the papers for the family name.
[F] You're sad and you're sorry but you're not [G] ashamed.
A little green, have a happy [C] ending.
_ Just a little [F] green, like the color when the spring [C] is born. _
There'll be crocuses [A] to bring to school [D] tomorrow.
_ Just a little [F] green, like the nights when northern [C] lights perform.
_ _ _ There'll be bicycles [A] and birthday coals and sometimes there'll be sorrow.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Born [G] with a mooning cancer.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ Choose her [D] a name she will [G]
answer to.
_ [Eb] Color green and the winters cannot fade her.
Color [F] green for the children who have made [G] her.
Color green, _ be a juicy dancer. _
_ _ Color green, _ be a juicy dancer.
[C] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _