The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines Chords by Joni Mitchell

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_ [Gb] I'm down to roll the dice, [F] forking the clops atop, keep hearing bells all around, jingle
in the lucky jackpots, they keep you tantalized, they keep [Ab] you reaching for your wallet here
in fool's paradise.
I talked to a cat from Des Moines, he said he ran a clean eight plan, that [Bb] cat was flanking
with coin, well he must have had a [A] genie in a lamp, cause every time I [F] dropped a dime
I blew it, he kept bringing bells, nothing to it, he got three oranges, three lemons,
[Db] three cherries, three plums, I'm losing my taste for fruit, watching the dry cleaner
do it, I'd find us in a polyester suit, [Db] it's all luck, it's just luck, [Bbm] get a little lucky
and you'll make a little money.
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_ [Bb] I followed him down the strip, [G] at the blue turkey circus where the [Eb] gobblers filled the
room with their big balloons, [Bb] the cleaner was pitching with purpose, [E] he had dinos [F] and
blue bears and lions, pink and blue there, he couldn't [Bb] lose there. _ _
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_ _ [F] He was [Bb] snorkeling with chips, [A] breaking off the tables, [F] ringing the vendors' [G] bells, this
is a story that's a drag [Bb] to tell, in some places I lost every dime [Gb] I laid on the line,
[C] but the cleaner from Des [F] Moines, he put a coin in the [Db] door of the joint, he gave it
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