The Jungle Line Chords by Joni Mitchell
Tempo:
82.875 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
D
Ab
B
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gb]
Through so [Ab] walks [Db] on trumpet [C] [D]
paths Far [Ab] east to the heart of [Abm] all that jazz
[A] Through I-bars and [Eb] girders Through wires and [D] pipes
The mathematics [Bb] circuits of the modern [Ab] night
[B]
Through huts, through [C] Harlem Through jails and gospel [A]
pews
Through the class on par [Eb] and the [B] thrash [Bb] on vine
[E]
Through Europe and [Bb] the deep, deep [B] heart of [Bbm] Dixie Blue
[D]
Through savage progress [Bb] cuts [Ab] Through jungle and lime
[Abm]
In [Gb] a low-cut [Ab] plow she [C] brings the [D] beer Through soap paints a jungle [Bb] flower
Behind her ear [A]
Rose [Eb] cannibals, shuck and [D]
jive
They'll eat a working girl [Ab] like [Bb] her alive [Abm] With [B] his hard-edged [C] eyes and his steady [A] hands
He paints the cellar [Eb] full of [Abm] ferns [Bb] and orchid [E] vines
And he hangs a moon [Bb] above a [B] five [Bbm]-piece bag [D] He hangs it up [Bb] above the jungle line
The [Abm]
[Bb] [Gb]
jungle [Ab] line, [C] the jungle [D]
line Screaming [Bb] in a ritual of sound
[Ab]
[A] Floating, [Eb] drifting on the air-conditioned wind
[D] And drooling for a [Eb] taste of [Abm] something smuggled in
[B]
Pretty women [C] funneled through valves and [A] smoke
Coy and [Eb] bitchy, [B] [Eb] wild and [E]
fine And charging [B] elephants and chanting [Bb] slaving [D] boats
Charging, chanting [Gbm] down the [Bb] jungle line
[Ab]
[Gb] There's a poppy [Ab] wreath on [Db] a [C] soldier's tomb
[D] There's a poppy [Abm] snake in the dressing room [A]
Poppy [Eb] poised, poppy tourniquet
[D]
Slithers away [Bb] on brass like a mouthpiece
[Ab] [B] And metal skin [C] and ivory birds
[A] Go steaming [Eb] up [B] the [Bb] Luso's [E] vines They go steaming [B] up to the Brooklyn [Bb] Bridge
[D] Steaming, steaming, steaming [Bb] up the jungle line
Through so [Ab] walks [Db] on trumpet [C] [D]
paths Far [Ab] east to the heart of [Abm] all that jazz
[A] Through I-bars and [Eb] girders Through wires and [D] pipes
The mathematics [Bb] circuits of the modern [Ab] night
[B]
Through huts, through [C] Harlem Through jails and gospel [A]
pews
Through the class on par [Eb] and the [B] thrash [Bb] on vine
[E]
Through Europe and [Bb] the deep, deep [B] heart of [Bbm] Dixie Blue
[D]
Through savage progress [Bb] cuts [Ab] Through jungle and lime
[Abm]
In [Gb] a low-cut [Ab] plow she [C] brings the [D] beer Through soap paints a jungle [Bb] flower
Behind her ear [A]
Rose [Eb] cannibals, shuck and [D]
jive
They'll eat a working girl [Ab] like [Bb] her alive [Abm] With [B] his hard-edged [C] eyes and his steady [A] hands
He paints the cellar [Eb] full of [Abm] ferns [Bb] and orchid [E] vines
And he hangs a moon [Bb] above a [B] five [Bbm]-piece bag [D] He hangs it up [Bb] above the jungle line
The [Abm]
[Bb] [Gb]
jungle [Ab] line, [C] the jungle [D]
line Screaming [Bb] in a ritual of sound
[Ab]
[A] Floating, [Eb] drifting on the air-conditioned wind
[D] And drooling for a [Eb] taste of [Abm] something smuggled in
[B]
Pretty women [C] funneled through valves and [A] smoke
Coy and [Eb] bitchy, [B] [Eb] wild and [E]
fine And charging [B] elephants and chanting [Bb] slaving [D] boats
Charging, chanting [Gbm] down the [Bb] jungle line
[Ab]
[Gb] There's a poppy [Ab] wreath on [Db] a [C] soldier's tomb
[D] There's a poppy [Abm] snake in the dressing room [A]
Poppy [Eb] poised, poppy tourniquet
[D]
Slithers away [Bb] on brass like a mouthpiece
[Ab] [B] And metal skin [C] and ivory birds
[A] Go steaming [Eb] up [B] the [Bb] Luso's [E] vines They go steaming [B] up to the Brooklyn [Bb] Bridge
[D] Steaming, steaming, steaming [Bb] up the jungle line
Key:
Bb
D
Ab
B
Eb
Bb
D
Ab
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
Through so [Ab] walks [Db] on trumpet [C] _ _ [D]
paths Far [Ab] east to the heart of [Abm] all that jazz
_ _ [A] _ Through I-bars and [Eb] girders Through wires and [D] pipes
The mathematics [Bb] circuits of the modern [Ab] night
_ _ _ [B] _
Through huts, through [C] Harlem Through jails and gospel [A]
pews
Through the class on par [Eb] and the [B] thrash [Bb] on vine
[E]
Through Europe and [Bb] the deep, deep [B] heart of [Bbm] Dixie Blue
[D]
Through savage progress [Bb] cuts [Ab] Through jungle and lime
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
In _ [Gb] _ a low-cut [Ab] plow she [C] brings the [D] beer Through soap paints a jungle [Bb] flower
Behind her ear _ _ _ _ [A] _
Rose [Eb] cannibals, shuck and _ [D]
jive
They'll eat a working girl [Ab] like [Bb] her alive _ [Abm] With _ _ [B] _ his hard-edged [C] eyes and his steady [A] hands
He paints the cellar [Eb] full of [Abm] ferns [Bb] and orchid [E] vines
And he hangs a moon [Bb] above a [B] five [Bbm]-piece bag [D] He hangs it up [Bb] above the jungle line
The [Abm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
jungle [Ab] line, [C] the jungle _ [D]
line Screaming [Bb] in a ritual of sound
[Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ Floating, [Eb] drifting on the air-conditioned wind
[D] And drooling for a [Eb] taste of [Abm] something smuggled in
_ _ _ _ [B] _
Pretty women [C] funneled through valves and [A] smoke
Coy and [Eb] bitchy, [B] [Eb] wild and [E]
fine And charging [B] elephants and chanting [Bb] slaving [D] boats
_ Charging, chanting [Gbm] down the [Bb] jungle line _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ There's a poppy [Ab] wreath on [Db] a [C] soldier's tomb
[D] There's a poppy [Abm] snake in the dressing room _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Poppy [Eb] poised, poppy tourniquet
[D] _
_ Slithers away [Bb] on brass like a mouthpiece _
_ [Ab] _ _ [B] _ And metal skin [C] and ivory birds
[A] _ _ Go steaming [Eb] up [B] the [Bb] Luso's [E] vines They go _ steaming [B] up to the Brooklyn [Bb] Bridge
_ [D] Steaming, steaming, steaming [Bb] up the jungle line _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
Through so [Ab] walks [Db] on trumpet [C] _ _ [D]
paths Far [Ab] east to the heart of [Abm] all that jazz
_ _ [A] _ Through I-bars and [Eb] girders Through wires and [D] pipes
The mathematics [Bb] circuits of the modern [Ab] night
_ _ _ [B] _
Through huts, through [C] Harlem Through jails and gospel [A]
pews
Through the class on par [Eb] and the [B] thrash [Bb] on vine
[E]
Through Europe and [Bb] the deep, deep [B] heart of [Bbm] Dixie Blue
[D]
Through savage progress [Bb] cuts [Ab] Through jungle and lime
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
In _ [Gb] _ a low-cut [Ab] plow she [C] brings the [D] beer Through soap paints a jungle [Bb] flower
Behind her ear _ _ _ _ [A] _
Rose [Eb] cannibals, shuck and _ [D]
jive
They'll eat a working girl [Ab] like [Bb] her alive _ [Abm] With _ _ [B] _ his hard-edged [C] eyes and his steady [A] hands
He paints the cellar [Eb] full of [Abm] ferns [Bb] and orchid [E] vines
And he hangs a moon [Bb] above a [B] five [Bbm]-piece bag [D] He hangs it up [Bb] above the jungle line
The [Abm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
jungle [Ab] line, [C] the jungle _ [D]
line Screaming [Bb] in a ritual of sound
[Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ Floating, [Eb] drifting on the air-conditioned wind
[D] And drooling for a [Eb] taste of [Abm] something smuggled in
_ _ _ _ [B] _
Pretty women [C] funneled through valves and [A] smoke
Coy and [Eb] bitchy, [B] [Eb] wild and [E]
fine And charging [B] elephants and chanting [Bb] slaving [D] boats
_ Charging, chanting [Gbm] down the [Bb] jungle line _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ There's a poppy [Ab] wreath on [Db] a [C] soldier's tomb
[D] There's a poppy [Abm] snake in the dressing room _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Poppy [Eb] poised, poppy tourniquet
[D] _
_ Slithers away [Bb] on brass like a mouthpiece _
_ [Ab] _ _ [B] _ And metal skin [C] and ivory birds
[A] _ _ Go steaming [Eb] up [B] the [Bb] Luso's [E] vines They go _ steaming [B] up to the Brooklyn [Bb] Bridge
_ [D] Steaming, steaming, steaming [Bb] up the jungle line _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _