down to you: joni mitchell
by robin young (paperthinxhymn@gmail.com)
a: 002220
a/b: 022220
a7sus4: 002030
bm7: 024232
c/d: 000010
d: 000232
d/g: 3XX232
dm7: 000211
e: 022100
esus4: 022200
e/f#: 2XX100
f#m7: 2XX220
g: 3X0003
g/a: 003211
d - d/g - a
d d/g f#m7
everything comes and goes
g g/a d
marked by lovers and styles of clothes
d/g f#m7 e/f# f#m7
things that you held high and told yourself were true
e/f# g g/a d
lost or changin as the days come down to you
a e d/g
down to you, constant stranger;
g/a bm7
youre a kind person, youre a cold person too
a e g d/a esus4 e dm7
its down to you
d c/d
you go down to the pick-up station
cravin warmth and beauty
dm7 d c/d
you settle for less than fascination;
a few drinks later youre not so choosy
dm7 d c/d
when the closing lights strip off the shadows
on this strange new flesh you found
dm7 d c/d
clutching the night to you like a fig leaf,
you hurry to the blackness and the blankets
a7sus4
to lay down an impression and your loneliness
bm7 a/b bm7 a/b e bm7
d d/g
in the morning there are lovers in the street
f#m7
they look so high;
g g/a d
you brush against a stranger and you both apologize
d/g
old friends seem indiffrent;
f#m7 e/f# f#m7
you must have brought that on
g g/a am7 d em7 d
old bonds have broken down; love is gone
c em7 a
oh, love is gone
d/g c#m7
written on your spirit the sad song
f g c g/c d d/g a
love is gone
d d/g f#m7
everything comes and goes;
g
pleasure moves on too early
g/a d
and trouble leaves too slow
d/g
just when youre thinkin
f#m7 e/f# f#m7
youve finlly got it made
e/f# g
bad news comes knockin
g/a d
at your garden gate
a e d/g
knockin for you, constant stranger;
g/a
youre a brute, youre an angel
bm7
you can crawl, you can fly too
a e g
its down to you
d/a e esus4 e
it all comes down to you
