Joni Mitchell - Good Friends

good friends

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i have to come and see you – –

maybe once or twice a year – –

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i think nothing would suit me better

( right now )

than some downtown atmosphere . . .

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in the dance halls and the galleries

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or betting in the otb

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synchro nized – – like magic

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good friends you and me

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the sun goes down in jersey

E/A A
rises over little italy – –

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we could talk it up ’til the block gets up

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mmmm mmmm swapping stories

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sitting around in some all night zoo

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watching it run like a movie

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synchronized – – like magic

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good friends you and me

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no hearts of gold

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no nerves of steel

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no blame for what we can and cannot feel

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E/A A
but now it’s cloak and dagger

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walk on eggshells and analyze

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every particle of difference oooo oooo

gets like mountains in our eyes

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you say , “you’re unscrupulous!”

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you say , “you’re naive!”

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synchro nized – – like magic

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good friends you and me

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no hearts of gold

D D/A
no nerves of steel

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no blame for what we can and cannot feel

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sometimes change comes at you

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like a broadside accident

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there is chaos to the order

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random things you can’t prevent

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there could be trouble around the corner

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there could be beauty down the street

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synchronized – – like magic

D/A
good friends you and me

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no hearts of gold

D D/A
no nerves of steel

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no blame for what we can and cannot feel

Bm7 D/F#
no nerves of steel

D D/A
no hearts of gold

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no blame for what we can and can’t con trol

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good friends you and me

good friends you and me

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peter kruger
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