Cactus Tree Chords by Joni Mitchell
- Key: Db
- BPM: 91
- Capo: no capo
TEMPO FORTE
CACTUS TREE ACORDES
[Start] [Verse] Db B Db B ■ ■ ■ ■ Db B There's a man who's been out sailing in a decade full of dreams Db B Gb And he takes her to a schooner and he treats her like a queen B Gb B Bearing beads from California with their amber stones and green Gb He has called her from the harbor B Gb He has kissed her with his freedom B Gb He has heard her off to starboard B Dbsus4 Gb Dbsus4 In the breaking and the breathing of the water weeds Gb B Gb B Gb While she was busy bein' free ■ [Chorus] Gb There's a man who's climbed a mountain B And he's calling out her name Gb B Gb And he hopes her heart can hear three zero miles he calls again Gbsus4 B Gb B He can think her there beside him he can miss her just the same [Verse] Gb He has missed her in the forest B Gb While he showed her all the flowers B Gb And the branches sang the chorus B Gb Dbsus4 As he climbed the scaly towers of a forest tree Gb Gbsus4 Gb B Gb While she was somewhere bein' free ■ ■ [Chorus] B There's a man who sent a letter and he's waiting for reply Gb B Gb He has asked her of her travels since the day they said goodbye Gbsus4 B Gb B He writes Wish you were beside me we could make it if we try [Verse] Gb He has seen her at the office B Gb With her name on all his papers B Gb Through the sharing of the profits B Dbsus4 Gb Dbsus4 He will find it hard to shake her from these memories Gb Gbsus4 Gb And she's so busy bein' free [Chorus] Gb There's a lady in the city and she thinks she loves them all B There's the one who's thinking of her Gb There's the one who sometimes calls B There's the one who writes her letters Gbmaj7 Gb B With his facts and figures scrawl [Verse] Gb She has brought them to her senses B Gb They have laughed inside her laughter B Gb Now she rallies her defenses B Dbsus4 Gb Dbsus4 For she fears that one will ask her for eternity ■ Gb B Gb And she's so busy bein' free Gb There's a man who sends her medals Gb He is bleeding from the war Gb There's a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store [Chorus] Gbsus4 There's a drummer and a dreamer Gb B And you know there may be more Gb She will love them when she sees them B Gb They will lose her if they follow B Gb And she only means to please them B Dbsus4 Gb Dbsus4 And her heart is full and hollow like a cactus tree Gbsus4 B Gb B Gb While she's so busy bein' free ■ [Outro] Dbsus4 Like a cactus tree B Bein' free Gb B Gb B Gb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]