Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell (1967)
Gentle strumming in 4/4 or
Inside/Outside Fingerpicking Pattern
|----------M-----------M-|
|----I-----------I-------|
|-T-----------T----------|
|-------T-----------T----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro:
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G] Bows and [Am] flows of | [C] angel [G↑] hair
And | [G] ice cream [Gmaj7] castles | [C] in the [G↑] air
And | [G] feather [C] canyons | [Am] everywhere |
| [Am] . I've looked at clouds that | [D] way |
| [G] . But now they [Am] only | [C] block the [G↑] sun
They | [G] rain and [Gmaj7] snow on | [C] every- [G↑] one
So | [G] many [C] things I | [Am] would have done
| [Am] . But clouds got in my | [D] way |
Chorus
| [G] . I've looked at [Am] clouds from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] up and [G↑] down, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] clouds il- [C] lusions | [G] I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] clouds... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G] Moons and [Am] Junes and | [C] ferris [G↑] wheels
The | [G] dizzy [Gmaj7] dancing | [C] way you [G↑] feel
As | [G] every [C] fairy- | [Am] tale comes real |
| [Am] I've looked at [C] love that | [D] way |
| [G] . But now it's [Am] just a- | [C] nother [G↑] show
You | [G] leave 'em [Gmaj7] laughin' | [C] when you [G↑] go
And | [G] if you [C] care | [Am] don't let them know |
| [Am] Don't give [C] yourself a- | [D] way
Chorus
I've | [G] looked at [Am] love from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] give and [G↑] take, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] love's il- [C] lusions | [G] . I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] love... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G] Tears and [Am] fears and | [C] feeling [G↑] proud
To | [G] say "I [Gmaj7] love you" | [C] right out [G↑] loud |
| [G] Dreams and [C] schemes | [Am] and circus crowds |
| [Am] I've looked at [C] life that | [D] way |
| . [G] But now old [Am] friends are | [C] acting [G↑] strange
They | [G] shake their [Gmaj7] heads, they | [C] say I've [G↑] changed
Well | [G] something's [C] lost | [Am] . but something's gained |
| [Am] . In living every | [D] day
Chorus
I've | [G] looked at [Am] life from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] win and [G↑] lose, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] life's il- [C] lusions | [G] I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] love... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play with Judy Collins' version.
#Retune 1/2 step lower to F# to play with Joni Mitchell's original.
#Last Updated 01/05/23 JJ
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Joni Mitchell (1967)
Gentle strumming in 4/4 or
Inside/Outside Fingerpicking Pattern
|----------M-----------M-|
|----I-----------I-------|
|-T-----------T----------|
|-------T-----------T----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro:
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G] Bows and [Am] flows of | [C] angel [G↑] hair
And | [G] ice cream [Gmaj7] castles | [C] in the [G↑] air
And | [G] feather [C] canyons | [Am] everywhere |
| [Am] . I've looked at clouds that | [D] way |
| [G] . But now they [Am] only | [C] block the [G↑] sun
They | [G] rain and [Gmaj7] snow on | [C] every- [G↑] one
So | [G] many [C] things I | [Am] would have done
| [Am] . But clouds got in my | [D] way |
Chorus
| [G] . I've looked at [Am] clouds from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] up and [G↑] down, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] clouds il- [C] lusions | [G] I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] clouds... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G] Moons and [Am] Junes and | [C] ferris [G↑] wheels
The | [G] dizzy [Gmaj7] dancing | [C] way you [G↑] feel
As | [G] every [C] fairy- | [Am] tale comes real |
| [Am] I've looked at [C] love that | [D] way |
| [G] . But now it's [Am] just a- | [C] nother [G↑] show
You | [G] leave 'em [Gmaj7] laughin' | [C] when you [G↑] go
And | [G] if you [C] care | [Am] don't let them know |
| [Am] Don't give [C] yourself a- | [D] way
Chorus
I've | [G] looked at [Am] love from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] give and [G↑] take, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] love's il- [C] lusions | [G] . I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] love... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G] Tears and [Am] fears and | [C] feeling [G↑] proud
To | [G] say "I [Gmaj7] love you" | [C] right out [G↑] loud |
| [G] Dreams and [C] schemes | [Am] and circus crowds |
| [Am] I've looked at [C] life that | [D] way |
| . [G] But now old [Am] friends are | [C] acting [G↑] strange
They | [G] shake their [Gmaj7] heads, they | [C] say I've [G↑] changed
Well | [G] something's [C] lost | [Am] . but something's gained |
| [Am] . In living every | [D] day
Chorus
I've | [G] looked at [Am] life from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] win and [G↑] lose, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] life's il- [C] lusions | [G] I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] love... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play with Judy Collins' version.
#Retune 1/2 step lower to F# to play with Joni Mitchell's original.
#Last Updated 01/05/23 JJ
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