Carey
Joni Mitchell, 1971


      General Groove
4/4 | D - - u D - - u |
      1   2 & 3   4 &

Intro
| [F] | [C] [G] | [F] [C] | [G] [C] |

The | [C] wind is in from | Africa |
| [G] Last night I couldn't | sleep
Oh you know it | [F] sure is hard to | [C] leave here Carey
But it's really | [G] not my home | [Gsus4] [G] |

| [C] My fingernails are fil- | thy
I've got | [G] beach tar on my | feet
And I | [F] miss my clean white | [C] linen
And my fancy | [G] French cologne | [Gsus4][G]

Chorus
Oh | [G] Carey get out your cane | [C] (Carey get out your...) |
| [C] I'll put on some | [G] silver (I'll put on some...) |
| [F] Oh you're a mean old | [C] Daddy but [G] I like |                     
| [C] you   | [Csus4]  [C]   | [Csus4] | [Csus4] [C]

Come on | [C] down to the Mermaid | Café
And I will | [G] buy you a bottle of | wine
And we'll | [F] laugh and toast to | [C] nothing
And smash our | [G] empty glasses | [Gsus4] down [G]

Let's have a | [C] round for these freaks and | these soldiers
A | [G] round for these friends of | mine
Let's have another | [F] round for the bright red | [C] devil
Who keeps me | [G] in this tourist town | [Gsus4][G]

Chorus
Oh | [G] Carey get out your | [C] cane (Carey get out your...) |
| [C] I'll put on some | [G] silver (I'll put on some...) |
| [F] Oh you're a mean old | [C] Daddy but [G] I like |                       
| [C] you, I like you, I | like you, I like | [Csus4] | [Csus4] [C]

| [C] Maybe I'll go to | Amsterdam
Or | [G] maybe I'll go to | Rome
And | [F] rent me a grand pi- | [C]ano
And put some flowers | [G] 'round my room | [Gsus4][G]

But | [C] let's not talk about | fare-thee-wells now
The | [G] night is a starry | dome
And they're | [F] playin' that scratchy | [C] rock and roll
Beneath the | [G] Matalla Moon | [Gsus4][G]

Chorus
Oh | [G] Carey get out your cane | [C] (Carey get out your...) |
| [C] I'll put on some | [G] silver (I'll put on some...) |
| [F] Oh you're a mean old | [C] Daddy but [G] I like |                     
| [C] you   | [Csus4]  [C]   | [Csus4] | [Csus4] [C]

The | [C] wind is in from | Africa |
| [G] Last night I couldn't | sleep
Oh you know it | [F] sure is hard to | [C] leave here
But it's really not | [G] my home | [Gsus4][G] |

| [C] Maybe it's been too | long a time
Since I was | [G] scramblin' down in the | street
Now they got me | [F] used to that clean white | [C] linen
And that fancy | [G] French cologne | [Gsus4][G]

Chorus
Oh | [G] Carey get out your | [C] cane (Carey get out your...) |
| [C] I'll put on my finest | [G] silver (I'll put on some...) |
| [F] We'll go to the mermaid | [C] Café have [G] fun to- |                     
| [C] night   | [C]
I said | [F] oh you're a mean old | [C] Daddy but [G] you're out of |
| [C] sight | [Csus4]  [C]   | [Csus4] | [C↓]

#Capo on 1st fret to play along with Joni Mitchell.

#Last Updated 07/06/20 JJ
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