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Version 1People’s Party- Joni Mitchell Tabbed by Robin Young *Tuning: DADF#AD* A7sus4: X02100 Bm7: X20000 C: 10-10-10-10-10-10 D: 000000 D/A: X00000 Dmaj9: 077777 Em7: X22120 F: 333333 G: 555555 Intro: Bm7 – Em7 D/A - A7sus4 – D/A – A7sus4 G – F – D Dmaj9 D G All the people at this par-ty They’ve got a lot of style D C They’ve got stamps of many coun-tries They’ve got passport smiles Bm7 Some are friend-ly, some are cutting Em7 Some are watch-ing it from the wings D/A A7sus4 D/A Some are stand-ing in the cen- - ter A7sus4 Giving to get something Dmaj9 G Photo beauty gets at-ten- tion D Then her eye paint’s running down C She’s got a rose in her teeth And a lampshade crown Bm7 One minute she’s so happy Em7 Then she’s cry-ing on someone’s knee D/A A7sus4 Saying, “Laugh-ing and cry-ing D/A A7sus4 You know, it’s the same release” Dmaj9 I told you when I met you G I was cra-zy D Cry for us all, beauty C Cry for Eddie in the cor-ner Thinking he’s nobody Bm7 And Jack behind his joker Em7 And stone-cold Grace behind her fan D/A A7sus4 D/A And me in my frightened si- - -lence A7sus4 Thinking I don’t understand Dmaj9 G I feel like I’m sleep- ing D Can you wake me? C You seem to have a broad-er sensibility Bm7 I’m just liv-ing on nerves and feelings Em7 With a weak and a lazy mind D/A A7sus4 D/A And com-ing to people’s par- - ties A7sus4 Fumb-ling deaf, dumb, and blind Dmaj9 I wish I had more sense of humor G F D Keeping the sad- -ness at bay D C Throwing the lightness on these things Bm7 Em7 D/A A7sus4 D/A A7sus4 Laughing it all away (3x) G F D Laugh-ing it all away