Chinese Cafe - Unchained Melody chords by Joni Mitchell

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Verse 1:
D                    G
Caught in the middle
Carol, we're middle class
               Am7
We're middle-aged, we were wild in the old days
           G     Em
Birth of rock n' roll days, now your kids are coming up straight
C            Am7            G
My child's a stranger
I bore her but I could not raise her




🎸 Pre-Chorus:
          Em
Nothing lasts for long
          D
Nothing lasts for long
          C6
Nothing lasts for long

🎸 Chorus:
Am7
Down at the Chinese Café
Em
We'd be dreaming on our dimes
Em
We'd be playing
C    Am7     F
"Oh my love, my darling"
F
One more time

🎸 Verse 2:
D                    G
Uranium money is booming in the old hometown now
            Am7             G
It's putting up sleek concrete, tearing the old landmarks down now
          Em               C6
Paving over brave little parks, ripping off Indian land again
Am7                 G
How long, how long, short-sighted business man?

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
        Em
Ah, nothing lasts for long
        D
Nothing lasts for long
        C6
Nothing lasts for long

🎸 Chorus:
Am7
Down at the Chinese Café
Em
We'd be dreaming on our dimes
         C       Am7     F
We'd be playing, "You give your love so sweetly"
      D
One more time

🎸 Verse 3:
D                  G
Christmas is sparkling out on Carol's lawn
              Am7           G
This girl of my childhood games with kids nearly grown and gone
      Em         C6
Grown so fast like the turn of a page
       Am7          G
We look like our mothers did now when we were those kids' age

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
         Em
Nothing lasts for long
          D
Nothing lasts for long
          C6
Nothing lasts for long

🎸 Chorus:
Am7
Down at the Chinese Café
      Em
We'd be dreaming on our dimes
Em
We'd be playing
C    Am7     F
"Oh my love, my darling
G           C
I've hungered for your touch
Am7      G
A long lonely time
C       Am7    F
And time goes by so slowly
G         C
And time can do so much
Am7       Em
Are you still mine?
C       G
I need your love
Am7
I need your love
F     G  D
God speed your love to me"

🎸 Outro:
(Time goes - where does the time go
I wonder where the time goes)