Nathan La Franeer chords by Joni Mitchell

Intro
Gm Dm Gm Dm

verse 1

Gm                 Dm
I hired a coach to take me from confusion to the plane
        Cm                 G
And though we shared a common space I know I'll never meet again
   Gm                Dm
The driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirror
  Cm                    G
I read his name and it was plainly written Nathan La Franeer
  Gm
I asked him would he hurry
     D
But we crawled the canyons slowly
       Dm
Through the buyers and the sellers
       C               G  C
Through the burglar bells and the wishing wells
   Gm        Bb  D7
With gangs and girly shows
       Gm
The ghostly garden grows

verse 2

   Gm                Dm
The cars and buses bustled thru the bedlam of the day
         Cm                  G
I looked through window-glass at streets and Nathan grumbled at the grey
  Gm               Dm
I saw an aging cripple selling Superman balloons
     Cm
The city grated through chrome-plate
          G
The clock struck slowly half-past-noon
       Gm
Through the tunnel tiled and turning
   D               Dm
Into daylight once again I am escaping

Once again goodbye
    C         G C
To symphonies and dirty trees
   Gm         Bb D7
With parks and plastic clothes
       Gm
The ghostly garden grows

verse 3

   Gm
He asked me for a dollar more
   Dm
He cursed me to my face
       Cm
He hated everyone who paid to ride
    G
And share his common space
  Gm
I picked my bags up from the curb
   Dm
And stumbled to the door
    Cm
Another man reached out his hand
     G
Another hand reached out for more
    Gm
And I filled it full of silver
    D
And I left the fingers counting
     Dm
And the sky goes on forever
     C           G C
Without meter maids and peace parades

    Gm       Bb D7
You feed it all your woes
       Gm
The ghostly garden grows
   Gm       Bb D7
You feed it all your woes
       Gm
The ghostly garden grows