#------------PLEASE NOTE------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------## Date:   Tue 5 Sep 1995 21:01:55 -1000 > LADIES OF THE CANYON- Joni Mitchell Tuning: Gmadd4 Gadd9    Cadd4 Cadd4 Trina wears her wampum beads she fills her drawing book with line Sewing lace on windows’ weeds and filigree on leaf and vine C7add4  C9add4    C6add4 C6add9 C7add4  C9add4 A6/7sus4 Vine and leaf are filligree and her coat’s a secondhand one Trimmed in antique luxury she is a lady of the canyon Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do     Annie sits you down to eat she always makes you welcome in  Cats and babies round her feet and all are fat and none are thin None are thin and all are fat she may bake some brownies today Saying you are welcome back she is another canyon lady Do do do do do do do la la la la la la la la la la la la la Estrella circus girl comes wrapped in songs and gypsy shawls Songs like tiny hammers hurled at beveled mirrors in empty halls Empty halls and beveled mirrors sailing seas and climbing banyans Come out for a visit here to be a lady of the canyon Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do Trina takes her paints and her threads and she weaves a pattern all her own Annie bakes her cakes and her breads and she gathers flowers for her home For her home she gathers flowers and Estrella dear companion Colors up the sunshine hours pouring music down the canyon Do do do do do do do la la la la la la la la la la la la la Coloring the sunshine hours they are the ladies of the canyon Gmadd4 Gadd9     Cadd4   CHORDS: E -0--0------0------0------0------0-------2---------x----x----x---| C -0--0------0------0------0------0-------2--------10----7----5---| F -2--0------0------0------0------0-------2---------9----6----4---| D -2--2------3------0------2------0-------2--------10----7----5---| G -0--0------3------3------2------2-------2---------0----0----0---| C -0--0------0------0------0------0-------x---------x----x----x---| NOTE:  Thanks to Howard Wright for figuring these chords out.