Guitar Tab for That Song About The Midway by Joni Mitchell
That Song About The Midway - Joni Mitchell
Found on:
Archives - Volume 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971)(2021-11-12)
The Reprise Albums (1968–1971)(2021-06-25)
Both Sides Now: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970(2017)
The Studio Albums: 1968–1979(2013-02-12)
BBC In Concert(2004)
1970-10-28: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK(1990)
The World of Joni Mitchell(1989)
Clouds(1969)
Philadelphia Folk Festival(1968-08-23)
Live at Carnegie Hall - 1969
The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)
Tuning: DADEAD (Joni tuning x75255), Capo on 2nd fret
Time Signature: 4/4
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I
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met you on a midway at a
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fair last year
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and you stood out like a
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ru- by in a black man's
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ear you were
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playing on the horses you were
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playing on the guitar strings you were
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playing like the devil wearing
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wings wearing
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wings you looked so grand wearing
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wi -i -i -i -ings
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do you tape them to your
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shoulders just to sing
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can you fly I heard you
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can can you fly -y -y -y
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-y like an
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eagle doin' your huntin' from the
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sky
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Repeat from the 5th measure for the next two verses. But the last
verse ends differently. From last measure of the verse, it goes like
this:
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.....found cause I'm
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midway down the miiiiiiiid-
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way slowin'
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down down
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down down
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The rest of the words:
I followed with the sideshows
to another town
And I found you in a trailer on the
camping grounds
You were betting on some lover you were
shaking up the dice
And I thought I saw you cheating
once or twice
Once or twice, I heard your bid
Once or twice
Were you wondering was the gamble
worth the price
Pack it in, I heard you did
Pack it in
Was it hard to fold a hand
you knew could win
So lately you've been hiding
it was somewhere in the news
And I'm still at these races with my
ticket stubs and my blues
And a voice calls out the numbers
And it sometimes mentions mine
And I feel like I've been working
overtime
Overtime, I've lost my fire
Overtime
Always playin' one more hand
for one more dime
Slowin' down, I'm gettin tired
Slowin' down
And I envy you the valley
that you've found
Cause I'm midway down the midway
Slowin' down, down, down, down
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