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Song title: Both Sides, Now
Original Album: Clouds (1969)
Words and Music by Joni Mitchell
Copyright © 1969 Reprise Records
Published by ???
Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)
NOTES:
Tuning is Open D (DADF#AD). In concert, JM capoes at the 5th fret. The
recording on "Clouds" sounds as if it's capoed at 4 but that might just be
how the recording came out. So, take your pick...
Chord names below are for Open D tuning with no capo. Capo 4 or 5 will mean
the chord names will change but the voicings are valid and are numbered
either from the nut (i.e. no capo) or the capo position. Timing is 4/4.
INTRO:
Chords:
Open D (capo 4) (capo 5)
D x0000x F# G
Gadd9 x2010x Badd9 Cadd9
INTRO figure:
D Gadd9 Gadd9|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-0________---0---0---0-------0--|-0________---0---0---0-------0--||-0________---0---0---1-------1--|-0________---0---0---1-------1--||-0________---0---0---0-------0--|-0________---0---0---0-------0--||-0________---0---0---2-------2--|-0________---0---0---2-------2--||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
D Gadd9 D Gadd9|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-0-----------0---0---0-------0--|-0-----------0---0---0-------0--||-0-----------0---0---1-------1--|-0-----------0---0---1-------1--||-0-----------0---0---0-------0--|-0-----------0---0---0-------0--||-0-----------0---0---2-------2--|-0-----------0---0---2-------2--||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
VERSE:
Notes:
A* is A(no 5th)
Chords:
Open D (capo 4) (capo 5)
D x0000x F# G
Gadd9 x2010x Badd9 Cadd9
A* x4030x C#* D*
A 6th int x0430x C# 6th int D 6th int
D 3rd int x500xx G 3rd int G# 3rd int
G#7 xx423x C7 C#7
Dsus4(add9) 002100 F#sus4(add9) Gsus4(add9)
s - slide
A* Gadd9 D Gadd9 A* D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-0-------0-------0-----------0--|-0-s-0-------0-------0---0------||-3-------3---3---1-----------0--|-1-s-3-------0-------0---0------||-0-------0---0---0-----------0--|-0-s-0-------0-------0---0------||-4-------4---4---2-----------0--|-2-s-4-------0-------0---0------||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
Rows and flows of an -gel hair, And
D 3rd interval A 6th interval Gadd9 D* D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-----------------0--------------|-0-----------------------0---0--||-0-------0-------3--------------|-1-----------0-----------0---0--||-0-------0-------4--------------|-0-----------0-----------0---0--||-5-------5-------0--------------|-2-----------5-----------0---0--||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
ice cream castles in the air
A 6th int. D Gadd9|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-0-------0-------0--------------|-0-----------0-------0---0------||-0-------3-------1--------------|-1-------1---1-------1---1------||-0-------4-------0--------------|-0-------0---0-------0---0------||-0-------0-------2--------------|-2-------2---2-------2---2------||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
And feather can - yons ev - vry-where: I've
Gadd9 Dsus4(add9)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-0-----------------------0---0--|--------------------------------||-1---1-------1-----------1---1--|--------------------------------||-0---0-------0-----------0---2--|--------------------------------||-2---2-------2-----------2---0--|--------------------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
looked at clouds that way
VERSE:
But now they only block the sun:
They rain and snow on everyone!
So many things I would have done,
But clouds got in my way.
CHORUS:
Chords:
Open D (capo 4) (capo 5)
D x0000x F# G
Gadd9 x2010x Badd9 Cadd9
A 6th int x0430x C# 6th int D 6th int
D 3rd int x500xx G 3rd int G# 3rd int
G#7 xx423x C7 C#7
Dsus4(add9) 002100 F#sus4(add9) Gsus4(add9)
A 6th int. Gadd9 D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------0------------------|-0------------------------------||-3-----------1------------------|-0---0---0---0-----------0------||-4-----------0------------------|-0---0---0---0-----------0------||-0-----------2------------------|-0---0---0---0-----------0------||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
I've
looked at clouds from both sides now, from
Gadd9 D Gadd9 D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-0---0-------0------------------|-0---0-------0---------------0--||-1---1-------0------------------|-1---1-------0---------------1--||-0---0-------0------------------|-0---0-------0---------------0--||-2---2-------0------------------|-2---2-------0---------------2--||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
up and down, and still, some how, it's
G#7 Gadd9|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-3---3---3-------0--------------|-0-------0----------------------||-2---2---2-------1--------------|-0-------0----------------------||-4---4---4-------0--------------|-0-------0----------------------||-----------------2--------------|-0-------0----------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
cloud il - lu - sions I re -call; I
Dsus4(add9)|--------------------------------|-0-------0-------0--------------||-0------------------------------|-0-----------0-------0----------||-3------------------------------|-1-----------------------1------||-0------------------------------|-2------------------------------||-4------------------------------|-0---------------------------0--||--------------------------------|-0------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
real - ly don't know clouds
Dsus4(add9) D Gadd9|-----------------0--------------|--------------------------------||-----------------0--------------|-0________---0---0---0-------0--||---------1-------1--------------|-0________---0---0---1-------1--||-2---------------2--------------|-0________---0---0---0-------0--||-----------------0--------------|-0________---0---0---2-------2--||-----------------0--------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
at all.
D Gadd9 D Gadd9|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||-0-----------0---0---0-------0--|-0-----------0---0---0-------0--||-0-----------0---0---1-------1--|-0-----------0---0---1-------1--||-0-----------0---0---0-------0--|-0-----------0---0---0-------0--||-0-----------0---0---2-------2--|-0-----------0---0---2-------2--||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
VERSE:
Moons and Junes and ferris-wheels,
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real:
I've looked at love that way.
VERSE:
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go,
And if you care, don't let them know;
Don't give yourself away.
CHORUS:
I've looked at love from both sides now,
From give and take, and still, somehow,
It's love's illusions I recall;
I really don't know love at all.
VERSE:
Tears and fears and feeling proud,
To say, "I love you," right out loud,
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds:
I've looked at life that way.
VERSE:
But now old friends are acting strange.
They shake their heads, they say, "I've changed."
Well, something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day.
CHORUS:
I've looked at life from both sides now,
From win and lose, and still, somehow,
It's life's illusions I recall;
I really don't know life at all.
CHORUS:
I've looked at life from both sides now,
From up and down, and still, somehow,
It's life's illusions I recall;
I really don't know life at all.
OUTRO:
[play out over INTRO figure]
[end on D]
