{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":606539,"song":"Cactus Tree","artist":"Joni Mitchell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572705-cactus-tree-chords-by-joni-mitchell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/606539?type=chord","rating":4.72924,"votes":70,"content":"CACTUS TREE by Joni Mitchell\r\n\r\nThis is taken from a BBC video recording of a 1970 live performance, so it may\r\ndiffer slightly from the album version. Joni never sings a song quite the same\r\nway twice.\r\n\r\nOpen D tuning (D A D F# A D)\r\nCapo IV, all chords listed relative to capo\r\n\r\nChords: \r\n[ch]D[/ch] [OOOOOO]\r\n[ch]Asus4[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch] [O4O3OX]\r\n[ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch] [O2O1OO]\r\n[ch]D/A[/ch] [XO43O4]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch](no 3) [XO21O2]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro:]\r\n[[ch]Asus4[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]Asus4[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][[ch]Asus4[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]]\r\nThere's a man who's been out sailing in a decade full of dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]Asus4[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]D/A[/ch], [ch]A7[/ch](no3)]\r\nAnd he takes her to his schooner and he treats her like a queen[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]Asus4[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]Asus4[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]]\r\nBearing beads from California with their amber stones and green[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]D[/ch]]\r\nHe has called her from the harbor, he has kissed her with his freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]A7[/ch](no3)]\r\nHe has heard her off to starboard, in the breaking and the breathing[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]D/A[/ch], [ch]A7[/ch](no3), [ch]Asus4[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]Gadd9[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]D[/ch]]\r\nOf the water weeds, and she's so busy being free[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere's a man who's climbed a mountain and he's calling out her name\r\nAnd he hopes her heart can hear three thousand miles, he calls again\r\nHe can think her there beside him, he can miss her just the same\r\nHe has missed her in the forest while he showed her all the flowers\r\nAnd the branches sang the chorus as he climbed the scaley towers\r\nOf a forest tree, while she was somewhere being free\r\n\r\nThere's a man who's sent a letter and he's waiting for reply\r\nHe has asked her of her travels, since the day they said goodbye\r\nHe writes, wish you were beside me, we can make it if we try\r\nHe has seen her at the office, with her name on all his papers\r\nThrough the sharing of the profits he will find it hard to shake her\r\nFrom his memory, and she's so busy being free\r\n\r\nThere's a lady in the city and she thinks she loves them all\r\nThere's the one who's thinking of her, there's the one who sometimes calls\r\nThere's the one who writes her letters with his facts and figures scrawl\r\nShe has brought them to her senses, they have laughed inside her laughter\r\nNow she rallies her defenses, for she fears that one will ask her\r\nFor eternity, and she's so busy being free\r\n\r\nThere's a man who sends her medals, he is bleeding from the war\r\nThere's a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store\r\nThere's a drummer and a dreamer, and you know there may be more\r\nShe will love them when she sees them, they will lose her if they follow\r\nAnd she only means to please them and her heart is full and hollow\r\nLike a cactus tree, while she's so busy being free\r\n\r\nNotes:\r\n> The right hand is Travis-style fingerpicking. I haven't quite exactly nailed it\r\ndown yet, but a basic three-finger picking pattern seems to work just fine.\r\n> Sometimes (including the intro at the beginning), Joni starts with the Gadd9\r\nfingering and slides up to the Asus4 rather than playing the Asus4 flat out.\r\nLikewise, she sometimes slides down from the Asus4 to the Gadd9, or hammers on to\r\nthe Gadd9 from an open D chord.\r\n\r\nEnjoy, acoustic classic rock junkies! Let me know what you think!","plain_text":"CACTUS TREE by Joni Mitchell\n\nThis is taken from a BBC video recording of a 1970 live performance, so it may\ndiffer slightly from the album version. Joni never sings a song quite the same\nway twice.\n\nOpen D tuning (D A D F# A D)\nCapo IV, all chords listed relative to capo\n\nChords: \nD [OOOOOO]\nAsus4/D [O4O3OX]\nGadd9/D [O2O1OO]\nD/A [XO43O4]\nA7(no 3) [XO21O2]\n\n\n[Intro:]\n[Asus4/D, Gadd9/D, Asus4/D, Gadd9/D]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere's a man who's climbed a mountain and he's calling out her name\nAnd he hopes her heart can hear three thousand miles, he calls again\nHe can think her there beside him, he can miss her just the same\nHe has missed her in the forest while he showed her all the flowers\nAnd the branches sang the chorus as he climbed the scaley towers\nOf a forest tree, while she was somewhere being free\n\nThere's a man who's sent a letter and he's waiting for reply\nHe has asked her of her travels, since the day they said goodbye\nHe writes, wish you were beside me, we can make it if we try\nHe has seen her at the office, with her name on all his papers\nThrough the sharing of the profits he will find it hard to shake her\nFrom his memory, and she's so busy being free\n\nThere's a lady in the city and she thinks she loves them all\nThere's the one who's thinking of her, there's the one who sometimes calls\nThere's the one who writes her letters with his facts and figures scrawl\nShe has brought them to her senses, they have laughed inside her laughter\nNow she rallies her defenses, for she fears that one will ask her\nFor eternity, and she's so busy being free\n\nThere's a man who sends her medals, he is bleeding from the war\nThere's a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store\nThere's a drummer and a dreamer, and you know there may be more\nShe will love them when she sees them, they will lose her if they follow\nAnd she only means to please them and her heart is full and hollow\nLike a cactus tree, while she's so busy being free\n\nNotes:\n> The right hand is Travis-style fingerpicking. I haven't quite exactly nailed it\ndown yet, but a basic three-finger picking pattern seems to work just fine.\n> Sometimes (including the intro at the beginning), Joni starts with the Gadd9\nfingering and slides up to the Asus4 rather than playing the Asus4 flat out.\nLikewise, she sometimes slides down from the Asus4 to the Gadd9, or hammers on to\nthe Gadd9 from an open D chord.\n\nEnjoy, acoustic classic rock junkies! Let me know what you think!","chords":["D","A","F","Asus4","Gadd9","D/A","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Gadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,0,0,1,0,3],"frets":[3,0,0,2,0,3]}}}