{"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":450464,"song":"Carey","artist":"Joni Mitchell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/450464-carey-chords-by-joni-mitchell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/450464?type=chord","rating":4.48926,"votes":89,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe wind is in from Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLast night I couldn't sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, you know it sure is hard to leave here, Carey[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbut it's really not my home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy fingernails are filthy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've got beach tar on my feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I miss my clean white linen[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand my fancy French cologne[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh Carey, get out your cane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll put on some silver[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, you're a mean old daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut I like you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  (strum down)\r\ne|-7-7---5---3---2------|\r\nB|-8-8---7---5---3------|\r\nG|-7-7---6---4---2------|\r\nD|-0-0---0---0---0------|\r\nA|----------------------|\r\nE|----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome on down to the Mermaid Café[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I will buy you a bottle of wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand we'll laugh and toast to nothing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand, smash our empty glasses down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet's have a round for these freaks and these soldiers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nA round for these friends of mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet's have another round for the bright red devil[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwho keeps me in this tourist town[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh Carey, get out your cane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll put on some silver[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, you're a mean old daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut I like you, I like you, I like you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMaybe I'll go to Amsterdam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nor maybe I'll go to Rome[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand rent me a grand piano and[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nput some flowers round my room[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut let's not talk about fare-thee-wells now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe night is a starry dome[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand they're playing that scratchy rock and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbeneath the Matala moon[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh Carey, get out your cane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll put on some silver[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, you're a mean old daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut I like you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe wind is in from Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLast night I couldn't sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, you know it sure is hard to leave here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut, it's really not my home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMaybe it's been too long a time[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSince I was scramblin' down in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow they got me used to that clean white linen[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd that fancy French cologne[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh Carey, get out your cane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll put on my finest silver[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll go to the Mermaid Café[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave fun tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI said, oh, you're a mean old daddy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut you're out of sight[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nEnd with\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-7-7---5---3---2------|\r\nB|-8-8---7---5---3------|\r\nG|-7-7---6---4---2------|\r\nD|-0-0---0---0---0------|\r\nA|----------------------|\r\nE|----------------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnd with","chords":["D","A","G","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}