down to you: joni mitchell by robin young (paperthinxhymn@gmail.com) A: 002220 A/B: 022220 A7Sus4: 002030 Bm7: 024232 C/D: 000010 D: 000232 D/G: 3XX232 Dm7: 000211 E: 022100 Esus4: 022200 E/F#: 2XX100 F#m7: 2XX220 G: 3X0003 G/A: 003211 D - D/G - A D D/G F#m7 everything comes and goes G G/A D marked by lovers and styles of clothes D/G F#m7 E/F# F#m7 things that you held high and told yourself were true E/F# G G/A D lost or changin’ as the days come down to you A E D/G down to you, constant stranger; G/A Bm7 you’re a kind person, you’re a cold person too A E G D/A Esus4 E Dm7 it’s down to you D C/D you go down to the pick-up station cravin’ warmth and beauty Dm7 D C/D you settle for less than fascination; a few drinks later you’re not so choosy Dm7 D C/D when the closing lights strip off the shadows on this strange new flesh you found Dm7 D C/D clutching the night to you like a fig leaf, you hurry to the blackness and the blankets A7Sus4 to lay down an impression and your loneliness Bm7 – A/B – Bm7 – A/B – E – Bm7 D D/G in the morning there are lovers in the street F#m7 they look so high; G G/A D you brush against a stranger and you both apologize D/G old friends seem indiff’rent; F#m7 E/F# F#m7 you must have brought that on G G/A Am7 D Em7 D old bonds have broken down; love is gone C Em7 A oh, love is gone D/G C#m7 written on your spirit the sad song F G C G/C D D/G A love is gone D D/G F#m7 everything comes and goes; G pleasure moves on too early G/A D and trouble leaves too slow D/G just when you’re thinkin’ F#m7 E/F# F#m7 you’ve fin’lly got it made E/F# G bad news comes knockin’ G/A D at your garden gate A E D/G knockin’ for you, constant stranger; G/A you’re a brute, you’re an angel Bm7 you can crawl, you can fly too A E G it’s down to you D/A E Esus4 E it all comes down to you