A Strange Boy

A Strange Boy easy guitar chords by Joni Mitchell

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  • D

  • Dm

  • Dsus4

  • Bm

    2
  • Asus4

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  • G

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  • Eb

    6
  • C

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  • Dm

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    2
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  • Gsus4

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  • C

  • Am

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    A strange 
    boy 
    is weaving 

    A course 
    of 
    grace 
    and 
    havoc 

    On a 
    yellow 
    skateboard 

    Through 
    midday 
    sidewalk 
    traf

    fic 

    Just 
    when I 
    think 
    he's 
    fool

    ish 
    and 
    child
    ish 

    And 
    want 
    him 
    to 
    be 
    manly 

    catch 
    my 
    fool 
    and 
    my child 

    Needing 
    love 
    and 
    under

    standing 

    Verse 2

    What 
    a strange, 
    strange 
    boy 

    He still 
    lives 
    with 
    his 
    fam
    ily 

    Even 
    the war 
    and the navy 

    Couldn't 
    bring 
    him 
    to 
    ma
    tur
    ity 

    Verse 3
    He keeps 
    referring 

    back 
    to 
    school 
    days 

    And 
    clinging 
    to 
    his 
    child 

    Fidgeting 
    and bullied 

    His crazy 
    wisdom 
    holding 
    onto 

    something 
    wild 

    He asked 
    me to 
    be 
    pa
    tient 

    Well I 
    failed 

    "Grow 
    up," 
    cried 

    And 
    as, 
    the smoke 
    was 
    clearing, 

    he 
    said 

    "Give me 
    one 
    good 
    reason 
    why" 

    Verse 4

    What a 
    strange, 
    strange 
    boy 

    He sees 
    the cars 

    as sets 
    of 
    waves 

    Sequences 
    of 
    mass 
    and 
    space 

    He sees 
    the 
    damage 
    in 
    my 
    face 

    Verse 5
    We 
    got 
    high 
    on 
    travel 

    And we 
    got drunk 
    on 
    alco
    hol 

    And 
    on 
    love, 
    the 
    strongest 
    poison 

    and 
    medicine 
    of 
    all 

    See 
    how that 
    feeling 

    comes 
    and 
    goes 

    Like the 
    pull 
    of 
    moon 
    on 
    tides 

    Now 
    I am 
    surf 
    rising 

    Now 
    parched 
    rib
    of sand 
    at 
    his 

    side 

    Verse 6

    What a 
    strange, 
    strange, 
    boy 

    I gave 
    him 
    clothes 
    and 
    jewelry 

    gave 
    him my 
    warm 
    body 

    gave 
    him 
    power 
    over 
    me 

    Verse 7
    A thousand 
    glass 
    eyes 
    were 
    staring 

    In a cellar 
    full of 
    antique 
    dolls 

    found 
    an old 
    piano 

    And 
    sweet 
    chords 
    rose 
    up 
    in 

    waxed 
    New England 
    halls 

    While 
    the 
    boarders 
    were 
    snor
    ing 

    Un
    der 
    crisp 
    white 

    sheets 
    of 
    curfew 

    We were 
    newly 
    lovers 
    then 

    We were 
    fire 
    in 
    the stiff, 
    blue-haired 
    house 
    house 
    rules 

    Outro 1




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