Shadows and Light chords by
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell

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Key: D major
Verse 1
Db
Db

Every picture has it's shadows
And it has some source of light
Gb
Gb

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Blindness, blindness and sight
The perils of benefactors
The blessings of parasites
B
B

Gb
Gb

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Blindness, blindness and sight
Threatened by all things
Devil of cruelty
Drawn to all things
Devil of delight
Mythical devil of the ever-present laws
Gb
Gb

Db
Db

laws
Gb
Gb

Governing blindness,
Ab
Ab

Db
Db

blindness and sight
Verse 2
Db
Db

Suntans in reservation
dining rooms
Pale miners in their lantern rays
Absus4
Absus4

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Night, night and day
Hostage smiles on presidents
Freedom scribbled in the subway
Gb
Gb

Db
Db

It's like night, night and day
Threatened by all things
Gb
Gb

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

God of cruelty
E
E

B
B

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Drawn to all things
Db
Db

God of delight
F
F

Db
Db

Gb
Gb

Mythical God of the everlasting laws
Db
Db

Gb
Gb

Db
Db

Governing day, day and night
Verse 3
Db
Db

Fm
Fm

Critics of all expression
Gb
Gb

Absus4
Absus4

Db
Db

Judges in black and white
Ab
Ab

Saying it's wrong,
Absus4
Absus4

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

say ing it's right
Compelled by prescribed standards
Or some ideals we fight
Ebm
Ebm

Gb
Gb

For wrong, wrong and right
Db
Db

Threatened by all things
F
F

Man of cruelty, mark of Cain
Db
Db

Edim
Edim

Db
Db

Drawn to all things
Gb
Gb

Db
Db

Man of delight, born again, born again
Bbm
Bbm

Db
Db

Man of the laws,
Ab
Ab

Gb
Gb

the ever broken laws
Db
Db

Gb
Gb

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Governing wrong, wrong an d right
Gb
Gb

Ab
Ab

Bbm
Bbm

Governing wrong, wrong and right
Gb
Gb

Db
Db

Wrong and right

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