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The Three Great Stimulants chords by
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell

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Intro 1
Am
C
Am

C
Am

Verse 1
C

I picked the morning
F

paper off the floor
Am
C

It was full of other people's
F
G

little wars
C
Am

Wouldn't they like their peace?

Don't we get bored?
F
C

And we called for the three great stimulants

Of the exhausted ones
Am

Artifice, brutality and innocence
C

Artifice and innocence
Verse 2
C

F
Am
C

No tanks have ever rumbled
F

through these streets
Am
C

And the drone of planes at night has
F
Am
G

never frightened me

I keep the hours and the
C
Am

company that I please
G
F
G

And we call for the three
C
F

great stimulants
C

Of the exhausted ones
Am

Artifice, brutality and innocence
C
Am
C

Artifice and innocence
F
C
Verse 3

G
Am

Oh, and deep in the night

Our appetites find us
G
Am

Release us and blind us
C

Deep in the night
G
C

While madmen sit up building bombs
Am

And making laws and bars
F
G

They'd like to slam free choice
C

behind us
Am
C
G
Am
Verse 4

C
F

I saw a little lawyer on the tube
Am
G
Am
C

He said, "it's so easy now,
F

anyone can sue"
G

"Let me show you how your petty aggrav
C
Am
G
F

ations can profit you"
G
C
F

Call for the three great stimulants
C

Of the exhausted ones
Am
G
Am

Artifice, brutality and innocence
C

Artifice and innocence
Verse 5
C

G
Am

Oh, and deep in the night

Appetites find us
G
Am

Release us and blind us
C

Deep in the night
G
C

While madmen sit up building bombs
Am

And making laws and bars
F

They're gonna slam free
G
C

choice behind us
G
Am
Verse 6

C

Last night I dreamed I saw
F

the planet flicker
Am

Great forests fell like buffalo
C
F

Everything got sicker
Am
G
C
Am

And to the bitter end

Big business bickered
G
F
G

And they call for the three
C
F

great stimulants
C

Of the exhausted ones
Am

Artifice, brutality and innocence
C

Artifice and innocence
Verse 7
C

Am

Oh, these times
C

Oh, these changin' times
Am
C

Changin' the hearts of all mankind
G
C

Oh, these changin' times
Am
Oh, these times, these times,
Verse 8

these times
C

Oh, these changin' times
Am

Changin' the hearts of all mankind
C
G
C

Oh, these troubled times
Outro 1
Am
C
C
Am

Am

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