“This Is a Mountain Dulcimer” (live on In Concert, BBC, Paris Theatre, London, England, 10/29/1970) chords by 
Joni Mitchell 
N/A
Key: E major•
Verse 1
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the Appalachian Mountains in America
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It's a truly American folk instrument,
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right?
And, uh- this was made for me by a girl
named Joellen who's from California
Verse 2
beautiful woods
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Purple heart for the sides and coco burro
Which is kind of a- uhm, ripply
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orange wood for the back
And for the sound hole,
there's a hawk, and a
This is the 12th one that she's built
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And everybody's always waiting for the next
one that she does, you know?
Verse 3
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some confusion
Some people say that the Scots,
you know?
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had lots of drones to it and a
it was the Swedes
Other people say that one day they
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And stretched it out and put it on their lap
Verse 4
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anyway, here it is,
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the Appalachian dulcimer
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And you can tune it any way you want to
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A
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Just like any instrument,
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I'm going into a tuning now that
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I'm going to play In Matlocrete
Verse 5
B
That was this place in- in Crete where a lot of people
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of caves on each side of a- a flat plain
And they looked like, uh- Halava cliffs,
You know, Halava is?
Because people would have little
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And all of the different levels
Verse 6
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There were a whole lot of people living there
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I don't know, how many people do you
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think there were there- but about 150freaks?
From all over the place,
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from France and Canada and the United States of America
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And, uh, England,
everywhere
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And, uh, they used to eat at
the Mermaid Cafe
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Most people who didn't cook in their caves
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ate down at the Mermaid Cafe
Verse 7
Stelios
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Really liked all of the freaks, you know?
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He like the encouraged their business
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Not like other people in the town
dracks from you
Verse 8
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Who decided that they were going to
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blend in with the freaks, you know?
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And they came wearing headbands that
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they'd made out of cloth, you know?
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That they'd ripped off of their
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one man had a string with old curlers on it for his beads
Verse 9
threaded onto a string painted bright red
an egg paste in the middle
the girl played the guitar
friend of mine from Matala
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A friend of mine from London and Los Angeles
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and
North Carolina and uh
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