• Song:

    Urge For Going

  • Artist:

    Joni Mitchell

  • Album:

    Songs of a Prairie Girl

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Urge For Going chords
Joni Mitchell

Capo III

Dm Bb A 2x

A (x02220@1)       Em (022000@1)    GI (320003@1)awoke today and found 
                  Em (022000@1)   Athe (x02220@1)frost perched on the town
   Em (022000@1)         AIt (x02220@1)hovered in a frozen sky 
        G (320003@1)            Athen (x02220@1)it gobbled summer down
D (xx0232@1)                CWhen (x32010@1)the sun turns traitor cold 
    D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)            E (022100@1)       E7and (020130@1)all the trees are shivering in a naked row

A (x02220@1)              GI (320003@1)get the urge for going
                    A (x02220@1)Asus2 (x02200@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
But I never seem to go
  G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)      AI (x02220@1)get the urge for going
         G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      AWhen (x02220@1)the meadow grass is turning brown
G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)                        Em (022000@1)    ASummertime (x02220@1)is falling down and winter is closing in

A (x02220@1)      Em (022000@1)   GI (320003@1)had me a man in summertime
              Em (022000@1)    AHe (x02220@1)had summer-colored skin
    Em (022000@1)        A (x02220@1)  
And not another girl in town
   Em (022000@1)                  AMy (x02220@1)darling's heart could win
    D (xx0232@1)                  CBut (x32010@1)when the leaves fell on the ground
D (xx0232@1)               CBully (x32010@1)winds came around and
                      E (022100@1)        E7Pushed (020130@1)them face down in the snow

A (x02220@1)              GHe (320003@1)got the urge for going
                    A (x02220@1)Asus2 (x02200@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
But I never seem to go
  G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)      AI (x02220@1)get the urge for going
         G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)       AWhen (x02220@1)the meadow grass was turning brown
G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)                         Em (022000@1)    ASummertime (x02220@1)is falling down and winter was closing in

A (x02220@1)         Em (022000@1)GNow (320003@1)the warriors of win ter 
                 Em (022000@1)       AThey (x02220@1)gave a cold triumphant shout
    Em (022000@1)              A (x02220@1)  
And all that stays is dying 
             Em (022000@1)             AAnd (x02220@1)all that lives is gettin' out
D (xx0232@1)              CSee (x32010@1)the geese in chevron flight 
D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)         E (022100@1)          E7Flapping (020130@1)and racing on before the snow

A (x02220@1)              GThey (320003@1)got the urge for going
                         A (x02220@1)    Asus2 (x02200@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
And they got the wind so they go
     G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)      AThey (x02220@1)get the urge for going
         G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      AWhen (x02220@1)the meadow grass is turning brown
G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)                        Em (022000@1)    ASummertime (x02220@1)is falling down and winter is closing in

Dm Bb A

A (x02220@1)               Em (022000@1)     GI'll (320003@1)ply the fire with kindling now
                          Em (022000@1)  AI'll (x02220@1)pull the blankets up to my chin
              Em (022000@1)    AI'll (x02220@1)lock the vagrant winter out and
     G (320003@1)                AI'll (x02220@1)bolt my wanderings in
    D (xx0232@1)               CI'd (x32010@1)like to call back summertime
D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)          E (022100@1)        E7Have (020130@1)her stay for just another month or so

A (x02220@1)              GBut (320003@1)she's got the urge for going
                          A (x02220@1)Asus2 (x02200@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
So I guess she'll have to go
    G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)      AShe (x02220@1)gets the urge for going
         G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      AWhen (x02220@1)the meadow grass is turning brown
    G (320003@1)     E (022100@1)       AAnd (x02220@1)all her empire is closing down
G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)                        Em (022000@1)    ASummertime (x02220@1)is falling down and winter is closing in

A (x02220@1)              GAnd (320003@1)I get the urge for going
         G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      AWhen (x02220@1)the meadow grass is turning brown
    G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     AAnd (x02220@1)summertime is falling down.

Dm Bb A 2x

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