Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Priest - Joni Mitchell

Lagu ini disertakan dalam album Joni Mitchell yang bertajuk Ladies of the Canyon.

Album bermuatan 12 buah lagu tersebut rilis di bawah naungan label Warner Records.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Priest" dari Joni Mitchell.

[Intro]

Gm Gm7
Dm D7
Gm Gm7

[Verse 1]
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The priest sat in the airport bar
             Dm                         Gm
He was wearing his father's tie
             Gm                          Gm7
And his eyes looked into my eyes so far
         Dm                         Gm
Whenever the words ran dry
     Gm                             Gm7
Behind the lash and the circles blue
        Dm9                   D                    D7
He looked as only a priest can, thru
              Gm                           Gm7
And his eyes said me and his eyes said you
             Dm           D      Gm
And my eyes said let us try

[Interlude]

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Dm D7
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[Verse 2]
      Gm                         Gm7
He said, "You wouldn't like it here
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No, it's no place you should share
       Gm                         Gm7
The roof is ripped with hurricanes
               Dm                   Gm
And the room is always bare
   Gm                          Gm7
I need the wind and I seek the cold"
          Dm9                                     D               D7
He reached past the wine for my hand to hold
            Gm                              Gm7
And he saw me young and he saw me old
            Dm            D     Gm
And he saw me sitting there

[Interlude]

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Dm D7
Gm Gm7

[Verse 3]
               Gm                Gm7
Then he took his contradictions out
                 Dm                          Gm
And he splashed them on my brow
       Gm                      Gm7
So which words was I then to doubt
               Dm                  Gm
When choosing what to vow
                   Gm                               Gm7
Should I choose them all-should I make them mine
           Dm                                     D            D7
The sermons the hymns and the valentines
             Gm                              Gm7
And he asked for truth and he asked for time
            Dm             D   Gm
And he asked for only now

[Interlude]

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Dm D7
Gm Gm7

[Verse 4]
              Gm          Gm7
Now the trials are trumpet scored
     Dm                     Gm
Oh will we pass the test
     Gm                       Gm7
Or just as one loves more and more
      Dm                       Gm
Will one love less and less
        Gm                               Gm7
Oh come let's run from this ring we're in
                    Dm9                           D                  D7
Where the Christians clap and the Germans grin
          Gm                            Gm7
Saying let them lose, crying let them win
       Dm             D          Gm
Oh make them both confess

[Outro]
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