Lirik dan Chord Lagu Shadows and Light – Joni Mitchell

Lagu bergenre folk tersebut dirilis pada 1975 melalui label rekaman Asylum Records.

“Shadows and Light” muncul dalam album studionya yang bertajuk The Hissing of Summer Lawns.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Shadows and Light” dari Joni Mitchell:

[Verse 1]
D                              F#m7
Every picture has its shadows
           G9           A7sus4    D
And it has some source of light
G        A      G        A       Dsus2
Blindness blindness and sight
D                          F#m7
The perils of benefactors
          G9          A7sus4 D
The blessings of parasites
G       A      G/C              Dsus2
Blindness blindness and sight
G
Threatened by all things
Bm7      D/G A/D
Devil of cruelty
Dm7
Drawn to all things
F/A Em/G Dm/F A7/E D/A
Devil      of         delight
D             F#m7            G9 A7sus4   D
Mythical devil of the ever-present laws
                 G        A   G         A         Dsus2
Governing blindness blindness and sight

[Verse 2]
D                                F#m7/D
Suntans in reservation dining rooms
          G9/D                 A7sus4/D D
Pale miners in their lantern rays
G A      G A         D5
Night night and day
D                          A
Hostage smile on presidents
G9                             A7sus4 D
Freedom scribbled in the subway
                   D5  C5 G5    D5
It's like night night and day
G
Threatened by all things
Bm7      D/G A/D
God of cruelty
Dm7
Drawn to all things
               F#m G A Bm E F#7
God of delight
D             F#m7         G9 A7sus4 D
Mythical god of the everlasting laws
                   G A G A D/C D5
Governing day day and night

[Interlude]
Asus4/D Dm7add4 Gsus2/D
Asus4/D Dm7add4 Gsus2/D
Asus2/D G/D D5

[Verse 3]
D                  F#m7
Critics of all expression
  G9         A7sus4    A/D
Judges in black and white
                   D A/D  G A D/A  Dsus2
Saying it's wrong saying it's right
         D                         F#m7
Compelled by prescribed standards
           G9  A7sus4   D
Or some ideals we fight
        G A                        G
For wrong wrong and right
G
Threatened by all things
Bm7      D/G A/D
Man of cruelty (mark of Cain)
Dm7
Drawn to all things
C5       D5               C#madd4    C7b5
Man of delight (born again born again)
A7              E9
Man of the laws, the ever-broken laws
               G A     G A          Dsus2
Governing wrong wrong and right
                G A   G/B A/C#   Bm7
Governing wrong wrong and right
G          A   Dsus2
Wrong and right