Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Pirate of Penance – Joni Mitchell

PENANCE:
                   Bb
I was at sea then

I didn't see them
Bbm                                  Cm
I don't believe what you are saying
Bbm                           D
It isn't true I hardly knew him
                                              Bbm
Is this some game that you are playing
Dm7
Go ask the dancer she's the one who saw him last
                            Abm
The one who drew him here
                                            Bb
He hasn't come to me since spring last year
Bbm
There was a time when he would

Bring me silks and sandalwood and Persian lace

THE DANCER:

(Then came another "goodbye" and another "Please don't go")

PENANCE:
Gb
And he would hold me close

And tell my sailing stories by the fireplace

THE DANCER:

(All night I dance and all day I keep watch with my sorrow)

PENANCE:
Gbm
I was at sea I tell you I was

Nowhere near the mentioned murder place

THE DANCER:

(Searching for sails that don't come

And I guess but I don't know)

PENANCE:
                   Bb
Go ask the dancer