Michael from Mountains by Joni Mitchell
Michael from Mountains by Joni Mitchell
Tabbed: January 1996
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No other song on Song to a Seagull reminds me of the first time I ever heard
this album more than Michael from Mountains. Though all of the songs hold a very special
place in my heart (especially Sisotowbell Lane and Marcie) this song takes me swooshing
back to the sixties, almost as if I can smell and feel the same air that surrounded me as
when I first heard it. I figured this song out by accident after joyfully finding the tuning and chords to I Don't Know Where I Stand. A very big thanks to Chris Erswell for tweaking the "someday I may know you very well" part, most importantly, adding the 2 missing chords -- the beautiful Abmaj7 and BbaddG. Thanks Chris, for your knowledge, ears and time. It is very much appreciated. |
TUNING: F F C G A C
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| F | F | C | G | A | C | F | F | C | G | A | C | |||
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| Cmadd9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Fadd9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Gm11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| C7sus4b9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | Bbadd9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Ebadd9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Fmaj7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dadd9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | BbaddG | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Dbadd9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Abmaj7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| CaddF | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
F
C7sus4b9
F
Michael wakes you up with sweets, he takes you up streets and the rain comes down
F
C7sus4b9 F
Sidewalk markets locked up tight, and umbrellas bright on a grey background
Ebadd9
Dadd9
There's oil on the puddles in taffeta patterns that run down the drain
Dbadd9
CaddF
Fadd9 Gm11 Fadd9 Gm11/Fadd9
In colored arrangements that Michael will change with a stick that he's found.
Cmadd9
Bbadd9
Michael from Mountains, go where you will go to
CaddF
Know that I will know you
Gm11 Fmaj7 BbaddG Abmaj7 F
Some day I may know you very well.
Michael brings you to a park, he sings and it's dark
when the clouds come by
Yellow slickers up on swings, like puppets on strings hanging in the sky
They'll splash home to suppers in wallpapered kitchens, their mothers will scold
But Michael will hold you to keep away cold till the sidewalks are dry
Michael leads you up the stairs, he needs you to care
and you know you do
Cats come crying to the key, and dry you will be, in a towel or two
There's rain in the window, there's sun in the painting that smiles on the wall
You want to know all his mountains have called, so you never do.
Chorus
Gm11 Fmaj7 BbaddG
Abmaj7 F
Some day I may know you very well.
Repeat Intro