Banquet Lyrics

by Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell Banquet Lyrics

Chords:
A: X02220
A7: X02020
Am: X02210
B: X24442
Bm7: X24232
C/D: XX0010
Cmaj7/F: 13300X
D: XX0232
D/A: X0423X
D/E: 0X423X
Dm7: XX0211
E: 022100
E/A: X02100
E/B: X22100
Esus4: 022200
Esus4/B: X22200
E7sus4: 02023X
Em/A: X02000
Em7: 022030
Em7sus4: 020200
F: 133211
F#m/B: X24222
Intro:
A ? E/A ? D/A ? A
F#m/B ? Bm7
Come to the din-ner gong
The ta-ble is lad-en high
Fat bel-lies and hun-gry little ones
Tuck your napkins in and take your share
Some get the gra-vy
And some get the gris-tle
Some get the mar-row bone
And some get noth- ing
Though there's plen-ty to spare
I took my share down by the sea
Pa-per plates and Ja- -vex bottles on the tide
Seagulls come down and they squawk at me
E Esus4 E7sus4 D/E F (Cmaj7/F F ? 3x) F#m/B Bm7
Down where the wa- - - ter ski- ers glide
Some turn to Je-sus
And some turn to her-o-in
Some turn to ramb-ling ?round
Looking for a clean sky
And a drink-ing stream
Some watch the paint peel off
Some watch their kids grow up
Some watch their stocks and bonds
Waiting for that big deal A-mer-i- -can dream
I took my dream down by the sea
Yan-kee yachts and lob- ster pots
And sunshine and logs and sails
And Shell Oil pails
Dogs and tugs and sum- mer-time
Back in the ban-quet line
An- - -gry young people cry- ing
?Who let the greed-y in
And who left the need-y out?
Who made this salt-y
Tell ?em we're very hungry now
For a sweet-er fare?
In the cookie I read,
?Some get the gra-vy
And some get the gris-tle
Some get the mar-row bone
And some get noth- ing
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Though there's plen-ty to spare?

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