Nathan La Franeer Chords
Nathan La Franeer by Joni Mitchell is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm, Dm, Cm, G, D, C, Bb and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Gm Dm Gm Dm
verse 1
Gm Dm
I hired a coach to take me from confusion to the plane
Cm G
And though we shared a common space I know I'll never meet again
Gm Dm
The driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirror
Cm G
I read his name and it was plainly written Nathan La Franeer
Gm
I asked him would he hurry
D
But we crawled the canyons slowly
Dm
Through the buyers and the sellers
C G C
Through the burglar bells and the wishing wells
Gm Bb D7
With gangs and girly shows
Gm
The ghostly garden grows
verse 2
Gm Dm
The cars and buses bustled thru the bedlam of the day
Cm G
I looked through window-glass at streets and Nathan grumbled at the grey
Gm Dm
I saw an aging cripple selling Superman balloons
Cm
The city grated through chrome-plate
G
The clock struck slowly half-past-noon
Gm
Through the tunnel tiled and turning
D Dm
Into daylight once again I am escaping
Once again goodbye
C G C
To symphonies and dirty trees
Gm Bb D7
With parks and plastic clothes
Gm
The ghostly garden grows
verse 3
Gm
He asked me for a dollar more
Dm
He cursed me to my face
Cm
He hated everyone who paid to ride
G
And share his common space
Gm
I picked my bags up from the curb
Dm
And stumbled to the door
Cm
Another man reached out his hand
G
Another hand reached out for more
Gm
And I filled it full of silver
D
And I left the fingers counting
Dm
And the sky goes on forever
C G C
Without meter maids and peace parades
Gm Bb D7
You feed it all your woes
Gm
The ghostly garden grows
Gm Bb D7
You feed it all your woes
Gm
The ghostly garden grows