Song To A Seagull Chords

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Song To A Seagull by Joni Mitchell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Bb, Bbm, Gm, Cm and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
C Bb C Bb 

verse 1 

 C         Bb 
Fly silly seabird 
   C           Bb 
No dreams can possess you 
   C            Bb 
No voices can blame you 
    Bbm         Gm 
For sun on your wings 
    C         Bb 
My gentle relations 
     C                 Bb 
Have names they must call me 
     C          Bb 
For loving the freedom 
                    C 
Of all flying things 
                        Bb 
My dreams with the seagulls fly 
        Cm           F    C 
Out of reach out of cry 

verse 2 

   C           Bb 
I came to the city 
      C               Bb 
And lived like old Crusoe 
       C         Bb 
On an island of noise 
      Bbm         Gm 
In a cobblestone sea 
        C              Bb 
And the beaches were concrete 
           C           Bb 
And the stars paid a light bill 
           C            Bb 
And the blossoms hung false 
                           C 
On their store window trees 
                      Bb 
My dreams with the seagulls fly 
        Cm            F C 
Out of reach out of cry 

verse 3 

             Bb 
Out of the city 
     C            Bb 
And down to the seaside 
     C          Bb 
To sun on my shoulders 
     Bbm         Gm 
And wind in my hair 
      C            Bb 
But sandcastles crumble 
     C          Bb 
And hunger is human 
      C          Bb 
And humans are hungry 
                           C 
For worlds they can't share 
                       Bb 
My dreams with the seagulls fly 
        Cm 
Out of reach 
          F C 
Out of cry 

verse 4 
    C         Bb 
I call to a seagull 
     C             Bb 
Who dives to the waters 
        C            Bb 
And catches his silver-fine 
 Bbm      Gm 
Dinner alone 
          C             Bb 
Crying where are the footprints 
       C               Bb 
That danced on these beaches 
          C               Bb 
And the hands that cast wishes 
                      C 
That sunk like a stone 
                     Bb 
My dreams with the seagulls fly 
       Cm 
Out of reach 
        F C 
Out of cry 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante