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Joanne
Words & Music by Michael Nesmith (best known as a member of The Monkees)Recorded by Michael Nesmith & The First National Band, 1970
(G) C C/B Am7
Her name was Joanne
Am7/G F F/F# G G7 C C/B Am7 Am7/G G7
And she lived in the meadow by a pond,
C C/B Am7
And she touched me for a moment
Am7/G F F/F# G G7 C C/B Am7 Am7/G F G7
With a look that spoke to me of her sweet love.
Dm Dm7 G G7 C C/B Am7
Then the woman that she was drove her on in desperation,
Am7/G Dm Dm7 G G7 C C/B Am7
And I saw as she went a most hopeless situation
Am7/G F Fm7 G G7 C
For Joanne and the man and the times that made them both run.
(G7) C C/B Am7 Am7/G
She was on - ly a girl;
F F/F# G G7 C C/B Am7 Am7/G Dm7 G7
I know that well, but still I could not see
C C/B Am7
That the hold that she had
Am7/G F F/F# G C C/B Am7 Am7/G Dm7 G7
Was much stronger than the love she felt for me.
Dm Dm7 G7 C C/B Am7
But stay-ing with her, and my little bit of wisdom
Am7/G Dm Dm7 G G7 C C/B Am7
Broke down her desires like a light through a prism
Am7/G F Fm7 G G7 C C/B
Into yellows and blues and a tune that I could not have sung.
Bridge:
Am Am7 Dm Dm+7 Dm7
Though the essence is gone, I have no tears to cry for her,
F F7 G
And my only thoughts of her are kind.
(Repeat first verse)