Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell

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[Intro]
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 (2 beats)   (2 beats)
        

[Verse 1]
         
Rows and floes

            
 of angel hair
             
And ice cream 

          
cas-tles in th

  
e air
              
And feather ca

   
nyons everywhe

re
              
I've looked at

        
 clouds that w

ay


[Pre-Chorus 1]
           
But now they o

/           
n--ly block th

   
e sun
             
They rain and 

          
snow on ev-ery

 
-one
             
So ma-ny thing

    
s I -- would h

ave done
              
But clouds got

    
 in my way


[Chorus]
        
I've looked at

          
 clouds from b

            
oth sides now
            
From up and do

         
wn, and still 

      
some-how
           
It's cloud il-

            
lu-sions I re-


call
         
I real-ly don'

         
t know clouds 

             
---  at all


[Verse 2]
          
Moons and June

            
s and Ferris w

   
heels
          
The diz-zy dan

            
cing way you f

eel
             
As every fair-

 
y tale comes r

eal
              
I've looked at

      
 love that way


[Pre-Chorus 2]
            
But now it's j

          
ust an-oth-er 

   
show
             
You leave 'em 

          
laugh-ing when

       
 you go
             
And if you car

     
e, don't let t

hem know
              
Don't give you

       
rself a--way


[Chorus]
        
I've looked at

          
 love from bot

          
h sides now
            
From give and 

          
take, and stil

       
l somehow
           
It's love's il

            
-lu-sions I re

    
-call
         
I real-ly don'

       
t know love --

           
 at all


[Verse 3]
         
Tears and fear

             
s and feeling 

   
proud
          
To say "I love

             
 you" right ou

     
t loud
              
Dreams and sch

       
emes and circu

s crowds
              
I've looked at

      
 life that way


[Pre-Chorus 3]
            
But now old fr

          
iends are acti

     
ng strange
             
They shake the

           
ir heads, they

             
 say I've chan

   
ged
             
Well something

           
's lost, but  

something's ga

ined
              
In living ever


y day


[Chorus]
        
I've looked at

          
 life from bot

          
h sides now
            
From win and l

         
ose and still 

        
 somehow
           
It's life's il

            
-lu-sions I re

 
-call
         
I real-ly don'

       
t know life --

           
 at all


[Outro]
        
I've looked at

          
 clouds from b

            
oth sides now
            
From up and do

         
wn, and still 

      
some-how
           
It's cloud il-

            
lu-sions I re-


call
         
I real-ly don'

         
t know clouds 

                    
---  at all

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