WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Joni Mitchell - Dont Interrupt The Sorrow Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
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[Chorus 1]
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Don't interrupt the sorrow. Darn right. In flames our prophet witches. Be polite
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A room full of glasses
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He says, "Your notches, liberation doll"
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And he chains me with that serpent to that Ethiopian wall
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[Verse 1]
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Anima rising. Queen of Queens
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Wash my guilt of Eden. Wash and balance me
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Anima rising. Uprising in me tonight
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She's a vengeful little goddess with an ancient crown to fight
[Verse 2]
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Truth goes up in vapors. The steeples lean
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Winds of change patriarchs. Snug in your bible belt dreams
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God goes up the chimney. Like childhood Santa Claus
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The good slaves love the good book. A rebel loves a cause
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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I'm leaving on the 1:15. You're darn right
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Since I was seventeen. I've had no one over me. He says
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"Anima rising- So what-
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Petrified wood process. Tall timber down to rock!"
[Chorus 2]
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Don't interrupt the sorrow. Darn right. He says, "We walked on the moon, You be polite"
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Don't let up the sorrow . Death and birth and death and birth and death and birth
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He says, "Bring that bottle kindly . And I'll pad your purse-
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I've got a head full of quandary. And a mighty, mighty, mighty thirst"
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[Verse 4]
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Seventeen glasses. Rhine wine
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Milk of the Madonna. Clandestine
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He don't let up the sorrow. He lies and he cheats
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It takes a heart like Mary's these days . When your man gets weak
[Outro]
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(Repeat and fade)