Joanne Cifras

Joanne: Michael Nesmith (formerly of The Monkees)
This was a great song that made the Top 40 in 1970.
 
[Verse]
    C        Am             F            G7
Her name was Joanne and she lived in the meadow
     C   Am  F G7
by a pond.
        C                Am            F
And she touched me for a moment with a look that 
         G7              C    Am7 F G7
spoke to me of her sweet love.
         Dm             G7            C       C/B   Am
Then the woman that she was drove her on with desperation,
      Dm7         G7           C        C/B Am
And I saw, as she went, a most hopeless situation,
      F            Fm           G         G7
for Joanne and the man, and the time that made 
          C
them both run.
 
[Verse]
        C      Am      F                   G7
She was only a girl. I know that well, but still
            C   Am  F G7
I could not see
         C             Am           F
That the hold that she had was much stronger than 
    G7                C   Am  F G
the love she felt for me.
    Dm           G7          C      C/B    Am
But staying with her, and my little bit of wisdom,
      Dm7        G7           C     C/B       Am
broke down her desires like a light through a prism,
     F           Fm          G         G7
into yellows and blues and a tune that I could
         C
not have sung.
 
[Bridge]
           Am                 Dm
Though the essence is gone, I have no tears to 
 
cry for her.
F                               G7
And my only thoughts of her are kind.
 
[Verse]
    C        Am             F            G7
Her name was Joanne and she lived in the meadow
     C   Am  F G7
by a pond.
        C                Am            F
And she touched me for a moment with a look that 
         G7              C    Am7 F G7
spoke to me of her sweet love.
         Dm             G7            C       C/B   Am
Then the woman that she was drove her on with desperation,
      Dm7         G7           C        C/B Am
And I saw, as she went, a most hopeless situation,
      F            Fm           G         G7
for Joanne and the man, and the time that made 
          C
them both run.
      F            Fm          G          G7
For Joanne and the man and the times that made 
          C
them both run
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