The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
Joni Mitchell · Bb
The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
Joni Mitchell
Jazz
Real Key
Bb
Rate
Real Key
Bb
Bb
0.2x
120
BPM1
2
3
4
Rhythm
2/4
3/4
4/4
5/4
6/8
7/8
No Accent
Downbeat
Backbeat
All Equal
1 & 3
Verse 1
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7]
I'm down to a roll of dimes, I'm stalking the slot that's hot
[Eb7] [Bb7]
I keep hearing bells all around me, jingling in the lucky jackpots
[F7] [Eb7]
They keep you tantalized, they keep you reaching for your wallet
[Bb7] [Cm7] [F7]
Here in fools' paradise
Verse 2
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7]
I talked to a cat from Des Moines, he said he ran a cleaning plant
[Eb7] [Bb7]
That cat was clanking with coin, well, he must have had a genie in a lamp
[F7] [Bb7]
'cause every time I dropped a dime I blew it, he kept ringing bells, nothing to it!
Chorus
[Bb7] [Eb7]
He got three oranges, three lemons, three cherries, three plums
[Bb7/F] [Bb7]
I'm losing my taste for fruit,
[Eb7] [Dm7] [G7]
Watching the dry cleaner do it like Midas in a polyester suit
[Cm7] [F7]
It's all luck! It's just luck!
[D7] [G7] [Cm7] [F7]
You get a little lucky and you make a little money!
Interlude 1
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7]
[Eb7] [Bb7] [Eb7] [D7] [G7]
[C7] [F7] [Bb7] [Cm7] [F7]
Verse 3
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7] [F7]
I followed him down the strip, he picked out a booth at Circus Circus
[Eb7]
where the cowgirls fill the room with their big balloons
[Bb7] [G7]
The cleaner was pitching with purpose!
[C7] [F7] [Dm7] [G7]
He had Dinos and Pooh Bears and lions, pink and blue there
[C7] [F7]
He couldn't lose there!
Interlude 2
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7]
[Eb7] [Edim] [Bb7] [Dm7] [G7]
(Vocal Improv)
[Cm7] [F7] [Bb7]
It's all luck, it's just luck
Chorus
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7]
Des Moines was stacking the chips, raking off the tables, ringing the bandit's bells
[Eb7] [Bb7] [Eb7] [C7]
This is a story that's a drag to tell since I lost every dime I laid on the line
[F7] [Eb7]
But the cleaner from Des Moines could put a coin
[Bb7]
In the door of a John and get twenty for one
[Eb7] [Bb7]
It's just luck!
Interlude 3
[Eb7] [Cm7] [F7] [Bb7] [G7]
[Cm7] [F7] [D7] [G7] [C7] [F7]
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7]
[Eb7] [Edim] [Bb7] [A7] [Ab7] [G7]
Outro 1
[Bb7] [Eb7]
Lucky...
[Bb7] [Abdim]
Lucky...
[Eb7] [Bb7] [G7]
So lucky, we're lucky
[Cm7] [Dm7] [Eb7] [Edim]
[Bb7/F] [G7] [Cm7] [F7sus4]
[Bb7] [Eb7] [Bb7]
That cat's got luck, that cat's got luck
[Eb7] [Bb7] [G7]
That cat's got luck, that cat's got luck
[C7] [F7] [Bb7] [G7] [C7] [F7]
That cat's got luck, that cat's got luck
[Bb7]
Really lucky, lucky
Chords Used (13)
Guitar
Ukulele
Bb7
1 / 4
Eb7
1 / 4
F7
1 / 4
Cm7
8fr
1 / 5
Bb7/F
1 / 4
Dm7
10fr
1 / 5
G7
1 / 4
D7
1 / 4
C7
1 / 4
Edim
1 / 4
A7
1 / 4
Ab7
1 / 4
Abdim
N/ASong Info
Real Key
Bb
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