The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

Transposer:

The Dmin7no5 played in each turnaround sounds best played as a quartal harmony so playing the fourth in place of the fifth. In general if you know anything about quartal harmony this is a good place to apply it due to the clear modal jazz influence present in this song. Most the chords are pretty close to being correct at the very least they’d be valid substitutions for the actual chords. [Intro] --- / ---- --- / ---- Bmin7 --- / ---- Bmin7 ---- Dmin7no5 - [Verse 1] He bought her a diamond for her throat He put her in a ranch house on a hill E6add9 She could see the valley barbecues From her window sill See the blue pools in the squinting sun Hear the hissing of summer lawns Dmin7no5 - D7 He put up a barbed wire fence To keep out the unknown E6add9 And on every metal thorn Just a little blood of his own She patrols that fence of his To a latin drum Dmin7 And the hissing of summer lawns [Chorus] Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness Wonder makes it easy Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness With a joyful mask Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness Tube’s gone darkness darkness darkness No color no contrast [Bridge] ---- A7b9 ---- ---- ---- ---- Edim7 ---- A6add9 ---- Gmaj/ [Verse 2] A diamond dog Carrying a cup and a cane E6add9 Looking through a double glass Looking at too much pride and too much shame There’s a black fly buzzing There’s a heat wave burning in her master’s voice Bmin7 The hissing of summer lawns Dmin7no5 - D7 He gave her his darkness to regret And good reason to quit him E6add9 He gave her a roomful of Chippendale That nobody sits in Still she stays with a love of some kind It’s the lady’s choice Dmin7 The hissing of summer lawns [Chorus] Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness repeat until fadeout

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La chanson évoque une relation marquée par des contrastes et des tensions. Un homme offre à une femme un bijou précieux, mais cela ne fait que masquer une réalité plus sombre, où le bonheur apparait comme une façade. Elle vit dans un environnement de luxe, observant la vie extérieure depuis sa maison, mais elle se sent prisonnière derrière une clôture qu'il a érigée pour protéger ses secrets. Cette clôture symbolise également les blessures émotionnelles qu'il lui inflige, rendant sa situation complexe et ambivalente. Le propos se déploie dans un cadre où l’apparence de prospérité cache une lutte intérieure. Le décor est celui d'un été ardent, où la chaleur et la tension contribuent à créer un climat étouffant. On ressent cette idée de lutte entre la beauté et la noirceur, ainsi que la contradiction entre l'amour et la souffrance. La femme, malgré tout, reste attachée à lui, illustrant sa détermination et sa propre complexité face à cette relation.

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