The Silky Veils Of Ardor
Joni Mitchell
Bbsus4 111331 Bb9 113311 Bb 688766 C9 032030 [Intro] F7 Bbsus4 [Verse] I am a poor wayfaring stranger Traveling through all these highs and lows I heard there was no sickness And no toil or danger Just mercy and plenty Where peaceful waters flow Where peaceful waters flow [Interlude] F7 Bbsus4 [Verse] Come all you fair and tender school girls Be careful now--when you court young men They are like the stars On a summer morning They sparkle up the night And they’re gone again Daybreak--gone again [Interlude] F7 Bbsus4 [Verse] If I’d only seen through the silky veils of ardor What a killing crime this love can be I would have locked up my heart In a golden sheath of armor And kept its crazy beating Under strictest secrecy High security [Interlude] F7 Bbsus4 [Verse] I wish I had the wings Of Noah’s pretty little white dove So I could fly this raging river To reach the one I love But I have no wings And the water is so wide We’ll have to row a little harder It’s just in dreams we fly In my dreams we fly!