Edith And The Kingpin

edith and the kingpin joni mitchell i would not disagree with howard wright , and disagree ever so slightly with version 2 , but this is how i play it . it is a bit easier and more simple to play on piano or guitar and bass Intro Cm7 / G# maj7 / A#2 add 6 / Cm7 repeat Cm7 the big man arrives Gm7sus4 Cm7/G# disco dancers greet him Cm7/F plainclothes cops greet him Cm7/G# Cm7/A# small town , big man , fresh lipstick glistening Cm7 sophomore jive Gm7sus4 Cm7/G# from victims of typewriters Cm7/F the band sounds like typewriters Cm7/G# Cm7 Dm7/C the big man he’s not listening ooh ooh etc Cm7/G# his eyes hold edith G7sus4 G7 his left hand holds his right D#maj7 what does that hand desire Cm7/G# G7sus4 G7 that he grips it so tight edith in the ring the passed - over girls are conferring the man with the diamond ring is purring all claws for now withdrawn one by one they bring his renegade stories to her his crimes and his glories to her in challenge they look on women he has taken grow old too soon he tilts their tired faces gently to the spoon edith in his bed a plane in the rain is humming the wires in the walls are humming some song - some mysterious song bars in her head beating frantic and snowblind romantic and snowblind she says - his crime belongs edith and the kingpin each with charm to sway are staring eye to eye they dare not look away you know they dare not look away coda Cm7 / G# maj7 / A#2 add 6 / Cm7 repeat