13
IN FRANCE THEY KISS ON MAIN STREET
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THE JUNGLE LINE
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through valves_andsmoke,skin
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EDITH AND THE KINGPIN
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DON'T INTERRUPT THE SORROW
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in me to -night;San - ta Claus;so what;
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SHADES OF SCARLET CONQUERING31
Words and Music byJOl\T[ MITCHELL
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HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS
Words byJONI MITCHELL
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HARRY"S HOUSE
Words and Music by10NI MITCHELL
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car - ou - seI,s~or-ies dOWD _
gage_ off thepIe_ thir - ty
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ofon the
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press in - to con- f'rence
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CENTERPIECE
Words byJOHN HENDRICKS
,3,ModerateIy sIow Jazz feeI (n = J .h
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Music byJOHN MANDEL
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SWEETBIRD
Words and Music by]ONI MITCHELL
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some
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en_beau-tyand
I lay down goldpow- er i - deals
co og
in __fad
timeing
andin
woke upev - 'ry
van - ish - ing. _one's_ hand. _
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some-where with your wingson time youmust be Iaugh - ing.
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SHAOOW ANO LIGHT
Words é1ndMusic by]ONI MITCHELL
ModeratelyTacet (throughout)
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bJind ness, bl ind - ness and sight. The
per-i1s af ben - e - fac tars,_ the bless-ings aí par - a - sites, __
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blind ness
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min -ers in their lan - tern rays, _
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night_ and day.
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