Tablature hejira - Joni Mitchell

          



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                         Hejira  -  Joni Mitchell

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                         From the album 'Hejira'

  

                         Tabbed by Howard Wright

                         H.Wright@uk.ac.cf.astro

  

  

  

  First things first - the tuning.

  

  >From  low to high it is :  CGDFGC

  

  

  In 'Joni' notation this is :  C 7 7 3 2 5

  

  

  which means start with a C on the bottom string, tune the

  5th string to match the 7th fret of the bottom (6th) string, then

  tune the 4th string to match th 7th fret on the 5th string, and

  so on up the strings at frets 3,2 and 5

  

  

  I'll just give you the chord shapes - the picking pattern is fairly

  similar throughout - start by picking out the bottom 3 strings

  (working from top to bottom) then hit one or two of the top

  strings.  A bit vague I know, but you'll have to listen to the

  song to catch all the subtlelties.

  

  To give you a better idea, here is the intro bit in TAB :

  

  

  C---------------------------------------0----------

  G---------------------------------------0----------

  F---------0------------0------------0---------0----

  D-------2----2-------2----2-------2---2-----2------

  G-----2------------2------------2------------------

  C--2------------2------------2---------------------

  

  

  C-------------------------------------------0--------

  G-------------------------------------------0--------

  F----------0-------------0------------0----------0---

  D-------3----3--------3----3-------3-----3-----3-----

  G-----3-------------3------------3-------------------

  C--3-------------3------------3----------------------

  

  

  You should get the feel of the picking from this.

  

  By the way - don't be put off by the weird looking chord names.

  The names are tricky, but the shapes are easy !

  

  

  Intro :

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  Dm11   Eb6/9   Dm11   Eb6/9

  

  

  

  Verse :

  --------

  

  

  C6/9

  I'm travelling on some vehicle

  

  Fsus2add4       F

  Sitting in some cafe

  

    Fsus2add4    

  A defector from the petty wars

  

     F                 C

  that shell shock love away

  

  C6/9  

  There's comfort in melancholy

  

  Fsus2add4            F

  When there's no need to explain

  

               Fsus2add4       F

  It's just as natural as the weather

  

                   C

  in this moody sky today

  

                    Fadd9

  In our possessive coupling

  

                         C

  So much could not be expressed

  

                Fadd9

  So now I am returning to myself

  

        Gadd9add4                     G9add4

  These things that you and I supressed

  

  Gadd9add4                          Fadd9

        I see something of myself in everyone

  

                             C

  Just at this moment of the world

  

                       Gadd9add4

  As snow gathers like bolts of lace

  

                Fadd9

  Waltzing on a ballroom girl

  

  

  

  Then back to the intro chords, and another verse...

  

  

  Shapes :

  --------

  

  

  

   CGDFGC    CGDFGC   CGDFGC    CGDFGC    CGDFGC   CGDFGC

   222000    333000   002222    555555    557755   002200

  

    Dm11      Eb6/9    C6/9     Fsus2add4   F        C

  

  

    CGDFGC   CGDFGC    CGDFGC  

    555400   777600    777000

   

    Fadd9  Gadd9add4   G9add4

  

  

  

   


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