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I DON'T KNOW WHERE I STAND - Joni Mitchell
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Tabbed by: Terry (tabsntunings.com), finger-picking pattern transcribed by budtz38
Email: budtz38@hotmail.com
Tuning: FFCGAc
First of, I found the tuning and most chords for this song on the excellent
website tabsntunings.com. Go there for
a couple of really great Joni Mitchell tabs. Personally though, it really helps me
to see the finger-picking
pattern as well, so I decided to transcribe it.
THE CHORDS:
Bbm6 Gm Fadd9(sus4) Dadd9 Cadd9 F7 Bbadd9 Am7
c|0--------0--------0--------9--------7--------0(3)-----5-------0(4)----------|
A|4--------1--------0(1)-----9--------7--------3--------5-------3------------|
G|0--------0--------0(2)-----9--------7--------2--------5-------0------------|
C|5--------2--------0--------9--------7--------3--------5-------4------------|
F|5--------2--------0--------9--------7--------0--------5-------4------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Aadd9 Gadd9 Abadd9
c|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
A|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
G|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
C|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
F|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/joni-mitchell/209972.html ]
FINGER-PATTERN:
Bbm6 Gm Fadd9(sus4)
c|----------0---------------0---------------0---------0----------------------|
A|4-----4-----4---1-----1---------1-----0---------0h1---0-----0--------------|
G|----0---------0-----0---------0-----2---------2-----------0---0------------|
C|--4-----4---------2-----2---------0-----0---------------0------------------|
F|5-----5---------2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0---0-----0--------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
This will be your basic finger-picking pattern for the entire song. There are
minor variations, particularly when
it comes to the first half of the verses when you play the Dadd9 and Cadd9 chords,
so if you insist on playing it
excactly like Joni, you'll have to figure out those for yourself.
THE SONG (again, thanks go to tabsntunings.com):
Intro:
Bbm6 Gm Fadd9(sus4)
Bbm6 Gm Fadd9(sus4)
Dadd9 Dadd9
Dadd9 Cadd9
Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there
Dadd9 F7
Sunny day, braiding wild flowers and leaves in my hair
Bbadd9 Am7
Picked up a pencil and wrote 'I love you' in my finest hand
Bbm6 Gm Fadd9(sus4)
Wanted to send it but I don't know where I stand
Dadd9...
Telephone, even the sound of your voice is still new
All alone in California and talking to you
And feeling too foolish and strange to say the words that I had planned
I guess it's too early, 'cause I don't know where I stand.
Aadd9 Gadd9 Bbm6 Gm Fadd9(sus4)
Do do do do do do dooooo do do do do do do do do do do do do
Dadd9...
Crickets call, courting their ladies in stardappled green
Thickets tall, until the morning comes up like a dream
All muted and misty, so drowsy now, I'll take what sleep I can
I know that I miss you but I don't know where I stand (2x)
Aadd9 Gadd9 Bbm6 Gm Fadd9(sus4) Dadd9 Cadd9 Abadd9 Gadd9
Do do do do do do do do do do do doooooo
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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