Hejira — Joni Mitchell

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Hejira - Joni Mitchell

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From the album 'Hejira'

Tabbed by Howard Wright

[email protected]

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 :

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C6/9

I'm travelling on some vehicle

Sitting in some cafe

A defector from the petty wars

That shell shock love away

C6/9

There's comfort in melancholy

When there's no need to explain

It's just as natural as the weather

In this moody sky today

In our possessive coupling

So much could not be expressed

So now I am returning to myself

These things that you and I supressed

I see something of myself in everyone

Just at this moment of the world

As snow gathers like bolts of lace

Waltzing on a ballroom girl

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

Shapes :

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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