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Tuning: FFCGAc

First of, I found the tuning and most chords for this song on the excellent

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:
[Fadd9(sus4)]

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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

c|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
A|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
G|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
C|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
F|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

FINGER-PATTERN:
[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:
[Fadd9(sus4)]
[Fadd9(sus4)]

Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there
Sunny day, braiding wild flowers and leaves in my hair
Picked up a pencil and wrote ‘I love you’ in my finest hand
Wanted to send it but I don’t kn[Fadd9(sus4)]ow 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.

Do do do do do do dooooo do do do do do do do[Fadd9(sus4)] 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)

Do do do do do [Fadd9(sus4)] do do do do do do doooooo

| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note

I met you on a midway at a fair last year
And you stood out like a ruby in a black man’s ear
You were playing on the horses, you were playing on the guitar strings
You were playing like a devil wearing wings

Wearing wings
You looked so grand wearing wings
Do you tape them to your shoulders just to sing?
Can you fly?
I heard you can! Can you fly?
Like an eagle doin’ your hunting from the sky

I followed with the sideshows to another town
And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds
You were betting on some lover, you were shaking up the dice
And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice

Once or twice
I heard your bid once or twice
Were you wondering was the gamble worth the price
Pack it in
I heard you did! Pack it in
Was it hard to fold a hand you knew could win

So lately you’ve been hiding, it was somewhere in the news
And I’m still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues
And a voice calls out the numbers, and it sometimes mentions mine
And I feel like I’ve been working overtime

Overtime
I’ve lost my fire overtime
Always playin’ one more hand for one more dime
Slowin’ down I’m gettin’ tired!
Slowin’ down
And I envy you the valley that you’ve found
‘Cause I’m midway down the midway
Slowin’ down, down, down, down