Joni Mitchell

Accords et partitions

Big Yellow Taxi

E A A/E A6 B B6

GUITAR TUNING: Intro : They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot

A Case Of You

G D Em Am7 C Bm

Just before our love got lost you said "I am as constant as a northern star" And I said, "Constantly in the darkness Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar"

Both Sides Now

G C Am7 Gmaj7 D C/B

Bows and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air, And feather canyons everywhere-I've looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone. So many things I would have done, but clouds got in the way.

River

G D C Em Am

Pas de barré

It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it don't snow here, it stays pretty green I'm going to make alot of money then I'm going to quit this crazy scene

California

E A B F# Asus4 Bsus4

Sitting in a park in Paris France reading the news and it sure looks bad They won't give peace a chance, that was just a dream some of us had Stole a lot of lines to sing but I wouldn't want to stay here It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here

Blue

Bm A Em G

Pas de barré*

Songs are like tatoos You know iv been to sea before Crown and anchor me, or let me Sail away Hey blue

All I Want

Em G D D7 F C

I on lonely road and I travelling, travelling travelling travelling. Looking for some-thing; what can it be? Oh, I hate you some, I hate you some, I love you some. Oh, I love you, when I for-get about me.

Little Green

C G Dm7 Cmaj7 F Eb

This is simplified version of another tab The first is just passing bass note before the , the second is the Chord if desired or played as G's seem to be absent in other transcriptions but can make it more rythmically playable for us average fellas, Or not, to each ones own.

Woodstock

Am D G

Pas de barré

I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him "where are you going" This he told me I'm going down to Yasgur's farm

My Old Man

D A E Am7 A7 E7

My old man He's a singer in the park He's a walker in the rain He's a dancer in the dark We don't need no piece of paper

Carey

D A G

Pas de barré

The wind is in from africa Last night i couldnt sleep Oh you know it sure is hard to leave here,carey But its really not my home

The Circle Game

A D E C#m

Yesterday a child came out to wonder Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at the falling of a star Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons

The Last Time I Saw Richard

G Am A7 Em C F

These are almost definitely not the chords she plays, but I think they work. I threw in some The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68 And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark café You laugh he said you think you're immune

Coyote

Dm9 F Bb5 G

[Chords] Cadd9 x3203x Csus4 x3301x Bb5 x13xxx

Amelia

G F C Bb Bm G4

I was driving across the burning desert When I spotted six jet planes Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain It was the hexagram of the heavens It was the strings of my guitar

This Flight Tonight

G Ab C Db Gmaj7 Am11

Song: This flight tonight Artist: Joni Mitchell Composer: Joni Mitchell Album: Blue Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com) 3rd June 2019

Help Me

Gmaj7 Fmaj7 a Cmaj7 Dmaj7

[Verse] Amaj Em7 Help me, I think I'm falling In love again. When I get that crazy feeling, I know I'm in trouble again,

Cactus Tree

D A a A7 F#

Chords: D [OOOOOO] Asus4/D [O4O3OX] Gadd9/D [O2O1OO]

For Free

F / C G Em7 Am7

I slept last night in a good hotel I went shopping today for jewels The wind rushed around the dirty town And the children let out from their schools

Free Man In Paris

G C Bb F Eb Gsus4

The way I see it he said you just can't win it Everybody's in it for their own gain you can't please 'em all There's always somebody calling you down I do my best and I do good business There's a lot of people asking for my time

Chelsea Morning

D G Am Em A

Pas de barré

[Verse 1] Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I heard. Was a song outside my window, and the traffic wrote the words. It came ringing up like Christmas bells, And rapping up like pipes and drums.

Ladies Of The Canyon

C G9 G D F E

C Cadd4 C7add4 C9add4 C6add4 C6add9 C Cadd4 Trina wears her wampum beads, she fills her drawing book with line C Cadd4 C7add4 C9add4 C6add4 C6add9 C Cadd4 Sewing lace on windows' weeds and filigree on leaf and vine C7add4 C9add4 C6add4 C6add9 C7add4 C9add4 A6/7sus4

Peoples Parties

D A G Dmaj9 C Bm7

All the people at this par-ty They’ve got a lot of style They’ve got stamps of many coun-tries They’ve got passport smiles

Court And Spark

E A D G C Em7

I'm 100% sure these chords are completely accurate. I've played this song on the piano Many times and it sounds awesome. From: Josh ([email protected]) Date: 8/16/05 7:15PM

You Turn Me On Im A Radio

D G A

Pas de barré

[Verse] If you're driving into town With a dark cloud above you Dial in the number Who's bound to love you

Down To You

D G A E F#m7 C

Everything comes and goes Marked by lovers and styles of clothes Things that you held high and told yourself were true Lost or changin’ as the days come down to you

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Gmaj7 Bm7 A13 Cmaj7 B Bbmaj7

The Dmin7no5 played in each turnaround sounds best played as a quartal harmony, so playing the fourth in place Of the fifth. In general, if you know anything about quartal harmony, this is a good place to apply it, due to The clear modal jazz influence present in this song. Most the chords are pretty close to being correct, at the very least they'd be valid substitutions for the Actual chords.

The Same Situation

G D/E E7 C Am D

Again and again the same situation For so many years Tethered to a ringing telephone In a room full of mirrors A pretty girl in your bathroom

I Had A King

A Fmaj7 Am7 E Em7

[Verse] I had a king in a tenement castle A7sus2 Asus2 Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown He's taken the curtains down

Furry Sings The Blues

Gm9 Eb5 F5 C F Bb

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # From: [email protected] (Howard Wright)

Conversation

E D5 D F A B

D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 He comes for conversation, I comfort him sometimes Comfort and consultation, he knows that's what he'll find D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 I bring him apples and cheeses, he brings me songs to play

For The Roses

G Cm F Gb5 C G7

Gsus4 G G6b5 I heard it in the wind last night It sounded like ap-plause Did you get a round resounding For you way up here?

Sex Kills

F#m7 G D E9 Bm7 C

I pulled up behind a Cadillac, we were waiting for the light And I took a look at his license plate, it said "JUST ICE" Is justice just ice? Governed by greed and lust? Just the strong doing what they can and the weak suffering what they must?

Twisted

D9 G9 Em7 A7 B7 D

My analyst told me that I was right out of my head The way he de-scribed it he said I’d be better dead than live I didn’t listen to his jive I knew all along that he was all wrong And I knew that he thought

Blue Motel Room

F G C6/9 Eb F13 Db

I've got a blue motel room with a blue bedspread I've got the blues inside and outside my head Will you still love me When I call you up when I'm down

That Song About The Midway

E A D B G#m

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

I Don't Know Where I Stand

G C9 Cmadd4 Amadd4 D B

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 know where I stand

Raised On Robbery

C F G E Bb

[Prelude] He was sittin’ in the lounge of the empire hotel He was drinkin’ for diversion he was thinkin’ for himself A little money ridin’ on the maple leafs Along comes this lady in lacy sleeves she says

Morning Morgantown

E E4 A E5- B C

When morning comes to Morgantown, the merchants roll their awnings down The milktrucks make their morning rounds in morning, Morgantown We'll rise up early, with the sun, to ride the bus while everyone Is yawning and the day is young in morning, Morgantown

Edith And The Kingpin

G C Ebmaj7

The big man arrives Csus4/G Ab69 Disco dancers greet him Bbsus4/F Plainclothes cops greet him

Rainy Night House

Dm Bb Am A G C

I couldn't find the chords to this song anywhere, so I figured it out myself. Not all Chords are completely accurate, but it sounds great when you play it. I did not Decipher the intro to the song. Help would be great! -Erica

Willy

E A9 A D9 D F#m

Willy is my joy, he is my sorrow Now he wants to run away and hide He says our love cannot be real He cannot hear the chapel’s pealing silver bells But you know it’s hard to tell

Woman Of Heart And Mind

B Emaj7 Amaj7 C#7 F# F#7

I am a woman of heart and mind With time on her hands No child to raise You come to me like a little boy And I give you my scorn and my praise

Car On A Hill

E F#m7 G F# A D

I’ve been sit-ting up wait-ing for my sug-ar to show E7sus4 A/D I’ve been list- ening to the sirens and the ra-dio He said he’d be o- - ver three hours a-go E7sus4 A/D

Trouble Child

C G F7 Am7 Bb G7/B

Up in the sterilized room Where they let you be lazy Know-ing your attitudes are wrong And you gotta change, and it?s not easy

Just Like This Train

C G F7 A Bb B

I?m al-ways running behind the time Just like this train Shaking into town With the brakes com-plai-ning

Michael From Mountains

D a Gm6 Em7 G Bm

{title:Michael from Mountains} {st:Joni Mitchell} {define: Gm6 1 3 3 3 2 -1 3} [D]Michael wakes you up with sweets, He takes you up [Gm6]streets, and the rain comes [D]down.

Blue Boy

G Am Dm C F

Pas de barré*

Sometimes in the evening He would read to her Roll her in his arms And give his seed to her She would wake in the morning

Song To A Seagull

C Bb Bbm Gm Cm F

Fly silly seabird No dreams can possess you No voices can blame you For sun on your wings My gentle relations

Shades Of Scarlet Conquering

Am7 Bm7 G C Dm7 F

Out of the fire like Catholic saints Comes Scarlett and her deep complaint Mimicking tenderness she sees In sentimental movies A celluloid rider comes to town

Marcie

G D A7 Gm7 C Gmaj7

I am fairly sure I've got the chord shapes right or this one..... However, the names are a different story altogether. .....if someone could correct the mistakes I may have made In the names I'd appreciate it

Banquet

A E D Em Am F

Come to the din-ner gong The ta-ble is lad-en high Fat bel-lies and hun-gry little ones Tuck your napkins in and take your share

Urge for Going

A G D Em C E

I awoke today and found The frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky Then it gobbled summer down When the sun turns traitor cold

Sweet Bird

G C F Bm7 Em7 A

Cadd9 Em9 Out on some borderline Some mark of in between I lay down golden in time And woke up vanishing

Night In The City

E E6 F#m11 A E5 B

Light up, light up, light up your lazy blue eyes Moon's up, night's up, taking the town by surprise Night time, night time, day left an hour ago City light time, must you get ready so slow There are places to come from and pla- ces to go

The Dawntreader

D Dm7 Bm G Bb D7

D Dm7 D7sus4 Peridots and periwinkle blue medallions Gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor D Dm7 D7sus4 Treasure somewhere in the sea and he will find where

Let The Wind Carry Me

Gm7/D F/D D/E Em Em7 D

Papa?s faith is people, Mama, she believes in cleanin?. Papa?s faith is in peo- - -ple, Ma- -ma, she?s al- - - - - -ways clea- - - -nin? Papa brought home the sugar,

Blonde In The Bleachers

A E G Bm7 F D

“Blonde in the Bleachers” By Joni Mitchell Tabbed by Robin Young [email protected]

Barangrill

Eb Abm Bbm Fm Gm Db

Verse 1: Three waitresses all wearing black diamond earrings Talking about zombies and Singapore slings No trouble in their faces, not one anxious voice None of the crazy you get from too much choice

See You Sometime

F C Cmaj7/F A G/C G

Why do you have to be so jive? Okay, hang up the phone It hurts, but some-thing survives Though it?s un- -der-mined

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

D G Bm A D7 Gm

[Verse 1] Turning and turning Within the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart

Electricity

G Am7 F6 G7

G1 G7sus4 Am7 The mi- - nus is love-less, G2 G7sus4 He talks to the land

Nathan La Franeer

Gm Dm G Cm C Bb

I hired a coach to take me from confusion to the plane And though we shared a common space I know I'll never meet again The driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirror I read his name and it was plainly written Nathan La Franeer I asked him would he hurry

Sisotowbell Lane

D G D6 Am C Bm

Sisotowbell Lane Noah is fixing the pump in the rain He brings us no shame We always knew that he always knew Up over the hill

Night Ride Home

C F G Em B

[Verse 1] Once in a while In a big blue moon There comes a night like this Like some surrealist

The Pirate Of Penance

Bbm Bb D Cm Dm7 Abm

PENANCE CRANE: The pirate anchored on a Wednesday And why he came to port I wonder To see a lady so my friends say She dances for the sailors

Borderline

B E A F# C#m B7

Everybody looks so ill at ease So distrustful so displeased Running down the table I see a borderline Like a barbed wire fence

Jericho

A G F E D Fmaj7

I'll try to keep myself open up to you And approve your self-expression I need that, too, I need your confidence, baby And the gift of your extra time In turn I'll give you mine, sweet darling

Passion Play When All The Slaves Are Free

D Em7 Am E Bm A

Pas de barré*

Magdalene is trembling Like a washing on a line Trembling and gleaming Never before was a man so kind Never so redeeming

The Silky Veils Of Ardor

F Fm C9 C Cmaj7 Bb9

[Verse] I am a poor wayfaring stranger Traveling through all these highs and lows I heard there was no sickness And no toil or danger

Dog Eat Dog

G D C F Em7 E

Dog, I'm just waking up The dove is in the dungeon And the white-washed hawks pedal hate and call it love Dog eat dog Holy hope in the hands of

Good Friends

D E A F# G C

In the dance halls and the galleries Or betting in the OTB Synchro nized--like magic Good friends you and me

Yvette In English

G F Am E C D

First time posting, please forgive any inaccuracies. Having forgotten what little music theory I ever knew, I have no idea what the chords are really called, but here Are their shapes, and the tuning, as I hear it. This is the Barest skeleton of what joni plays, but by using this tuning, the

Tax Free

A E G Dm6 F D

Verse #1 Aadd9 Front rooms Back rooms Slide into tables

Last Chance Lost

Bb F Db Eb Ab C

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # From: [email protected] (Howard Wright)

Day After Day

Cm Gm Eb Cm7 C9 C

This is tabbed from the original demo of the song (Mitchell's first, recorded August 24th 1965), Released officially October 2nd 2020 in advance of the Archives Vol 1: The Early Years album. The recording is linked here: https://youtu.be/1YOus2_u9sg To my ear, this seems to be in standard tuning. Another version popped up later, in a new key, with added stanzas,& in er more characteristic an open tuning. This version could be simplified by transposing down 3 steps (Am) & adding a capo on the 3rd fret,