Conversation by Joni Mitchell
Tabbed: June 1997
| This one is a good one, done by Harlan L. Thompson. It's pretty easy chord-wise, just watch the timing with your strumming; that gets a little tricky. I only changed a few minor things like adding a few extra chords (like the open "D" after the Dsus4 in the intro and elsewhere) and a several different chord placements; otherwise, it was perfect! |
From: Harlan L Thompson harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu
(I don't think this address is good anymore
TUNING: D A D F# A D - open D tuning (capo 4th fret)
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| D | A | D | F# | A | D | D | A | D | F# | A | D | |||
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| D5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Asus4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| D5addC# | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | F | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Dsus4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | D7sus4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 D D5 D5addC# Dsus4 D
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 D5
D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 D
He comes for conversation, I comfort him sometimes
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 F E
Asus4
(D5)
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
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 F E
Asus4
He sees me when he pleases, I see him in cafes
D5
D5addC#
Dsus4
And I only say, hello, and turn away before his lady knows
D7sus4 Dsus4 Asus4
How much I want to see him
D5
D5addC#
Dsus4
She removes him, like a ring to wash her hands
D7sus4 Dsus4 D (stop)
She only brings him out to show her friends
(n.c.) D5 D5addC#
Dsus4 D5 D5addC# Dsus4
I want to free him
Secrets and sharing soda, that's how our time began
Love is a story told to a friend, it's secondhand
But I'll listen to his questions, I'll give my answers when they're found
He says she keeps him guessing, but I know she keeps him down
She speaks in sorry sentences, miraculous repentances
I don't believe her
Tomorrow he will come to me and speak his sorrow endlessly
And he'll ask me why————Why can't I leave her?
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 D5
D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 D
He comes for conversation, I comfort him sometimes
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 F E
Asus4
Comfort and consultation, he knows that's what he'll find
F E Asus4
(stop) D5 D5addC# Dsus4
He knows that's what——————————he'll find
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 D (repeat and fade)