I Don't Know Where I Stand by Joni Mitchell
Tabbed: December 1995
| TUNING: F F C G A C (the 'F' strings are exactly the
same note). The 6th string 'F' is not played until the end. Jim Leahy lists it with a 'C'
for that string, but if you listen to it carefully, you can hear a 'G' played twice while
she arpeggiates the last chord, and that implies to me that it is an 'F' not a 'C.' This
is near-perfect, as it is my favorite Joni Mitchell song (others fall very close behind!),
so if anyone needs help, please e-mail me. Chord names are thanks Chris Ripley. Thanks to Jules Santos, control freak and ex-leach, for the tuning. (I
suppose each person that comes into our lives has their own unique purpose. I look at it
like that was his purpose ... to give me this tuning and get the heck out!) I had it long
figured out before I ever knew that I could find Joni's songs online. I did send Harlan
Thompson the chord and tuning changes, but he never replied to my e-mail. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | F F C G A C F F C G A C | | | | | | | | | | | | Dbmaj7b5 X 0 5 0 4 0 Bb9: X 5 5 5 5 5
Gmsus4: X 2 2 0 1 0 (X02010 for C: X 4 4 0 3 4 hammer-ons) F9: X 0 0 0 0 0 A9: X 4 4 4 4 4
D9: X 9 9 9 9 9 G9: X 2 2 2 2 2
C9: X 7 7 7 7 7 Ab9 X 3 3 3 3 3
Cdim: X 0 3 2 3 0 G9-2: 2 2 2 2 2 2 (last chord) =======================================================================================
Intro: Dbmaj7b5 Gmsus4 F9 F9-Gmsus4-F9(these are hammer-ons)
Dbmaj7b5 Gmsus4 F9 F9-Gmsus4-F9 D9 D9
D9 C9 Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there D9 Cdim Sunny day, braiding wild flowers and leaves in my hair Bb9 C Picked up a pencil and wrote 'I love you' in my finest hand Dbmaj7b5 Gmsus4 F9-Gmsus4-F9 Wanted to send it but I don't know where I stand
D9 ... 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.
A9 G9 Dbmaj7b5 Gmsus4 F9 F9-Gmsus4-F9 Do do do do do do dooooo do do do do do do do do do do do do
D9 ... 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)
A9 G9 Dbmaj7b5 Gmsus4 F9 F9-Gmsus4-F9 D9 C9 Ab9 G9-2 Do do do do do do do do do do do doooooo