That Song About The Midway by Joni Mitchellhome.gif (12364 bytes)

Tabbed: October 1997

 

The tuning, chords and most of the chord formations are thanks to my friend, Monica Passin.
I changed a few chords and corrected several formations so that now it is near-perfect.

Tuning: D A D E A D    Capo 2nd Fret

Tuning & Chords

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D A D E A D D A D E A D
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E 0 0 0 0 0 0 B 7 0 7 0 7 0
Esus2 0 0 0 2 0 0 Asus2(2) 5 0 5 0 5 0
Dsus2 0 0 0 3 3 0 G#m-E 4 0 4 0 4 x
D 0 0 0 3 3 2 E(2) 0 0 0 5 5 4
Asus2 0 0 0 3 0 0 A(2) 5 5 5 5 5 5
A 0 0 0 3 2 0

For the most part, the chord pairs on the left are usually used together; meaning, play the
sus2 chord and then hammer-on with the one finger that will make it a dominant chord (all
only have one hammer-on note).  If you listen to the recording, you'll know what I mean.
Have fun and listen well! 

Intro: Esus2/E   Dsus2/D   Asus2/A   Esus2/E   E

  B               Asus2(2) G#m-E    A              Esus2/E   Esus2/E
I met you on the      midway        at a fair last year
        B                Asus2(2) G#m-E    A                Esus2/E   Esus2/E
And you stood out like a      ruby         in a black man's ear
         D              A              E(2)                  D
You were playing on the horses you were playing on the guitar strings
         A                Asus2         Esus2/E   Esus2/E
You were playing like the devil wearing wings
        D                    D              A(2)  Esus2/E   Esus2/E
Wearing wings, you looked so grand, wearing wings
       D                 Dsus2             Esus2/E   Esus2/E
Do you tape them to your shoulders just to sing
        D                D              A(2)  Esus2/E   Esus2/E
Can you fly?  I hear you can!  Can you    fly?
        D               Dsus2            Esus2/E   Dsus2/D  Asus2/A  Esus2/E
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 you 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
And I envy you the valley that you've found

           D               D        D   D
'Cause I'm midway down the midway
        Esus2/E   Dsus2/D   Asus2/A   Esus2/E  Dsus2/D  Asus2/A  Esus2/E
Slowin' down,     down,     down,     down