Edith And The Kingpin - Joni Mitchell
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From the album 'Hissing of summer lawns'
H.Wright@astro.cf.ac.uk
The tuning for this is (low to high) : D A E G C E
or in Joni notation : D 7 7 3 5 4
(See 'joni_tunings' file for more about her notation)
Chord shapes used :
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DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE
055555 777777 888000 555555 556555
-5 Gm11
DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE
333000 779977 002220 002020
Fmaj7sus2 Dadd9add4
I still havn't convinced myself 100% whether she uses the Dm7/G chord
AND the Gm11 chord - they're almost identical. In fact I think she
just uses the simpler shape (i.e Dm7/G) - but if you like the variation
you can use both shapes.
I'm going to be lazy again and not write out all the words (I can't remember
many of them) - but I'll write out a few phrases I can remember so you
know where the changes come.
Here are the main progressions :
Intro :
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-5 /9-5
The outtro uses the same three chords repeating over and over.
Verse :
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-5
The big man arrives disco dancers greet him
-5
Plain clothes cops greet him small town big man, fresh lipstick glistening
-5
Sophomore jive beating frantic and snowblind
Dadd9add4
Romantic and snowblind he says his crime belongs
-5
His eyes hold edith his left hand holds his right
Fmaj7sus2 -5
What does that hand desire that he grips it so tight
If I've mixed up words from several verses then forgive me !
As long as you see how the chords fit the words/tune then it
should be easy.
Enjoy !
Howard