The Joker tab by Steve Miller

Tabs with lyrics

This version of "The Joker" is taken from highly reliable source
and differs from the original version at Nevada.  Check it out for
yourself.


        Verse (beginning at 0:02 into the song):

        Tune acoustic guitar down one whole step (low to high: D,G,C,F,A,D).
        In 4/4 time. <p.m.```` = palm muting>





           (G+G)           (C majorC)                 (D MajorD)          (C majorC)

            p.m.``|      p.m``|              p.m.`````````````````````````````

        |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

        |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

        |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

        |--------------------------Oh2-----|-O--O-----------------------------|


        |------------Oh2--3---3------------|-----------O-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-O------|

        |---3--3---------------------------|-----------------------------2----|




          (G+G)            (C majorC)                 (D MajorD)          (C majorC)


             `````````````````|             p.m.```````````````````|let ring


        |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

        |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

        |----------------------------------|-----------------------------O-O--|

        |-----------------------------O-2--|-O--O-------------------Oh2-------|

|-------------O-2-3--3-------------|-----------O-2-3-3-3-3------------|


        |--h3--3---------------------------|----------------------------------|

                                         .....and back to (G+G) in the first bar.





        The chorus (from 0:49 into the song).
        Two rhythm guitars on the recording, here arranged for one:


          G+G               C majorC                  G+G               C majorC


        |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

        |-------O---------------1----------|----O------------------1----------|

        |-------O-------O---O---O------O-O-|--------------O-----O-------------|

        |-------O------------------Oh2-----|----O-------O-------2-------------|

        |----------Oh2----3---3------------|--------Oh2-----3---------2-2-O-O-|

        |--3-3-----------------------------|-3--------------------------------|





                G+G           C majorC                D MajorD            C majorC

        |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

        |----------------------------------|-3--3--3-3--3-1--1----------------|

        |--------O---O---O--O---O-----O----|-2--2--2-2--2-O--O-----------O--O-|

        |----------O---O----2-----Oh2------|-O--O--O-O--0-2--2-----Oh2--------|

        |-------------------3--------------|--------------3--3----------------|

        |---3------------------------------|----------------------------------|





        Steve Miller:  "This tune was made up one night out underneath the
stars at a party.  I was stretched out on the hood of an old car, playing
guitar, looking for shooting stars and it just seemed to write itself.  The
slide guitar part is a Fender Stratoscaster plugged into a Manny's fuzztone
box, run through a Hammond organ Leslie speaker set on chorus.  Yeahhh!"


                                        Enjoy!

                                                --Demian McLean