California tab by Joni Mitchell

Tabs

California - Joni Mitchell
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                                     From the album 'Blue'


                                     Tabbed by Howard Wright
                                     spxh[email protected]


The original has a dulcimer part playing the intro, and playing chords in
the main part of the song.  I've tabbed the dulcimer intro bit for guitar
using an alternative tuning.  For the main part of the song, the acoustic
(using normal tuning) dominates; I've written out chord shapes ( and a bit
of tab) for this, as well as shapes for the 'dulcimer' part.

The original acoustic part adds a few noodles on top of the basic chords
(mostly sus4 and sus2 type of things). I've tried to include a few of these,
but I havn't tried to TAB note for note what is played.

The acoustic part is played with a capo at the 3rd fret, so when I
write D MajorD I mean play a D MajorD shape above the 3rd fret. (The actual
chord would be FF)

OK ?

To play the dulcimer part, tune to : FF Bb majorBb D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC FF     (no capo used)

Low E MajorE up to FF
A augmentedA up to Bb majorBb
D MajorD - same
G+G up to A augmentedA
BB up to C majorC
E MajorE up to FF


h - hammer on
p - pull off
/ - slide


INTRO :
--------

                 G+G                        A augmentedA         D MajorD                  G/AG/A

F-------------------------------------------2---------------------------0--0--
C---4h5p4-0---0--2---2-2---2---2-----0----4---4-----0---0-0---0-0-------2--2--
A-----------0----1---1-1---1-------0------3-----3---0---0-0---0-0-------1--1--
D----------------3---3-3---3------------------------3---3-3---3-3-------------
Bb---------------0---0-0---0------------------------------------------2-2--2--
F---------------------------------------------------0---0-0---0-0-------------

VERSE 1:
--------

D MajorD
Sitting ..

G+G                       D/F#D/F#       E7E7
Reading ...

E7E7
They ..

Em/A      A7A7                      D MajorD
That ...

D MajorD                G+G
Still ..

      D/F#D/F#               E7E7
But ...

E7E7               Em/A      A7A7
It's..




CHORUS:
-------

G+G   Gsus4Gsus4        G+G
     Ah ..

    D MajorD     B7B7        B7/F#   B7B7
California ..

G+G
I'm ...

D/F#D/F#                    A augmentedA   Asus2Asus2
I'll ...

 A augmentedA              D MajorD
California...


  D MajorD            Gmaj7Gmaj7        D MajorD       Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD       A/GA/G

E--0h2p0--------2---2--0----------2---3---2-----------------
B--3-----3---3--3---3--3-----3----3---3---3---------3--3----
G----------2----4---4--4-----2----2---2---2---------4--4----
D----------------------------0----0---0---0---------5--5----
A------------------------------------------------0--0--0----
E---------------3---3---------------------------------------





VERSE 2:
---------
  D MajorD
I ...

G+G                          E7E7
We ..

E7E7
He ..

Em/A         A7A7
But ..

D MajorD
Oh ..

G+G
He ...

      E MajorE
And ...

       A7A7
But ..




CHORUS:
--------
G+G  Gsus4Gsus4     G+G
          California

  D MajorD          B7B7       B7/F#  B7B7
Oh ...

   G+G
Oh ..

Dsus2/F#
I'm ...

A augmentedA
California ..


.. D MajorD            Gmaj7Gmaj7        D MajorD       Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD

E--0h2p0--------2---2--0-----2----2---3---2-----------
B--3-----3---3--3---3--3-----3----3---3---3-----------
G----------2----4---4--4-----2----2---2---2-----------
D----------------------------0----0---0---0-----------
A----------------------------------------------------
E---------------3---3---------------------------------




MIDDLE 8:
---------

D MajorD            E MajorE
Oh it ..
G+G
  When ..

D MajorD                             A augmentedA
  And ..

A augmentedA               E MajorE   D/F#D/F#   G+G                  E7E7
All ..

C majorC                 A augmentedA        Asus4Asus4  A augmentedA  Asus2Asus2  A augmentedA
Just ..

.      G+G                        A augmentedA         D MajorD                  G/AG/A

F--------------------------------2---------------------------0--0--
C-----2---2-2---2---2-----0----4---4-----0---0-0---0-0-------2--2--
A-----1---1-1---1-------0------3-----3---0---0-0---0-0-------1--1--
D-----3---3-3---3------------------------3---3-3---3-3-------------
Bb----0---0-0---0------------------------------------------2-2--2--
F----------------------------------------0---0-0---0-0------------


VERSE 3:
---------
(For the standard tuning acoustic, use the G,E7 and A augmentedA shapes which are
higher up the neck - I've marked them below with a '*' )


     D MajorD                                      G*
So I ...
                                E7*
Went ..


There ..

A*           G*               D MajorD
Reading ..

D MajorD                          G*
They ..

G*                  E7*
I ..

                         A*
Just ..

              G*
And ..



CHORUS:
--------

G+G Gsus4Gsus4   G+G
    To ...

   D MajorD
California

           B7B7   B7/F#
I'm..

B7B7   G+G
Oh   ..

D/F#D/F#
Strung ..

A7A7                     D MajorD
California ..


  D MajorD            Gmaj7Gmaj7        D MajorD       Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD

E--0h2p0--------2---2--0-----2----2---3---2-----------
B--3-----3---3--3---3--3-----3----3---3---3-----------
G----------2----4---4--4-----2----2---2---2-----------
D----------------------------0----0---0---0-----------
A----------------------------------------------------
E---------------3---3---------------------------------



D MajorD             E MajorE
Oh ..

G+G
  When ..

D MajorD                           A augmentedA
And ..

                E MajorE        G+G
All ..

               D MajorD                  A augmentedA
More ..

  E MajorE                      G+G
Oh ..

                      D MajorD
Will ..

        A augmentedA                      E MajorE
Will ..

G+G              D MajorD            A augmentedA
   Mmm ...

             E MajorE
Take ........



Chord Shapes :
--------------

Standard tuning (acoustic guitar part)
REMEMBER - these are capoed at the 3rd fret


 EADGBE    EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE    EADGBE
 xx0232    3x0003     020100     x02020     3x0013    xx5433

   D MajorD         G+G          E7E7         A7A7        Gsus4Gsus4      G*


 EADGBE    EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE    EADGBE
 x21202    x02220     2x023x     x02230     x02200    2x0230

   B7B7        A augmentedA         D/F#D/F#       Asus4Asus4      Asus2Asus2    Dsus2/F#


 EADGBE    EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE
 x32010    x02030     x0543x     x0200x     2x120x     xx2434

   C majorC       A7sus4A7sus4      G/AG/A        Em/A       B7/F#       E7*


 EADGBE
 xx7655

   A*


Alternative tuning (Dulcimer part)
-----------------------------------

Just to keep things simple I'll keep the same chord names as for
the standard tuning guitar part.  In actual fact, the dulcimer chords
are all in F, but since the acoustic guitar is played in D MajorD with
a capo on the 3rd fret, it's also effectively playing in F, although
all the chord names are written in D.  So to make it easy (I hope!)
I'll write all the chords as though it were in D.


If you can't understand what the fuck I'm on about, mail me and I'll try
to explain.

I havn't tabbed all the chords, but these are the basic ones.

(I'll write 'b' for the Bb majorBb string to save space)


 FbDACF    FbDACF     FbDACF     FbDACF   FbDACF      FbDACF
 023000    xx3354     x03120     x03555   243222      x22102

   D MajorD         D MajorD          G+G          G+G        E7E7         A7A7


  FbDACF    FbDACF    FbDACF    FbDACF
  xx0321    x03130    4x3000    x2x120

    B7B7       Gsus4Gsus4     D/F#D/F#      G/AG/A

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