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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 Chord diagramD MajorD I mean play a Chord diagramD MajorD shape above the 3rd fret. (The actual
chord would be Chord diagramFF)

OK ?
To play the dulcimer part, tune to : Chord diagramFF Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramFF     (no capo used)

Low Chord diagramE MajorE up to Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramA augmentedA up to Chord diagramBb majorBb
Chord diagramD MajorD - same
Chord diagramG+G up to Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramBB up to Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramE MajorE up to Chord diagramFF


h - hammer on
p - pull off
/ - slide


INTRO :
--------

                 Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG/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:
--------

Chord diagramD MajorD
Sitting ..

Chord diagramG+G                       Chord diagramD/F#D/F#       Chord diagramE7E7
Reading ...

Chord diagramE7E7
They ..

Em/A      Chord diagramA7A7                      Chord diagramD MajorD
That ...

Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramG+G
Still ..

      Chord diagramD/F#D/F#               Chord diagramE7E7
But ...

Chord diagramE7E7               Em/A      Chord diagramA7A7
It's..




CHORUS:
-------

Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4        Chord diagramG+G
     Ah ..

    Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramB7B7        B7/F#   Chord diagramB7B7
California ..

Chord diagramG+G
I'm ...

Chord diagramD/F#D/F#                    Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramAsus2Asus2
I'll ...

 Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramD MajorD
California...


  Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7        Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4 Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramA/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:
---------
  Chord diagramD MajorD
I ...

Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramE7E7
We ..

Chord diagramE7E7
He ..

Em/A         Chord diagramA7A7
But ..

Chord diagramD MajorD
Oh ..

Chord diagramG+G
He ...

      Chord diagramE MajorE
And ...

       Chord diagramA7A7
But ..




CHORUS:
--------
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4     Chord diagramG+G
          California

  Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramB7B7       B7/F#  Chord diagramB7B7
Oh ...

   Chord diagramG+G
Oh ..

Dsus2/F#
I'm ...

Chord diagramA augmentedA
California ..


.. Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7        Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4 Chord diagramD 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:
---------

Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE MajorE
Oh it ..
Chord diagramG+G
  When ..

Chord diagramD MajorD                             Chord diagramA augmentedA
  And ..

Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramD/F#D/F#   Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramE7E7
All ..

Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramAsus4Asus4  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramAsus2Asus2  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Just ..

.      Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG/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 Chord diagramA augmentedA shapes which are
higher up the neck - I've marked them below with a '*' )


     Chord diagramD MajorD                                      G*
So I ...
                                E7*
Went ..


There ..

A*           G*               Chord diagramD MajorD
Reading ..

Chord diagramD MajorD                          G*
They ..

G*                  E7*
I ..

                         A*
Just ..

              G*
And ..



CHORUS:
--------

Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4   Chord diagramG+G
    To ...

   Chord diagramD MajorD
California

           Chord diagramB7B7   B7/F#
I'm..

Chord diagramB7B7   Chord diagramG+G
Oh   ..

Chord diagramD/F#D/F#
Strung ..

Chord diagramA7A7                     Chord diagramD MajorD
California ..


  Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7        Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4 Chord diagramD 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---------------------------------



Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramE MajorE
Oh ..

Chord diagramG+G
  When ..

Chord diagramD MajorD                           Chord diagramA augmentedA
And ..

                Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramG+G
All ..

               Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramA augmentedA
More ..

  Chord diagramE MajorE                      Chord diagramG+G
Oh ..

                      Chord diagramD MajorD
Will ..

        Chord diagramA augmentedA                      Chord diagramE MajorE
Will ..

Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA
   Mmm ...

             Chord diagramE 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

   Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramE7E7         Chord diagramA7A7        Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4      G*


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

   Chord diagramB7B7        Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramD/F#D/F#       Chord diagramAsus4Asus4      Chord diagramAsus2Asus2    Dsus2/F#


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

   Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramA7sus4A7sus4      Chord diagramG/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 Chord diagramD 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 Chord diagramBb majorBb string to save space)


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

   Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE7E7         Chord diagramA7A7


  FbDACF    FbDACF    FbDACF    FbDACF
  xx0321    x03130    4x3000    x2x120

    Chord diagramB7B7       Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4     Chord diagramD/F#D/F#      Chord diagramG/AG/A

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