I Don't Know Where I Stand tab by Joni Mitchell

Tabs

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I STAND - Joni Mitchell
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Tabbed by: Terry (tabsntunings.com), finger-picking pattern transcribed by budtz38
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: FFCGAc

First of, I found the tuning and most chords for this song on the excellent
website tabsntunings.com. Go there for

a couple of really great Joni Mitchell tabs. Personally though, it really helps me
to see the finger-picking

pattern as well, so I decided to transcribe it.

THE CHORDS:
 Bbm6Bbm6   G minorGm Fadd9(sus4) Dadd9Dadd9  Cadd9Cadd9   F7F7   Bbadd9Bbadd9  Am7Am7
c|0--------0--------0--------9--------7--------0(3)-----5-------0(4)----------|
A augmentedA|4--------1--------0(1)-----9--------7--------3--------5-------3------------|
G+G|0--------0--------0(2)-----9--------7--------2--------5-------0------------|
C majorC|5--------2--------0--------9--------7--------3--------5-------4------------|
FF|5--------2--------0--------9--------7--------0--------5-------4------------|
FF|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Aadd9Aadd9  Gadd9Gadd9  Abadd9Abadd9
c|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
FF|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
FF|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

FINGER-PATTERN:
 Bbm6Bbm6      G minorGm       Fadd9(sus4)
c|----------0---------------0---------------0---------0----------------------|
A augmentedA|4-----4-----4---1-----1---------1-----0---------0h1---0-----0--------------|
G+G|----0---------0-----0---------0-----2---------2-----------0---0------------|
C majorC|--4-----4---------2-----2---------0-----0---------------0------------------|
FF|5-----5---------2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0---0-----0--------------------|
FF|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

This will be your basic finger-picking pattern for the entire song. There are
minor variations, particularly when

it comes to the first half of the verses when you play the Dadd9Dadd9 and Cadd9Cadd9 chords,
so if you insist on playing it

excactly like Joni, you'll have to figure out those for yourself.

THE SONG (again, thanks go to tabsntunings.com):

Intro:
Bbm6Bbm6	G minorGm	Fadd9(sus4)
Bbm6Bbm6	G minorGm	Fadd9(sus4)
Dadd9Dadd9	Dadd9

Dadd9Dadd9                 Cadd9Cadd9
Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there
Dadd9Dadd9                 F7F7
Sunny day, braiding wild flowers and leaves in my hair
Bbadd9Bbadd9                 Am7Am7
Picked up a pencil and wrote 'I love you' in my finest hand
Bbm6Bbm6           G minorGm   Fadd9(sus4)
Wanted to send it but I don't know where I stand

Dadd9...
Telephone, even the sound of your voice is still new
All alone in California and talking to you
And feeling too foolish and strange to say the words that I had planned
I guess it's too early, 'cause I don't know where I stand.

Aadd9Aadd9      Gadd9Gadd9      Bbm6Bbm6        G minorGm       Fadd9(sus4)
Do do do do do do dooooo			do do do do do do do do do do do do

Dadd9...
Crickets call, courting their ladies in stardappled green
Thickets tall, until the morning comes up like a dream
All muted and misty, so drowsy now, I'll take what sleep I can
I know that I miss you but I don't know where I stand (2x)

Aadd9Aadd9   Gadd9Gadd9       Bbm6Bbm6   G minorGm   Fadd9(sus4)    Dadd9Dadd9   Cadd9Cadd9  Abadd9Abadd9  Gadd9Gadd9
  Do do do do do 				  do do do do do do doooooo


| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note