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Marcie by Joni Mitchell

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I am fairly sure I've got the chord shapes right or this one.....
however, the names are a different story altogether.
.....if someone could correct the mistakes I may have made
     in the names I'd appreciate it

Also, I'm leaving the right hand fingering for the player to
work out for him/herself....its fairly easy...basically arpeggio
style (with some strumming) and picked up easily by listening to the song

.....thanks to Howard Wright for the tuning


		   -----------------------------------
				MARCIE
			   by Joni Mitchell
			from Song to a Seagull
		   -----------------------------------
Tuning: (from low to high)  Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB D.......open Chord diagramG+G

there are two distinct chord progressions used in this song
which I call Patterns 1 & 2.

Pattern 1:

Chord diagramGm7Gm7            Chord diagramA7A7
Marcie ..
C6add2         Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCadd2Cadd2 Chord diagramG+G
Steps ..
Chord diagramGm7Gm7                Chord diagramA7A7
Reds ..
C6add2          Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCadd2Cadd2 Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCadd2Cadd2 Chord diagramG+G
Still ..
Chord diagramD#D#                 Chord diagramD MajorD
So ..
Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramBB
Hang ..
Chord diagramGm7Gm7             Chord diagramA7A7
Dust ..
C6add2       Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCadd2Cadd2 Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCadd2Cadd2 Chord diagramG+G
wave ...

Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCadd2Cadd2 Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCadd2Cadd2 Chord diagramG+G

........repeat Pattern 1 for the following  :

Marcie's ..
Marcie's ..
Red ..
Greens ..
All ..
stares ..
Marcie ..
stops a ..
Pattern 2 :
Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7                                       C(2)
And ..

and ..
Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7
Winter ..
        C(2)
There's ..
G(2)     Chord diagramA7A7 C6add2 Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCadd2Cadd2 Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramGm7Gm7 Chord diagramA7A7 C6add2 Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCadd2Cadd2 Chord diagramG+G
to ..

.........use Pattern 1 for the following :

Marcie ..
takes ..
red is ..
Sees a ..
Down ..
Past ..
still ..
still ..


.......and Pattern 2 for this :

Like ..
and ..
Dream ..
and ..
Wait ..

.......back to Pattern 1 for :

Marcie ..
Where..
Red ..
that ..
Someone ..
window ..
Some .
Ticket...


CHORDS :

    DGDGBD              DGDGBD            DGDGBD              DGDGBD
    x33030              x22022            x22010              x02010
      Chord diagramGm7Gm7                 Chord diagramA7A7               C6/9 	       Chord diagramCadd2Cadd2
					 or C6add2

   DGDGBD              DGDGBD            DGDGBD              DGDGBD
   x8888x              x77777            x55555              x44444
     Chord diagramD#D#		          Chord diagramD MajorD		   Chord diagramC majorC		        Chord diagramBB


  DGDGBD              DGDGBD            DGDGBD              DGDGBD
  x44030              x55055            505430              000000
   Chord diagramGmaj7Gmaj7  		C(2)		 G(2)		       Chord diagramG+G

NOTES :

I play the G(2) like this :

D--------------------------
B---2s3--------------------
G----4---------------------
D----5---------------------
G----0---------------------
D----5---------------------

any corrections or improvements are of course welcome...

Cheers

Paul

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