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Edith And The Kingpin

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Joni Mitchell, CC, (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943 in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, poet and painter. A highly influential artist, she has received eight Grammy Awards during her career, with the first coming in 1969 and the most recent in 2008. She received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002, with the citation describing her as "one of the most important female recording artists of the rock era" and "a powerful influence on all artists who embrace diversity

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Edith And The Kingpin - Joni Mitchell
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From the album 'Hissing of summer lawns'

Tabbed by Howard Wright
H.Wright@astro.cf.ac.uk

The tuning for this is (low to high) : D A E G C E

or in Joni notation : D 7 7 3 5 4

(See 'joni_tunings' file for more about her notation)

Chord shapes used :
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DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE
055555 777777 888000 555555 556555

Dm7 Em7/A Bb6/9-5 Dm7/G Gm11

DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE
333000 779977 002220 002020

Fmaj7sus2 A9 Dadd9 Dadd9add4

I still havn't convinced myself 100% whether she uses the Dm7/G chord
AND the Gm11 chord - they're almost identical. In fact I think she
just uses the simpler shape (i.e Dm7/G) - but if you like the variation
you can use both shapes.

I'm going to be lazy again and not write out all the words (I can't remember
many of them) - but I'll write out a few phrases I can remember so you
know where the changes come.

Here are the main progressions :

Intro :
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Bb6/9-5 Em7/A Dadd9 Bb6/9-5 Em7/A

The outtro uses the same three chords repeating over and over.

Verse :
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Dm7 Em7/A Bb6/9-5
The big man arrives disco dancers greet him

Dm7/G Bb6/9-5
Plain clothes cops greet him small town big man, fresh lipstick glistening

Dm7 Em7/A Bb6/9-5
Sophomore jive beating frantic and snowblind

Dm7/G Dadd9 Dadd9add4
Romantic and snowblind he says his crime belongs

Bb6/9-5 Em7/A
His eyes hold edith his left hand holds his right

Fmaj7sus2 Bb6/9-5 Em7/A A9 Em7/A A9
What does that hand desire that he grips it so tight

If I've mixed up words from several verses then forgive me !
As long as you see how the chords fit the words/tune then it
should be easy.

Enjoy !

Howard