Edith And The Kingpin - Joni Mitchell ----------------------------------------------------- From the album 'Hissing of summer lawns' 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 : ---------------------- DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE 055555 777777 888000 555555 556555 -5 Gm11 DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE DAEGCE 333000 779977 002220 002020 Fmaj7sus2 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 : -------- -5 /9-5 The outtro uses the same three chords repeating over and over. Verse : ------- -5 The big man arrives disco dancers greet him -5 Plain clothes cops greet him small town big man, fresh lipstick glistening -5 Sophomore jive beating frantic and snowblind Dadd9add4 Romantic and snowblind he says his crime belongs -5 His eyes hold edith his left hand holds his right Fmaj7sus2 -5 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