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From: [email protected] (Howard Wright (Hman))
PEOPLE’S PARTIES – Joni Mitchell
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tabbed by Howard Wright
[email protected]
Tune guitar to open D
From low to high : DADF#AD
Please note that the strumming pattern is only approximate. The shapes
are the main thing – I’ve indicated roughly how many times each is
strummed but this isn’t 100% accurate.
The same with the words – the changes should match up fairly well with
the words but listen to the record to get the detail.
/ means slide
INTRO:
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D—–7—7-7–0—-5—5–3—0-0—12–0—10—10–7—-0—0-0—-|
A—–7—7-7–0—-5—5–3—0-0—12–0—10—10–7—-0—0-0—-|
F#—-7—7-7–0—-5—5–3—0-0—12–0—10—10–7—-0—0-0—-|
D—–7—7-7–0—-5—5–3—0-0—12–0—10—10–7—-9—9-9—-|
A—–7—7-7–0—-5—5–3—0-0—12–0—10—10–7—-9—9-9—-|
D—–7—7-7–0—-5—5–3—0-0—12–0—10—10–7—-9—9-9—-|
D—–0—0-0—0–0—-0-0-0-0-0–0—–5–3—0——————|
A—–0—0-0—0–0—-0-0-0-0-0–0—–5–3—0——————|
F#–0-1—1-1—1–1/3–3-3-3-1-0–1—–5–3—0——————|
D—0-2—2-2—2–2/4–4-4-4-2-0–2—–5–3—0——————|
A—0-2—2-2—2——————0—–5–3—0——————|
D—0-2—2-2—2————————5–3—0——————|
VERSE:
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D—–7——-7–7—-0———-5—–5——3——0-0—|
A—–7——-7–7—-0———-5—–5——3——0-0—|
F#—-7——-7–7—-0———-5—–5——3——0-0—|
D—–7——-7–7—-0———-5—–5——3——0-0—|
A—–0——-0–0—-0———-5—–5——3——0-0—|
D—–0——-0–0—-0———-5—–5——3——0-0—|
–
All the people at this party they got a lot of style
D——12–12—-0—-0—–10————-10–10—|
A——12–12—-0—-0—–10————-10–10—|
F#—–12–12—-0—-0—–10————-10–10—|
D——12–12—-0—-0—–10————-10–10—|
A——12–12—-0—-0—–10————-10–10—|
D——12–12—-0—-0—–10————-10–10—|
They got stamps of many countries they got passport smiles
D———-0——–0—0———————0—————–0—-0———-|
A———-0——–0—0———————0—————–0—-0———-|
F#———0——–0—0————–0——1—————–1—-1———-|
D———-9——–9—9————–0——2—————–2—-2———-|
A———-9——–9—9————–0——2—————–2—-2———-|
D———-9——–9—9————–0——2—————–2—-2———-|
Some are friendly, some are cutting, some are watching it from the wings
D———–0—-0–0–0—0–0———-0———-0–0————–|
A———–0—-0–0–0—0–0———-0———-0–0————–|
F#———-1/3–3–3–3—1–0———-1———-1–1————–|
D———–2/4–4–4–4—2–0———-2———-2–2————–|
A—————————————-0———-0–0————–|
D———————————————————————|
Some are standing in the centre giving to get something
The rest follows almost exactly the same pattern – the only real
difference is at the end with the lines ‘laughing it all away’ :
D—0——-0—0—–0–0——-0—-0–0——–0—0-0-0-0-0–0—-|
A—0——-0—0—–0–0——-0—-0–0——–0—0-0-0-0-0–0—-|
F#–1——-1—0—–0–0——-1—-1–1——–1/3-3-3-3-1-0–1—-|
D—2——-2—9—–9–9——-2—-2–2——–2/4-4-4-4-2-0–2—-|
A—0——-0—9—–9–9——-2—-2–2———————–0—-|
D—————9—–9–9——-2—-2–2—————————-|
Laughing it all away – ay – ay – ay-ay-ay
This repeats three times (I think) then it goes :
D—-5———–3—0———–|
A—-5———–3—0———–|
F#—5———–3—0———–|
D—-5———–3—0———–|
A—-5———–3—0———–|
D—-5———–3—0———–|
Laughing it all away
That’s all !
Enjoy
