Biography:
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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- A Case Of You
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- Blue
- Blue Boy
- Cactus Tree
- Car On A Hill
- Carey
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- Court And Spark
- Coyote
- Dog Eat Dog
- Down To You
- Edith And The Kingpin
- Electricity
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- I Dont Know Where
- I Had A King
- Jericho
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- Just Like This Train
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- Last Chance Lost
- Last Time I Saw Richard
- Let The Wind Carry Me
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- Rainy Night House
- Raised On Robbery
- Real Good For Free
- See You Sometime
- Sex Kills
- Shades Of Scarlet Conquering
- Sisotowbell Lane
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- Song To A Seagull
- Sweet Bird
- Tax Free
- That Song About The Midway
- The Circle Game
- The Dawntreader
- The Drinking Song
- The Pirate Of Penance
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- The Same Situation
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- Twisted
- Urge For Going
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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 13:08:30 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Susan McNamara)
Subject: CRD:Jericho by Joni Mitchell
Thanks to Jim Leary for the initial clue of the tuning for this song.
Jericho
by Joni Mitchell
from the albums Miles of Aisles 1974 and Don Juan's Reckless Daughter 1977
Tuning: D A E G C E
Intro:
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Fmaj7 Bm7/E Bbmaj7 Em7/A Cmaj7 F/B D
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C/D G/A
I'll try to keep myself open up to you
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F/G
That's a promise that I made to love when it was new
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Fmaj7 D/E
"Just like Jericho," I said, "let these walls come tumblin' down."
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G/A Eb/F
I said it like I'd finally found the way
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||5555
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F/G
To keep the good feelings alive
I said it like it was something to strive for
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A
Second verse same as the first:
I'll try to keep myself open up to you
And approve your self-expression
I need that, too, I need your confidence, baby
And the gift of your extra time
In turn I'll give you mine, sweet darling
It's a rich exchange it seems to me
It's a warm arrangement
Bridge:
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Bbmaj7
Anyone will tell you just how hard it is
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Em7/A A G A
To make and keep a friend
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333|||
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Fmaj7
Maybe they'll short sell you or
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D/E
Maybe it's you, Judas, in the end
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G/A
When you just can no longer pretend
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Eb/F
That you're getting what you need
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F/G
Or you're giving out anything for them to grow and feed on
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||9999 ||99910 ||9999 ||99910 ||9999 ||99910
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A
Third verse:
I'll try to keep myself open up to you
It gets easier and easier to do
Just like Jericho
Let these wall come tumbling down now
Let them fall right on the ground
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||3333
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Eb/F
Let all these dogs go running free
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||5555
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F/G
The wild and the gentle dogs
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||7777
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G/A
Kennelled in me ...
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A
Outro:
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333||| 222222 888||| 777777 101010||| 999999
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Fmaj7 Bm7/E Bbmaj7 Em7/A Cmaj7 F/B
These charts look better if you print them in Courier pitch 10 or 12
If you question any of these chord names or have any other corrections
please e-mail me at [email protected]
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Susan McNamara
Assistant to the Dean of Students
Cornell University
401 Willard Straight Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Voice: (607) 255-1115
FAX: (607) 255-8082
E-Mail:[email protected]
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
#
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 13:08:30 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Susan McNamara)
Subject: CRD:Jericho by Joni Mitchell
Thanks to Jim Leary for the initial clue of the tuning for this song.
Jericho
by Joni Mitchell
from the albums Miles of Aisles 1974 and Don Juan's Reckless Daughter 1977
Tuning: D A E G C E
Intro:
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| | | | ||| |||||| ||||||
333||| 222222 888||| 777777 101010||| 999999 ||222|
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| | | | ||| |||||| ||||||
Fmaj7 Bm7/E Bbmaj7 Em7/A Cmaj7 F/B D
|||||| ||||||
000000 ||7777
|||||| ||||||
C/D G/A
I'll try to keep myself open up to you
||||||
||5555
||||||
F/G
That's a promise that I made to love when it was new
|||||| ||||||
333||| ||2222
|||||| ||||||
Fmaj7 D/E
"Just like Jericho," I said, "let these walls come tumblin' down."
|||||| ||||||
||7777 ||3333
|||||| ||||||
G/A Eb/F
I said it like I'd finally found the way
||||||
||5555
||||||
F/G
To keep the good feelings alive
I said it like it was something to strive for
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
||9999 ||99910 ||9999 ||99910 ||9999 ||99910
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
A
Second verse same as the first:
I'll try to keep myself open up to you
And approve your self-expression
I need that, too, I need your confidence, baby
And the gift of your extra time
In turn I'll give you mine, sweet darling
It's a rich exchange it seems to me
It's a warm arrangement
Bridge:
||||||
888|||
||||||
Bbmaj7
Anyone will tell you just how hard it is
|||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
777777 ||999| ||777| ||999|
|||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
Em7/A A G A
To make and keep a friend
||||||
333|||
||||||
Fmaj7
Maybe they'll short sell you or
||||||
||2222
||||||
D/E
Maybe it's you, Judas, in the end
||||||
||7777
||||||
G/A
When you just can no longer pretend
||||||
||3333
||||||
Eb/F
That you're getting what you need
||||||
||5555
||||||
F/G
Or you're giving out anything for them to grow and feed on
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
||9999 ||99910 ||9999 ||99910 ||9999 ||99910
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
A
Third verse:
I'll try to keep myself open up to you
It gets easier and easier to do
Just like Jericho
Let these wall come tumbling down now
Let them fall right on the ground
||||||
||3333
||||||
Eb/F
Let all these dogs go running free
||||||
||5555
||||||
F/G
The wild and the gentle dogs
||||||
||7777
||||||
G/A
Kennelled in me ...
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
||9999 ||99910 ||9999 ||99910 ||9999 ||99910
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
A
Outro:
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| | | | ||| ||||||
333||| 222222 888||| 777777 101010||| 999999
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| | | | ||| ||||||
Fmaj7 Bm7/E Bbmaj7 Em7/A Cmaj7 F/B
These charts look better if you print them in Courier pitch 10 or 12
If you question any of these chord names or have any other corrections
please e-mail me at [email protected]
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Susan McNamara
Assistant to the Dean of Students
Cornell University
401 Willard Straight Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Voice: (607) 255-1115
FAX: (607) 255-8082
E-Mail:[email protected]
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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