Don't Interrupt The Sorrow - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------------------------- from the album 'Hissing of Summer Lawns' transcribed by Howard Wright hakwright (at) gmail (dot) com Tuning (low to high) : CGDGBD In Joni notation, this is : C 7 7 5 4 3 (The numbers give you the fret positions at which to tune the strings, i.e tune the bottom string to C, then fret it at the 7th fret and tune the next string, then fret the 5th string at the 7th fret etc etc ) For this song I'll just tab the intro because most of the song just uses a few chord shapes so it's quicker to just give the shapes instead of tabbing the whole thing. I've only given a rough idea of the strumming pattern - so as usual : get tuned up, learn the shapes then play along to the track and you shouldn't have any problems. INTRO : ------- D---0----0---------------8-------8-------8------0--------- B---8----6----10---------8-------8-------8------0--------- G---9----7----10---------8-------8-------8------0--------- D---10---8----10---------8-------8-------8------0--------- G---0----0----0-----8----8--8----8--8----8--8---0--------- C-------------------8----8--8----8--8----8--8------------- D----0---0--------------5-------5-------5------0-------- B----6---0---7----------5-------5-------5------0-------- G----7---0---7----------5-------5-------5------0-------- D----8---0---7----------5-------5-------5------0-------- G----0---0---0-----5----5--5----5--5----5--5---0-------- C------------------5----5--5----5--5----5--5---0-------- D---0---0------------3--------3--------3------0---------- B---6---0---5--------3--------3--------3------0---------- G---7---0---5--------3--------3--------3------0---------- D---8---0---5--------3--------3--------3------0---------- G---0---0---0----3---3--3-----3--3-----3--3---0---------- C----------------3---3--3-----3--3-----3--3---0---------- D---0---0--0----0---0--0----0----0------------------------------- B---1---1--0----1---1--0----0h1--0--------------------------------- G---0---0--0----0---0--0----0----0------------------------------- D---3---3--0----2---2--0----0h2--0--------------------------------- G---0---0--0----0---0--0----0----0------------------------------- C-------------------------------------------------------- Try to keep the same feel for the verses - although I haven't written out a lot of chord changes, she tends to play a lot of short open G chords "between" changes, using hammer-ons and pull-offs. The line of TAB above should give you the right idea - although the basic progression is just : Csus4/G C/G G she puts in extra G chords on the open strings to fill it out. Use this idea throughout. It's not essential to miss out the bottom string on these chords, but I think it sounds better if you try and avoid it. VERSE 1: --------- Csus4/G C/G Don't interrupt the sorrow C/G G Darn right Csus4/G C/G In flames our prophet witches G Be polite Eb/Ab F/Bb A room full of glasses C D He says "Your notches liberation doll" Csus4/G C/G G And he chains me with that serpent to that Ethiopian wall VERSE 2: --------- Anima rising Queen of queens Wash my guilt of eden Wash and balance me He says "Anima rising uprising in me tonight" She's a vengeful little goddess With an ancient crown to fight ...and so on for the other verses. After the 3rd (or maybe 4th) verse she repeats the INTRO tab above, then on to another verse or two. The song ends on a repeated open G chord. Chord Shapes : ----------------- a=10 CGDGBD CGDGBD CGDGBD CGDGBD CGDGBD x00000 x03010 x02010 888888 aaaaaa G Csus4/G C/G Eb/Ab F/Bb ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The open bottom C string is kind of optional here CGDGBD CGDGBD x33333 x55555 Bb C