Don't Interrupt The Sorrow  -  Joni Mitchell
                -------------------------------------------------


                             from the album 'Hissing of Summer Lawns'


                             transcribed by Howard Wright
                             howardw (at) jmdl (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