Edith And The Kingpin   -  Joni Mitchell
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Tabbed by Howard Wright



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 :
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DAEGCE    DAEGCE    DAEGCE    DAEGCE    DAEGCE
055555    777777    888000    555555    556555

Dm7Dm7 Piano Chord 
       Em7/AEm7/A Piano Chord 
    Bb6/9-5    Dm7/GDm7/G Piano Chord 
     Gm11Gm11 Piano Chord 


DAEGCE     DAEGCE     DAEGCE    DAEGCE
333000     779977     002220    002020

Fmaj7sus2    A9A9 Piano Chord 
        Dadd9Dadd9 Piano Chord 
    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 :
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Bb6/9-5  Em7/AEm7/A Piano Chord 
  Dadd9Dadd9 Piano Chord 
    Bb6/9-5  Em7/AEm7/A Piano Chord 


The outtro uses the same three chords repeating over and over.

Verse :
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Dm7Dm7 Piano Chord 
                   Em7/AEm7/A Piano Chord 
         Bb6/9-5
The big man arrives  disco dancers greet him

Dm7/GDm7/G Piano Chord 
          Bb6/9-5
Plain clothes cops greet him   small town big man, fresh lipstick glistening

Dm7Dm7 Piano Chord 
            Em7/AEm7/A Piano Chord 
                Bb6/9-5
Sophomore jive beating frantic and snowblind

Dm7/GDm7/G Piano Chord 
                       Dadd9Dadd9 Piano Chord 
  Dadd9add4
Romantic and snowblind he says his crime belongs

Bb6/9-5                                     Em7/AEm7/A Piano Chord 

His eyes hold edith his left hand holds his right

Fmaj7sus2     Bb6/9-5    Em7/AEm7/A Piano Chord 
  A9A9 Piano Chord 
  Em7/AEm7/A Piano Chord 
  A9A9 Piano Chord 

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