Hejira  -  Joni Mitchell
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Tabbed by Howard Wright


First things first - the tuning.


In 'Joni' notation this is :  C 7 7 3 2 5

which means start with a C on the bottom string, tune the
5th string to match the 7th fret of the bottom (6th) string, then
tune the 4th string to match th 7th fret on the 5th string, and
so on up the strings at frets 3,2 and 5

I'll just give you the chord shapes - the picking pattern is fairly
similar throughout - start by picking out the bottom 3 strings
(working from top to bottom) then hit one or two of the top
strings.  A bit vague I know, but you'll have to listen to the
song to catch all the subtlelties.

To give you a better idea, here is the intro bit in TAB :

C---------------------------------------0----------
G---------------------------------------0----------
F---------0------------0------------0---------0----
D-------2----2-------2----2-------2---2-----2------
G-----2------------2------------2------------------
C--2------------2------------2---------------------

C-------------------------------------------0--------
G-------------------------------------------0--------
F----------0-------------0------------0----------0---
D-------3----3--------3----3-------3-----3-----3-----
G-----3-------------3------------3-------------------
C--3-------------3------------3----------------------

You should get the feel of the picking from this.

By the way - don't be put off by the weird looking chord names.
The names are tricky, but the shapes are easy !

Intro :
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Dm11Dm11 Piano Chord 
   Eb6/9Eb6/9 Piano Chord 
   Dm11Dm11 Piano Chord 
   Eb6/9Eb6/9 Piano Chord 



Verse :
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C6/9C6/9 Piano Chord 

I'm travelling on some vehicle

Fsus2add4       FF Piano Chord 

Sitting in some cafe

Fsus2add4
A defector from the petty wars

FF Piano Chord 
                 CC Piano Chord 

that shell shock love away

C6/9C6/9 Piano Chord 

There's comfort in melancholy

Fsus2add4            FF Piano Chord 

When there's no need to explain

Fsus2add4       FF Piano Chord 

It's just as natural as the weather

CC Piano Chord 

in this moody sky today

Fadd9Fadd9 Piano Chord 

In our possessive coupling

CC Piano Chord 

So much could not be expressed

Fadd9Fadd9 Piano Chord 

So now I am returning to myself

Gadd9add4                     G9add4G9add4 Piano Chord 

These things that you and I supressed

Gadd9add4                          Fadd9Fadd9 Piano Chord 

I see something of myself in everyone

CC Piano Chord 

Just at this moment of the world

Gadd9add4
As snow gathers like bolts of lace

Fadd9Fadd9 Piano Chord 

Waltzing on a ballroom girl


Then back to the intro chords, and another verse...

Shapes :
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CGDFGC    CGDFGC   CGDFGC    CGDFGC    CGDFGC   CGDFGC
222000    333000   002222    555555    557755   002200

Dm11Dm11 Piano Chord 
      Eb6/9Eb6/9 Piano Chord 
    C6/9C6/9 Piano Chord 
     Fsus2add4   FF Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 


CGDFGC   CGDFGC    CGDFGC
555400   777600    777000

Fdd9  Gadd9add4   G9add4G9add4 Piano Chord