Kate Bennett wrote: > has anyone ever figured out the guitar chords to this song? i'd like to try > performing it as such with very simple guitar strums...
This is a weird, dissonant song, not unlike Roses Blue and others she was writing at that time. It's also hard to know exactly what chord she may have been hearing in her head under the melody. But here's what it sounds like to me (the record is in Bb modulating up to C but I say capo that baby on the first fret and play it in "A") I'm using a Asus2 for the first and last chord, which sounds more "Joni" to me than a straight A Major. No matter how you slice it, there are some odd changes that will take you out of first position, especially after modulating. And [Asus2] so, once again, my dear [F] Johnny my dear friend And [Am] so, once again, you are [G#] fighting us all And [E/B bass] when we ask you why You [Am] raise your slicks and cry and we fall [A]Oh my friend, how did you [D/F#bass] come to trade the [D/A bass] fiddle for the [Asus2] drum Modulating up one step, the new chords would be Bsus2 / G / Bm / A# / F#/C#bass / Bm / B / E/G#bass E/B bass / Bsus2 Note the way it changes from major to minor and back to major again. On the A chord after 'fall' I hear it as straight major. Exactly where the last few chords fall is a matter of interpretation. Asus2, fretting low to high: 0,0,2,2,0,0 D/F#bass (D with F# bass) play low F# with thumb on 6th str. This will get you playing in the key of the record, but there may be a more elegant way of laying out the chords in a different key (key of C perhaps). RR
