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Ethiopia by Joni Mitchell
Ethiopia
Tuning:E A D G B E
CAPO: 4th fret (Will then sound in the original key of G#m)
[Intro riff x2]
Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em Em7 Em Em/G
e |-------------------------|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|-------------------------|
G |--0----------------------|--0----------------------|
D |--2----0--h2------0--h2--|--2----0--h2-------------|
A |--2------------2---------|--2------------2---------|
E |--0----------------------|--0---------------3\-----|
e |-------------------------|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|-------------------------|
G |--0----------------------|--0----------------------|
D |--2----0--h2------0--h2--|--2----0--h2------0--h2--|
A |--2------------2---------|--2------------2---------|
E |--0----------------------|--0----------------------|
h = hammer-on note \ = Slide note down
PLEASE NOTE:
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo.
For the Em/G, and the F#m7/A, play as single bass notes
with a slide down. For the F to G/F, and the F/G to G, I don't
bother with the top two strings and finger pick the others,
but I show the full chord options too in the legend below...
Em = 022000 F = 1332xx or 133211 Cmaj7 = x32000
Em7 = 020000 G/F = 1200xx or 120003 F#m7 = 242222
Emadd9 = 024000 F/G = 3032xx or 303211 (F#m7/A) = 5xxxxx
E7sus4 = 020200 G = 3200xx or 320003
C/D = xx0010
[Intro]
Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em Em7 Em Em/G
||: / /__/ / /__/ | / /__/ / /__/ |
Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em Em7 Em Em7 Em
| / /__/ / /__/ | / /__/ / /__/ :|| [x2]
[Verse 1]
Emadd9 E7sus4 C/D
Hot winds and hunger cries, ...Ethiopia,
Emadd9 E7sus4 C/D
Flies in your babies' eyes, ...Ethiopia,
F G/F F G/F
Walking sticks ...on burning plains,
F G/F F G/F Em Em7 Em Em7
Betrayed by politics,...a - bandoned by the rains---,
F/G G F/G G
On and on ...the human need,
F/G G F/G Cmaj7
On and on ...the human greed ...profanes,
F#m7 (F#m7/A)
Ethiopia,...
F#m7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7
Ethiopia, Ethiopi - a
[Verse 2]
Emadd9 E7sus4 C/D
Your top soil flies a - way, ...Ethiopia,
Emadd9 E7sus4 C/D
We pump ours full of poison spray, ...Ethiopia,
F G/F F G/F
Between the brown skies ...and sprinkling lawns,
F G/F
I hear the whine of...
F G/F Em Em7 Em Em7
...Chain - saws hacking ...rain forest's down----,
F/G G F/G G
Oh, ...on and on ...insani - ties,
F/G G F/G Cmaj7
On and on, ...short sighted greed ...abounds,
F#m7 (F#m7/A)
Ethiopia,...
F#m7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7
Ethiopia, Ethiopi - a
[Bridge]
Cmaj7
Little garden planet, oasis in space,
Emadd9 E7sus4
Some hearts hurt they can hardly stand it,
Cmaj7 F#m7 (F#m7/A)
Famine phantoms at the garden gates, Ethiopia,
F#m7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7
Ethiopia, Ethiopi - a
[Verse 3]
Emadd9 E7sus4 C/D
Every Sunday on T. V., ...Ethiopia,
Emadd9 E7sus4 C/D
You suffer with such dignity--------, ...Ethiopia,
F G/F F G/F
A TV star ...with a P.R. smile,
F G/F F G/F
Calls your baby, ..."It!",
Em Em7 Em Em7
While strolling through your ...tragic trials,
F/G G F/G G
Oh, ...on and on, ...stupidi - ty,
F/G G F/G G Cmaj7
On and on ...the basic needs are de - filed,
F#m7 (F#m7/A)
(Good air, good water, good earth!) Ethiopia...
F#m7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7
Ethiopia, Ethiopi - a
[Verse 4]
Cmaj7
Little garden planet, oasis in space,
Emadd9 E7sus4 Cmaj7
Some hearts hurt ...they can hardly stand ...the waste,
F#m7 (F#m7/A)
Ethiopia,...
F#m7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7
Ethiopia, Ethiopi - a
[Coda -Repeats]
F#m7 (F#m7/A)
Ethiopia,...
F#m7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7
Ethiopia, Ethiopi - a
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