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If by Joni Mitchell
If
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Eb
Capo:no capo
OPEN TUNING: C-G-Bb-Eb-F-Bb
6th string DOWN to C
5th string DOWN to G
4th string DOWN to Bb (or A#)
3rd string DOWN to Eb (or D#)
2nd string DOWN to F
1st string DOWN to Bb (or A#)
As the strings will be quite slack, it requires a real
lightness of touch to your strum.
You may also have to re-check the tuning more regularly.
Cm11 = 000000 Ab9 = x55555
Cm11 = x-x-x-*12-*12-*12 Bb9 = x77777
Cm11 = 0-0-0-12-12-12 N.C.= No chords
The 9th chords also have an additional sus4th,
which I haven't named in the tab for neatness of formatting
In the intro and breaks improvise around this kind of riff:
Cm11
Bb |------*12--|-----------|-(12)(12)--|--0--------|
F |------*12--|-----------|--12--12---|--0--------|
Eb |------*12--|-----------|--12--12---|--0--------|
Bb |-----------|-----------|--12--12---|--0--------|
G |-----------|-----------|-----------|--0--------|
C |--0--------|--0---0-0--|-----------|--0--------|
* = Harmonics
[Intro]
Cm11
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
Cm11
If you can keep your head,
Ab9 Bb9
While, all a - bout you, ...people are losing theirs,
Cm11
And blaming you,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
If you can trust yourself ...when every - body doubts you,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
And make allowance for their doubting too
[Verse 2]
Cm11 Ab9
If you can wait, and not get tired of waiting,
Bb9 Cm11
And when lied about, stand tall, don't deal in lies,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
And when hated ...don't give in to hating back,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
Don't need to look so good, ...don't need to talk too wise
[Verse 3]
Cm11 Ab9
If you can dream, and not make dreams your master,
Bb9 Cm11
If you can thin, and not make intellect your game,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
If you can meet with triumph and dis - aster,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
And treat those two im - posters ...just the same
[Verse 4
Cm11 Ab9
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew...
Bb9 Cm11
...To serve you after all of them are gone,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
And so hold on ...when there is nothing in you,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
Nothing but the will that's telling you to ...hold on,
Cm11
Hold on!
[Verse 5]
Cm11 Ab9
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken,
Bb9 Cm11
Twisted and misconstrued by some smug fool,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
Or watch your life's work ...torn apart and broken down,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
And stoop to build again ...with worn out tools
[Verse 6]
Cm11 Ab9
If you can draw a crowd and keep your virtue,
Bb9 Cm11
Or walk with Kings and keep the common touch,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
If neither enemies ...nor loving friends ...can hurt you,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
If everybody counts with you, ...but none too much
[Verse 7]
Cm11 Ab9
If you can fill the journey of a minute...
Bb9 Cm11
...With sixty seconds worth of won - der and delight,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
Then the Earth is yours, ...and every - thing that's in it,
Ab9 Bb9 Cm11
But more than that ...I know ...you'll be alright,
Cm11
You'll be al - right
[Coda]
Cm11
'Cause you got the fight, you got the insight,
Cm11
(You got the fight, you got the insight!)
Cm11
You got the fight, you got the insight,
Cm11
(You got the fight, you got the insight!)
Cm11 N.C.
You got the fight, you got the insight
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