DEAR JOAN
BY TABITHA'S SECRET
Transcription Courtesy of Ryan Short
Please note that this transcription represents one persons interpretation,
and is not guaranteed to be a perfect mirror of the artists performance
from which the following was derived.
CAPO ON 5TH FRET
INTRO: Am, C, G, C,
Am, C, G(2) (x2)
"Here's the's basic picking pattern for the song, this isn't exact, but will
give a general idea. Also, This should give you a good enough idea on how
to pick the other chord progressions."
Am C G C
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0h1------------1p0------------0------------1p0----|
G|------2------2-------0------0------------0-------0------0--|
D|----2-------------2-----------------0------0---2-----------|
A|--0-------------3-----------------2----------3-------------|
E|--------------------------------3--------------------------|
Am C G(2)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0h1------------1p0------------0-------3--|
G|------2------2-------0------0------------0--------|
D|----2-------------2-----------------0-------0-----|
A|--0-------------3-----------------2---------------|
E|--------------------------------3-----------------|
Am C G C
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0h1------------1p0------------0------------1p0----|
G|------2------2-------0------0------------0-------0------0--|
D|----2-------------2-----------------0------0---2-----------|
A|--0-------------3-----------------2----------3-------------|
E|--------------------------------3--------------------------|
Am C G(2)
e|-------------------------------------------3---|
B|---------0h1------------1p0------0----3----3---|
G|------2------2-------0------0----0----0--------|
D|----2-------------2----------------0----0------|
A|--0-------------3------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3----3----3---|
VERSE
Am C G C Am C G(2)
Dear Joan, I've almost forgotten,
Am C G C Am C G(2)
the pain in the window, blue dress in the doorway
Am C G C Am C G(2) Am C G
dear joan, help me remember, the face I forget
C Am C G(2)
and the traps that I've sprung
C Bm Am G F
I guess I've grown tired it's just what's expected of me
G
to tear your heart from the inside to the outside
C Bm Am G
you know I was wired, I just couldn't help it
F G
the hundred thousand times I hurt you
CHORUS
C Bm Am
dear joan, I wanted to say
G F
that I'm sorry for the screaming last night
G
and the nights before
C Bm Am G
well I've wanted more from this
F G
than anything I've ever known
dear joan
Am, C, G, C,
Am, C, G(2)
VERSE
Am C G
dear joan
C Am C G(2) Am C G
your face has a brightness that I've never seen
C Am C G(2)
in the years that I've known you
Am C G
dear joan
C Am C G(2) Am C G
I pick up the pieces, but some scattered too far
C Am C G(2)
you see they flew and I kicked them
C Bm Am G
I know you believed when I said it was over
F G
you stood by me patiently waiting and brooding
C Bm Am G F G
so deeply in love with every face that I've shown
(CHORUS)
BRIDGE
Am G F G
once I forget, twice I'm a fool,
Am G F G Am C G C
three times I've wrapped my hands around your neck
Am C G(2)
while you're sleepin',
Am C G C Am C G(2)
you're quietly sleepin', sleepin' and dreamin'
Am C G
dear joan
C Am C G(2)
don't walk out that doorway
Am C
because if you did
G C Am C G(2)
I believe I could honestly kill you
(Chorus X2, end on Am with your pinky on the 3rd fret, bottom string)
Chords
Am C G G(2) Bm F
e|--------------3----------|
B|--1---1---0---3---3---1--|
G|--2---0---0---0---4---2--|
D|--2---2---0---0---4---3--|
A|--0---3---2---2---2---3--|
E|----------3---3-------1--|
Substitute chords (if you don't want to use a capo)
G=C Am=Dm Bm=Em(7th fret bar chord)
C=F F=A#
Email me with any suggestions, comments or corrections,
Ryan Short - nouse4aname007@hotmail.com
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