Joni Mitchell – Blonde In The Bleachers (Ukulele)

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"Blonde in the Bleachers" by Joni Mitchell Tabbed by Robin Young [email protected] Chords: A: X02220 (A: X0222X <use on quick E/A – A changes) (A: X0XX20 <use after Bm/A, after quick E/A – A changes) A/D: XX0220 Am: X02210 Am/D: XX0210 Am7: X02010 Am7: X05550 <use only once: in 2nd verse, on 'soul' Bm/A: X0X43X Bm: X24432 <bar 2nd fret Bm7: X24232 <bar 2nd fret Bm7/E: 024232 <bar 2nd fret C: X32010 Cmaj7/F: 13300X <play F on first string with thumb D: XX0232 Dmaj7/G: 3X022X D/C: X3023X Dsus2: XX0230 E: 022100 E/A: X02100 (E/A: X0210X <use on quick E/A – A changes)
Emaj7:   02110X
Em7sus2: 0X4430

Esus4:   022200
E6sus4:  022220
F: 13321X Fmaj7: 133210 <play F on first string with thumb F#m/B: X42222 <bar 2nd fret F#m7: 242222 <bar 2nd fret G: 32003X Chords in (parentheses) are optional—just slight variations with muting on the regular chord that you only need if you're being a perfectionist. Sound-wise, it shouldn't make much of a difference. Intro: Am/D – Am7 – Fmaj7 – Dmaj7/G – G – Dmaj7/G – G
    Am/D                         Am7
The blonde in the bleachers, she flips her hair for you,

  Fmaj7                      Dmaj7/G    G      Dmaj7/G   G
A-bove  the loudspeakers you start   to fall.

    Bm          F#m/B          A             E/A
She follows you home,  but you miss livin' a-lone

        F#m7                       Bm7     E    Esus4
You can still hear sweet mysteries     cal-ling you.

    C                      D/C              C
The bands and the roadies, lo- vin' 'em and lea- vin' 'em

      Emaj7             E6sus4           Cmaj7/F            F            A/D
It's        pleasure to try    'em, it's         trouble to keep 'em.

                Am             Em7sus2         A
'Cause it seems    like you've got- - -ta give up

       Em7sus2         Am7           Em          F#m
Such a piece   of your soul when you give up the chase.

               Dsus2     D                    Bm
Feeling it hot       and cold, you're in rock 'n' roll,

         Esus4             A     E/A – A – E/A - A
It's the na- - ture of the race.

Bm/A  A          Dsus2       D                   Bm
        It's the un- - known child, so sweet and wild,

     Esus4           A              E/A – A – E/A - A
It's youth, it's too good to waste.
E/A – Am/D – Am7 – Fmaj7 Dmaj7/G – G – Dmaj7/G – G – Cmaj7/F – F
Fmaj7       D            Bm7          Bm7/E          A      E/A
        She tapes her re-grets to the mi- - crophone stand

A                      Dsus2          Bm7
        She says, "You can't hold the hand of a

Bm7/E          A      E/A  A
rock  'n' roll man ve-ry   long,

   Dsus2         Bm7
Or count on your plans with a

Bm7/E          A      E/A  A
rock  'n' roll man ve-ry   long,

    Dsus2          Bm7
Com-pete  with the fans for your

Bm7/E          A           E/A  A
rock  'n' roll man  for ve-ry   long,

    Dsus2         Bm7           Bm7/E           A   Am7
The girls and the bands and the rock  'n' roll      man."
Ending: Cmaj7/F – Fmaj7
A7
(saxophone interlude)
End on A7