Joni Mitchell – Ethiopia (Guitar)
Capo 4
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Song: Ethiopia
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Composer: Joni Mitchell
Album: Dog eat dog
Tabbed by DJ 4th Sept 2021
(Will then sound in the original key of G#m)
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
option for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
For the Em/G and F#m7/A I play them as single
bass notes with a slide down. For F to G/F and
F/G to G, I don't bother with the top two strings
and I finger pick the others. I show the full chord
options too in the chord legend below.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
Em = 022000 F = 1332xx or 133211
Em7 = 020000 G/F = 1200xx or 120003
Emadd9 = 024000 F/G = 3032xx or 303211
E7sus4 = 020200 G = 3200xx or xx5433
C/D = xx0010 Cmaj7 = x32000
Em/G = 3xxxxx or 322000 F#m7 = 242222
(F#m7/A) = 5xxxxx or x02222
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[Intro - see tablature of riff at bottom of page]
Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em Em7 Em Em/G | / /__/ / /__/ | / /__/ / /__/ | Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em Em7 Em Em7 Em | / /__/ / /__/ | / /__/ / /__/ | Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em Em7 Em Em/G | / /__/ / /__/ | / /__/ / /__/ | Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em Em7 Em Em7 Em | / /__/ / /__/ | / /__/ / /__/ |
[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 Betrayed by politics, F G/F Em Em7 Em Em7 A - bandoned by the rains----!
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
F#m7 (F#m7/A) F#m7 Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 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---!
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
F#m7 (F#m7/A) F#m7 Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Ethiopi - a
[Bridge]
Cmaj7 Little garden planet, oasis in space, Emadd9 E7sus4 Some hearts hurt they can hardly stand it, Cmaj7 F#m7 Famine phantoms at the garden gates
[Chorus]
F#m7 (F#m7/A) F#m7 Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 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
[Pre-Chorus]
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 (Good air, good water, good earth!)
[Chorus]
F#m7 (F#m7/A) F#m7 Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Ethiopi - a
[Verse 4]
Cmaj7 Little garden planet, oasis in space, Emadd9 E7sus4 Some hearts hurt... Cmaj7 They can hardly stand ...the waste
[Chorus]
F#m7 (F#m7/A) F#m7 Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Ethiopi - a
[Chorus -Repeats]
F#m7 (F#m7/A) F#m7 Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Ethiopi - a F#m7 (F#m7/A) F#m7 Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Ethiopi - a ===================================================== [Intro riff - Repeat twice] 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\----| Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em Em7 Em Em7 Em 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