Joni Mitchell – Hunter (Guitar Intro)
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Song: Hunter (Blue sessions)
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Composer: Joni Mitchell
Album: Blue 50 (Demos and Outtakes)
Tabbed by DJ 5th July 2021
To hear the album track, copy and paste this link:
Inspired by an old scruffy stray cat that freaked Joni out one night.
3 days later, to her relief, he returned and she kept him after that.
OPEN G TUNING: G-G-D-G-B-D
De-tune 1st string DOWN to D
2nd, 3rd and 4th strings all remain the same as in standard tuning
De-tune 5th DOWN to G (an octave below open 3rd string)
Tune 6th UP to G (also an octave below open 3rd string)
CAPO: 1st fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Ab)
NOTE: For tablature on the Intro Riff, and info on a live version,
see the bottom of the page. Slide up from the Gsus2 into the
higher G chord, and also slide up into the A and E barre chords.
Please IGNORE ANY CHORD BOXES the website might
automatically suggest and use the shapes in the text below:
G = 000000 G * = 000430 E = x77777
C/G = 002010 A = x22222 Gmaj7 = 000434
Gsus2 = 000210 D = x55555 Am/G = 000212
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[Intro]
G C/G Gsus2 G* Gsus2 G C/G | / / / / | /__/ / / / | /__/ / / / | / / / / | G C/G Gsus2 G* Gsus2 G C/G G | / / / / | /__/ / / / | /__/ / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
G C/G I was alone and sick - ly, Gsus2 G * Gsus2 G C/G G It was a quart - er of a moonlit night, G C/G G C/G I heard him cry through my window shade, G * Gsus2 G C/G G And it filled me so full of ...fright-----, A G D But I could not turn my back on him, G E D G I put on the backporch light, C/G G C/G G C/G G * Gsus2 "Can I help you", said the Good Sa - mari - tan---------, C/G G C/G G C/G G "Can I help you", said the Good Sa - mari - tan G C/G Gsus2 G* Gsus2 G C/G | / / / / | /__/ / / / | /__/ / / / | / / / / | G C/G Gsus2 G* Gsus2 G C/G G | / / / / | /__/ / / / | /__/ / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
G C/G I brought him bread and a blank - et, Gsus2 G * Gsus2 G C/G G But I told him, "You can't come in here, G C/G G C/G And you can sleep outide in the tool shed, G * Gsus2 G C/G G Though a little rain comes in there!" A G D Well, I don't know you, you're a stranger to me, G E D G No, I don't know where you've been, C/G G C/G G C/G G * Gsus2 You can't come in here!", said the keeper of the inn---------, C/G G C/G G C/G G "I don't want you in here!", said the keeper of ...the inn G C/G Gsus2 G* Gsus2 G C/G | / / / / | /__/ / / / | /__/ / / / | / / / / | G C/G Gsus2 G* Gsus2 G C/G G | / / / / | /__/ / / / | /__/ / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
G C/G But I couldn't sleep for the think - ing, Gsus2 G * Gsus2 G C/G G You know, the night got so ...in - sane, G C/G G C/G And I thought, maybe he was an angel, G * Gsus2 G C/G G And I left him out in the rain-------, A G D Oh, and what if he was The Devil? G E D G He'll be coming after me a - gain, C/G G C/G G C/G G * Gsus2 But when I woke in the wear - y morning he was gone------, C/G G C/G G C/G G When I woke in the wear - y morning he was ...gone G C/G Gsus2 G* Gsus2 G C/G | / / / / | /__/ / / / | /__/ / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 4]
A G D I thought maybe he was an angel, G E D G C/G G And I left him out in the rain-------, A G D Oh, and what if he was The Devil? G E D G He'll be coming after me a - gain! C/G G C/G G C/G G * Gsus2 When I woke in the wear - y morning he was ...gone--------, Gmaj7 Am/G Gmaj7 Am/G He was gone--------, he was gone, he was gone, he was gone, C/G He was gone when I woke in the morning, G C/G Gsus2 G* Gsus2 G C/G He was gone-------------------------------------! G C/G Gsus2 G* Gsus2 G C/G G | / / / / | /__/ / / / | /__/ / / / | / / / / ||
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[Intro Riff]
G C/G Gsus2 G * Gsus2 G C/G
D |--0---0-0--|--0----0--0-0--|--0--0--0--0-0--0--|--0----0--0--|
B |--0---0-0--|--0-h1-1--1-1--|--1-/3--3--3-3-\1--|--0-h1-1--1--|
G |--0---0-0--|--0----0--0-0--|--2-/4--4--4-4-\3--|--0----0--0--|
D |--0-----0--|--0-h2-2--2-2--|--0--0--0--0-0--0--|--0-h2-2--2--|
G |--0-----0--|--0----0-------|--0--------0-0-----|--0----0--0--|
G |--0-----0--|-------0-------|--0--------0-0-----|--0----0--0--|
G C/G Gsus2 G * Gsus2 G C/G G
D |--0-0-0-0--|--0----0--0-0--|--0--0--0--0-0--0--|--0----0--0--|
B |--0-0-0-0--|--0-h1-1--1-1--|--1-/3--3--3-3-\1--|--0-h1-1--0--|
G |--0-0-0-0--|--0----0--0-0--|--2-/4--4--4-4-\3--|--0----0--0--|
D |--0-----0--|--0-h2-2--2-2--|--0--0--0--0-0--0--|--0-h2-2--0--|
G |--0-----0--|--0----0-------|--0--------0-0-----|--0----0--0--|
G |--0-----0--|-------0-------|--0--------0-0-----|--0----0--0--|h = hammer-on notes / = Slide notes up \ = Slide notes down
For a live version, a semi-tone higher, in the key of A,
copy and paste this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL857v8V7u0
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in this live key of A)