Joni Mitchell – The Pirate Of Penance (Guitar Tab)
Open D (D-A-D-F#-A-D)
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[Intro]
*this is what is picked in the original recording. i use my thumb for the bottom note
and index for the low A. you can either use index, middle and ring for the top three strings
OR use middle, ring, and pinky. *
Dm
d |-----0-----------0-----------0--|
a |-----0-----------0-----------0--|
F#|-----8-----------8-----------8--|
D |--------------------------------| x2
A |-----------8-----------8-------8|
D |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a*however, this is pretty tricky, so you can reduce it to this.*
Dm
d |-----0---------------------0-----|
a |-----0---------------------0-----|
F#|-----8-----------8---------8-----|
D |-----7-----------7---------7-----| x2
A |-----------8-----------8-------8-|
D |-0-------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a[Verse 1]
*Mitchell switches picking patterns often, so listen to the recording to get a
feel for either pattern.
Dm Dm Cm d |-----0---------------------0-----|---------------------------------| a |-----0---------------------0-----|-8-------7-7-----8-------7-7-----| F#|-----8-----------8---------8-----|-8-------6-----6-8-------6-----6-| D |-----7-----------7---------7-----|-7----7--7---7---7-----7-7---7---| A |-----------8-----------8-------8-|-0-------0-------0-------0-------| D |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a The pirate anchored on a Wednesday Dm F# d |-----0---------------------0-----|-----------------0---------------| a |-----0---------------------0-----|-4---------4-----4---------4-----| F#|-----8-----------8---------8-----|-------4-------4-------4-----4---| D |-----7-----------7---------7-----|-----4-------4-------4-----------| A |-----------8-----------8-------8-|---------------------------------| D |-0-------------------------------|-4-------4-------4---------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a And why he came to port, I wonder F# D d |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| a |-4---------4-----4---------4-----|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| F#|-------4-----4---------4-----4---|-------0-----------0-------------| D |-----4---------------4-----------|-----0-----------0---------------| A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D |-4---------------4---------------|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0---| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a To see a lady, so my friends say Dm Am7b5/D d |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| a |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| F#|-3---------3-----3---------3-----|-6-----------6-----------6-------| D |-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---|-5-----------5-----------5-------| A |-0---0-----------0---0-----------|-------6-----------6---------6---| D |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a She dances for the sailors in a smoky cabaret bar underground Dm d |-0-------------------------------|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| a |-0-------------------------------|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| F#|-6-----------6-----------6-------|-8-----------8-----------8---0---| D |-5-----------5-----------5-------|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7---0---| A |-------6-----------6---------6---|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---0---| D |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a Down in a cellar in a harbour town d |-0---------------0---------------| a |-0---------------0---------------| F#|-8---------8-----8---------8-----| D |-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---| A |-8---8-----------8---8-----------| D |-0---------------0---------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
[Verse 2]
Dm Dm Cm d |-----0---------------------0-----|---------------------------------| a |-----0---------------------0-----|-8-------7-7-----8-------7-7-----| F#|-----8-----------8---------8-----|-8-------6-----6-8-------6-----6-| D |-----7-----------7---------7-----|-7----7--7---7---7-----7-7---7---| A |-----------8-----------8-------8-|-0-------0-------0-------0-------| D |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a I know he told her love was treasure Dm F# d |-----0---------------------0-----|-----------------0---------------| a |-----0---------------------0-----|-4---------4-----4---------4-----| F#|-----8-----------8---------8-----|-------4-------4-------4-----4---| D |-----7-----------7---------7-----|-----4-------4-------4-----------| A |-----------8-----------8-------8-|---------------------------------| D |-0-------------------------------|-4-------4-------4---------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a And they would reap the fullest bounty F# D d |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| a |-4---------4-----4---------4-----|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| F#|-------4-----4---------4-----4---|-------0-----------0-------------| D |-----4---------------4-----------|-----0-----------0---------------| A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D |-4---------------4---------------|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0---| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a He only comes to port for pleasure Dm Am7b5/D d |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| a |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| F#|-3---------3-----3---------3-----|-6-----------6-----------6-------| D |-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---|-5-----------5-----------5-------| A |-0---0-----------0---0-----------|-------6-----------6---------6---| D |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a So when the winds of morning blew the curtains in she woke and found he'd gone Dm d |-0-------------------------------|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| a |-0-------------------------------|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| F#|-6-----------6-----------6-------|-8-----------8-----------8---0---| D |-5-----------5-----------5-------|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7---0---| A |-------6-----------6---------6---|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---0---| D |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a I saw his sails unfurling Thursday dawn d |-0---------------0---------------| a |-0---------------0---------------| F#|-8---------8-----8---------8-----| D |-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---| A |-8---8-----------8---8-----------| D |-0---------------0---------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
[Chorus 1]
d |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#|-8-------------------------------|-8-----------8-------------------|
D |-7-------------------------------|-------7-----------7-----7---0---|
A |-8-------------------------------|-8---8-------8---8---8---8---0---|
D |-0-------------------------------|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0---|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
The pirate he will sink you with a kiss, he'll steal your heart and sail away
(Saturday early we met in the cove near the forest)
d |-8-------------------------------|-8-----------8-------------------|
a |-8-------------------------------|-8-----------8-------------------|
F#|-8-------------------------------|-8-----------8-------------------|
D |-8-------------------------------|-8-----8-----8-----8-----8---0---|
A |-8-------------------------------|-8---8-------8---8-------8---0---|
D |-8-------------------------------|-8-------8---8-------8---8---0---|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
He'll leave you drowning in the flotsam of a broken promise in the bay
(Dancing we wakened the dawn and the birds into chorus)
d |-4-------------------------------|-4-----------4-------------------|
a |-4-------------------------------|-4-----------4-------------------|
F#|-4-------------------------------|-4-----------4-------------------|
D |-4-------------------------------|-4-----4-----4-----4-----4---0---|
A |-4-------------------------------|-4---4-------4---4-------4---0---|
D |-4-------------------------------|-4-------4---4-------4---4---0---|He came again to see her, yes, I think they told me it was Saturday
(Ask Penance Crane, she was out in her garden, she saw us)
d |-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| a |-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| F#|-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-8-----------8-----------8---0---| D |-0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0---|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7---0---| A |-0---0-------0---0-------0---0---|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---0---| D |-0-------0---0-------0---0---0---|-0-----------0-----------0---0---|
I was at sea then, I didn't see them
d |-0---------------0---------------|
a |-0---------------0---------------|
F#|-8---------8-----8---------8-----|
D |-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---|
A |-8---8-----------8---8-----------|
D |-0---------------0---------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a[Verse 3]
Dm Dm Cm d |-----0---------------------0-----|---------------------------------| a |-----0---------------------0-----|-8-------7-7-----8-------7-7-----| F#|-----8-----------8---------8-----|-8-------6-----6-8-------6-----6-| D |-----7-----------7---------7-----|-7----7--7---7---7-----7-7---7---| A |-----------8-----------8-------8-|-0-------0-------0-------0-------| D |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a I don't believe what you are saying Dm F# d |-----0---------------------0-----|-----------------0---------------| a |-----0---------------------0-----|-4---------4-----4---------4-----| F#|-----8-----------8---------8-----|-------4-------4-------4-----4---| D |-----7-----------7---------7-----|-----4-------4-------4-----------| A |-----------8-----------8-------8-|---------------------------------| D |-0-------------------------------|-4-------4-------4---------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a It isn't true, I hardly knew him F# D d |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| a |-4---------4-----4---------4-----|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| F#|-------4-----4---------4-----4---|-------0-----------0-------------| D |-----4---------------4-----------|-----0-----------0---------------| A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D |-4---------------4---------------|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0---| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a Is this some game that you are playing? Dm Am7b5/D d |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| a |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| F#|-3---------3-----3---------3-----|-6-----------6-----------6-------| D |-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---|-5-----------5-----------5-------| A |-0---0-----------0---0-----------|-------6-----------6---------6---| D |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a Go ask the dancer, she's the one who saw him last, the one who drew him here Dm d |-0-------------------------------|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| a |-0-------------------------------|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| F#|-6-----------6-----------6-------|-8-----------8-----------8---0---| D |-5-----------5-----------5-------|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7---0---| A |-------6-----------6---------6---|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---0---| D |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a He hasn't come to me since spring last year d |-0---------------0---------------| a |-0---------------0---------------| F#|-8---------8-----8---------8-----| D |-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---| A |-8---8-----------8---8-----------| D |-0---------------0---------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
[Chorus 3]
d |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#|-8-------------------------------|-8-----------8-------------------|
D |-7-------------------------------|-------7-----------7-----7---0---|
A |-8-------------------------------|-8---8-------8---8---8---8---0---|
D |-0-------------------------------|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0---|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
There was a time when he would bring me silks and sandalwood and Persian lace
(Then came another "goodbye" and another "please don't go")
d |-8-------------------------------|-8-----------8-------------------|
a |-8-------------------------------|-8-----------8-------------------|
F#|-8-------------------------------|-8-----------8-------------------|
D |-8-------------------------------|-8-----8-----8-----8-----8---0---|
A |-8-------------------------------|-8---8-------8---8-------8---0---|
D |-8-------------------------------|-8-------8---8-------8---8---0---|And he would hold me close and tell me sailing stories by the fireplace
(All night I dance and all day I keep watch with my sorrow)
d |-4-------------------------------|-4-----------4-------------------| a |-4-------------------------------|-4-----------4-------------------| F#|-4-------------------------------|-4-----------4-------------------| D |-4-------------------------------|-4-----4-----4-----4-----4---0---| A |-4-------------------------------|-4---4-------4---4-------4---0---| D |-4-------------------------------|-4-------4---4-------4---4---0---|
I was at sea, I tell you, I was nowhere near the mentioned murder place
(Searching for sails that don't come and I guess but I don't know)
d |-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| a |-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-0-----------0-----------0---0---| F#|-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-8-----------8-----------8---0---| D |-0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0---|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7---0---| A |-0---0-------0---0-------0---0---|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---0---| D |-0-------0---0-------0---0---0---|-0-----------0-----------0---0---|
Go ask the dancer, She knows the answer
(I don't know)
d |-0---------------0---------------|
a |-0---------------0---------------|
F#|-8---------8-----8---------8-----|
D |-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---|
A |-8---8-----------8---8-----------|
D |-0---------------0---------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a[Outro]
d |-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-0---------------0---------------|
a |-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-0---------------0---------------|
F#|-8-----------8-----------8---0---|-8---------8-----8---------8-----|
D |-7-----7-----7-----7-----7---0---|-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---|
A |-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---0---|-8---8-----------8---8-----------|
D |-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-0---------------0---------------|
She knows the answer
(I don't know)
d |-8-----------8-----------8---8---|-8---------------8---------------|
a |-8-----------8-----------8---8---|-8---------------8---------------|
F#|-8-----------8-----------8---8---|-8---------8-----8---------8-----|
D |-8-----8-----8-----8-----8---8---|-8-----8-----8---8-----8-----8---|
A |-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8---8-----------8---8-----------|
D |-8-----------8-----------8---8---|-8---------------8---------------|
She knows the answer
(I don't know)
d |-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-0---------------0---------------|
a |-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-0---------------0---------------|
F#|-8-----------8-----------8---0---|-8---------8-----8---------8-----|
D |-7-----7-----7-----7-----7---0---|-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---|
A |-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---0---|-8---8-----------8---8-----------|
D |-0-----------0-----------0---0---|-0---------------0---------------|
d |-8---------------8---------------|-8---------------8---------------|
a |-8-------------------------------|-8-------------------------------|
F#|-8-------8-----------------8-----|-8-------8-----------------8-----|
D |-8---8-------8---------8-----8---|-8---8-------8---------8-----8---|
A |-8-------------------8-----------|-8-------------------8-----------|
D |-8-------------------------------|-8-------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
d |-8---------------8---------------|-8---------------8---------------|
a |-8-------------------------------|-8-------------------------------|
F#|-8-------8-----------------8-----|-8-------8-----------------8-----|
D |-8---8-------8---------8-----8---|-8---8-------8---------8-----8---|
A |-8-------------------8-----------|-8-------------------8-----------|
D |-8-------------------------------|-8-------------------------------|