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  18 <h1 class="songtitle">Hejira</h1>
  19
  20 <p>Written by Joni Mitchell<br />
  21 From the album <em>Hejira</em> (1976)<br />
  22 Tabbed by Eyolf strem</p>
  23
  24 <hr />
  25
  26 <p>Tuning: C77325 (C-G-d-f-g-c')</p>
  27
  28 <p>The fingerpicking is based on the asymmetric figure with the pronounced tones
  29 on the upper strings distributed like this:</p>
  30
  31 <pre>:   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
  32 x         x     x       x</pre>
  33
  34 <p>There are numerous variations to the picking pattern, that have not been
  35 noted in the tab below. <br />
  36 I have not named the chords, but written out the fingering over the first
  37 verse. </p>
  38
  39 <hr />
  40
  41 <pre>Intro:</pre>
  42
  43 <pre class="tab">    :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  44 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
  45 ||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
  46 ||------------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
  47 ||--------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2---------|-------2---------|
  48 ||*-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
  49 ||--2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|</pre>
  50
  51 <pre class="tab">
  52   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  53 |-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
  54 |-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  55 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
  56 |-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
  57 |-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
  58 |-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|</pre>
  59
  60 <pre class="tab">
  61   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  62 |-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
  63 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
  64 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------------|
  65 |-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2---------|-------2-------2-|
  66 |-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
  67 |-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|</pre>
  68
  69 <pre class="tab">
  70   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  71 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
  72 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
  73 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------------|
  74 |-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
  75 |-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
  76 |-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|</pre>
  77
  78 <pre>Verse, first half: (x2)</pre>
  79
  80 <pre class="tab">
  81   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  82 |-2---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|
  83 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  84 |-----------2-----|---------2-------|-----------2-----|---------2-------|
  85 |-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|
  86 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
  87 |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
  88
  89     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  90 ||------------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5----------------||
  91 ||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*||
  92 ||--5---------5-----|---------5-------|-----------7-----|---------7--------||
  93 ||--------5---------|-------5-------5-|-8p7---7-------7-|-------5-------5--||
  94 ||*-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---*||
  95 ||--5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5--------||
  96
  97   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  98 |-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
  99 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 100 |-----------2-----|---------2-------|-----------0-----|---------0-------| (repeat)
 101 |-3p2---2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-5p3---2---------|-------2-------2-|
 102 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 103 |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|</pre>
 104
 105 <pre class="verse">Verse, second half:</pre>
 106
 107 <pre class="tab">
 108   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :    :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 109 ||------------------|-0----------------||------------------|-0----------------||
 110 ||*-----------------|-----------------*||*-----------------|-----------------*||
 111 ||--4---------4-----|---------4--------||------------2-----|---------2--------||
 112 ||--------5-------5-|-------5-------5--||--------2-------2-|-------2-------2--||
 113 ||*-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---*||*-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---*||
 114 ||--5-------5-------|-5-------5--------||--0-------0-------|-0-------0--------||
 115
 116   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 117 |-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
 118 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 119 |-4---------4-----|---------4-------|-6---------6-----|---------6-------|
 120 |-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|
 121 |-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
 122 |-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|
 123
 124   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 125 |-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
 126 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 127 |-0---------0-----|---------0-------|-6---------6-----|---------6-------|
 128 |-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|
 129 |-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
 130 |-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|
 131
 132   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 133 |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
 134 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 135 |-5---------5-----|---------5-------|-----------7-----|---------7-------|
 136 |-------5---------|-------5-------5-|-8p7---7-------7-|-------5-------5-|
 137 |-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|
 138 |-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|
 139
 140     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .        :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 141 ||------------------|-0----------------||------------------|-0----------------||
 142 ||*-----------------|-----------------*||*-----------------|-----------------*||
 143 ||------------2-----|---------2--------||--6---------6-----|---------6--------||
 144 ||--------2-------2-|-------2-------2--||--------7-------7-|-------7-------7--||
 145 ||*-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---*||*-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---*||
 146 ||--0-------0-------|-0-------0--------||--7-------7-------|-7-------7--------||
 147
 148   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 149 |-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------||
 150 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
 151 |-4---------4-----|-----------4-----|-----------4-----|-----------4-----||
 152 |-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-||
 153 |-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---||
 154 |-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|| </pre>
 155
 156 <pre class="verse">Intro</pre>
 157 <hr />
 158
 159 <pre class="verse">
 160 002222
 161  I'm traveling in some vehicle
 162 555555                 557755
 163  I'm sitting in some cafe
 164     555555
 165 A defector from the petty wars
 166      557755            002200
 167 That shell shock love away
 168
 169
 170 There's comfort in melancholy
 171 When there's no need to explain
 172 It's just as natural as the weather
 173 In this moody sky today</pre>
 174
 175 <pre class="bridge">
 176    555400
 177 In our possessive coupling
 178                        002200
 179 So much could not be expressed
 180               555400
 181 So now I am returning to myself
 182 777600                         777000   777600
 183 These things that you and I suppressed</pre>
 184 <pre class="bridge2">
 185       555555                 557755
 186 I see something of myself in everyone
 187                            002200
 188 Just at this moment of the world
 189                      777600
 190 As snow gathers like bolts of lace
 191               555400
 192 Waltzing on a ballroom girl
 193
 194 |:  222000    333000  :|</pre>
 195
 196 <pre class="verse">You know it never has been easy
 197 Whether you do or you do not resign
 198 Whether you travel the breadth of extremities
 199 Or stick to some straighter line
 200
 201 Now here's a man and a woman sitting on a rock
 202 They're either going to thaw out or freeze
 203 Listen... Strains of Benny Goodman
 204 Coming thru' the snow and the pinewood trees</pre>
 205
 206 <pre class="bridge">I'm porous with travel fever
 207 But you know I'm so glad to be on my own
 208 Still somehow the slightest touch of a stranger
 209 Can set up trembling in my bones</pre>
 210 <pre class="bridge2">I know - no one's going to show me everything
 211 We all come and go unknown
 212 Each so deep and superficial
 213 Between the forceps and the stone</pre>
 214
 215 <pre class="verse">
 216 Well I looked at the granite markers
 217 Those tribute to finality - to eternity
 218 And then I looked at myself here
 219 Chicken scratching for my immortality
 220
 221 In the church they light the candles
 222 And the wax rolls down like tears
 223 There's the hope and the hopelessness
 224 I've witnessed thirty years</pre>
 225 <pre class="bridge">
 226 We're only particles of change I know, I know
 227 Orbiting around the sun
 228 But how can I have that point of view
 229 When I'm always bound and tied to someone</pre>
 230 <pre class="bridge2">White flags of winter chimneys
 231 Waving truce against the moon
 232 In the mirrors of a modern bank
 233 From the window of a hotel room
 234 </pre>
 235
 236 <pre class="verse">
 237 I'm traveling in some vehicle
 238 I'm sitting in some cafe
 239 A defector from the petty wars
 240 Until love sucks me back that way
 241 </pre>
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