Dont Interrupt the Sorrow

Song

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From: spxhaw@astro.cf.ac.uk (Howard Wright)

Don`t Interrupt The Sorrow - Joni Mitchell

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from the album 'Hissing of Summer Lawns'

tabbed by Howard Wright

H.Wright@uk.ac.cf.astro

The tuning for this is open G

low to high : DGDGBD

To get this, tune both E strings down to a D, then tune the A string

down to a G

For this song I'll just tab the intro because most of the song just

uses a few chord shapes so it's quicker to just give the shapes

instead of tabbing the whole thing. I've only given a rough idea of

the strumming pattern - so as usual : get tuned up, learn the shapes

then play along to the track and you shouldn't have any problems.

INTRO :

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D------------------------8-------8-------8------0---------|
B---8----6----10---------8-------8-------8------0---------|
G---9----7----10---------8-------8-------8------0---------|
D---10---8----10---------8-------8-------8------0---------|
G---0----0----0-----8----8--8----8--8----8--8---0---------|
D-------------------6----6--6----6--6----6--6-------------|
D-----------------------5-------5-------5------0--------|
B----6---0---7----------5-------5-------5------0--------|
G----7---0---7----------5-------5-------5------0--------|
D----8---0---7----------5-------5-------5------0--------|
G----0---0---0-----5----5--5----5--5----5--5---0--------|
D------------------3----3--3----3--3----3--3------------|
D--------------------3--------3--------3------0----------|
B---6---0---5--------3--------3--------3------0----------|
G---7---0---5--------3--------3--------3------0----------|
D---8---0---5--------3--------3--------3------0----------|
G---0---0---0----3---3--3-----3--3-----3--3---0----------|
D----------------1---1--1-----1--1-----1--1--------------|
D---0---0--0----0---0--0----0----0----------------------------------|
B---1---1--0----1---1--0----0h1--0----------------------------------|
G---0---0--0----0---0--0----0----0----------------------------------|
D---3---3--0----2---2--0----0h2--0----------------------------------|
G---0---0--0----0---0--0----0----0----------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Try to keep the same feel for the verses - although I haven't written

out a lot of chord changes, she tends to play a lot of short open G chords

"between" changes, using hammer-ons and pull-offs. The line of TAB

above should give you the right idea - although the basic progression is

just : Csus4/G C/G G she puts in extra G chords on the open strings

to fill it out.

Use this idea throughout.

VERSE 1:

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Csus4/G C/G

Don't interrupt the sorrow

C/G G

Darn right

Csus4/G C/G

In flames our prophet witches

G

Be polite

Eb/Ab F/Bb

A room full of glasses

C D

He says "Your notches liberation doll"

Csus4/G C/G G

And he chains me with that serpent to that Ethiopian wall

VERSE 2:

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Anima rising

Queen of queens

Wash my guilt of eden

Wash and balance me

He says "Anima rising

uprising in me tonight"

She's a vengeful little goddess

With an ancient crown to fight

...and so on for the other verses.

After the 3rd (or maybe 4th) verse she repeats the INTRO tab above, then

on to another verse or two.

The song ends on a repeated open G chord.

Chord Shapes :

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a=10

DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD

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G Csus4/G C/G Eb/Ab F/Bb

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The open bottom D string is

optional here

DGDGBD DGDGBD

x33333 x55555

Bb C