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Guitar Tab for That Song About The Midway by Joni Mitchell

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That Song About The Midway - Joni Mitchell

Found on:
Archives - Volume 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971)(2021-11-12)
The Reprise Albums (1968–1971)(2021-06-25)
Both Sides Now: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970(2017)
The Studio Albums: 1968–1979(2013-02-12)
BBC In Concert(2004)
1970-10-28: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK(1990)
The World of Joni Mitchell(1989)
Clouds(1969)
Philadelphia Folk Festival(1968-08-23)
Live at Carnegie Hall - 1969
The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) 
Tuning:  DADEAD (Joni tuning x75255), Capo on 2nd fret
Time Signature: 4/4

              
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|0-----------0-----------0-------|0h--3-------3-----------3-------|
|0h--2---------------0-----------|0h--3---------------3-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|0h--2-------2-----------2-------|--------0-----------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-----------0---0-----------0---|0-------------0-----------------|
							    I 	
      
|----------------------------0---|------------------------0-------|
|------------7-------------------|5-------------------------------|
|--------0---------------0-------|--------0-----------0-------0---|
|----7---------------7-----------|----5-----------4---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---------------7---------------|5-----------4-------------------|
 met       you     on       a     midway                  at a          
     
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|2---------------------------2---|0-----------0-----------0-------|
|--------3---------------3-------|0h--2---------------0-----------|
|----0---------------0-----------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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 fair                     last                        year                    
      
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                         and  you stood     out      like      a   
       
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|5-------------------------------|2---------------------------2---|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-----------4-------------------|0-----------0---0-----------0---|
 ru-         by                                in a black man's            
      
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                         ear                             you were
      
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  playing        on       the     horses      you        were        
     
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|----5---------------------------|----3---------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 playing      on   the    guitar  strings      you        were
   
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|--------2-----------2-----------|--------0-----------0-----------|
|----3---------------------------|----3---------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 playing     like        the      devil                   wearing
    
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 wings     					          wearing   
     
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|----3---------------------------|----3---------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  wings     you      looked  so   grand                 wearing
    
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|5-----------------------5-------|----0-------------------0-------|
|--------5-----------5-----------|0-----------0-------0-----------|
|----5-----------5-----------5---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-----------5-----------5-------|0-----------0---0-----------0---|
 wi      -i        -i      -i      -ings
    
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                         do  you  tape     them    to    your  
    
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 shoulders               just to                           sing  
    
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                         can  you  fly     I      heard      you
       
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 can                     can you  fly       -y      -y        -y
        
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 -y                         				  like  an
     
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 eagle       doin'      your      huntin'		  from the
       
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     			  sky 
      
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Repeat from the 5th measure for the next two verses.  But the last
verse ends differently.  From last measure of the verse, it goes like
this:

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                    .....found			       cause  I'm

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|----3---------------------------|----3---------------------------|
|0-----------0---0-----------0---|0-----------0---0-----------0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 midway      down       the       miiiiiiiid-
        
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|--------5-----------5-----------|--------5-----------5-----------|
|----5---------------------------|----5---------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 way							  slowin'

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|0h--2---------------0-----------|0h--3---------------3-----------|
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 down				  down

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|0h--2-------2-----------2-------|0-----------0-----------0-------|
|0h--3---------------3-----------|0h--2---------------0-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-----------0---0-----------0---|0-----------0---0-----------0---|
 down			                      down

|0h--2---2---------------2-------|0-------0---------------0-------|
|0h--3-------3-----------3-------|0h--2-------2-----------2-------|
|0h--3---------------3-----------|0h--3---------------3-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-----------0---0-----------0---|0-----------0---0-----------0---|

|--------------0-----------------|
|--------0-----------------------|
|0h--2---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|0-------------0-----------------|


The rest of the words:

I followed with the sideshows
to another town
And I found you in a trailer on the
camping grounds
You were betting on some lover you were
shaking up the dice
And I thought I saw you cheating
once or twice
Once or twice, I heard your bid
Once or twice
Were you wondering was the gamble
worth the price
Pack it in, I heard you did
Pack it in
Was it hard to fold a hand
you knew could win


So lately you've been hiding
it was somewhere in the news
And I'm still at these races with my
ticket stubs and my blues
And a voice calls out the numbers
And it sometimes mentions mine
And I feel like I've been working
overtime
Overtime, I've lost my fire
Overtime
Always playin' one more hand
for one more dime
Slowin' down, I'm gettin tired
Slowin' down
And I envy you the valley
that you've found
Cause I'm midway down the midway
Slowin' down, down, down, down

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