• Song:

    Joan

  • Artist:

    Butch Walker

  • Album:

    Letters

Song: Joan
Artist: Butch Walker
Album: Letters (2004)

This is adapted from, to my knowledge, the correct way to play it. I'm sure the piano 
I came up with (I did it by ear) is wrong though. But this sounds close to the original.

INTRO/BREAK
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--2-3-0-0----------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2-0-0-2-0-2----------------------------------------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------|
A|------X-X-X-X------------------------------------------------|
E|------3-3-3-3------------------------------------------------|


VERSE 1/2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|3-2-0-3-0-3-2-3-2-0-3-0-2------------------------------------|
G|2-2-0-2-0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-2------------------------------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-2------------------------------------|
A|----X---X---0-----X---X-0------------------------------------|
E|----3---3---------3---3--------------------------------------|


CHORUS
e|2-------------------2---3------------------------------------|
B|3-3-2-0-3-2-0-3---3-2-0-3------------------------------------|
G|2-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-4-2-2-0-3------------------------------------|
D|0-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-5-0-4-0-5------------------------------------|
A|--2-0-X-2-0-X-2-4---4-X-5------------------------------------|
E|------3-----3-------2-3-3------------------------------------|


VERSE 2
x2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|3-2-0-3-0-3-2------------------------------------------------|
G|2-2-0-2-0-2-2------------------------------------------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-2------------------------------------------------|
A|----X---X---0------------------------------------------------|
E|----3---3----------------------------------------------------|

then
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|3-2-0---3-3-2-0-2-0-2----------------------------------------|
G|4-2-0---2-4-2-0-2-0-2----------------------------------------|
D|4-2-0---0-4-2-0-2-0-2----------------------------------------|
A|2-0-X-----2-0-X-0-X-0----------------------------------------|
E|----3-2-------3---3------------------------------------------|

ORDER:
INTRO/BREAK x2
VERSE 1/2
INTRO/BREAK x2
VERSE 1/2
CHORUS
INTRO/BREAK x2
VERSE 2
CHORUS x2
INTRO/BREAK x4

Since some consider verses and choruses different parts of the songs than others, here?s 
interpretation of the parts:

VERSE 1/2 = "Joan moved away..." and "Before I moved in..."
CHORUS = "After all this time..."

This should have you in the ball park. It isn't perfect, but it gives you a general idea 
what to do. Some parts are up to the guitarist, honestly.

email me at johnrzeznik222@yahoo.com if you have suggestions. Please, no strum pattern 
though; I suck at describing strum patterns. Sorry. This is a relatively easy song to 
up the strum pattern on.

God bless.

"There's alot to learn about Joan..."
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