Dear Joan Tab by Tabithas Secret


DEAR JOAN
BY TABITHA'S SECRET

Transcription Courtesy of Ryan Short
Please note that this transcription represents one persons interpretation,
and is not guaranteed to be a perfect mirror of the artists performance
from which the following was derived.


CAPO ON 5TH FRET

INTRO: Am, C, G, C,
       Am, C, G(2) (x2)

"Here's the's basic picking pattern for the song, this isn't exact, but will
 give a general idea. Also, This should give you a good enough idea on how
 to pick the other chord progressions."

    Am            C               G            C
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0h1------------1p0------------0------------1p0----|
G|------2------2-------0------0------------0-------0------0--|
D|----2-------------2-----------------0------0---2-----------|
A|--0-------------3-----------------2----------3-------------|
E|--------------------------------3--------------------------|

    Am            C              G(2)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0h1------------1p0------------0-------3--|
G|------2------2-------0------0------------0--------|
D|----2-------------2-----------------0-------0-----|
A|--0-------------3-----------------2---------------|
E|--------------------------------3-----------------|

    Am            C               G            C
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0h1------------1p0------------0------------1p0----|
G|------2------2-------0------0------------0-------0------0--|
D|----2-------------2-----------------0------0---2-----------|
A|--0-------------3-----------------2----------3-------------|
E|--------------------------------3--------------------------|

    Am            C               G(2)
e|-------------------------------------------3---|
B|---------0h1------------1p0------0----3----3---|
G|------2------2-------0------0----0----0--------|
D|----2-------------2----------------0----0------|
A|--0-------------3------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3----3----3---|


VERSE
      Am  C   G       C         Am     C  G(2)
Dear Joan,      I've almost forgotten,
                 Am      C   G        C             Am     C   G(2)
the pain in the window,         blue dress in the doorway
      Am  C  G   C        Am     C  G(2)             Am   C  G
dear joan,      help me remember,      the face I forget
         C               Am      C    G(2)
and the traps that I've sprung

   C                Bm         Am              G       F
I guess I've grown tired it's just what's expected of me
                              G
to tear your heart from the inside to the outside
      C         Bm       Am            G
you know I was wired, I just couldn't help it
     F                 G
the hundred thousand times I hurt you


CHORUS
      C        Bm       Am
dear joan, I wanted to say
          G              F
that I'm sorry for the screaming last night
         G
and the nights before
           C      Bm        Am    G
well I've wanted more from this
      F                   G
than anything I've ever known

dear joan

Am, C, G, C,
Am, C, G(2)


VERSE
      Am  C  G
dear joan
      C          Am        C   G(2)               Am    C   G
your face has a brightness       that I've never seen
        C               Am        C   G(2)
in the years that I've known you
      Am   C   G
dear joan
   C           Am    C   G(2)                       Am  C  G
I pick up the pieces,       but some scattered too far
              C          Am          C  G(2)
you see they flew and I kicked them

   C          Bm            Am          G
I know you believed when I said it was over
     F                      G
you stood by me patiently waiting and brooding
    C         Bm         Am    G              F     G
so deeply in love with every face that I've shown


(CHORUS)


BRIDGE
Am      G       F           G
once I forget, twice I'm a fool,
       Am         G          F     G            Am   C  G  C
three times I've wrapped my hands around your neck
              Am       C  G(2)
while you're sleepin',
                 Am      C  G   C            Am       C  G(2)
you're quietly sleepin',       sleepin' and dreamin'
      Am   C  G
dear joan
       C             Am     C   G(2)
don't walk out that doorway
                Am  C
because if you did
   G               C        Am       C  G(2)
I believe I could honestly kill you

(Chorus X2, end on Am with your pinky on the 3rd fret, bottom string)


Chords
   Am   C   G  G(2) Bm  F
e|--------------3----------|
B|--1---1---0---3---3---1--|
G|--2---0---0---0---4---2--|
D|--2---2---0---0---4---3--|
A|--0---3---2---2---2---3--|
E|----------3---3-------1--|


Substitute chords (if you don't want to use a capo)
G=C  Am=Dm  Bm=Em(7th fret bar chord)
C=F  F=A#

Email me with any suggestions, comments or corrections,
Ryan Short - nouse4aname007@hotmail.com
Show more