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