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Song: This flight tonight
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Composer: Joni Mitchell
Album: Blue
Tabbed by DJ 3rd June 2019
G OPEN TUNING with a low G bass note : G-G-D-G-B-d
CAPO: 1st fret
(Chords will then sound in the recorded key of Ab)
1st string DOWN to D
2nd, 3rd and 4th strings as standard tuning
5th string DOWN to G
6th string DOWN to G
(an octave below detuned 5th string)
THEN, gently add the CAPO at the 1st fret.
You may need to use a capo type where the pressure
is adjustable, simpler ones may not hold the bottom
string tight enough. Re-check all the tuning,
particularly the very slack 6th string which adds
that growl. Keep your strumming a bit lighter than
normal to avoid knocking it out of tune too much.
VERY FINE TUNING:
Only needed if you want to play along more accurately
with the 'Blue' album track. Joni's guitar is tuned a
little under standard pitch. To match it much closer,
use a chromatic tuner and tune ALL six strings down
a little further, by approx. minus 20 cents.
For the G to C chords slide up from the open strings
into the 5th fret barre.
In the Breaks, slide up two frets from
the Gsus2 chord into the G * chord.
For the Cadd9 chords hammer-on and off the chord
from the open string voicing of the G chord.
VERY IMPORTANT:
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, the diagrams are produced automatically
from a generic database which does not include
this song's open tuning. Just use the voicings
suggested in the text column numbers.
NOTE: In the breaks there are two variations of
voicing for the G chord, differentiated in the tab
by an asterisk.
[Intro] [Verses]
Gsus4 = 000535 Gsus4 = 000535 G = 000000
Gm11 = 000313 Gm7 = 008760 C = 555555
G5 = 005030 Cadd9 = 002010
Gsus7 = 003010
[Choruses] [Breaks] [Coda]
Gmaj7 = 000434 Gsus2 = 000210 Gmaj7 = 004030
Am11 = 000212 G * = 000430 Cadd9 = 002010
Cadd9 = 002010 Cadd9 = 002010 G = 000000
G = 000000 G = 000000
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[Intro]
Gsus4 Gm11 Gsus4 Gm11
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
Gsus4 Gm7
"Look out the left", the Captain said,
G5 Gsus7
"The lights down there, that's where we'll land"
G C G C G C
I saw a falling ...star burn up,
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Above the Las Vegas sands
[Verse 2]
Gsus4 Gm7
It wasn't the one that you gave to me,
G5 Gsus7 G
That night down south between the trail - ers,
G C G C G C
Not the early one ...that you can wish upon,
G Cadd9 G
Not the northern one that guides in the sail - ors
[Chorus]
Gmaj7 Am11
Oh, star bright, star bright,
Cadd9 G
You've got the loving that I like, alright,
Gmaj7 Am11
Turn this crazy bird around,
Cadd9 G Cadd9
I... shouldn't have got on this flight to - night
[Break]
Gsus2G Gsus2G Cadd9 G
* *
| /__/ / / /__/ | / / / / | / / / / |
Cadd9 Gsus2G Gsus2G Cadd9G
* *
| / / / / | /__/ / / /__/ | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
Gsus4 Gm7
You got that look so gentle and sweet, but...
G5 Gsus7
...You've got the look so critical,
G C G C G C
Now, I can't talk to you, baby, I get so weak,
G Cadd9 G
Sometimes I think that love is just ...mythi - cal
[Verse 4]
Gsus4 Gm7
Up there's a heaven, down there's a town,
G5 Gsus7
Blackness everywhere and little lights shine,
G C G C G C
Oh, blackness, black - ness, dragging me down,
G Cadd9 G
Come on, light the candle in this poor heart of mine
[Chorus]
Gmaj7 Am11
Oh, star bright, star bright,
Cadd9 G
You've got the loving that I like, alright,
Gmaj7 Am11
Turn this crazy bird around,
Cadd9 G Cadd9
I... shouldn't have got on this flight to - night
[Break]
Gsus2G Gsus2G Cadd9 G
* *
| /__/ / / /__/ | / / / / | / / / / |
Cadd9 Gsus2G Gsus2G Cadd9G
* *
| / / / / | /__/ / / /__/ | / / / / |
[Verse 5]
Gsus4
I'm drinking sweet champagne,
Gm7
Got the headphones up high,
G5 Gsus7
Can't ...numb you out, can't drum you out of my mind,
G C G C
They're playing, 'Goodbye, ba - by! Baby, goodbye!
C G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Oo - oo, love is blind!'
[Verse 6]
Gsus4 Gm7
Up go the flaps, down go the wheels,
G5 Gsus7
I hope you got your heat turned on, baby,
G C G C G C
I hope they finally fixed your automobile,
G Cadd9 G
I hope it's better when we meet a - gain, baby
[Chorus]
Gmaj7 Am11
Star bright, star bright,
Cadd9 G
You've got the loving that I like, al - right,
Gmaj7 Am11
Turn this crazy bird around,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Shouldn't have got on this flight ...to - night
[Coda]
Gmaj7 Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
| / / / / | /__/ / / / | / / / / |
Cadd9 Gmaj7 Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
| / / / / | / / / / | /__/ / / / |
G Cadd9 G G Cadd9 G
| /__/ / / / | / / / / ||
This Flight Tonight chords and lyrics
Free chords for This Flight Tonight by Joni Mitchell. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
Song: This flight tonight
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Composer: Joni Mitchell
Album: Blue
Tabbed by DJ 3rd June 2019
G OPEN TUNING with a low G bass note : G-G-D-G-B-d
CAPO: 1st fret
(Chords will then sound in the recorded key of Ab)
1st string DOWN to D
2nd, 3rd and 4th strings as standard tuning
5th string DOWN to G
6th string DOWN to G
(an octave below detuned 5th string)
THEN, gently add the CAPO at the 1st fret.
You may need to use a capo type where the pressure
is adjustable, simpler ones may not hold the bottom
string tight enough. Re-check all the tuning,
particularly the very slack 6th string which adds
that growl. Keep your strumming a bit lighter than
normal to avoid knocking it out of tune too much.
VERY FINE TUNING:
Only needed if you want to play along more accurately
with the 'Blue' album track. Joni's guitar is tuned a
little under standard pitch. To match it much closer,
use a chromatic tuner and tune ALL six strings down
a little further, by approx. minus 20 cents.
For the G to C chords slide up from the open strings
into the 5th fret barre.
In the Breaks, slide up two frets from
the Gsus2 chord into the G * chord.
For the Cadd9 chords hammer-on and off the chord
from the open string voicing of the G chord.
VERY IMPORTANT:
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, the diagrams are produced automatically
from a generic database which does not include
this song's open tuning. Just use the voicings
suggested in the text column numbers.
NOTE: In the breaks there are two variations of
voicing for the G chord, differentiated in the tab
by an asterisk.
[Intro] [Verses]
Gsus4 = 000535 Gsus4 = 000535 G = 000000
Gm11 = 000313 Gm7 = 008760 C = 555555
G5 = 005030 Cadd9 = 002010
Gsus7 = 003010
[Choruses] [Breaks] [Coda]
Gmaj7 = 000434 Gsus2 = 000210 Gmaj7 = 004030This Flight Tonight Chords by Joni Mitchell
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