DEAR JOAN
BY
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."
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--------------------------|
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-----------------|
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--------------------------|
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
G(2)
Dear Joan, I've almost forgotten,
G(2)
the pain in the window, blue dress in the doorway
G(2)
dear joan, help me remember, the face I forget
G(2)
and the traps that I've sprung
I guess I've grown tired it's just what's expected of me
to tear your heart from the inside to the outside
you know I was wired, I just couldn't help it
the hundred thousand times I hurt you
CHORUS
dear joan, I wanted to say
that I'm sorry for the screaming last night
and the nights before
well I've wanted more from this
than anything I've ever known
dear joan
Am, C, G, C,
Am, C, G(2)
VERSE
dear joan
G(2)
your face has a brightness that I've never seen
G(2)
in the years that I've known you
dear joan
G(2)
I pick up the pieces, but some scattered too far
G(2)
you see they flew and I kicked them
I know you believed when I said it was over
you stood by me patiently waiting and brooding
so deeply in love with every face that I've shown
(CHORUS)
BRIDGE
once I forget, twice I'm a fool,
three times I've wrapped my hands around your neck
G(2)
while you're sleepin',
G(2)
you're quietly sleepin', sleepin' and dreamin'
dear joan
G(2)
don't walk out that doorway
because if you did
G(2)
I believe I could honestly kill you
(Chorus X2, end on Am with your pinky on the 3rd fret, bottom string)
Chords
G(2)
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)
Email me with any suggestions, comments or corrections,
Ryan Short - nouse4aname007@hotmail.com