Chords for How To Play Joni Mitchell Coyote (intro only)
Tempo:
119.45 bpm
Chords used:
G
Dm
C
Eb
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Let's get in tune for Coyote.
It's an unusual [Fm] tuning this one, although Joni likes it.
She uses it in other songs as well.
Your first string [E] stays on the note E.
The second string tunes [Cm] up to C.
Third string down to [F] F.
[Eb] Fourth string stays [D] on D.
[Dm] [Ab] Fifth string down [Gm] to G.
[Eb] And sixth string down to C.
[C]
[G] It's an unusual tuning.
It [Dm] makes a very jazzy chord on [G] the open strings.
But the chord [N] shapes around that are not too difficult.
We're going to play this for the intro.
[C]
[G]
[Dm]
And then into the verse.
[N] So just two chord shapes here.
One is what would normally be an A chord shape in standard tuning.
In this tuning, the fourth and third [Eb] strings of the second fret [C] [Eb] would make a C major chord.
But what she does is she adds to it the second string second fret as well to make [G] what we think of as an A chord shape.
And creates the beautiful chord of C add 9.
And she simply plays [C] that and [G] lets it come back to the open strings.
So on [Cm] the first two bars, she's going bass, [G] down, up, down, up, up, up, [Dm] up.
With that final up being open strings.
[Eb]
Very off the beat, as so often with her.
[Cm] One, [G] two, and three, and four, and one, and two, [Dm] and three.
And on four of that second bar, [Eb] if you want to, you can slide from [G] five to seven of the sixth string.
[Cm] And then the open sixth string again as you come into the third bar.
[G] [C] [G]
[Dm] [C]
[G] [Dm]
[N] Now, she plays that little sequence four times.
And you could play it exactly like that all four times.
On the intro, she slightly changes the rhythm the second and fourth times.
The second time she plays this, [Gm]
[Dm]
[Eb] where she's going [C] bass, [G] up, down, up, up, up, [Dm] down.
With that down being open and then a down up or up down on the open strings [Cm] at the end of that bar.
[C] [G] One, two, and three, and four, and one, [F] and two, three, [G] and four.
So not essential to get that change [Eb] in the rhythm in there, but she does that [Gm] in the intro.
[N] The third time round, which is bars five and six if you're excited, it's the same as bars one and two.
And then another [Eb] slight difference in the rhythm.
And this is a rhythm that she comes back to regularly in the song.
[G]
[C] Bass, [G] up, down, up, down, up, up, [Dm] up, down.
The final up down is open strings.
[C] One, [G] two, and three, and four, one, and two, and [Dm] three, and four.
[A] All right, here's that intro again.
[G]
It's an unusual [Fm] tuning this one, although Joni likes it.
She uses it in other songs as well.
Your first string [E] stays on the note E.
The second string tunes [Cm] up to C.
Third string down to [F] F.
[Eb] Fourth string stays [D] on D.
[Dm] [Ab] Fifth string down [Gm] to G.
[Eb] And sixth string down to C.
[C]
[G] It's an unusual tuning.
It [Dm] makes a very jazzy chord on [G] the open strings.
But the chord [N] shapes around that are not too difficult.
We're going to play this for the intro.
[C]
[G]
[Dm]
And then into the verse.
[N] So just two chord shapes here.
One is what would normally be an A chord shape in standard tuning.
In this tuning, the fourth and third [Eb] strings of the second fret [C] [Eb] would make a C major chord.
But what she does is she adds to it the second string second fret as well to make [G] what we think of as an A chord shape.
And creates the beautiful chord of C add 9.
And she simply plays [C] that and [G] lets it come back to the open strings.
So on [Cm] the first two bars, she's going bass, [G] down, up, down, up, up, up, [Dm] up.
With that final up being open strings.
[Eb]
Very off the beat, as so often with her.
[Cm] One, [G] two, and three, and four, and one, and two, [Dm] and three.
And on four of that second bar, [Eb] if you want to, you can slide from [G] five to seven of the sixth string.
[Cm] And then the open sixth string again as you come into the third bar.
[G] [C] [G]
[Dm] [C]
[G] [Dm]
[N] Now, she plays that little sequence four times.
And you could play it exactly like that all four times.
On the intro, she slightly changes the rhythm the second and fourth times.
The second time she plays this, [Gm]
[Dm]
[Eb] where she's going [C] bass, [G] up, down, up, up, up, [Dm] down.
With that down being open and then a down up or up down on the open strings [Cm] at the end of that bar.
[C] [G] One, two, and three, and four, and one, [F] and two, three, [G] and four.
So not essential to get that change [Eb] in the rhythm in there, but she does that [Gm] in the intro.
[N] The third time round, which is bars five and six if you're excited, it's the same as bars one and two.
And then another [Eb] slight difference in the rhythm.
And this is a rhythm that she comes back to regularly in the song.
[G]
[C] Bass, [G] up, down, up, down, up, up, [Dm] up, down.
The final up down is open strings.
[C] One, [G] two, and three, and four, one, and two, and [Dm] three, and four.
[A] All right, here's that intro again.
[G]
Key:
G
Dm
C
Eb
Cm
G
Dm
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Let's get in tune for Coyote.
It's an unusual [Fm] tuning this one, although Joni likes it.
She uses it in other songs as well.
_ Your first string [E] stays on the note E. _ _
_ The second string tunes [Cm] up to C. _
_ _ Third string down to [F] F. _
_ _ [Eb] Fourth string stays [D] on D. _ _
_ _ [Dm] [Ab] Fifth string down [Gm] to G. _ _
_ [Eb] And sixth string down to C.
[C] _ _ _
_ [G] It's an unusual tuning.
It [Dm] makes a very jazzy chord on [G] the open strings.
But the chord [N] shapes around that are not too difficult.
We're going to play this for the intro.
[C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
And then into the verse.
_ [N] So just two chord shapes here.
One is _ what would normally be an A chord shape in standard tuning.
In this tuning, the fourth and third [Eb] strings of the second fret [C] _ [Eb] would make a C major chord.
But what she does is she adds to it the second string second fret as well to make [G] what we think of as an A chord shape.
And _ creates the beautiful chord of C add 9.
And she simply plays [C] that and [G] lets it come back to the open strings.
_ So on [Cm] the first two bars, she's going bass, [G] down, up, down, up, up, up, [Dm] up.
With that final up being open strings.
_ _ [Eb] _
Very off the beat, as so often with her.
[Cm] One, [G] two, and three, and four, and one, and two, [Dm] and three.
And on four of that second bar, _ [Eb] if you want to, you can slide from [G] five to seven _ of the sixth string.
[Cm] And then the open sixth string again as you come into the third bar. _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] Now, she plays that little sequence four times.
And you could play it exactly like that all four times.
_ On the intro, she slightly changes the rhythm the second and fourth times.
The second time she plays this, [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] where she's going [C] _ bass, [G] up, down, up, up, up, [Dm] down.
With that down being open and then a down up or up down on the open strings [Cm] at the end of that bar.
_ [C] _ [G] One, two, and three, and four, and one, [F] and two, three, [G] and four.
_ _ So not essential to get that change [Eb] in the rhythm in there, but she does that [Gm] in the intro. _ _
_ [N] The third time round, which is bars five and six if you're excited, it's the same as bars one and two.
And then another [Eb] slight difference in the rhythm.
And this is a rhythm that she comes back to regularly in the song. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Bass, [G] up, down, up, down, up, up, [Dm] up, down.
The final up down is open strings.
_ [C] One, [G] two, and three, and four, one, and two, and [Dm] three, and four.
_ _ [A] All right, here's that intro again.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Let's get in tune for Coyote.
It's an unusual [Fm] tuning this one, although Joni likes it.
She uses it in other songs as well.
_ Your first string [E] stays on the note E. _ _
_ The second string tunes [Cm] up to C. _
_ _ Third string down to [F] F. _
_ _ [Eb] Fourth string stays [D] on D. _ _
_ _ [Dm] [Ab] Fifth string down [Gm] to G. _ _
_ [Eb] And sixth string down to C.
[C] _ _ _
_ [G] It's an unusual tuning.
It [Dm] makes a very jazzy chord on [G] the open strings.
But the chord [N] shapes around that are not too difficult.
We're going to play this for the intro.
[C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
And then into the verse.
_ [N] So just two chord shapes here.
One is _ what would normally be an A chord shape in standard tuning.
In this tuning, the fourth and third [Eb] strings of the second fret [C] _ [Eb] would make a C major chord.
But what she does is she adds to it the second string second fret as well to make [G] what we think of as an A chord shape.
And _ creates the beautiful chord of C add 9.
And she simply plays [C] that and [G] lets it come back to the open strings.
_ So on [Cm] the first two bars, she's going bass, [G] down, up, down, up, up, up, [Dm] up.
With that final up being open strings.
_ _ [Eb] _
Very off the beat, as so often with her.
[Cm] One, [G] two, and three, and four, and one, and two, [Dm] and three.
And on four of that second bar, _ [Eb] if you want to, you can slide from [G] five to seven _ of the sixth string.
[Cm] And then the open sixth string again as you come into the third bar. _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] Now, she plays that little sequence four times.
And you could play it exactly like that all four times.
_ On the intro, she slightly changes the rhythm the second and fourth times.
The second time she plays this, [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] where she's going [C] _ bass, [G] up, down, up, up, up, [Dm] down.
With that down being open and then a down up or up down on the open strings [Cm] at the end of that bar.
_ [C] _ [G] One, two, and three, and four, and one, [F] and two, three, [G] and four.
_ _ So not essential to get that change [Eb] in the rhythm in there, but she does that [Gm] in the intro. _ _
_ [N] The third time round, which is bars five and six if you're excited, it's the same as bars one and two.
And then another [Eb] slight difference in the rhythm.
And this is a rhythm that she comes back to regularly in the song. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Bass, [G] up, down, up, down, up, up, [Dm] up, down.
The final up down is open strings.
_ [C] One, [G] two, and three, and four, one, and two, and [Dm] three, and four.
_ _ [A] All right, here's that intro again.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _