Chords for How To Play Joni Mitchell Little Green (intro only)
Tempo:
129.4 bpm
Chords used:
B
Db
Eb
Abm
Dbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F]
Let's get in tune first of all for Little Green.
We're capoed at the fourth fret and we're going to be playing in open G tuning if there were no capo.
So we'll tune to a normal open G but I like to tune with the capo on, it just gets a little bit more precise.
[Eb] So you want to take your first string down [B] to F sharp.
Second string stays on D sharp.
The third string stays on B.
And the fourth string stays on F sharp.
[Eb] But the fifth string tunes down to [B] B and the sixth string down to F [Gb] sharp.
[Abm] [B] And we have what would be a G major chord on the open strings if we were playing with no capo but we're capoed at fret 4.
And we have the four bar intro which is the first four bars you see [Eb] on your tab and it sounds like this.
[Db] [B]
[Dbm] [B]
[Db] [B]
So start [Abm] with this shape.
You want the first string at the fourth [Ab] fret and the second string at the third fret.
[B] Five and one.
And then two.
You can see on your tab it says two and three.
That's really because she brushes across two and gets a bit of three as well.
But I tend to play, two is the main string you're looking to play there.
[Eb] Then five and one [B] again.
And then four and as you're playing four your hand comes out of the shape back to the open strings.
Now play four and two both open.
Four and one both open.
And four again.
So for the [F] only time in this song, here in the introduction, she has this [Gb] unconventional [B] fourth string played four times in a row on eighth note.
The whole bar is one, two and three and four and.
Now to [Ab] this G over B chord that's a very common [F] Jodie Mitchell chord in open G.
She wants the second string at the third fret and the fourth and fifth strings at the fourth fret.
A little bit like A minor but you see these two fingers have moved up one string set.
Play [Ebm] five and one.
Four, [B] three, one.
And then bring this shape down two frets where it technically becomes A minor 11.
Five and [Dbm] two.
Four, [B] three, one.
[Ebm] One and [B] two [Dbm] and three and [B] four and.
All fingers away at bar [Abm] three we're going to play five and two.
Again it's a slightly brushy two where she gets the third string a little bit [Ab] as well.
But concentrate on five and two.
And you're going to hammer from open strings to this shape.
The second string at the first fret and the third string at the second fret.
So even though you're really [Abm] playing five and two, hammer both those fingers down.
[Db]
[B] Then one open.
Five and two out of the new [Em] shape.
Four which should be [B] open.
Three at the [Db] second fret.
Five and two.
Four.
[B] [Db] One and [E] two and three and four and.
And this introduces for the first time clearly a picking rhythm that's going to be everywhere in this song.
She changes it a couple of times but basically the feel of the song is this one two three [B] one two three one two.
[E] One two three one two [Db] three one two.
You see how the thumb is going on the ones.
If we think of counting that bar one two three one two three one two.
[Ab] Now all fingers come away at bar four.
The home [Eb] chord we'll think of it as G because we're in open G tuning.
[B] Five and two.
Four, three, five and one.
Four, three, five and two, three.
Again it's that one two three one two three one two rhythm.
So it's technically one and two and three and four and.
But the feel you're playing it is one two three one two three one two.
[Eb] Here's that intro again [B] slowly.
[Ebm] [B] [Dbm] [B]
[Db]
[B]
Let's get in tune first of all for Little Green.
We're capoed at the fourth fret and we're going to be playing in open G tuning if there were no capo.
So we'll tune to a normal open G but I like to tune with the capo on, it just gets a little bit more precise.
[Eb] So you want to take your first string down [B] to F sharp.
Second string stays on D sharp.
The third string stays on B.
And the fourth string stays on F sharp.
[Eb] But the fifth string tunes down to [B] B and the sixth string down to F [Gb] sharp.
[Abm] [B] And we have what would be a G major chord on the open strings if we were playing with no capo but we're capoed at fret 4.
And we have the four bar intro which is the first four bars you see [Eb] on your tab and it sounds like this.
[Db] [B]
[Dbm] [B]
[Db] [B]
So start [Abm] with this shape.
You want the first string at the fourth [Ab] fret and the second string at the third fret.
[B] Five and one.
And then two.
You can see on your tab it says two and three.
That's really because she brushes across two and gets a bit of three as well.
But I tend to play, two is the main string you're looking to play there.
[Eb] Then five and one [B] again.
And then four and as you're playing four your hand comes out of the shape back to the open strings.
Now play four and two both open.
Four and one both open.
And four again.
So for the [F] only time in this song, here in the introduction, she has this [Gb] unconventional [B] fourth string played four times in a row on eighth note.
The whole bar is one, two and three and four and.
Now to [Ab] this G over B chord that's a very common [F] Jodie Mitchell chord in open G.
She wants the second string at the third fret and the fourth and fifth strings at the fourth fret.
A little bit like A minor but you see these two fingers have moved up one string set.
Play [Ebm] five and one.
Four, [B] three, one.
And then bring this shape down two frets where it technically becomes A minor 11.
Five and [Dbm] two.
Four, [B] three, one.
[Ebm] One and [B] two [Dbm] and three and [B] four and.
All fingers away at bar [Abm] three we're going to play five and two.
Again it's a slightly brushy two where she gets the third string a little bit [Ab] as well.
But concentrate on five and two.
And you're going to hammer from open strings to this shape.
The second string at the first fret and the third string at the second fret.
So even though you're really [Abm] playing five and two, hammer both those fingers down.
[Db]
[B] Then one open.
Five and two out of the new [Em] shape.
Four which should be [B] open.
Three at the [Db] second fret.
Five and two.
Four.
[B] [Db] One and [E] two and three and four and.
And this introduces for the first time clearly a picking rhythm that's going to be everywhere in this song.
She changes it a couple of times but basically the feel of the song is this one two three [B] one two three one two.
[E] One two three one two [Db] three one two.
You see how the thumb is going on the ones.
If we think of counting that bar one two three one two three one two.
[Ab] Now all fingers come away at bar four.
The home [Eb] chord we'll think of it as G because we're in open G tuning.
[B] Five and two.
Four, three, five and one.
Four, three, five and two, three.
Again it's that one two three one two three one two rhythm.
So it's technically one and two and three and four and.
But the feel you're playing it is one two three one two three one two.
[Eb] Here's that intro again [B] slowly.
[Ebm] [B] [Dbm] [B]
[Db]
[B]
Key:
B
Db
Eb
Abm
Dbm
B
Db
Eb
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Let's get in tune first of all for Little Green.
We're capoed at the fourth fret and we're going to be playing in open G tuning if there were no capo.
So we'll tune to a normal open G but I like to tune with the capo on, it just gets a little bit more precise.
[Eb] So you want to take your first string down [B] to F sharp. _ _ _ _ _
Second string stays on D sharp. _ _
_ _ _ _ The third string stays on B.
_ _ _ And the fourth string stays on F sharp. _ _ _ _
[Eb] But the fifth string tunes down to [B] B and the sixth string down to F [Gb] sharp. _ _
_ [Abm] [B] And we have _ what would be a G major chord on the open strings if we were playing with no capo but we're capoed at fret 4.
_ And we have the four bar intro which is the first four bars you see [Eb] on your tab and it sounds like this.
[Db] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [B] _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So start [Abm] with this shape.
You want the first string at the fourth [Ab] fret and the second string at the third fret.
[B] Five and one. _ _ _
And then two.
You can see on your tab it says two and three.
That's really because she brushes across two and gets a bit of three as well.
But I tend to play, two is the main string you're looking to play there. _
[Eb] Then five and one [B] again.
_ _ And then four and as you're playing four your hand comes out of the shape back to the open strings.
Now play four and two both open. _
Four and one both open.
And four again. _
So for the [F] only time in this song, here in the introduction, she has this [Gb] unconventional _ [B] fourth string played four times in a row on eighth note.
The whole bar is one, _ _ two and three and four and. _ _ _ _
Now to [Ab] this G over B chord that's a very common [F] Jodie Mitchell chord in open G.
She wants the second string at the third fret and the fourth and fifth strings at the fourth fret.
_ A little bit like A minor but you see these two fingers have moved up one string set.
_ Play [Ebm] five and one.
_ Four, [B] three, one.
_ _ And then bring this shape down two frets where it technically becomes A minor 11.
Five and [Dbm] two.
_ Four, [B] three, one.
_ [Ebm] _ _ One and [B] two [Dbm] and three and [B] four and.
_ _ _ All fingers away at bar [Abm] three we're going to play _ _ five and two.
Again it's a slightly brushy two where she gets the third string a little bit [Ab] as well.
But concentrate on five and two.
And you're going to hammer from open strings to this shape.
The second string at the first fret and the third string at the second fret.
So even though you're really [Abm] playing five and two, hammer both those fingers down.
[Db] _ _ _
_ [B] Then one open.
_ Five and two out of the new [Em] shape.
_ Four which should be [B] open.
Three at the [Db] second fret.
Five and two. _
Four.
_ _ [B] _ _ [Db] One and [E] two and three and four and.
_ And this introduces for the first time clearly a picking rhythm that's going to be everywhere in this song.
She changes it a couple of times but basically the feel of the song is this one two three [B] one two three one two.
_ _ _ [E] One two three one two [Db] three one two.
You see how the thumb is going on the ones.
If we think of counting that bar one two three one two three one two.
_ [Ab] Now all fingers come away at bar four.
The home [Eb] chord we'll think of it as G because we're in open G tuning.
[B] Five and two.
_ Four, three, five and one.
_ Four, three, five and two, three.
_ Again it's that one two three one two three one two rhythm.
So it's technically one and two and three and four and.
But the feel you're playing it is one two three one two three one two.
_ _ _ [Eb] Here's that intro again [B] slowly. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [B] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Let's get in tune first of all for Little Green.
We're capoed at the fourth fret and we're going to be playing in open G tuning if there were no capo.
So we'll tune to a normal open G but I like to tune with the capo on, it just gets a little bit more precise.
[Eb] So you want to take your first string down [B] to F sharp. _ _ _ _ _
Second string stays on D sharp. _ _
_ _ _ _ The third string stays on B.
_ _ _ And the fourth string stays on F sharp. _ _ _ _
[Eb] But the fifth string tunes down to [B] B and the sixth string down to F [Gb] sharp. _ _
_ [Abm] [B] And we have _ what would be a G major chord on the open strings if we were playing with no capo but we're capoed at fret 4.
_ And we have the four bar intro which is the first four bars you see [Eb] on your tab and it sounds like this.
[Db] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [B] _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So start [Abm] with this shape.
You want the first string at the fourth [Ab] fret and the second string at the third fret.
[B] Five and one. _ _ _
And then two.
You can see on your tab it says two and three.
That's really because she brushes across two and gets a bit of three as well.
But I tend to play, two is the main string you're looking to play there. _
[Eb] Then five and one [B] again.
_ _ And then four and as you're playing four your hand comes out of the shape back to the open strings.
Now play four and two both open. _
Four and one both open.
And four again. _
So for the [F] only time in this song, here in the introduction, she has this [Gb] unconventional _ [B] fourth string played four times in a row on eighth note.
The whole bar is one, _ _ two and three and four and. _ _ _ _
Now to [Ab] this G over B chord that's a very common [F] Jodie Mitchell chord in open G.
She wants the second string at the third fret and the fourth and fifth strings at the fourth fret.
_ A little bit like A minor but you see these two fingers have moved up one string set.
_ Play [Ebm] five and one.
_ Four, [B] three, one.
_ _ And then bring this shape down two frets where it technically becomes A minor 11.
Five and [Dbm] two.
_ Four, [B] three, one.
_ [Ebm] _ _ One and [B] two [Dbm] and three and [B] four and.
_ _ _ All fingers away at bar [Abm] three we're going to play _ _ five and two.
Again it's a slightly brushy two where she gets the third string a little bit [Ab] as well.
But concentrate on five and two.
And you're going to hammer from open strings to this shape.
The second string at the first fret and the third string at the second fret.
So even though you're really [Abm] playing five and two, hammer both those fingers down.
[Db] _ _ _
_ [B] Then one open.
_ Five and two out of the new [Em] shape.
_ Four which should be [B] open.
Three at the [Db] second fret.
Five and two. _
Four.
_ _ [B] _ _ [Db] One and [E] two and three and four and.
_ And this introduces for the first time clearly a picking rhythm that's going to be everywhere in this song.
She changes it a couple of times but basically the feel of the song is this one two three [B] one two three one two.
_ _ _ [E] One two three one two [Db] three one two.
You see how the thumb is going on the ones.
If we think of counting that bar one two three one two three one two.
_ [Ab] Now all fingers come away at bar four.
The home [Eb] chord we'll think of it as G because we're in open G tuning.
[B] Five and two.
_ Four, three, five and one.
_ Four, three, five and two, three.
_ Again it's that one two three one two three one two rhythm.
So it's technically one and two and three and four and.
But the feel you're playing it is one two three one two three one two.
_ _ _ [Eb] Here's that intro again [B] slowly. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [B] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _