This version of "The Joker" is taken from highly reliable source
and differs from the original version at Nevada. Check it out for
yourself.
Verse (beginning at 0:02 into the song):
Tune acoustic guitar down one whole step (low to high: D,G,C,F,A,D).
In 4/4 time.
(G) (C) (D) (C)
p.m.``| p.m``| p.m.`````````````````````````````
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------Oh2-----|-O--O-----------------------------|
|------------Oh2--3---3------------|-----------O-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-O------|
|---3--3---------------------------|-----------------------------2----|
(G) (C) (D) (C)
`````````````````| p.m.```````````````````|let ring
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------O-O--|
|-----------------------------O-2--|-O--O-------------------Oh2-------|
|-------------O-2-3--3-------------|-----------O-2-3-3-3-3------------|
|--h3--3---------------------------|----------------------------------|
.....and back to (G) in the first bar.
The chorus (from 0:49 into the song).
Two rhythm guitars on the recording, here arranged for one:
G C G C
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------O---------------1----------|----O------------------1----------|
|-------O-------O---O---O------O-O-|--------------O-----O-------------|
|-------O------------------Oh2-----|----O-------O-------2-------------|
|----------Oh2----3---3------------|--------Oh2-----3---------2-2-O-O-|
|--3-3-----------------------------|-3--------------------------------|
G C D C
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-3--3--3-3--3-1--1----------------|
|--------O---O---O--O---O-----O----|-2--2--2-2--2-O--O-----------O--O-|
|----------O---O----2-----Oh2------|-O--O--O-O--0-2--2-----Oh2--------|
|-------------------3--------------|--------------3--3----------------|
|---3------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Steve Miller: "This tune was made up one night out underneath the
stars at a party. I was stretched out on the hood of an old car, playing
guitar, looking for shooting stars and it just seemed to write itself. The
slide guitar part is a Fender Stratoscaster plugged into a Manny's fuzztone
box, run through a Hammond organ Leslie speaker set on chorus. Yeahhh!"
Enjoy!
--Demian McLean
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