Steve Miller Band - The Joker Tabs

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        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