Dear Joan Tab By Tabithas Secret

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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:32:49 -0800
From: "Matthew Washington" 
Subject: t/tabithas_secret/dear_joan.tab

"Dear Joan" by Tabitha's Secret

Capo'd on 5th.  Here's a figure to show the scale.  Watch for the endings.  On the last chorus,  do not play Ending 4, instead play the section called [END].

 0 1  2 3  4 --> 5
|e|f|gf|g|af|   |a|
|B|C|Df|D|ef|   |e|
|G|Af|A|Bf|B|   |C|
|D|Ef|E|F|Gf|   |G|
|A|Bf|B|C|Df|   |D|
|E|F|Gf|G|Af|   |A|
                    ~Merton

Verse:

  Dm          F           C           F           Dm
a-------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------0h1---------1-----------0-----------1-----------0h1---|
C-----2-----2-----0---0-----------0-------0---0-------2-----2-|
G---2-----------2-------0-----0-----0---2-------0---2---------|
D-0-----------3-------------2---------3-----------0-----------|
A-------------------------3-----------------------------------|

  F           C                C
             _____________________  _______________
             | Ending 1             | Ending 2
a---------------------------------||--------------3|
e-------1-----------0-----3-----3-||--0-----3------|
C-----0---0-----------0-------0---||----------0----|
G---2-------0-----0-----0---0-----||------0-----0--|
D-3-------------2-----------------||----2----------|
A-------------3-------------------||--3------------|

Chorus:

  F           C           Dm          C
a-------------------------------------------------|
e-------1-----------0-----------0h1---------0-----|
C-----0---0-----------0-------2-----0---------0---|
G---2-------0-----0-----0---2-------------0-----0-|
D-3-------------2---------0-------------2---------|
A-------------3-----------------------3-----------|

  Bb                      C                       C
                         _____________________   ___________________
                         | Ending 1,2,3          | Ending 4
a-------------1-------------------------------||--------------------|
e-------1-------1---1-----------0-----1-----3-||-------0-----1---(1)|
C---------2-------2---2-----------0-----0-----||---------0----------|
G-----3-----3-----------3-----0-----0-----0---||-----0-----0--------|
D---3-----------------------2-----------------||---2----------------|
A-1-----------------------3-------------------||-3------------------|

Bridge:

  Dm          C           Bb          C
a------------------------------------------------|
e-------0h1---------0-----------1-----------0----|
C-----2-----0---------0-----------2-----------0--|
G---2-------------0-----0-----3-----3-----0-----0|
D-0-------------2-----------3-----------2--------|
A-------------3-----------1-----------3----------|

End:

  C                                 Dm
a-------------------------------------------------0---3---|
e-------0-----1-----3-----1p0---(0)-------0h1-1-----------|
C---------0-----0-----0-----------------2-------2---------|
G-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------2-------------------|
D---2-------------------------------0---------------------|
A-3-------------------------------------------------------|

Order:    Beginning Lyrics:

Verse     (First time playing Ending 1,hold the first 3 on e string)
Verse     ("Dear Joan")
Verse     ("Dear Joan")
Chorus    ("I must have grown tired")
Chorus    ("Dear Joan")
Verse     ("Dear Joan")
Verse     ("Dear Joan")
Chorus    ("I know you believed")
Chorus    ("Dear Joan")
Bridge    ("Once I forget")
Bridge    ("Three times")
Verse     ("...your neck")
Verse     ("Dear Joan")
Chorus    ("Dear Joan")
Chorus    ("Dear Joan")
End

Legend:

h      - hammer on
p      - pull off
(fret) - held note

Lyrics can be found at
http://www.tabithas-secret.com/cd/lyrics/dear_joan.html