Steve Miller - The Joker guitar tab

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From: ducky@ilhawaii.net

Subject: TAB:The Joker (Steve Miller)

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