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Rainy Night House - from Joni Mitchell's "Miles of Aisles"
After listening to "Rainy Night House" a number of times, I
worked this arrangement out based largely on the Rhodes piano
part. I recommend listening to the recording closely for
the timing during the Dm break and the A/Csus/Dsus segway back into
the verses. I use a picking pattern of A/A7#5/Dm at the end
of some verses. If you are playing straight chords on the song
the A7#5 is a bit heavy and can be substituted for an A.
Well, here's the chords you'll use:
Standard Tuning: EADGBE
Dm7 - X53535 Dm11 - X53533 Dm9 - X53553
Dm7(ii) - X53563 Bb13 - X13133 Dsus4 - XXO233
Bb - X13331 Am7 - XO5550 A - XO222O
A7 - XO2O2O A7#5 - XO2O21 Dm - XOO321
Dm7(iii) - XXO311 Gmaj9 - 32O2OX C - X32O1O
Fmaj7 - 132211 C(ii) - X35553 Am7(ii) - XO3O1O
Bbsus2 - 113311 Asus4 - XO223O A(ii) - XX7655
Csus2 - X35533 Dsus2 - X57755
Mind the symbols: (sl) = slide / = slide
po = pull off ho = hammer on
INTRO:
Dm7 Dm11 Dm9 Dm7(ii) Bb13
-----5--------5-----|-------3--------------|-------------3----(X2)
--3--3--3--------3--|--3-------3-----3-----|--5--6-------3----
-----5-----5--------|-------5-----5-----5--|--5--5--0----1----
--------------------|----------------------|--3--3--0----3----
--5-----------------|--5-------------------|--5--5-------1----
--------------------|----------------------|------------------
Dsus4 Bb (sl) Am7
It was a rainy night........We took a taxi
A7 A7#5 Dm(iii)
-----0-----1po0--------|---------0ho1--
--2-----2--------2-/3--|---------3--3--
--0-----0--------------|------2--------
-----------------------|---0-----------
--0--------------------|---------------
-----------------------|---------------
To your mother's home
Dm Bb (sl) Am7
She went to Florida........and left you with your
A A7 Dm Dm7(iii) Gmaj9 C
Father's gun alone....upon her small white bed....
Fmaj7 Bb Dm Dm7(iii)
...I fell into a dream....you sat up all the night
C(ii)
--------X-----------------------------
--------5-----------5po3-----5po3-----
--------5-----------5-----5--------5--
--------5-----------5-----------------
--------3-----------3-----------------
--------X-----------------------------
and you watched me......
A Am7(ii) Gmaj9
....just to see who in the world I might be........
Dm7 Dm11 Dm9 Dm7(ii) Bb13
E-----5--------5-----|-------3--------------|-------------3----
B--3--3--3--------3--|--3-------3-----3-----|--5--6-------3----
G-----5-----5--------|-------5-----5-----5--|--5--5--0----1----
D--------------------|----------------------|--3--3--0----3----
A--5-----------------|--5-------------------|--5--5-------1----
E--------------------|----------------------|------------------
Dsus4 Bb (sl) Am7
....I am from the Sunday School......I sing soprano
A7 A7#5 Dm
-----0-----1po0--------|---------0ho1--
--2-----2--------2-/3--|---------3--3--
--0-----0--------------|------2--------
-----------------------|---0-----------
--0--------------------|---------------
-----------------------|---------------
In the upstairs choir
Bbsus2 Asus4 A Dm Dm7(iii)
Ahhh ah ah ah........Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh....
Gmaj9 C Fmaj7
You are a holy man......on the FM radio....
Bb Dm Dm7(iii)
....I sat up all the night and I
C(ii)
--------X-----------------------------
--------5-----------5po3-----5po3-----
--------5-----------5-----5--------5--
--------5-----------5-----------------
--------3-----------3-----------------
--------X-----------------------------
listened to thee......
A Am7(ii) Gmaj9
....Just to see who in the world you might be....
Dm
And what you might mean....to me....
Dm
--------------------------0------------------- (X2)
--3--------1----------------------3--3--3--3--
--2--0ho2-----2-----0ho2-----2----2--2--2--2--
--0--------------0----------------0--0--0--0--
--0-------------------------------0--0--0--0--
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(free Dm vamp to the turnaround)
A(ii) Csus2 Dsus2
--5--------5--------|--3-----------5----
-----5--------5-----|--3--3--------5----
--------6--------6--|--5-----5-/7--7----
--7--------7--------|--5-----------7----
--------------------|--3-----------5----
--------------------|--3-----------5----
Bb (sl) Am7
You called me beautiful......you called your mother
A A7 Dm Bb (sl)
she was very tanned......so you packed your tent and you went
...Am7 A A7 Dm Dm7(iii) Gmaj9....C
to live out in the Arizona sand......You are a refugee
Fmaj7 Bb Dm Dm7(iii)
from a wealthy family......You gave up all your father's golden
C(ii)
--------X-----------------------------
--------5-----------5po3-----5po3-----
--------5-----------5-----5--------5--
--------5-----------5-----------------
--------3-----------3-----------------
--------X-----------------------------
factories.....
A Am7(ii) Gmaj9
just to see who in the world you might be......
Dm
Who in the world......
Dm
--------------------------0------------------- (X2)
--3--------1----------------------3--3--3--3--
--2--0ho2-----2-----0ho2-----2----2--2--2--2--
--0--------------0----------------0--0--0--0--
--0-------------------------------0--0--0--0--
----------------------------------------------
A(ii) Csus2 Dsus2
--5--------5--------|--3-----------5------||
-----5--------5-----|--3--3--------5------||
--------6--------6--|--5-----5-/7--7------||
--7--------7--------|--5-----------7------||
--------------------|--3-----------5------||
--------------------|--3-----------5------||
This transcription is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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