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The Joker by Steve Miller Band - Guitar Chords
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Song: The joker (Original album version)
Artist: Steve Miller Band
Composer: Steve Miller, Eddie Curtis and Ahmet Ertsgun
Album: The joker
Tabbed by DJ ( 'DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar- )
27th Dec 2015
TUNING: D-G-C-F-A-D
De-tune all strings down a full tone, a chromatic tuner
is useful to get the tuning accurate
For other instruments use the transpose function and set
it to (minus) -2 cents to view the song in the key of F.
NOTE: This is the full song as it appears on 'The Joker'
album, the single version was edited 30secs shorter and
is the version that gets most radio play and appears on
his greatest hits album, and other compilation albums.
This arrangement combines elements of the acoustic and
the bass guitars. With two players, one could strum
the chords, the other concentrating mainly on adding
the bass riffs. The single version fades out on Verse 5,
I suggest finishing with another chorus.
Most people would play this with a straight C major,
but the Cadd9 makes for a very smooth change between
the other chords, and the bass riff can be added with
the index and middle fingers.
The chords are named as if still in standard tuning
but will sound a tone lower in the key of F.
G = 320033 D = xx0232
Cadd9 = x32033 Dsus4 = xx0233 h = hammer-on
[Main riff]
(F) (Bbadd9) (C) (Bbadd9)
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
d |------3--------3--------|-------2-----------------|
A |------3--------3--------|-------3-----------------|
F |------0--------0--------|-------2-----------------|
C |------0--------2--0-h2--|--0-0--------------------|
G |--------0-2-3--3--------|----------0-2-3-3-3-2-0--|
D |--3-3-------------------|-------------------------|
[Additional riff at end of some lines]
(C) (Bbadd9) (F)
D Cadd9 G
d |------2----------------------|----------|
A |------3----------------------|----------|
F |------2------------------0---|---0------|
C |--0-0---------------0-h2-----|----------|
G |---------0-2-3-3-3-----------|----------|
D |-----------------------------|----------|
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[Verse 1]
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Some people call me 'The Space Cowboy', yeah,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Some call me 'The Gangster of Love',
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Some people call me 'Maur - ice',
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
'Cause I speak ...of the pompatus of love
[Verse 2]
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
People talk a - bout me, baby,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Say I'm doing you wrong, doing you wrong--------,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Well, don't you worry, baby, don't worry--------,
G
'Cause I'm right here, right here,
Cadd9 D Cadd9
Right here, right here at home
[Chorus]
G Cadd9
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner,
G Cadd9
I'm a lover, then I'm a sinner,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
I play my music in the sun--------,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
I sure don't want to hurt no one--------
G Cadd9
I'm a picker, I'm a grinner,
G Cadd9
I'm a lover, then I'm a sinner,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
I play my music in the sun--------,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker,
G Cadd9 D
I get my loving on the run,
Dsus4 D Dsus4
Woo - hoo, oo - oo---! Woo - hoo, oo - oo!
[Break]
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
||: / / / / | / / / / :||[x4]
[Verse 3]
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
You're the cutest thing that I ever did see,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
A -Lovey- dovey, lovey -dovey, lovey -dovey all the time,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Hoo - ee, baby, I'll sure show you a good time------!
[Chorus]
G Cadd9
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner,
G Cadd9
I'm a lover, then I'm a sinner,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
I play my music in the sun--------,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
I get my loving on the run--------,
G Cadd9
I'm a picker, I'm a grinner,
G Cadd9
I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Play my music in the sun--------,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
I sure don't want to hurt no one--------
[Break]
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 D Cadd9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Dsus4 D Dsus4
Woo - hoo, oo - oo! Woo - hoo, oo - oo!
[Verse 4]
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
People keep talking a - bout me, baby,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Say I'm doing you wrong--------,
G Cadd9
Well, don't you worry,
D Cadd9
Don't worry, no, don't worry, mamma,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
'Cause I'm right here at home
[Verse 5]
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
You're the cutest thing I ever did see,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Lovey- dovey, lovey -dovey, lovey -dovey all the time,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Come on, baby, now, ...show you a good time
[Suggestion for ending]
G Cadd9
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner,
G Cadd9
I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
I play my music in the sun---------,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
I get my loving on the run--------,
G Cadd9
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner,
G Cadd9
I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner,
G Cadd9 D Cadd9
Play my music in the sun--------,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker,
G Cadd9 D
I sure don't want to hurt no one,
Dsus4 D Dsus4 G
Woo - hoo, oo - oo! Woo - hoo, oo - oo!
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