I Don’t Know Where I Stand by Joni Mitchell Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for I Don’t Know Where I Stand guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play I Don’t Know Where I Stand by Joni Mitchell using guitar or guitar.
This song by Joni Mitchell can also be played by that instruments.
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I Don’t Know Where I Stand guitar chords has rhythm and included in Clouds (1969) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

I Don’t Know Where I Stand by Joni Mitchell Guitar Chords


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Tuning: FFCGAc

First of, I found the tuning and most chords for this song on the excellent

a couple of really great Joni Mitchell tabs. Personally though, it really helps me
to see the finger-picking

pattern as well, so I decided to transcribe it.

THE CHORDS:
[Fadd9(sus4)] 


c|0--------0--------0--------9--------7--------0(3)-----5-------0(4)----------|
A|4--------1--------0(1)-----9--------7--------3--------5-------3------------|
G|0--------0--------0(2)-----9--------7--------2--------5-------0------------|
C|5--------2--------0--------9--------7--------3--------5-------4------------|
F|5--------2--------0--------9--------7--------0--------5-------4------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


c|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
A|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
G|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
C|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
F|4--------2--------3--------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

FINGER-PATTERN:
[Fadd9(sus4)] 


c|----------0---------------0---------------0---------0----------------------|
A|4-----4-----4---1-----1---------1-----0---------0h1---0-----0--------------|
G|----0---------0-----0---------0-----2---------2-----------0---0------------|
C|--4-----4---------2-----2---------0-----0---------------0------------------|
F|5-----5---------2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0---0-----0--------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

This will be your basic finger-picking pattern for the entire song. There are
minor variations, particularly when

it comes to the first half of the verses when you play the Dadd9 and Cadd9 chords,
so if you insist on playing it

excactly like Joni, you’ll have to figure out those for yourself.

THE SONG (again, thanks go to tabsntunings.com):

Intro:
[Fadd9(sus4)]
[Fadd9(sus4)]

Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there
Sunny day, braiding wild flowers and leaves in my hair
Picked up a pencil and wrote ‘I love you’ in my finest hand
Wanted to send it but I don’t kn[Fadd9(sus4)]ow where I stand

Dadd9…
Telephone, even the sound of your voice is still new
All alone in California and talking to you
And feeling too foolish and strange to say the words that I had planned
I guess it’s too early, ’cause I don’t know where I stand.

Do do do do do do dooooo do do do do do do do[Fadd9(sus4)] do do do do do

Dadd9…
Crickets call, courting their ladies in stardappled green
Thickets tall, until the morning comes up like a dream
All muted and misty, so drowsy now, I’ll take what sleep I can
I know that I miss you but I don’t know where I stand (2x)

Do do do do do [Fadd9(sus4)] do do do do do do doooooo

| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note

If you want to learn Joni Mitchell I Don’t Know Where I Stand guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play I Don’t Know Where I Stand. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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