Hejira

Hejira Bass Tab

Hejira
                                    Joni Mitchell

Bass                                                          Joni Mitchell

In 2/2

Intro

4 Bars Rest                _____
                          |  3  |
|-----------------|-------------20-|(20)------------|----------14-16-|
|-----------------|----11-13-18----|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  W                 Q. E  Q  Q  Q    W                H.       E  E
  w/Fig. 1*

|-16--14-16/11-/11-|(11)------------|----------------|----------18-16-|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  Q   E  E  Q   Q    W                W                H.     E S  S

Verse 1
   ___
  | 3 |
|-15--11---13----|-4--------------|(4)-------------|/8--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|(2)-------------|-2--------------|(2)-------------|(2)-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  Q   E  E E  H    W                W                W

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-2--------------|-2-----2-2------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--------------|(0)-------------|----------------|----------------|
  W                W                W                Q.    E H

|-13-------------|(13)------------|-14-13----------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------2------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------0------|
  W                W                E  E  H.         H       H
                       _____                                  _____
                      |  3  |                                |  3  |
|----------------|-15-15-15-13-13-|-11-11--11------|(11)---8-6------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------9---|
|/2--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
                   Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    E  Q   E H       Q.    E Q  H
                                                             _____
                                                            |  3  |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------11-13-|
|(9)-------------|(9)-------------|(9)-------------|(9)---13--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7--------------|(7)-------------|(7)-------------|(7)-------------|
  W                W                W                Q.   Q   Q  Q

|-14-------------|(14)------------|/13-------------|(13)------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------7-------|
|-0--------------|(0)-------------|(0)-------------|(0)-------------|
  W                W                W                H      H

|----------------|------------/18-|(18)\--15-------|----------11-13-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7--------------|(7)-------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-0--------------|
  W                H.       E  E    Q.    E H        H.       E  E

|-11-------------|----------------|------------8-9-|-8---4/6--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7--------------|(7)-------------|(7)-------------|----------------|
  W                W                H.         E E   

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|/2--------------|(2)-------------|/2--------------|-2------2-------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  W                W                W                H      H

|-4--------------|(4)-------------|----------------|-----11---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-11-----11------|
|-2--------------|(2)-------------|(2)-------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  W                W                W                Q   E  E H

|----------------|----------------|----------------|-6--------------|
|----------------|-------/2-------|-4--------------|--------4-------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--------------|(0)-------------|----------------|----------------|
  W                H      H         W                H      H

|----------------|----------------|----------------|-6--------------|
|-4--------------|(4)-----4-------|-4--------------|--------4-------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  W                H      H         W                H      H

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|/2--------------|(2)-------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------0-|-0--------------|(0)-----------7-|
  W                H.         E E   W                H.         E E

|----------------|----------------|-8---8-8-8------|(8)-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7--------------|(7)-------------|----------------|--------7-------|
  W                W                Q   E E H        H      H

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-4--------------|(4)-------------|(4)-------------|-4--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-2--------------|(2)-------------|(2)-------------|--------2-------|
  W                W                W                H      H

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------2-------|-2--------------|(2)---------2-1-|
|----------------|------x---------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--------------|-0--------------|----------------|----------------|
  W                Q.   E H         W                H.         E E

Instrumental 1              _____      _____                        _________
                           |  3  |    |  3  |                      |    3    |
|-----------------|--------15-15-15-|-15-15-15/16--16-16-|---18-18---19--20-20-|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
  W                 H      Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   E  E    Q E  E  Q Q   E  E
  w/ Fig. 1

|-b21---18-18-----|(18)-------------|---18-16-16------|(16)-------18-16-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   Q. S S  H        W                 S E. E  E H       H.      E S  S

Verse 2              _____
                    |  3  |
|-15--------------|-13-11-----------|-4---------------|---4---------4---|
|-----------------|-------11--------|---------------4-|-4---------------|
|(2)--------------|(2)--------------|-2---------------|---------------2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 Q  Q  Q  H        H.          E E   E E H       E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|(2)--------------|(2)--------------|(2)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|(0)--------------|(0)--------------|(0)--------------|
  W                 W                 W                 W

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|(2)--------------|/2---------------|(2)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|(0)--------------|/0---------------|(0)------------2-|
  W                 W                 W                 H.          E E

|-4-------------4-|-4-------4-------|(4)--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|(2)--------------|(2)--------------|---2-2-2-2---2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  H.          E E   H       H         W                 E E E E Q   Q

|----------/18-16-|--------/16------|-----------------|/11-/11--9-------|
|-----------------|--------/18--18--|-----------------|-------------9-9-|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2---2-2-2---2---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  H.      S S  E    H       Q   Q     Q   E E Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|(2)--------------|/2---------------|(2)------------4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2---4-----|
|-0---------------|(0)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 W                 Q.    E E Q   E

|-----------------|-----------------|---------------9-|(9)--------------|
|/2---------------|(2)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|/7---------------|(7)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 H.           E E  W

|(9)--------------|(9)--------------|-------13-11-13--|-8---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-9---------------|-----------------|
|(7)--------------|(7)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------0-------|-7---------------|-7---------------|
  W                 H       H         Q.    E  E  Q.    W

|-----------------|-----13-13-11--13-x-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9---------------|/13-----------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|(7)--------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
  W                 Q   E  E  Q   E  E   W                 H       H

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|/2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|(2)--------------|
|-0---------------|(0)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 W                 W
           _____                               _____
          |  3  |                             |  3  |
|------13---13-13-|-11--------------|------13---13----|-----------------|
|------14---14-14-|-13--------------|------14---14----|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-7---------------|
|-7---------------|(7)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q.   E  Q  Q  Q   W                 Q.   E  Q  Q  Q   W

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|(4)--------------|/4---------------|-4------/4-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 W                 H       H

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-4---------------|/2---------------|(2)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 W                 W

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|(2)--------------|(2)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|(2)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 W                 W

|/4---------------|(4)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|/4---------------|
|/2---------------|(2)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---2-------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 E E H.            W

|-----------------|-----------------|---13h16--13h16-13h|-16--13h16--13h16--|
|-4---------------|(4)--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------------|(0)----------------|
  W                 W                (W)E  Q   E  Q  E    Q   E  Q   E  Q

|-----------------|-----------------|
|/2---------------|(2)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W 

Instrumental 2

|-----------------|-----------------|---15----14---12-|-9p8h9-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 E Q.    Q.   E    E E H.
  w/ Fig. 1

|-----------------|--------------18\|-16---13-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------14p13p14p13p14p13-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
  W                 H.         E E    E Q. E  S  S  S  S  S  S

Verse 3

|-----------18-16-|(16)-------------|-----------------|-------------13--|
|---13--16--------|-----------------|-----------------|-------9/13------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|(7)--------------|-------------7-7-|-7---------------|-7---------------|
  E Q   Q   E  Q    H.          E E   W                 Q.    E Q   Q  

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|(0)----------0---|-0---------------|(0)--------------|
  W                 H.          Q     W                 W

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2---------------|(2)--------------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4---|
|---------0-0-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  H       E Q.      W                 W                 H.          Q

|-----------------|-4-4-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-------2-------|---------2-2-----|-2---------2-----|(2)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  H       H         E Q.    E Q.      H       E Q.      W
   _____    _____    _____    _____      _____    _____    _____
  |  3  |  |  3  |  |  3  |  |  3  |    |  3  |  |  3  |  |  3  |
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----12-12---|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q     E  Q

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|(2)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|(0)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 W                 W

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------2-|/2---------------|(2)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|(0)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 H.          E E   W                 W

|------11---------|-----------------|---------8---6---|-------------------|
|---13----11------|(11)-------------|---------------8-|-6/--8\4-4---2-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------0-|
  E Q  E  H         W                 H       Q.  S S   Q   E E Q   S S E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|(0)--------------|-0-0-0-----------|---------------0-|-0-----0-0-------|
  W                 E E H.            H       Q.    E   Q.    E H

|---------------4-|-4---------------|---------------4-|(4)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-------2-------|-------2-2-------|-2---------------|---------------2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  H       Q.    E   Q.    E H         H.          E E   H           E E

|-----------------|/11------9-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------|(7)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
  W                 H       H         W                 W

|-------9-11------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------13--|-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|(2)------------2-|
  Q.    E Q   Q     W                 W                 H.          E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0------------0--|-----------------|---------------0-|-0-------------0-|
  H.         E E    W                 H.          E E   H.          E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-|
|-2---------------|(2)--------------|-2---2-2---------|(2)-------/6-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 Q   E E H         H       E Q   E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------4-|-4---------------|---------------4-|-4---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2---2-----|-----------2-2-2-|
  H.          E E   W                 E E E Q   Q   E   H       E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2---------------|(2)--------------|(2)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 W                 W

Instrumental 3                                _____
                                             |  3  |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-13-11-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------11-13-14-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 H      Q  Q  Q    E  E  H.
  w/ Fig. 1*                           _____
                                      |  3  |
|-----------------|--------------13-|-13-14-16-11--11-|-11-----11-12-13-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 H.         E E    Q  Q  Q  Q.  E    H    Q E  S  S

Verse 4

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|/13------------4-|(4)------------4-|(4)--------------|(4)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|(2)------------2-|(2)------------2-|(2)--------------|-2-------2---2---|
  H.          E E   H.          E E   W                 H       Q   Q

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|/2---------------|(2)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|(0)--------------|-----------------|-------------0-0-|
  W                 W                 W                 H.          E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|(2)------2-------|/2---------------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-----------0---|-0---------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
  H.          Q     H       H         W                 H       H
                                                         _____
                                                        |  3  |
|-----------------|/4---------------|/8---------------|-11-11-11-(sim.)-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-13-13-13--------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 W                 E  E  E

Outro                 _____
                     |  3  |
|-----------------|--13-13-13-(sim.)|(cont. sim.)-----|(cont. sim.)-----|
|-----------------|--14-14-14-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                H E  E  E
  w/ Fig. 1*
    _____                                                _____
   |  3  |                                              |  3  |
|--11-11-11-(sim.)|(cont. sim.)-----|(cont. sim.)-----|-11-11-11-11--9---11--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
  Q E  E  E                                             E  E  E  Q   Q   Q
   _____
  |  3  |
|-11-11-11-(sim.)-|(cont. sim.)-----|(cont. sim.)-----|(cont. sim.)-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  E  E  E
  w/ Fig. 1
   _____                               _____
  |  3  |                             |  3  |
|-13-13-13-(sim.)-|(cont. sim.)-----|-14-14-14-(sim.)-|(cont. sim.)-14--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  E  E  E                             E  E  E                       H

                                                             Repeat To Fade
||--6---------------|(6)--------------|(6)--------------|(6)----9\---------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-4---------------|(4)--------------|(4)--------------|(4)----7\--------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
    W                 W                 W                 Q.    E H

*Fig. 1

|-6---------------|(6)--------------|(6)--------------|(6)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|(4)--------------|(4)--------------|(4)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 W                 W

|-7---------------|(7)--------------|(7)--------------|(7)----7\------4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|(5)--------------|(5)--------------|(5)----5\------2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                 W                 W                 Q.    H       E

Key to rhythm notations:

W - Whole Note/Semi-Brieve
H - Half Note/Minim
Q - Quarter Note/Crotchet       Q. - Dotted Quarter Note
E - Eight Note/Quaver           E. - Dotted Eight Note
S - Sixteenth Note/Semi-Quaver  S. - Dotted Sixteenth Note
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Title Hejira
Artist Joni Mitchell
Tablature Type ASCII Tab
YouTube ID vPACFEAIDgg

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How to Read Bass Tab: A Beginner's Guide

1. Understanding the Basics

a. Strings:

Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar. The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string (usually the G string) is at the top.

b. Numbers:

Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string. For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.

2. Reading Bass Tab Example

In this tab:

  • Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
  • Play the open E string.
  • Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
  • Play the 1st fret on the A string.
        G|-----------------|
        D|-----------------|
        A|---------3-------|
        E|---1-1---1---3---|
    

3. Playing Techniques

a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:

Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret). Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).

b. Slides:

Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).

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