Chords for Joni Mitchell "You Turn Me On I'm a Radio": Intro to Alternate Tunings | Reverb Learn to Play
Tempo:
111 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
Hey friends, Joe here at Reverb.com, taking a look at some Joni Mitchell songs, different
Joni Mitchell tunings today.
And in this lesson, we're going to take a look at You Turn Me On I'm a Radio.
Great tune, very simple, you know, kind of straight ahead strumming tune.
The tuning is going to be an open D tuning.
So we have [D] D, [A] A, [D] D, F sharp, A, and D.
Open D major, okay?
[Eb] Now, we grab the capo, first fret, and now we have an E flat major, which is the key
of the tune, okay?
Our first shape is going to be, so this is essentially going to be an E flat 5.
We're taking away the third [Bb] and [Eb] adding a 5 here.
So we only have roots and fifths in this chord right now.
Big open stable sound, right?
Our second chord, we're only moving this finger down a half step.
So from E flat [Bb] to [Eb] D, and that's going to give us a major 7.
[Ab] And then down to here, which is an implied 4 chord, or A flat.
[B] And then our [Bb] last chord is going to be here, and that's kind of an implied 5 chord.
[E] The strum pattern is going to [Eb] be like this,
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] okay?
[Db] Really straightforward.
The only couple maybe tricky [Eb] things here are when you're going from the major 7 to the
4 chord, make sure that this [Bb] open string, your open fifth string, rings [Ab] out before [Eb] landing
on that 4.
[Ab] And then, same way with going [G] to the 5 chord, letting this open third string [Bb] ring out.
[G] [Bb] So you have this kind of melody [Eb] in your bass almost.
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
A beautiful thing about playing a 5 chord on an open tuning, often you hear this in
Joni Mitchell songs, you hear this in Bob Dylan songs a lot, is that the 5 chord, which
is generally the chord in popular music and in classical music, that points us back to
home, points us back to the 1.
And having [Bb] a 5 chord [Eb] with the 1, with our home tonic note ringing out, it gives this
levity and it kind of gives us an easy path home.
Just going from 1 to 5.
[Bb] [Eb]
This is a great song.
You know a thousand songs that are 1, 4, and 5, right?
Open tuning songs that are 1, 4, and 5 offer us a little bit more harmonic quality, right?
And so, first of all, memorizing your 1, 4, and 5 in every key, good idea.
That's a side note, that's just the teacher coming at me.
But having these shapes in an open tuning, an open major key tuning, having these shapes
down so you can get around 1, 4, and 5 in an open tuning allows you a lot of capabilities.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
A lot of [Bm] color there in very simple [Eb] language.
[Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
Okay, there you have You Turned Me On On The Radio from Joni Mitchell.
Open tuning, capo, really simple language, 1, 4, and 5 mostly.
Check out some other Joni Mitchell lessons on the site as well, and we'll see you guys next time.
[N]
[Bb] [Eb]
Hey friends, Joe here at Reverb.com, taking a look at some Joni Mitchell songs, different
Joni Mitchell tunings today.
And in this lesson, we're going to take a look at You Turn Me On I'm a Radio.
Great tune, very simple, you know, kind of straight ahead strumming tune.
The tuning is going to be an open D tuning.
So we have [D] D, [A] A, [D] D, F sharp, A, and D.
Open D major, okay?
[Eb] Now, we grab the capo, first fret, and now we have an E flat major, which is the key
of the tune, okay?
Our first shape is going to be, so this is essentially going to be an E flat 5.
We're taking away the third [Bb] and [Eb] adding a 5 here.
So we only have roots and fifths in this chord right now.
Big open stable sound, right?
Our second chord, we're only moving this finger down a half step.
So from E flat [Bb] to [Eb] D, and that's going to give us a major 7.
[Ab] And then down to here, which is an implied 4 chord, or A flat.
[B] And then our [Bb] last chord is going to be here, and that's kind of an implied 5 chord.
[E] The strum pattern is going to [Eb] be like this,
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] okay?
[Db] Really straightforward.
The only couple maybe tricky [Eb] things here are when you're going from the major 7 to the
4 chord, make sure that this [Bb] open string, your open fifth string, rings [Ab] out before [Eb] landing
on that 4.
[Ab] And then, same way with going [G] to the 5 chord, letting this open third string [Bb] ring out.
[G] [Bb] So you have this kind of melody [Eb] in your bass almost.
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
A beautiful thing about playing a 5 chord on an open tuning, often you hear this in
Joni Mitchell songs, you hear this in Bob Dylan songs a lot, is that the 5 chord, which
is generally the chord in popular music and in classical music, that points us back to
home, points us back to the 1.
And having [Bb] a 5 chord [Eb] with the 1, with our home tonic note ringing out, it gives this
levity and it kind of gives us an easy path home.
Just going from 1 to 5.
[Bb] [Eb]
This is a great song.
You know a thousand songs that are 1, 4, and 5, right?
Open tuning songs that are 1, 4, and 5 offer us a little bit more harmonic quality, right?
And so, first of all, memorizing your 1, 4, and 5 in every key, good idea.
That's a side note, that's just the teacher coming at me.
But having these shapes in an open tuning, an open major key tuning, having these shapes
down so you can get around 1, 4, and 5 in an open tuning allows you a lot of capabilities.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
A lot of [Bm] color there in very simple [Eb] language.
[Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
Okay, there you have You Turned Me On On The Radio from Joni Mitchell.
Open tuning, capo, really simple language, 1, 4, and 5 mostly.
Check out some other Joni Mitchell lessons on the site as well, and we'll see you guys next time.
[N]
Key:
Eb
Bb
Ab
D
G
Eb
Bb
Ab
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Hey friends, Joe here at Reverb.com, taking a look at some Joni Mitchell songs, different
Joni Mitchell tunings today.
And in this lesson, we're going to take a look at You Turn Me On I'm a Radio.
Great tune, very simple, you know, kind of straight ahead strumming tune.
The tuning is going to be an open D tuning.
So we have [D] D, [A] A, [D] D, _ F sharp, _ A, and D. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Open D major, okay?
[Eb] Now, we grab the capo, _ _ first fret, _ _ _ _ and now we have an E flat major, which is the key
of the tune, okay?
Our first shape is going to be, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
so this is essentially going to be an E flat 5.
We're taking away the third _ [Bb] _ and [Eb] adding a 5 here. _
So we only have roots and fifths in this chord right now.
Big open stable sound, right?
_ _ _ _ Our second chord, we're only moving this finger down a half step. _
So from E flat [Bb] to [Eb] D, _ _ and that's going to give us a major 7. _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] And then down to here, _ which is an implied 4 chord, or A flat. _ _ _
_ _ [B] And then our [Bb] last chord is going to be here, _ and _ _ _ _ that's kind of an implied 5 chord.
[E] The strum pattern is going to [Eb] be like this, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ okay?
[Db] Really straightforward.
The only couple maybe tricky [Eb] things here are when you're going from the major 7 to the
4 chord, make sure that this [Bb] open string, your open fifth string, _ rings [Ab] out before [Eb] landing
on that 4. _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ And then, same way with going [G] to the 5 chord, letting this open third string [Bb] ring out.
_ [G] _ [Bb] _ So you have this kind of melody [Eb] in your bass almost.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
A beautiful thing about playing a 5 chord on an open tuning, often you hear this in
Joni Mitchell songs, you hear this in Bob Dylan songs a lot, is that the 5 chord, which
is generally the chord in popular music and in classical music, that points us back to
home, points us back to the 1.
And having [Bb] a 5 chord [Eb] with the 1, with our home tonic note ringing out, it gives this
levity and it kind of gives us an easy path home. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Just going from 1 to 5. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a great song.
You know a thousand songs that are 1, 4, and 5, right?
Open tuning songs that are 1, 4, and 5 offer us a little bit more harmonic quality, right?
And so, first of all, memorizing your 1, 4, and 5 in every key, good idea.
That's a side note, that's just the teacher coming at me.
But having these shapes in an open tuning, an open major key tuning, having these shapes
down so you can get around 1, 4, and 5 in an open tuning allows you a lot of capabilities.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
_ A lot of [Bm] color there in very simple [Eb] language.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ Okay, there you have You Turned Me On On The Radio from Joni Mitchell.
Open tuning, capo, really simple language, 1, 4, and 5 mostly.
Check out some other Joni Mitchell lessons on the site as well, and we'll see you guys next time. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Hey friends, Joe here at Reverb.com, taking a look at some Joni Mitchell songs, different
Joni Mitchell tunings today.
And in this lesson, we're going to take a look at You Turn Me On I'm a Radio.
Great tune, very simple, you know, kind of straight ahead strumming tune.
The tuning is going to be an open D tuning.
So we have [D] D, [A] A, [D] D, _ F sharp, _ A, and D. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Open D major, okay?
[Eb] Now, we grab the capo, _ _ first fret, _ _ _ _ and now we have an E flat major, which is the key
of the tune, okay?
Our first shape is going to be, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
so this is essentially going to be an E flat 5.
We're taking away the third _ [Bb] _ and [Eb] adding a 5 here. _
So we only have roots and fifths in this chord right now.
Big open stable sound, right?
_ _ _ _ Our second chord, we're only moving this finger down a half step. _
So from E flat [Bb] to [Eb] D, _ _ and that's going to give us a major 7. _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] And then down to here, _ which is an implied 4 chord, or A flat. _ _ _
_ _ [B] And then our [Bb] last chord is going to be here, _ and _ _ _ _ that's kind of an implied 5 chord.
[E] The strum pattern is going to [Eb] be like this, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ okay?
[Db] Really straightforward.
The only couple maybe tricky [Eb] things here are when you're going from the major 7 to the
4 chord, make sure that this [Bb] open string, your open fifth string, _ rings [Ab] out before [Eb] landing
on that 4. _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ And then, same way with going [G] to the 5 chord, letting this open third string [Bb] ring out.
_ [G] _ [Bb] _ So you have this kind of melody [Eb] in your bass almost.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
A beautiful thing about playing a 5 chord on an open tuning, often you hear this in
Joni Mitchell songs, you hear this in Bob Dylan songs a lot, is that the 5 chord, which
is generally the chord in popular music and in classical music, that points us back to
home, points us back to the 1.
And having [Bb] a 5 chord [Eb] with the 1, with our home tonic note ringing out, it gives this
levity and it kind of gives us an easy path home. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Just going from 1 to 5. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a great song.
You know a thousand songs that are 1, 4, and 5, right?
Open tuning songs that are 1, 4, and 5 offer us a little bit more harmonic quality, right?
And so, first of all, memorizing your 1, 4, and 5 in every key, good idea.
That's a side note, that's just the teacher coming at me.
But having these shapes in an open tuning, an open major key tuning, having these shapes
down so you can get around 1, 4, and 5 in an open tuning allows you a lot of capabilities.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
_ A lot of [Bm] color there in very simple [Eb] language.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ Okay, there you have You Turned Me On On The Radio from Joni Mitchell.
Open tuning, capo, really simple language, 1, 4, and 5 mostly.
Check out some other Joni Mitchell lessons on the site as well, and we'll see you guys next time. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _