Song: The joker  (Original album version)
Artist: Steve Miller Band
Composer: Steve Miller, Eddie Curtis and Ahmet Ertsgun
Album: The joker
Tabbed by DJ   27th Dec 2015

PLEASE NOTE: The single version was edited 30secs shorter
and is the version that gets most radio play and also
appears on his greatest hits album, and other such
compilation albums.  This tab is the full UNEDITED VERSION,
as it appears on the original 'The Joker' album. 

To hear the original album version, copy and paste this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYTgtsCm0DA&list=PLX66jEixZe1yQDzcKbiLZQfZ7yRRlzXWI&index=5

DROPPED 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 recorded 
key of F. 

This arrangement combines elements of the acoustic and
the bass guitars. 
Most people would play this song 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.

NOTE: The chords in the main tab are named as if still
in standard tuning, but, with the detuned strings, 
will sound a whole tone lower, in the key of F. 
(as shown in the chords in brackets in the bars of 
tablature below)

     = 320033        = xx0232
 = x32033    = xx0233  

h = hammer-on 

[Main riff]
    (F)       
             
d |------3----
A |------3----
F |------0----
C |------0----
G |--------0-2
D |--3-3------

   (Bbadd9)   
         
----3--------|
----3--------|
----0--------|
----2--0-h2--|
-3--3--------|
-------------|

  (C)         
             
-------2------
-------3------
-------2------
--0-0---------
----------0-2-
--------------

(Bbadd9)
 
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
3-3-3-2-0--|
-----------|

[Additional ri
   (C)        
             
d |------2----
A |------3----
F |------2----
C |--0-0------
G |---------0-
D |-----------

ff at end of s
(Bbadd9)      
         
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--------------
--------------
---------0-h2-
2-3-3-3-------
--------------

ome lines]
       (F)
        
----|---------
----|---------
0---|---0-----
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

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[Verse 1]
        
    Some peopl

              
e call me 'The

             
 Space Cowboy'

  
,       yeah,
        
    Some call 

              
me 'The Gangst

            
er of Love',
        
    Some peopl

              
e call me 'Mau

          
r - ice',
             
'Cause I speak

           
 ...of the pom

           
patus of love

[Verse 2]
        
    People tal

             
k a - bout me,

        
 baby,
           
    Say I'm do

           
ing you wrong,

             
 doing you wro

    
ng--------,
         
    Well, don'

            
t you worry, b

              
aby, don't wor

    
ry--------,
           
'Cause I'm rig

ht here, right

 here,
         
Right here, ri

             
ght here at ho

    
me

[Chorus]
             
'Cause I'm a p

             
icker, I'm a g


rinner,
             
I'm a lover, t

          
hen I'm a sinn


er,
            
   I play my m

         
usic in the su

  
n--------,
             
I'm a joker, I

         
'm a smoker, I

             
'm a midnight 


toker,
             
   I sure don'

         
t want to hurt

       
 no one-------

-
             
I'm a picker, 

      
I'm a grinner,
             
I'm a lover, t

          
hen I'm a sinn


er,
            
   I play my m

         
usic in the su

  
n--------,
             
I'm a joker, I

         
'm a smoker, I

             
'm a midnight 


toker,
           
   I get my lo

         
ving on the ru

n,
         
Woo - hoo, oo 

     
- o!  Woo - ho

o, oo - oo!

[Break]
         
||:  /  /  /  

         
/  |  /  /  / 

 
 /  :||[x4]

[Verse 3]
             
You're the cut

         
est thing that

           
 I ever did se


e,
             
I really love 

         
your peaches, 

             
wanna shake yo

   
ur tree,
            
   A -Lovey- d

          
ovey, lovey -d

             
ovey, lovey -d

             
ovey all the t


ime,
            
   Hoo - ee, b

          
aby, I'll sure

             
 show you a go

        
od time------!

[Chorus]
             
'Cause I'm a p

             
icker, I'm a g


rinner,
             
I'm a lover, t

          
hen I'm a sinn


er,
            
   I play my m

         
usic in the su

   
n--------,
             
I'm a joker, I

         
'm a smoker, I

             
'm a midnight 


toker,
           
   I get my lo

          
ving on the ru

   
n--------,
             
I'm a picker, 

      
I'm a grinner,
             
I'm a lover, a

         
nd I'm a sinne

r,
          
   Play my mus

           
ic in the sun-

 
-------,
             
I'm a joker, I

         
'm a smoker, I

             
'm a midnight 


toker,
             
   I sure don'

         
t want to hurt

        
 no one-------

-

[Break]
        
| /  /  /  / |

        
 /  /  /  / | 

       
/  /  /  / | /

     
  /  /  / |

        
| /  /  /  / |

        
 /  /  /  / | 

    
/  /  /  / |

        
      Woo - ho

            
o, oo - oo!  W


oo - hoo, oo -

 oo!

[Verse 4]
        
    People kee

              
p talking a - 

               
bout me, baby,
        
    Say I'm do

             
ing you wrong-

 
-------,
         
    Well, don'


t you worry,
             
Don't worry, n

         
o, don't worry

, mamma,
             
   'Cause I'm 

         
right here at 

     
home

[Verse 5]
        
     You're th

              
e cutest thing

           
 I ever did se


e,
             
Really love yo

         
ur peaches, wa

             
nna shake your

 
 tree,
         
   Lovey- dove

             
y, lovey -dove

             
y, lovey -dove

          
y all the time


,
           
   Come on, ba

          
by, now, ...sh

              
ow you a good 


time

[Suggestion for ending]
             
'Cause I'm a p

             
icker, I'm a g


rinner,
             
I'm a lover, a

         
nd I'm a sinne

r,
            
   I play my m

         
usic in the su

  
n---------,
             
I'm a joker, I

         
'm a smoker, I

             
'm a midnight 


toker,
           
   I get my lo

          
ving on the ru

   
n--------,
             
'Cause I'm a p

             
icker, I'm a g


rinner,
             
I'm a lover, a

         
nd I'm a sinne

r,
          
   Play my mus

           
ic in the sun-


-------,
             
I'm a joker, I

         
'm a smoker, I

             
'm a midnight 


toker,
             
   I sure don'

         
t want to hurt

    
 no one,
         
Woo - hoo, oo 

        
- oo!  Woo - h

         
oo, oo - oo!