Song: When the party's over
Artist: Janis Ian
Composer: Janis Ian
Album: Between the lines
Tabbed by: DJ
18th Feb 2016
I've indicated the chord shapes I believe Janis uses in the
studio track, which mostly sound quite bright being on the top
4 strings, there is no need to detune the bottom E if you stick
to these shapes. In the absence of an additional bass guitar
though, you could use the dropped D tuning and occasionally add
some weight by picking the bottom D note on the 6th string as
Janis does in her live solo performances, instead of on the
4th string. In her more recent live gigs she drops the capo down
a semi-tone to the 1st fret, and adds a few extra chords
(See additional notes after the main tab).
TUNING: DADGBE
CAPO: 2nd fret (sounds in key of E)
PLEASE IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the webpage may automatically
suggest, and use the shapes indicated below.
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D = xx0232 G/B = x20033
Em7/D = xx0453 A7sus4 = x02030
D * = xx0775 A7 = x02020
D7sus2 = xx0210 Am7 = x02010
D6sus2 = xx0200 C/D = xx0553
G/D = xx0787
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[Intro]
D * Em7/D D Em7/D
||: / / / / | / / / / |
D7sus2 D6sus2 D7sus2 D
| / /____/ /__/ / | / / / / :|| [x2]
[Verse 1]
D Em7/D D
Would you like to learn to sing?
D Em7/D D Dsus2
Would you like to sing my song?
G/D Em7/D D Em7/D D
Would you like to learn to love me best of all?
[Verse 2]
D Em7/D D Em7/D D Dsus2
Any - one can learn the words, and the melody's so plain,
G/D D * Em7/D D
This is my song to bring you back a - gain!
[Chorus]
G/B D
I'll teach you how to sing and dance,
D7sus2 D
With a song and dance rou - tine,
G/B D
And when the party's over...
D7sus2 A7sus4 A7
...You can fall in love with me!
[Verse 3]
D Em7/D D
Would you like to learn to tango?
D Em7/D D *
Do you dance the light fandan - go?
G/D D * Em7/D D
...Teach you how before we're done!
[Verse 4]
D Em7/D D
Any - one can make it two,
D Em7/D D Dsus2
Any two can turn to one,
G/D D * Em7/D D
And the melody's lost ...before the song's be - gun!
[Verse 3]
G/B D
Well, we sound so good to - gether,
D7sus2 D
And so poorly sung a - lone,
G/B D D7sus2 A7sus4 A7
Your harmony's an open breeze in - to my sheltered home!
[Bridge]
D Em7/D D D7sus2 D7sus4 D
Oo, oo, oo - oo! Oo - oo! Oo, oo, oo - oo! Oo - oo!
D Em7/D D D7sus2 D7sus4 D
Oo, oo, oo - oo! Oo - oo! Oo, oo, oo - oo! Oo - oo!
[Chorus]
G/B D
I can teach you how to sing and dance,
D7sus2 D
With a song and dance rou - tine,
G/B D
And when my party's over...
Am7
...You can fall ...in ...love...
D Em7/D D * D7sus2 D
...With me-----------------------------------------!
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D Em7/D D C/D D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / ||
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Song: When the party's over (Live version)
Artist: Janis Ian
Later live performance video in Eb at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em--UlYZocE
I haven't tabbed the whole song, this is just an indication of
some of the chord variations in the verses that differ slightly
from the original album version.
TUNING: DADGBE
CAPO: 1st fret (sounds in key of Eb)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D = xx0232 G/B = x20033 A7sus4 = x02030
Em7/D = xx0453 Cadd9 = x32033 A7 = x02020
D * = xx0775
G/D = xx0787
A/D = x x 0 9 10 9
G/D * = x x 0 12 12 10
[Verse 1]
D Em7/D D
Would you like to learn to sing?
D Em7/D D *
Would you like to sing my song?
G/D A/D G/D * A/D G/D D * Em7/D D
Would you like to learn to love me best of all?
[Verse 2]
D Em7/D D Em7/D D
Any - one can learn the words, and the melody's so plain,
G/B Cadd9 G/B D Em7/D D
This is my song to bring you back a - gain!
