A Case of You — reimagined in Open A Minor 7

Originally by Joni Mitchell (1971, Blue) Tuning used here Open A Minor 7 (free, one of the 33 built-ins) Key idea a song already synonymous with alternate tunings, refretted into a different one entirely

This isn't a claim about how A Case of You was actually tuned. The original recording doesn't have a guitar tuning to be faithful to in the first place — Joni played Appalachian dulcimer, while James Taylor's guitar part was in plain Standard tuning. Guitarists have been refretting this song into open tunings ever since (Open G covers are everywhere online); the harmony itself is undisputed, so rather than join that guessing game, this page refrets it into a different open tuning altogether: Open A Minor 7.

The verse rides a gentle I–IV–vi–V cycle before the final line drops to a real minor iii and a jazzy ii7 on its way home — a small chromatic surprise that makes the melody's wide skips actually land. It's simple, mostly-diatonic harmony dressed up with just enough color to feel more sophisticated than a plain I–IV–V, which is a large part of why the song still gets covered constantly.

C→ F→ Am→ G→ Am→ F→ Em→ Dm7

This is the verse progression as commonly transcribed — open it below to hear it fretted in Open A Minor 7, no Pro unlock needed.

Open A Minor 7 is free — every voicing above, ready to play and hear immediately.

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Every chord verified against the app's own voicing engine in the real Open A Minor 7 tuning, with the true root in the bass on every shape.