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Chords added 2005

May 9: I told you, a change was gonna come, and here it is! "Where?" you might ask, and if you do, I'm glad, because the change is – or should be – below the visible surface. The only change you should be able to see is that the little picture to the right no longer says "html 4.01" but "xhtml 1.0". Thanks to invaluable help from Heinrich Küttler, the entire site (more or less) is now xhtml compliant, which may not make a big difference at the moment, but which gives some possibilities for the future.
In the best of worlds, webmasters would wait until everything was changed and checked before a major update. This is not the best of worlds, and I'm not that kind of a webmaster. It became too confusing to have several different versions of the site lying around on the hard disk, on servers here and there, on USB sticks, and probably some more places, so I decided to put up the new version now. That means that there may be some missing files or links here and there, or some things that don't show up as they're supposed to. For such cases, I've made a copy of the "old" site available here. If you come across such problems, you may also send me an email about it.

One change is more substantial: an introduction to New Morning.

April 25: A Change Is Gonna Come (28 March 2004, Apollo Theatre)

April 24: Lonesome River Edge is a fragment performed on the Banjo Tape from Feb 8, 1963

April 19: I've started an exploration of the “mathematical music” theme from Dylan's Chronicles in the blog.
Oh, I almost forgot: I think there was a request for the solo part of Desolation Row :-) First three verses so far.

March 21: I have received a huge batch of corrections — small and big — from Heinrich Küttler. This also gives me the opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed to this site in some way or another — through corrections, suggestions, tabs, comments, or financial support. I should have set up a list of benefactors from the start, but now it seems a little strange to start one, so here's a collective toast to you all.

March 20: One more from Folksinger's Choice: Long Time Man

March 16: Guthrie's Hard Travelin', from Cynthia Gooding's Folksinger's Choice show (Jan/March 1962)

March 3: The Early Dylan Days continue with 1913 Massacre (Carnegie Chapther Hall, Oct 4, 1961)

March 2: It's Early Bob Days at dylanchords. Two Trains Running, from the Finjan Club, Montreal, Jul 2, 1962

March 1: Yet another almost-gem from the vaults of Cynthia Gooding: Roll On John from the Folksinger's Choice show, Jan/March 1962 ('almost' because of the howling, which becomes quite annoying after a while)

It was brought to my attention that the version of Don't Ya Tell Henry differs quite a lot from what is on the official album. Truth to be told, I had forgotten that it wasn't Dylan singing on it, so I had only tabbed the outtake, and taken it for the release. Now there are two versions there instead.

Feb 27: Jesus Met The Woman At The Well, and Dylan sang about it, in Sid and Bob Gleason's home on a winter's day in 1961.
From the same tape comes The Trail of the Buffalo

Feb 24: I wrote about In My Time Of Dying when I first made that tab: "The song is basically just a finger-picking/bottleneck exercise over a sustained chord in open D/E tuning. It's all in the singing... :-)". Basically, it's true, especially the last sentence, but it wasn't very helpful, I know. Should be better now.

While I'm at it: Mike Daley's article about speech intonation in Like A Rolling Stone was gone for a while, but I've located him again.

Feb 21: Finally! Now I can admit it: Wichita Blues has been bugging me for years. Thanks to a CD from Thomas Romon, and a file from lowgen at the Pool (heartfelt thanks to both!), I've finally won the struggle. Turned out it was played in a tuning he has never, to my knowledge, used anywhere else. The tab is from the Cynthia Gooding Tape (Feb/March 1962). There is some more about it in the blog.

Feb 18: From the third McKenzie Tape: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

Feb 10: The version of House of the Rising Sun from the fourth McKenzie tape was requested, and it's a pretty good request.

Feb 9: Added the picking pattern of He Was A Friend of Mine.

Feb 3: I have started my own blog …

Jan 22: This is probably not the most essential "news" report ever, but I just realized that the favicon (the site-specific icon that replaces the default Firefox icon in the address field and the bookmarks folder) (and don't tell me you're still using that thing with a blue "e"?!) was in a bad format, so that it may not have worked. If you want your bookmark to be graced by my beautiful icon, you may have to delete the current bookmark, possibly also clear the cache, and then add the bookmark again. That should work.

Jan 21: The most requested update (together with the solo guitar part of Desolation Row) is the fingerpicking for Baby Let Me Follow You Down, which has now been updated.
I watched Notting Hill the other day, and as the subtitles rolled by, accompanied by Elvis Costello's beautiful rendition of She, I realized that, being the sentimental sissy I am, I just had to tab it.

Jan 17: Had a couple of days in Norway, and completed (finally!) my essay about Time out of mind, the blues, Einstein (no, not Einstein, really, just a hint of relativity and the curved space in the last paragraph), musical meaning, and The Momentum of Standstill.

Jan 10, 2005: Happy New Year! The server was down yesterday, coinciding with the heavy storms in this area, but I'm neither blown away, nor drowned.
The zip file has been updated - it was about time.

Chords added 2004

Dec 26: I've added a search function to the left menu. One of these days, I'm going to add some new tabs as well... :-)

Dec 24: The lyrics to Days of '49 were not a reflection of what was sung. Now they are, thanks to UltimoDraq. The danes among you are probably the only ones who know Shit & Chanel's Smuk og Dejlig, a very accurate song, which is offered here as a tribute to my new life in my new country.
Oh yes, and: Merry Christmas.

Dec 23: I've been fooling around with layout... I know – rollover buttons are so last week, but so am I... (and it's fun – look, no java!) It should work decently on all browsers and screen resolutions, but if you're having problems viewing the site, drop me a note. I've also updated the survey of Dylan's guitars with some information from Paul Hostetter.

Nov 20: Have you installed Firefox yet? You should! Also, to all the XP users with flat screens (about 50% of you), I strongly recommend to activate ClearType. Follow directions at http://www.microsoft.com/

Oct 29: Answerphone Message (Malibu, 1975), and the full tab for Boots of Spanish Leather

Oct 28: Here's Charlie Daniels' version of his own Old Rock 'n' Roller

Oct 26: I have finally, with a lot of input from Peter Stone Brown, put together some info about the guitars Dylan has used throughout his carreer. It is by no means complete, so if there are pictures, guitars or comments that you think should definitely be included, let me know.

Oct 24: I'm working my way through the remaining live covers from the early NET: People Putting People Down (Prine; Rome, June 6, 1991), Girl on the Green Briar Shore (live, 1992), You're Too Late (Frizzell/Willis; Daytona Beach, 1999), The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff; Bonner Springs, 22 Aug, 1989), and the often requested duets with Van Morrison: Crazy Love and One Irish Rover (June 27, 1989, Athens)

Oct 23: A long time ago, I received a more precise transcription of the lyrics to I'm not there (1956). I've finally remembered to update the file. Then there is When First Unto This Country (live, 1991)

Oct 21: No more one more time (Oct 13, 2004)

Oct 20: Heinrich Küttler has submitted a batch of transcriptions of variant lyrics to "Gotta Serve Somebody"

Oct 19: Big Joe Willams day today: Baby, Please Don't Go, a Freewheelin' outtake, and Deep Ellem Blues (live, Gerde's, Apr 16, 1962)

Oct 17: Seems that my long-time companion on the net, Kelvin Sherlock's site, has disappeared. Seven Curses (Bootleg Series 1–3), Two Soldiers, and Restless Farewell were among the songs I hadn't tabbed out yet. Loads of requests, so here they are. More to come, too.... :-)

May 15: Billy Cross has a new album out: Life is Good - his first solo album in 30 years or so. It's a great album - he has an ear for a memorable melody, his guitar playing is as good as ever, and he must be the most charming musician Dylan has ever played with. :-) Here are three songs from the album: Life is GoodI Don't Need You, and You Can't Get Her Out of Your Heart. Consider this a recommendation to go somewhere (or somewhere else)  and order the album.
May 2:
The Halloween show, Bootleg Series vol. 6 (Live 1964) is ready, but my server isn't, so it won't be uploaded yet.
Apr 29 2004: I know, it's been a while... I'm not dead, the site is not going down (I've renewed the domain name for the next 5 years), I've just been busy following Dylan's advice: getting a life. Anyway, here are two heavily requested rearrangements: first yet another version of the new Girl from the North Country arrangment, then the new It Ain't Me, Babe. For Ball and Bisquit, I suggest to go to the exellent White Stripes site in the Links section.

Chords added 2003

Nov 15: Added a more precise tab for Obviously Five Believers, and the intro to Hard Times. And Dixie (from Masked and Anonymous) was requested
Nov 14:
And just because I updated Girl from the North Country, Dylan came up with a new arrangement of it in Dsseldorf (Nov 8) 
Oct 25:
Updated Girl from the North Country with a better tab of the intro and the picking during the verse
Oct 21:
Time to try a new design again (adapted from the Bibliotheca Augustana). Let me know if there are things that don't work well in the browser that you use.
Oct 18:
I Will Love Him (Toronto, Apr 19, 1980)
Oct 3:
I just realized that I missed the sixth anniversary of My Back Pages. It was more or less the same day the three Bromberg songs came out, however, so it was a nice birthday present.
Oct 2:
Blessed is the Name (var. 1979-80)
Sept 29:
Three more songs from the Bromberg Sessions surfaced today: Sloppy Drunk, Catskill Serenade and Polly Vaughn (Bromberg sessions, early/mid June 1992)
Sept 18:
Are you going to the north country fair, the concert in Stockholm Oct 11? If so, you might want to consider going one day earlier, to catch the Dylan tribute convention (or, if you're more comfortable with that: PARTY). Just about every up and coming band in Sweden will be playing, as will a certain upholder of a certain Dylan chord web site. More info here.
July 22:
Hiram Hubbard (Finjan Club, July 1962)
July 21:
The Man In Me, in its Paris 1978 incarnation
July 20:
While I've been away this site seems to have become something of a celebrity because of the Junichi Saga saga, which apparently made it to front pages here and there (meanwhile, I made it to the top of Brringen, the mountain of my dreams, so to speak). Here's the Dixie Hummingbirds' version of City of Gold, from the Masked and Anonymous soundtrack.
June 17: You Don't Know Me (various locations, 1989-1991)
June 16:
My favorite version of The Times They Are A-Changin' (Drammen 10 July 1981)  turned up on my doorstep the other day. It was actually one of the first songs I intended to tab, way back in history ('97, I think it was), but somehow I never did, and then the CD disappeared. Now I have it again . . . (and it still is one of my favorites - the whole show)
May 30:
A more elaborate tab for Dirt Road Blues was requested, I assume in anticipation of the version in Masked and Anonymous (cause since it is not out yet, clearly nobody has heard it, right? :-). I never said it is easy, but don't despair - it is playable... Then there was this Greendale stuff from Neil Young, which has been haunting me for a couple of weeks now - hey, one of these days I may even turn into a Young fan... Anyway, here's Devil's Sidewalk
May 29:
Another Neil Young Greendale tab: Double E (live, Oslo/Frankfurt, Apr/May 2003)
May 23:
Since tomorrow is such a special day (and such a long time, too) - that's when Neil Young's current tour ends :-) - here's Bandit, the highlight from Neil Young's European "Greendale" tour (live, Oslo/Frankfurt, Apr/May 2003)
May 15:
Mr Tambourine man from Budokan.
May 12:
Chris Johnson has read Junichi Saga's Confessions of a Yakuza, and found a load of lines that strikingly resemble lines is a recent studio album by a certain American icon (with a title that alludes to unlawful appropriation)  
May 10:
The piano version of Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (New Morning outtake, June 1970) is as good as it gets, so it would be a shame to leave it out just because he plays on the wrong instrument. I never said it was easy, but it is playable .-)
May 9:
Female Rambling Sailor (played live six times in 1992).
And thank god it's spring. As they say in Toronto: "It's spring, the Leaves are out." I don't mind - Mats Sundin certainly found a way to make himself useful elsewhere. Sorry Canada, but the only song for you on Sunday will be "going down the road feeling bad". (If you don't understand a word of what I'm saying here, you're probably not interested in hockey).
May 7: Diamond Joe (from Masked and Anonymous, 2003). New outtake version of Everything is Broken
April 30:
The acoustic accompaniment to Mr Tambourine Man from 1995 has been requested, and that's a damned good request.
April 29:
It's Hard To Be Blind (Minnesota Party and Hotel Tapes, May/Dec 1961)
April 27:
Added the new version of Change my Way of Thinking, and some T-Rex songs in the "Others" folder
April 24:
Corrected an error at the end of Tell Me That It Isn't True. Also added the new version of Standing in the Doorway (Austin, 20 April 2003). I also added Dusty Old Fairgrounds (Town Hall, NY, 12 Apr 1963), and the Minnesota Party Tape version of Young But Daily Growing/Long Time A-Growin' (May 1961)
April 12:
A new Dylan recording has surfaced, a cover version of Jimmie Rodgers's Miss the Mississippi and You, from the Bromberg tapes (June 1992).
Mar 2:
  A Bob Dylan Guitar Forum has been established at the dylanpool, thanks to ryan (who needed something to fill up his days now that he has finished his exams - congratulations, ryan!) and Arthur, who put it up. It will, as I see it, replace the Yahoo group My Back Pages, as a more active forum for questions concerning Dylan and the Guitar. Go there and prove me right!
Mar 1: Updated Christer Svensson's list of Harp keys with Live 1975
Feb 26:
What appears to be a new site, Strummin' on my gay guitar, contains chords to live versions of a lot of songs, mostly from recent years. Since it is made as a "complement" to this site, it must be good :-) (and I'm deeply honoured). Good initiative!
Feb 19:
I've done some updating of files here and there, among other things the full version of Cross The Green Mountain.
Jan 17:
Cross The Green Mountain (Gods And Generals, soundtrack, 2003)
Jan 11:
The End Of The Innocence (by Henley/Hornsby; fall 2002). I also put up some Dan Bern songs (in the "Others" folder), and added some links.
Jan 6, 2003:
First of all: Godt nyttr, Happy new year, Bonan novjaron, etc. Second: a new addition to the "Self-Ordained Professors" section: "Going Through These Things Twice" - the Ritual of a Bob Dylan Concert, which is a paper I held at a conference on "postmodern medievalism" (medievalism is defined as "the ongoing (re)creation of the Middle Ages") - hence the emphasis on medieval ritual in the article).
And, yes, I promise - there will be some tabs here soon, too...

Chords added 2002

Nov 28: Finally I got hold of Bootleg Series 5: Live 1975 (The Rolling Thunder Revue)
Nov 17:
I was reminded that there are four chords at the end of "You're Gonna Quit Me Baby".
Nov 4:
New book: The Four Voices of Bob Dylan by Mike Daley, about Bob Dylan's early singing style. Available on the Internet only. The full information and ordering instructions can be found at: http://geocities.com/mdaley97. For what it's worth: Mike is actually one of the inspirators of this site, so go there and buy his book!
Oct 24:
Old Man (by Neil Young; fall 2002).
Oct 23:
Back from Iowa, Milwaukee and Philly, and what do I find, but another fine cover: Carrying a Torch (Van Morrison; Fall 2002). Then there's Boom Boom Mancini, and Lawyers, Guns and Money, Dylan's versions.
Oct 10:
Til mine danske gjester: Hva med en liten gettogether i Kbenhavn (siden jeg n bor her)? For eksempel et release party for Bootleg Series 5 nr (/hvis...) den kommer ut i November? Send meg en mail med forslag om sted - puber der man kan regne med f spille noe Dylan en kveld, enten p CD eller ogs live. Det r givetvis ppet fr malmiter, lundensare och annat svenskt ocks. :-) (och nr jag nu nd hller p: r det nn annan n jag som tnker se Stefan Sundstrm  i Lund den 6:e november?)
Oct 10: The version of You're a Big Girl Now from the Rolling Thunder Revue 1976
Oct 7: Turned out Dylan plays the same thing as Zevon, at least on Accidentally Like A Martyr, which is now complete.
Oct 6:
Some tour opener: Three tribute songs to the same person in the same show (someone said the last time that happened, it was Jesus...) - three Warren Zevon songs. I haven't heard Dylan's versions yet, but here are Zevon's: Accidentally Like A Martyr, Boom Boom Mancini, and Mutineer. And what's with all this piano playing - is he going to put me out of work, or what...?
Sept 5:
There's some neat pickin' going on in the current version of Mama You Been On My Mind - here are two versions of it, one in C (Milwaukee, 2001), and one in G (Oslo, 2002).
Aug 23:
Here's a little gem for the Scandinavian guests, with a little story to go with it: One of the few records I had in my house when I was a kid was this strange old man called Karl Nilsson who sang a song about himself. Little by little I realized that it was hilariously funny, and that the singer wasn't an old senile emigrant after all, but a Swedish entertainer called Povel Ramel. Apparently, the tune is an old emigrant song, and Karl Nilsson is slightly related to the protagonist of the Swedish film "The Emigrants", about emigrants to America. This is reflected in the penultimate verse (and it's the only Dylan connection I could find).
Aug 20:
Here's the Rundown Rehearsal version of You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go from 1978.
Aug 17:
I did some simple statistics on the most visited albums and songs.
Aug 16:
We've got a new opener: Voice From On High by Bill Monroe and Bessie Lee Mauldin, sung yesterday in Hamburg, NY. The song has also been covered by the Stanley Brothers. Since I found the songs one at a time, I've added all three versions (not that the differences are that radical).
Aug 8:
Safely back from Belgium (my, can they brew beer down there!), I've added a new essay in the Self-ordained Professors section: Preaching Into the Wind - An appreciation of slquo;Idiot Wind‘ written by Matt Phillips.
July 3:
My new home on the net! www.dylanchords.com should be easier to remember than hem.passagen.se/... how was it now...? Please eyolf@dylanchords.com.
For the occasion, I've updated the complete zipped archive.
June 19:
My longest tab so far: the Main Title Theme from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (instrumental). I don't know if it was worth it, but what's done is done.
June 18:
Tobias Levander has dug out some interesting references in Waitin' for you.
June 14:
I'm Movin' On (Hank Snow; Tokyo, March 10, 1986)
June 9:
Waitin' For You (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood soundtrack, 2002). I Will Sing (Akron, Ohio May 18th, 1980; only performance).
June 3:
Key To The Highway (Toad's Place, Jan 1990). And I've added the fingerpicking accompaniement to Don't Think Twice that is played these days. Pretty, pretty! Oh, yes, and I was asked to do Frank Sinatra's I'm A Fool to Want You, so I did.
Apr 28:
Not Fade Away (various locations, 1997-). New intro to All Along the Watchtower (Oslo, Apr 7, 2002). Important Words (Down in the Groove outtake, 1987)
Apr 20:
Fever (Seattle, Nov 30, 1980), We Just Disagree (Jim Krueger; Various locations, 1980-1981 tour), New Minglewood Blues (rhus, Denmark, 15 June 1996), White Dove (Various locations, 1997-2000). And two non-Bob songs: Till I Get It Right (Sung by Regina McCrary during the 1980-81 gospel tour) and Walk Around Heaven All Day (Sung by Carolyn Dennis during the same tour).
Apr 18:
Yesterday's version of Long Black Veil was of course the acoustic version from George, Washington June 17, 2000, not the electric one from 1997 (found on [Bathed in a stream of] Pure Heat).Thanks to Patrik for notifying me.
Apr 17:
Mark Knopfler's "poppy" riff in Man of Peace was requested. NET live covers: Long Black Veil (one-off, Wheeling, West Virginia, 28 April 1997) and Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior (5 times, 1999-2000).
Apr 16:
Dylan has been playing Man of constant sorrow a few times so far this leg, in the same arrangement as in the film O Brother Where Art Thou?
Apr 15:
Quite a while since the last update, I know. I'll compensate with a bigger batch this time: Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Rolling Thunder version, 1975), Repossession Blues (1978 rehearsal), In The Garden (Live version, 1988), Can't Wait and Cold Irons Bound (live versions, 2000-2002). And I added Kindhearted Woman Blues (Gaslight II, late Oct 1962) and Sally Girl (Freewheelin' Sessions, Apr 1962)
Feb 20:
I've added the version of "Born in Time" from the Love Sick single (Aug. 1997)
Feb 13:
I've finally taken the time to finish the English translation of my review/analysis of "Love and Theft" (in the "Self-ordained Professors" section). I'd appreciate comments (and corrections of language).
Jan 21:
The Sun Records tribute version of Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache. I've also updated I Was Young When I Left Home (Minnesota Hotel Tape, 1961/Bonus track on Love & Theft), with a full tab contributed by Gabor Bella. Thanks!
Jan 13:
Daniel Syrovy has written an essay on Angelina
Jan 10, 2002:
Nashville Skyline Rag (only the chords, tho...)

Chords added 2001

Dec 26: Railroad Bill (Minnesota Party Tape, May 1961)
Dec 25:
Seems that my edlis mail address is out of order. I've changed it (bottom of the page). Feel free to use it, for requests or christmas greetings. Merry Christmas to y'all!
Dec 23:
For some reason, unbeknownst to me, this became a Clapton day: Sign Language (written for Eric Clapton, relased on his album No Reason to Cry (1976). If I Don't Be There By Morning (written for Eric Clapton's album Backless, 1978).
Dec 3:
Christer Svensson sent me an update of his list of harp keys for Dylan's songs. Now complete with Live 1966 and a huge list of songs where Dylan appears as side-man. Great work! From Trev Gibb, I've received a tab of Steel Bars, the outcome of Dylan's collaboration with Michael Bolton in 1991.
Nov 17:
I've received some pictures from the show in Madison, Wisconsin, oct 31, 2001
Nov 15: Trouble In Mind (B-side, singles from Slow Train Coming, 1979)
Nov 14:
The version of It Takes A Lot To Laugh from the Concert for Bangla Desh (Aug 1 1971).
Nov 10:
Apparently there have been some problems with the server over the past week or so. I haven't been able to upload to it either. Nor have I had much to upload, either, so it doesn't really matter. I've put up a review of Love and Theft that I've written for a Nordic periodical. So far it is only available in Norwegian, but I'm going to translate it into English, time permitting.
Oct 26:
I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind (from the Hank Williams tribute album Timeless (2001). Wait For The Light To Shine (by Hank Williams, live, fall 2001)
Oct 14: Mary Ann (from the "Karen Wallace tape", 1960).
Oct 12: I'm back in business again, sortof. Here's Stand By Me (Aug 28, 1990, Merrillville, Indiana) and All My Tomorrows (July 1, 1986, Clarkston, Michigan), both one-offs. And I added the rest of Real Live
Oct 10:
Ain't No More Cane (Gaslight II, late Oct 1962)
Sept 24
: The Rolling Thunder Revue not only produced some of Dylan's best performances - the other artists delivered the goods as well. Here's Stephen Soles' Laissez Faire (Toronto, Dec 1975). Also, FYI, someone has found the source to Sugar Baby as well: The Lonesome Road by Gene Austin. Love and theft indeed.
Sept 10: The Times They Are A-Changin' (alternate version, "Love and Theft" limited edition (1963/2001). I Was Young When I Left Home has been here for a while. It was one of the first tabs I made, and it is not very detailed. I'll look over it again when I get the time.
Sept 6:
I'm going away over the weekend, so here's the rest of L&T: Lonesome Day Blues, Highwater (for Charlie Patton) and Sugar Baby. That's it, folks. Now all we have to do is wait for the release...
Sept 5:
Sweden beat Turkey 2-1, with two goals scored in the last minutes, and is in the World Championship (if Expecting Rain can report on the Norwegian prince's wedding, why shouldn't I report when something really important happens?). Oh yes, and I added another L&T tab: Honest With Me.
Sept 4:
Today's L&T tab: Summer Days. And some "ordinary" tabs: Going Down To New Orleans (Freewheelin' outtake, Apr 24, 1962), Ramblin' Down Through the World (W. Guthrie; NY Town Hall, Apr 12, 1963), Let's Begin (by Jim Webb; 1981 tour), Rock of Ages (by Augustus Montague Toplady; since 1999)
Sept 3:
Today's L&T tab: Floater. And a song I thought I had tabbed a long time ago, but apparently I hadn't: Any Way You Want Me (Sony Studios, Sept 30, 1994)
Sept 2:
Today's L&T tab: Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. Dylan's version of Humming Bird (played Summer 2001).
Sept 1:
Cry Awhile
Aug 31:
Bye And Bye
Aug 30:
The count-down has started: one tab a day, more or less, until release day. Today's tab: Moonlight (which song should I add tomorrow?)
Aug 29:
While we're all waiting for L&T - here's John & Jack Anglin's version of Humming Bird. If my supply channels work properly, Dylan's version will be on its way soon.
Aug 27:
The first tabs from the new album Love and Theft, Po' Boy and Mississippi, are ready.
Aug 19:
Columbia has announced a preview version of "Po' Boy" from the upcoming album tomorrow. Normally, there would have been a tab of it here the same day, but unfortunately I won't be around tomorrow, so the tab will have to wait. Just so that you know.
July 31:
Talkin' Devil (Broadside sessions, Jan 19, 1963), Cuban Missile Crisis (Broadside sessions, March 1963)
July 30:
Long Ago, Far Away, I'd Hate To Be You On That Dreadful Day, Bound To Lose, Bound To Win, Ain't A-Gonna Grieve, Gypsy Lou (Witmark Demos, Nov 1962-Aug 1963)
July 21: Peace in the Valley (Les Arnes, Frejus, France 13 June 1989, one-off), The Lady Came From Baltimore (live 1994). New version of Gotta Serve Somebody (Stirling Castle, Jul 13 2001).
July 2:
To all you people looking for the chords to Humming Bird, all I can say is: Life is sad and life is bust. All I can do is do what I must, and that is to go on a 2 weeks' vacation trip with my kids (which isn't a bust at all). There is a small chance that I may get close to a computer, so if anyone makes an mp3, you could mail me the address (which I will not disclose), and I may get the time to tab it out. Don't send me the entire file - the mail system doesn't like that.
June 9:
The Water Is Wide (Various, Rolling Thunder Revue I, 1975)
June 7:
Milk Cow's Calf Blues (Freewheelin' outtake, Apr 1962). Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag (NY Town Hall, Apr 12 1963).
June 4:
Since you all keep requesting it: here's a suggestion for the current version of Tangled Up in Blue. Then Freedom for the Stallion (1985 studio outtake). Great song. I also made sort-of a FAQ section. (And I finally got rid of those ads on the top of the page. It was an experiment, but they didn't do me any good. Which is to your credit. It wasn't to mine, anyway...)
June 2:
Hiding Too Long (NY Town Hall, Apr 12 1963). Updated John Brown with a version from 1990 (and corrected an error in the Unplugged version - shame on me...).
June 1:
One Single River (Song For Canada), (Be Careful of) Stones That You Throw, I Don't Hurt Anymore, Baby, Won't You Be My Baby?, Try Me, One Man's Loss, outtakes from The Basement Tapes (summer 1967). Dirty Lies (Verona rehearsal tape, May 1984). Guess I'm Doin' Fine (Witmark Demo, Jan 1964), Long Time Gone (Witmark Demo, March 1963).
May 31: Mostly just cleaning up: some minor adjustments to the BOTT tabs, and a list of the songs that use open or altered tunings added in the help section, as well as a more thorough presentation of Dylan's use of such tunings.
May 20:
Tell Me, Momma (Live 1966). What Kind Of Friend Is This? (Eat the Document, 1966)
May 17:
You may think I've got the the dates all wrong here, but "yesterday's" update was made at 2:45 AM, May 17. It's still May 17 (and my fellow countrymen are running around waving Norwegian flags, drinking too much beer, but not me, no - ) - I'm tabbing some late fall 1978 versions instead: Shelter from the storm, vastly superior to its Budokan counterpart, One more cup of coffee, and Sam Cooke's She's Love Crazy.
May 17:
No tabs today, but some writing: Introductory notes to Blood on the Tracks, which for the most part is an introduction to Dylan's use of the open D tuning. Furthermore, I've updated the Roadmaps (the Help section) with a survey of chord names and symbols. How do you e.g. finger a Bm7-5 chord? And what's the difference between Esus4 and Eadd11?
May 16:
Shake Sugaree (live 1996), Knockin' on Heaven's Door (new arrangement, May 2001)
May 15:
Updated Buckets of Rain
May 14:
Finally: the full Return To Me (Sopranos 2 soundtrack, 2001). Telephone Wire (George Harrison session, May 1, 1970).
May 11:
I've Been All Around This World (Toad's Place, Jan 1990). Updated Tangled Up In Blue and Mama You Been On My Mind, and  At Budokan.
May 10:
I Ain't Got No Home, Dear Mrs. Roosevelt and The Grand Coulee Dam (Woody Guthrie Tribute concert, Jan 1968)
May 9:
Return To Me (beta version...) (Sopranos soundtrack, 2001), updated Cocaine (Gaslight 1962, Wolftrap 1997).
May 8:
Help Me Make It Through The Night (Toad's Place, Jan 1990), Black Muddy River and Lady of Carlisle (Live, Spring 1992), Dink's Song (Rolling Thunder version w/Joan Baez, Apr 25, 1976), All you have to do is dream and Still in Town (Basement outtakes)
May 3:
I'm Not Supposed To Care (by Gordon Lightfoot; played in 1998), Lonesome Town and We Had It All (live, 1986)
May 2
: I made a zip file of the entire archive. Just unzip it to a new directory and open the file "index.htm" in the root directory, and you can calmly sit back and hope for a rainy summer. Links that go outside the archive of albums and tabs will be broken, of course. Please report any other problems.
May 1: I suppose I should have done something more protesty today, but if you exchange "Marx" for "the shadow" in Whatcha Gonna Do?, it becomes as proletarian a song as any, whereas I'll Not Be A Stranger could be seen as a (slightly revisionist) parable about the classless society, when we've said Enough is Enough to the misery of Smokestack Lightning and the capitalist pig in the Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache, and we can all sing Hey La La and be merry. I have no such excuse for Thank God, which with its opiatically sedative "don't curse the darkness under the stars" message is plainly counterrevolutionary, but Bob's speech afterwards is a genuine expression of working class solidarity.
Mar 29
: Acne (Riverside Church, Jul 29, 1961, w/Ramblin' Jack Elliott). Moon River (Merriville, In., Aug 27, 1990)
Mar 19: Two more great gospel period songs: Yonder Comes Sin (Shot of Love outtake, 1980), and Cover Down, Break Through (Spring 1980). Thief On The Cross (New Orleans, Nov 10 1981) isn't much of a song, in my opinion, but now at least it has been tabbed . . .
Mar 18: Wild Mountain Thyme (duet with Joan Baez, Rolling Thunder Revues I+II, 1975-6). Willin' (var. Never Ending Tour)
Mar 15: Almost a month since the last tab. In the meantime I've become a doctor in musicology. I don't know if that adds to the authority of the tabs, but feel free to think so!
A soft start after the long pause, with Answer Me (Fall 1991)
Feb 19: A little batch of gospel today, from the 1980-81 tours: Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For AnybodyLet's Keep It Between Us, Rise Again, Abraham, Martin and John, Mary Of The Wild Moor
I also added some more lyric variations to Simple Twist of Fate.
Feb 18: Never Let Me Go (duet with Joan Baez, Rolling Thunder Revue I, 1975)
Feb 17: Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (duet with Joan Baez, second Rolling Thunder tour (1976)
Feb 16: Naomi Wise (Riverside Church, Jul 25, 1961), City of Gold (unreleased, played live 1980-1981), Just Like A Woman (Bangla Desh concert, Aug 1, 1971)
Feb 15: Writing this date, I realized that it's my birthday. "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita..." What could be more appropriate, then, than to celebrate with a broken Hallelujah (Montreal Jul 8, 1988)?
Feb 14: The Lonesome River (by the Stanley Brothers, sung with Ralph Stanley, 1998), Searching For A Soldier's Grave (Various locations, Summer/Fall 2000), In The Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, Nov 1961 and Toad's Place, Jan 1990), I'll Be Around (Hollywood, CA, Aug 4, 1988). Oh yes, and I updated Born In Time again--there were some serious mistakes there (must have been tabbed a late night...)
Feb 12: Liverpool Gal (manuscript from late 1962, no known recording  by Dylan)
Feb 9: Motherless Children, Handsome Molly, Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird, West Texas (Gaslight II, late Oct 1962)
Feb 8: Added a Gaslight tapes page. We'll see if /when it gets filled up. First new file there: Black Cross (Hezekiah Jones) (Gaslight III, late oct 1962)
Feb 8: That Lucky Old Sun (var., 1986-2000). Updated Blood in My Eyes. Updated the Help section.
Feb 7: The rest of Knocked Out Loaded, Confidential To Me (Toad's Place, 1990; Dayton OH, 1991), "Climax Tobacco".
I added a link page. If you know of links that you think belong there, let me know. I also added a few details to yesterday's Broke Down Engine.
Feb 6: Broke Down Engine (World Gone Wrong, 1993)
Feb 5: 150 songs tabbed in a month - not that bad for an unemployed musicologist . . .
Froggie Went a Courtin' (Good As I Been To You, 1992), Santa Fe, It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry, Catfish, Call Letter Blues (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991), Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Unplugged version), Silent Weekend, Sign On the Cross (Basement tapes outtakes 1967)
Feb 4: Julius and Ethel (Infidels outtake), If Dogs Run Free (live version, fall 2000), Farewell To The Gold (Youngstown, OH, Nov 2, 1992).
No Dylan content: Down On The Banks Of The Ohio incl. sheet music version (The Blue Sky Boys, from Anthology of American Music vol. 4)
Feb 3: Frankie & Albert, Step It Up And Go, Diamond Joe (Good As I Been To You, 1992)
Feb 3: Foot of Pride, Need a Woman, Series of Dreams, Ye Shall Be Changed, You Changed My Life, Like a Rolling Stone, Nobody 'Cept You, Sitting on a Barbed-Wire Fence, Kingsport Town, Tell Me, Paths of Victory, If Not for You, Wallflower (The Bootleg Series 1-3)
Feb 2: This is audacious, I know, but I made a tab with no Dylan content: Adieu False Heart from Anthology of American Music vol. 4, along with a sheet music version (pdf format) of the song.
Feb 1: My youngest son's birthday! Sometimes I think how great it must be to be six. Say hi to him!
Today's tabs: If Dogs Run Free (New Morning, 1970), Let It Be Me, Gotta Travel On, Blue Moon, The Boxer, Wigwam (Self Portrait, 1970) (tabbing Wigwam is probably the craziest thing I've done on this site so far)
Jan 31 Little Sadie, Living the Blues, Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go), Take a Message to Mary, It Hurts Me Too, Minstrel Boy (Self Portrait, 1970)
Jan 31 Born In Time (Oh Mercy outtake version, 1989)
Jan 31 Wiggle Wiggle, 10,000 Men, Cat's in the Well, 2 x 2, Unbelievable (Under the Red Sky, 1990)
Jan 31 Why do I have to choose? (Gothenburg, 1984)
Jan 31 Stealin' (var, early 1960s)
Jan 31 James Alley Blues (Minnesota Party Tape, May 1961)
Jan 31 Pretty Boy Floyd (Folkways: A Vision Shared, Spring 1987)
Jan 30 In Search of Little Sadie (Self Portrait, 1970)
Jan 30 Brownsville Girl/New Danville Girl, You Wanna Ramble (Knocked Out Loaded, 1986)
Jan 29 OK, so I took a break over the weekend. Here goes: I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know, Early Mornin' Rain (Self Portrait, 1970)
Jan 25 Alberta #1 & 2, Copper Kettle (Self Portrait, 1970)
Jan 25 Black Crow Blues (Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964)
Jan 25 Lily of the West, The Ballad of Ira Hayes, Mary Ann, Sarah Jane, Big Yellow Taxi, A Fool Such as I, Can't Help Falling in Love, Spanish is the Loving Tongue (Dylan, 1973)
Jan 25 Mixed Up Confusion, Abandoned Love (Biograph, 1985)
Jan 25 Barbara Allen (Gaslight III version, 1962)
Jan 24 Percy's Song, Forever Young, Jet Pilot, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Lay Down Your Weary Tune, Baby, I'm in the Mood for You (Biograph 1985)
Jan 24 I Rode Out One Morning (Fourth McKenzie tape, Apr 12, 1963)
Jan 24 Ballad For A Friend, Standing On The Highway (Leed Music demos, Jan 1962)
Jan 23 at last: Blind Willie McTell (The Bootleg Series 1-3)
Jan 23 Subterranean Homesick Blues (The Bootleg Series 1-3 version)
Jan 23 Weeping Willow (Supper Club, Nov 17, 1993), incl. Blind Boy Fuller's version
Jan 22 Train of Love (April 6, 1999 Johnny Cash Tribute)
Jan 22 Handy Dandy (Under the Red Sky, 1990)
Jan 22 Golden Loom (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Jan 22 This Was My Love (Infidels outtake, 1983)
Jan 21 We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) (live, 1986)
Jan 20 On A Rainy Afternoon/Does She Need Me?/I Can't Leave Her Behind (from Eat The Document, 1966)
Jan 20 Quit Your Low Down Ways (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Jan 19 Soon (Gershwin Gala, Mar 11, 1987)
Jan 19 God Knows (Under the Red Sky, 1990)
Jan 19 Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Jan 18 Suze (The Cough Song), Who Killed Davey Moore?, Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Jan 18 When I Paint My Masterpiece, Watching the River Flow, I Shall Be Released, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Down in the Flood (Greatest Hits vol. 2, 1971)
Jan 17 Maggie's Farm, One Too Many Mornings, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, Lay, Lady, Lay, I Threw It All Away, (Hard Rain versions, 1976)
Jan 17 Railroad Boy (Various, Rolling Thunder Revue II, 1976)
Jan 16 Hard Times in New York Town, Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues, Let Me Die in My Footsteps, Talkin Hava Negeilah Blues, Walls of Red Wing (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Jan 15 Joey  (Desire, 1976)
Jan 15 Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love), Seeing the Real You at Last, Never Gonna Be the Same Again, Emotionally Yours (Empire Burlesque, 1985)
Jan 15 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Absolutely Sweet Marie, Obviously Five Believers, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Blonde on Blonde, 1966)
Jan 14 Bonnie Ship The Diamond (Basement song, 1967)
Jan 14 Trouble, Dead Man, Dead Man, The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar, Watered-Down Love (Shot of Love, 1981)
Jan 12 Jokerman, Sweetheart Like You, Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight, I and I, Union Sundown, Man of Peace, Licence To Kill, Neighborhood Bully (Infidels, 1983)
Jan 12 Trust Yourself (Empire Burlesque, 1985)
Jan 12 House Carpenter (Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Jan 12 Sittin' on Top of the World (Good as I Been to You, 1992)
Jan 11 Rocks and Gravel (Freewheelin' outtake, 1962)
Jan 11 You're Gonna Quit Me Baby (Good as I Been to You, 1992)
Jan 10 John Brown (Gaslight II (1962) and Unplugged (1995) versions)
Jan 10 Dignity (Unplugged version, 1995)
Jan 10 Little Maggie and Hard Times (Good as I Been to You, 1992)
Jan 10 Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word (Joan Baez' version)

Jan 9: The dissertation has been sent off, 400 heavy pages, and I've celebrated by updating some of the songs from Unplugged (1995)

Jan 7 2001: I probably shouldn't call this column "New" anymore--not much happening in here these days. Anyway, my dissertation goes to the printing house on monday (to be defended Feb 24), and as a bonus, to celebrate the new year, I made a couple of new tabs:
Coming From the Heart (The Road is Long) (Street Legal outtake, 1978)
Hero Blues (Freewheelin' outtake, 1962)

Jan 6 2001 Mozambique (Desire, 1976)

Chords added 2000

Nov 14 Blue Bonnet Girl (live, 2000)
Oct 26 No More Auction Block (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Oct 26 Man on the Street (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Oct 25 Trying To Get To Heaven, live version (England, 2000) [Listen]
Oct 24 Moonshiner (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Oct 24 Worried Blues (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Oct 24 Only a Hobo (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Oct 13 Did Dylan steal Canadee-i-o?
Sep 10 Arthur McBride (Good As I Been To You, 1992)
Aug 25 Wedding Song (Planet Waves, 1974)
Aug 21 A Satisfied Mind (Live, Philadelphia, Nov 9, 1999)
Aug 21 Vomit Express (w/Allen Ginsberg, 17 Nov, 1971)
Aug 20 Eternal Circle (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
Aug 20 Quinn the Eskimo (the Mighty Quinn) (Self Portrait, 1970 and Biograph, 1985)
Aug 20 Meet Me In the Morning (Blood on the Tracks, 1975)
Aug 1  Back from my vacations, and ready for work again, and only then requests... :-)
Updated Duncan and Brady, Bob Dylan's Blues and Tonight I'll be Staying Here With You
July 4 Canadee-i-o (Good As I Been To You, 1991)
July 3 Seven Days (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
July 3 Walkin' Down the Line (The Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991)
June 26 The true story of Delia (by John Garst)
June 25  Tangled Up In Blue, You're A Big Girl Now, If You See Her Say Hello (Blood on the Tracks, 1975) and Angelina (Bootleg Series 1-3, 1991), updated
June 17 Black Jack Davey (Good As I Been To You, 1992)
June 16 Roving Blade (Reno, NV, March 17, 2000)
June 16 I'm A Fool For You (Basement Tapes outtake, 1967)
June 16 Jim Jones (Good As I Been To You, 1992)
June 16 Lenny Bruce (Shot of Love, 1981)
June 16 Property of Jesus (Shot of Love, 1981)
June 16 Shot of Love (Shot of Love, 1981)
June 16 In the Summertime (Shot of Love, 1981)
June 16 The Two Sisters (Karen Wallace Tape, May 1960)
June 15 Clean-Cut Kid (Empire Burlesque, 1985)
June 15 Something's Burning, Baby (Empire Burlesque, 1985)
June 15 One More Weekend (New Morning, 1970)
June 15 Sign on the Window (New Morning, 1970)
June 15 You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (updated, live version)
June 15  To Fall In Love With You (Hearts of Fire outtake, 1986)
June 14  The Ballad Of Donald White (var. 1962)
June 13  Three Angels (New Morning, 1970)
June 13  New Morning (New Morning, 1970)
June 12  Winterlude (New Morning, 1970)
June 12  Went to See the Gypsy (New Morning, 1970)
June 12  Time Passes Slowly (New Morning, 1970)
June 4 If Not For You (New Morning, 1970)
June 4  Belle Isle Self Portrait, 1970)
June 4  Rambling Gambling Willie (Bootleg Series, 1962/1991)
June 3  Temporary Like Achilles (Blonde on Blonde, 1966)
June 3  Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine (Blonde on Blonde, 1966)
June 2  Just Like A Woman (updated)
June 2  One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Blonde on Blonde, 1966)
June 2  Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Blonde on Blonde, 1966)
June 2  Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Blonde on Blonde, 1966)
June 1  San Francisco Bay Blues (live 1961)
June 1  Farewell (outtake, 1963)
June 1  Old Five And Dimer (Hearts Of Fire, 1987)
June 1  Apple Suckling Tree (Basement Tapes, 1967/75)
May 31 Rock Me Mama (Pat Garret & Billy The Kid outtake, 1973)
May 31  Almost Done (Verona rehearsal tape, 1984)
May 31  Duncan And Brady (Durham, NH, Nov 17 1999)
May 30  If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Halloween show, 1964)
May 30  Tomorrow is a Long Time (Witmark demo 1962, Greatest Hits vol 2/In Concert, New Morning outtake 1970)
May 15  Trail of the Buffalo (live 1988/1991)
May 9  Golden Vanity (Waikiki, HI, Apr 24 1992)
Apr 26  Wagoner's Lad (NY, Oct 19 1988)
Apr 12 George Jackson (single, 1971)
Apr 12  Band Of The Hand (soundtrack, 1986)
Apr 12  I Shall Be Released (Basement song)
Apr 11  All the Tired Horses (Self Portrait, 1970)
Apr 11  Barbara Allen (live, 1988)
Apr 11 Slow Train Coming (album, 1979)
Apr 10  Pancho and Lefty (June 21, 1989)
Apr 9  Shelter from the Storm (Blood on the Tracks, 1975)
Apr 9  The Death of Emmett Till (Freewheelin' outtake, 1962)
Apr 9  Mr. Bojangles (from Dylan, 1973)
Apr 9  Rita May (Desire outtake, 1975)
Apr 9  Lost Highway (from Don't Look Back, 1965)
Apr 9  Farewell Angelina (The Bootleg Series, 1991)
Apr 9  Knockin' on Heaven's Door (w/outtakes and lyric changes)
Apr 8  Mama You Been On My Mind (var. versions)
Apr 8  Billy (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973)
Apr 7  Street Legal (Album, 1978)
Apr 4  My Blue Eyed Jane (Jimmie Rodgers tribute album)
Apr 4  This World Can't Stand Long (live, Mar )
Apr 3  The rest of the official Basement + some outtakes
Mar 29  Some more songs from the Basement (1967/75)
Mar 27  The Times They Are A-Changin' (album, 1964)
Mar 27  Spanish is the Loving Tongue (live, 1976)
Mar 26  Abandoned Love (live, 1975)
Mar 26  Nashville Skyline (album, 1969)
Bob Dylan (album, 1962)
I'm In The Mood For Love (live 1988/9, almost one-off)
Don't Pity Me (Joliette, Quebec, July 31 1989, one-off)
The Times We've Known (1998, one-off)
20/20 Vision (one-off, fall 1991)
Highway 61 Revisited (album, 1965)
You Belong To Me (from the Natural Born Killers soundtrack,
probably an outtake from Good as I Been To You, 1992)
Oh Mercy (album, 1989)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (album, 1963)

Chords and lyrics for Things Have Changed


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