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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Telephone Wire</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Written &ndash; I presume &ndash; by Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Recorded May 1, 1970 (George Harrison session)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  21
  22 <p>Plain 12-bar blues, with this little riff played a few times as an
  23 intro, and wherever there is an A:</p>
  24 <pre class="tab">
  25   Ab
  26   :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
  27 |-------5-----3-----------|-------------------------|
  28 |(2)----------------------|-5-----3-----------------|
  29 |(2)----------------------|-----------5-------2-----|
  30 |(2)----------------------|-------------------------|
  31 |-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
  32 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
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  34
  35 <p>Or with this variation:</p>
  36 <pre class="tab">
  37   A
  38   :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
  39 |-------5-----3-----------|-5---3-------------------|
  40 |-------------------------|-------5---3-------------|
  41 |-------------------------|-------------5---2-------|
  42 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
  43 |-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
  44 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
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  46
  47 <p>That's just about all there is to say.</p>
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  51 <pre class="verse">
  52 A                                                          [riff]
  53 Wonderin', I'm Wonderin', when will my swamp catch on fire
  54     D                                                   A  [riff]
  55 I'm wonderin', I'm wonderin: Is my swamp gonna catch on fire
  56 E                            E7                A           [riff] x 2
  57 Sittin' here lookin' at that old bad telephone wire.
  58
  59 Well, I'm goin' to Las Vegas, goin' by the evening sun
  60 I'm goin' to Las Vegas, goin' just as fast as I can run
  61 Gonna win some money, give it to my hon.
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