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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Basement Tapes</a> (1967/1975)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>Capo 6th fret (sounding key Eb major)</p>
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  22 <p>The only difference between the two takes (apart from minor lyric
  23 changes) is that in the officially released version the G is
  24 embellished by a G6 (320000) first.</p>
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  29 A
  30
  31           A                              G6            G
  32 Well, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus.
  33     A                                               G6       G
  34 The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
  35        A                                  G6        G
  36 On the very next day, with a nose full of pus.
  37 A                 G6                G
  38  Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
  39 A                 G6                G
  40  Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
  41 A                 G6                G
  42  Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
  43
  44 It's a one-track town, just brown, and a breeze, too,
  45 Pack up the meat, sweet, we're headin' out
  46 For Wichita in a pile of fruit.
  47 Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
  48 Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
  49 Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
  50
  51 Now, pull that drummer out from behind that bottle.
  52 Bring me my pipe, we're gonna shake it.
  53 Slap that drummer with a pie that smells.
  54 Take me down to California, baby
  55 Take me down to California, baby
  56 Take me down to California, baby
  57
  58 Yes, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus.
  59 The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
  60 On the very next day, with a nose full of pus.
  61 Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
  62 Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
  63                  G         A
  64 Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
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  69 <h2 class="songversion">Alternate take (probably take #1, actually):</h2>
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  71           A                              G
  72 Well, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus.
  73     A                                               G
  74 The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
  75        A                                  G
  76 On the very next day, with a nose full of pus.
  77 A                 G
  78  Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
  79 A                 G
  80  Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
  81 A                 G
  82  Yea! Heavy and a bottle of bread
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