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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Cold Irons Bound</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words and music by Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Time out of Mind</a> (1997)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <hr />
  21
  22 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Time out of Mind</em> version</h2>
  23
  24 <p>Capo 6th fret (original key Bb major). <br />
  25 The &ldquo;Bbdim&rdquo; is only a faint approximation to the wealth of notes
  26 sounding at this point (and never twice the same, it seems). A chord
  27 like x12300 or x12202 captures that fairly well, but there are really
  28 no &ldquo;correct&rdquo; chords here!<br />
  29 The same goes for the other two chords &ndash; basically tonic, fifth and a
  30 lot of blue notes.</p>
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  33
  34 <pre class="verse">
  35 Em7
  36 I'm beginning to hear voices and there's no one around
  37
  38 now I'm all used up and the fields have turned brown
  39
  40 I went to church on Sunday and she passed by
  41
  42 and my love for her is taking such a long time to die
  43          Bbdim       A7                Em7
  44 Lord I'm waist deep, waist deep in the mist
  45             Bbdim      A7       Em7
  46 It's almost like, almost like I don't exist
  47     A7              G                Em7
  48 I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
  49
  50 The walls of pride is high and wide,
  51 can't see over to the other side
  52 It's such a sad thing to see beauty decay,
  53 it's sadder still to feel your heart torn away
  54 one look at you and I'm out of control
  55 like the universe has swallowed me whole
  56 I'm 20 miles out of town and Cold Irons bound
  57
  58 There's too many people, too many to recall
  59 I thought some of 'em were friends of mine
  60 I was wrong about 'em all
  61 Well, the road is rocky and the hillside's mud
  62 Up over my head nothing but clouds of blood
  63 I found my world, I found my world in you
  64 but your love just hasn't proved true
  65 I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
  66 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
  67
  68  ...
  69
  70 Well the winds in Chicago have torn me to shreds
  71 reality has always had too many heads
  72 some things last longer than you think they will
  73 there are some kind of things you can never kill
  74 it's you and you only I'm thinking about
  75 but you can't see in, and it's hard looking out
  76 I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
  77
  78 Well the fat's in the fire, and the water's in the tank
  79 and the whiskey's in the jar, and the money's in the bank
  80 I tried to love and protect you because I cared
  81 I'm gonna remember forever the joy we've shared
  82 but looking at you and I'm on my bended knee
  83 you have no idea what you do to me
  84 I'm 20 miles out of town Cold Irons bound
  85 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
  86 </pre>
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  89
  90 <h2 class="songversion">Live versions (2000-)</h2>
  91
  92 <p>Kenneth Mirandola has noted that in live versions (fall 2001) &ldquo;both
  93 Campbell and Larry played with capoes. Larry was capoed at the first
  94 fret and Sexton at the third.&rdquo; These are the chords according to
  95 those two capo positions. <br />
  96 I've tabbed out some suggestions for licks for the version with A
  97 major chords. The changes between A and A7 (G and G7 in the second
  98 version) are not played as regularly as in the tab.<br />
  99 The Ebdim descent could also be seen (and played) as a descent
 100 eb-d-c-b over a sustained D7 or D9 (xx0210) chord.</p>
 101
 102 <p>Guitar capoed on 1st fret:</p>
 103
 104 <p>Chords:</p>
 105 <pre class="chords">
 106 A       xx7655
 107 A7      xx5655 (=A7/g)
 108 Ebdim   xx1212 (or xx1210)
 109 Ebdim/d xx0212
 110 </pre>
 111
 112 <pre class="verse">
 113                          A                       A7
 114 I'm beginning to hear voices and there's no one around
 115                  A                             A7
 116 now I'm all used up and the fields have turned brown
 117                     A                     A7
 118 I went to church on Sunday and she passed by
 119                 A                                 A7
 120 and my love for her is taking such a long time to die
 121          Ebdim     /d /c       /b          A
 122 Lord I'm waist deep,     waist deep in the mist
 123             Ebdim /d /c         /b     A
 124 It's almost like        I don't even exist
 125     D               C                A
 126 I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
 127 </pre>
 128
 129 <pre class="tab">
 130              A                                      A7
 131    :    .    .    .      :   .   .   .    :     .     .     .       :   .   .   .    x8
 132 ||---------5------------|---------------|-----------5-------------|------------------||
 133 ||*--------5------------|---------------|-----------5-------------|-----------------*||
 134 ||---------6------------|---------------|-----------6-------------|------------------||
 135 ||---------7------------|---------------|-----------5-------------|------------------||
 136 ||*---------------------|---------------|-------------------------|-----------------*||
 137 ||----------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------||
 138 </pre>
 139 <pre class="tab">
 140                   Ebdim       /d            /c          /b            A
 141   :     .         :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .       :   .   .   .
 142 |-------------||--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
 143 |-------------||*-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-|-etc---------------------|-----------------|
 144 |-------------||--2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-|-------------------------|-----------------|
 145 |-------------||--1---1-1---1-0---0-0---0-|-------------------------|-----------------|
 146 |-------------||*-------------------------|-3---3-3---3-2---2-2---2-|-0---------------|
 147 |-------------||--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
 148 </pre>
 149 <pre class="tab">
 150                              D                         C
 151   :     .     .     .        :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
 152 |-------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
 153 |------------------------*||*------------------------|--------------------------|
 154 |-------------------------||-----------------2-------|-----------------2--------|
 155 |-------------------------||-----------5-----------5-|-----------5------------5-|
 156 |------------------------*||*------------------------|--------------------------|
 157 |-------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
 158 </pre>
 159 <pre class="tab">
 160   A
 161   :     .     .     .
 162 |-------------------------||
 163 |------------------------*||
 164 |-------------------------||
 165 |-------------------------||
 166 |------------------------*||
 167 |-------------------------||
 168 </pre>
 169
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 171
 172 <p>Guitar capoed on 3rd fret:</p>
 173
 174 <pre class="verse">
 175                          G                       G7
 176 I'm beginning to hear voices and there's no one around
 177                  G                             G7
 178 now I'm all used up and the fields have turned brown
 179                     G                     G7
 180 I went to church on Sunday and she passed by
 181                 G                                 G7
 182 and my love for her is taking such a long time to die
 183          Dbdim     /c /Bb      /a          G
 184 Lord I'm waist deep,     waist deep in the mist
 185             Dbdim /c /Bb        /a     G
 186 It's almost like        I don't even exist
 187     C               Bb               G
 188 I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
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