38_toom/standing_in_the_doorway.htm

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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Standing In The Doorway</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 <p>See <a class="url" href="http://www.dylanchords.com/38_toom/doorway.htm">http://www.dylanchords.com/38_toom/doorway.htm</a> for a
  21 version with textual commentaries.</p>
  22
  23 <hr />
  24
  25 <p>Capo 4th fret (just for the sake of convenience...). This seems like a
  26 song in the vein of Simple twist of fate in open tuning, more or less
  27 the same beginning.</p>
  28
  29 <pre class="chords">
  30        C major    E major
  31 Chords (capo 4th) open tuning
  32
  33 C      032010     054000 (or 050000 or 000000)
  34 C/b    x22020     044000
  35 Am     002210     020020
  36 C/g    332010     000000 (or 004000)
  37 F      133211     555555 (or 020120)
  38 Bb/f   113331     575655 (or 575675)
  39 G      320003     777777
  40 D      x00232     222222
  41 C                 000000
  42 </pre>
  43
  44
  45 <pre class="verse">
  46 |: C C/b Am C/g  :|
  47
  48 C                 /b   Am                 C/g
  49 I'm walkin' through      the summer nights
  50 C         /b        Am   C/g
  51 the jukebox playing low
  52 C                   /b Am                 C/g
  53 yesterday everything    was goin' too fast
  54 C    /b                 Am    C/g
  55 Today   it's movin' too slow
  56
  57 F        Bb/f           F     Bb/f
  58 I got no place left to turn
  59 F                 Bb/f  F     F  G
  60 I got nothin' left to burn
  61
  62 C               /b                 Am                   C/g
  63 Don't know if I saw you if I would kiss you or kill you
  64 C                    /b               Am    C/g
  65 It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow
  66 F           C       G               D
  67 You left me standing in the doorway cryin'
  68 F                           C
  69 I got nothin' to go back to now.
  70
  71 The light in this place is so bad
  72 Makin' me sick in the head
  73 All the laughter is just makin' me sad
  74 The stars have turned cherry red
  75    I'm strummin' on my gay guitar
  76    Smokin' a cheap cigar
  77 The ghost of our old love has not gone away
  78 Don't look it like it will anytime soon
  79 You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
  80 Under the midnight moon.
  81
  82 Maybe they'll get me and maybe they won't
  83 But not tonight and it won't be here
  84 There are things I could say, but I don't
  85 I know the mercy of God must be near
  86    I been ridin a midnight train
  87    Got ice water in my veins
  88 I would be crazy if I took you back
  89 It would go up against every rule
  90 You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
  91 Sufferin' like a fool.
  92
  93 When the last rays of daylight go down
  94 Buddy you'll roll no more
  95 I can hear the church bells ringin' in the yard
  96 I wonder who they're ringin' for
  97    I know I can't win
  98    But my heart just won't give in
  99 Last night I danced with a stranger
 100 But she just reminded me you were the one
 101 You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
 102 In the dark land of the sun.
 103
 104 I eat when I'm hungry drink when I'm dry
 105 And live my life on the square
 106 And even if the flesh falls off of my face
 107 I know someone will be there to care
 108    It always means so much
 109    Even the softest touch
 110 I see nothing to be gained by any explanation
 111 There's no words that need to be said
 112 You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
 113 Blues wrapped around my head.
 114 </pre>
 115
 116 <hr />
 117
 118 <h2 class="songversion">Live version 2003</h2>
 119
 120 <p>New arrangement during the 2003 southern US tour. The basic structure
 121 of the song is the same as the album version, but a new riff has snuck
 122 into the first part, with the chords in the descent coming twice as
 123 fast and with an extra turn at the end. In the version that has been
 124 available to me (Austin, 20 April 2003) it sounds as if the two
 125 different guitars are in two different capo positions: the main rhythm
 126 guitar at the 3rd fret and the other at the 1st fret. I have given
 127 suggestions for the main riff in those two positions. In the 3rd
 128 position there are two suggestions, one which is more or less what is
 129 played by the band, the other a version which is more suitable for a
 130 single guitar. In the 1st-fret version I have included the chords to
 131 the whole verse.</p>
 132
 133 <p>The Am (Bm with capo 1st fret) could also be played F (G)</p>
 134
 135 <hr />
 136
 137 <p>Capo 3rd fret (sounding key Eb major)</p>
 138 <pre class="tab">
 139   C             G/b           Am            C/g
 140   :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .
 141 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 142 |/5---5-5-5---|-3---3-3-3---|-1---1-1-1---|-1---1-1-1---|
 143 |/5---5-5-5---|-4---4-4-4---|-2---2-2-2---|-0---0-0-0---|
 144 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 145 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 146 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 147 </pre>
 148 <pre class="tab">
 149   C/e           F             Gsus4         G
 150   :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .
 151 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 152 |-1---1-1-1---|-1---1-1-1---|-1---1-1-1---|-0---0-0-0---|
 153 |-0---0-0-0---|-2---2-2-2---|-0---0-0-0---|-0---0-0-0---|
 154 |-2---2-2-2---|-3---3-3-3---|-0---0-0-0---|-0---0-0-0---|
 155 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 156 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 157 </pre>
 158
 159
 160 <p>Or, if you want the descent in the bass (which is probably better on a single guitar):</p>
 161 <pre class="tab">
 162   C             G/b           Am            C/g
 163   :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .
 164 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 165 |-----1-1-1---|-----1-1-1---|-----1-1-1---|-----1-1-1---|
 166 |-----0-0-0---|-----0-0-0---|-----0-0-0---|-----0-0-0---|
 167 |-----2-2-2---|-----0-0-0---|-----2-2-2---|-----2-2-2---|
 168 |-3-----------|-2-----------|-0-----------|-------------|
 169 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|
 170 </pre>
 171 <pre class="tab">
 172   C/e           F             Gsus4         G
 173   :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .
 174 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 175 |-----1-1-1---|-----1-1-1---|-----0-0-0---|-----0-0-0---|
 176 |-----0-0-0---|-----2-2-2---|-----0-0-0---|-----0-0-0---|
 177 |-----2-2-2---|-----3-3-3---|-----0-0-0---|-----0-0-0---|
 178 |-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-2-----------|
 179 |-0-----------|-1-----------|-3-----------|-------------|
 180 </pre>
 181
 182 <hr />
 183
 184 <p>Capo 1st fret:</p>
 185 <pre class="tab">
 186   D             A/c#          Bm            D/a
 187   :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .
 188 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 189 |-7-----------|-5-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
 190 |-7-----------|-6-----------|-4-----------|-2-----------|
 191 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 192 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 193 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 194 </pre>
 195 <pre class="tab">
 196   D/f#          G             Asus4         A
 197   :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .
 198 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 199 |-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-2-----------|
 200 |-2-----------|-4-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|
 201 |-4-----------|-5-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|
 202 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 203 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 204 </pre>
 205
 206 <pre class="verse">
 207 D    A/c#       Bm   D/a D/f#   G      Asus4   A
 208  I'm walkin' through        the summer nights
 209 D    A/c# Bm   D/a D/f#  G  Asus4  A
 210 jukebox    playing low
 211 D         A/c# Bm D/a               D/f#            G Asus4  A
 212  yesterday           everything was movin' too fast
 213 D     A/c# Bm          D/a          D/f#   G      A   D
 214  Today      it's moving, moving too slow
 215
 216 G              C       G     C
 217 I got no place left to turn
 218 G             C       G      G   A
 219 I got nothin' left to burn
 220
 221 D                  A/c#  Bm   D/a D/f#                   G      Asus4   A
 222  I don't know if I saw you        if I would kiss you or kill you
 223 D                     A/c#   Bm     D/a    D/f#  G  A   D
 224  It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow
 225 G                    D   A                                 E
 226 You left me standing,    standing in the doorway cryin'
 227 G                              D/f#   Em7  D
 228  Ah, well, I got nothin' to go back to     now.
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