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  19 <h1 class="songtitle">Girl of the North Country</h1>
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  21 <p><!-- Correct title? -->
  22 <a name="Song:Girl from the North Country" /><!--Former \label--></p>
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  24 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  25 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="../02_freewheelin/index.htm">Freewheelin'</a> (1963) and in different versions on
  26 <a class="recordlink" href="../09_nashville/index.htm">Nashville Skyline</a> (1969) and <a class="recordlink" href="../26_reallive/index.htm">Real Live</a> (1984)<br />
  27 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  28
  29
  30 <hr />
  31
  32 <p>Chords (<em>Freewheelin'</em> version): </p>
  33 <pre>
  34 G      320003
  35 C/g    3x2013
  36 Em9    05403x
  37 D7/F#  20021x
  38 Em     022000
  39 </pre>
  40
  41 <p>(Nashville skyline version:)</p>
  42 <pre class="chords">
  43 G      320003
  44 Bm     224432
  45 C      x32010
  46 </pre>
  47
  48 <p>(<em>Real Live</em> and most other live renditions:) </p>
  49 <pre class="chords">
  50 G      320003
  51 C/g    3x2013
  52 &quot;D&quot;    x54030
  53 C      x32010
  54 Em     022000
  55 </pre>
  56
  57 <p>The theoretically inclined may note the interesting change that the
  58 third chord has undergone, mainly because of the change in what
  59 follows. <br />
  60 The chords are the same as for <em>Boots of Spanish Leather.</em></p>
  61
  62 <hr />
  63
  64 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Freewheelin'</em> version</h2>
  65
  66 <p>Capo 3rd fret (sounding key Bb major)<br />
  67 More or less standard fingerpicking with this basic pattern:</p>
  68 <pre class="tab">
  69   :   .   .   .
  70 |-----------------|
  71 |-----0---------0-|
  72 |-----------0-----|
  73 |-----0-------0---|
  74 |-----------------|
  75 |-3-------3-------|
  76 </pre>
  77
  78 <p>Intro: </p>
  79 <pre class="tab">
  80   G       G/g               G         C/g     G         C/g     G
  81   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  82 |-----3-----------|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|
  83 |-----0---------1-|-----1-----------|-----1-----------|-----1-----------|
  84 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
  85 |-----0-------2---|-----0h2-----0---|-----2-------0---|-----2-------0---|
  86 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  87 |-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
  88 </pre>
  89 <pre class="tab">
  90   C/g     G
  91   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  92 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
  93 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
  94 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----||
  95 |-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---||
  96 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
  97 |-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------||
  98 </pre>
  99
 100 <p>Verse:</p>
 101
 102 <pre class="tab">
 103      Em9                                 D7/f#
 104      :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 105 ||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 106 ||-*-----3-----------|-----3-----------|-----1-----------|
 107 ||-------------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------2-----|
 108 ||-------4-------4---|-----4-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 109 ||-*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 110 ||---0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|
 111          If    you're  travelin' in the  north   country
 112 </pre>
 113 <pre class="tab">
 114   G       C/g               G
 115   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 116 |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
 117 |-----0---------1-|-----1---------0-|-----0-----------*-||
 118 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-------|| x2
 119 |-----0-------2---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0-----||
 120 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*-||
 121 |-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3---------||
 122   fair
 123 </pre>
 124 <pre class="tab">
 125   Em                                  C/g
 126   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 127 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 128 |-----0-----------|-----0---------1-|-----1---------0-|
 129 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
 130 |-----2-------2---|-----2-------0---|-----2-------2---|
 131 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 132 |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-3-------3-------|
 133 (Re)member          me        to      one     who lives
 134 </pre>
 135 <pre class="tab">
 136   G       C/g               G
 137   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 138 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 139 |-----0---------1-|-----1---------0-|-----0-----------|
 140 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
 141 |-----0-------2---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 142 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 143 |-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|    D.C.
 144   there
 145 </pre>
 146 <pre class="verse">
 147 Em9                         D7/f#         G
 148  If you're travelin' in the north country fair,
 149           Em9                   D7/f#    G
 150 Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
 151   Em           C             G
 152 Remember me to one who lives there.
 153 Em9            D7/f#        G
 154 She once was a true love of mine.
 155
 156 Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm,
 157 When the rivers freeze and summer ends,
 158 Please see if she's wearing a coat so warm,
 159 To keep her from the howlin' winds.
 160
 161 Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
 162 If it rolls and flows all down her breast.
 163 Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
 164 That's the way I remember her best.
 165
 166 I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all.
 167 Many times I've often prayed
 168 In the darkness of my night,
 169 In the brightness of my day.
 170
 171 So if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
 172 Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
 173 Remember me to one who lives there.
 174 She once was a true love of mine.
 175 </pre>
 176
 177 <hr />
 178
 179 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Nashville Skyline</em> version</h2>
 180 <pre class="verse">
 181 G          Bm       C                     G
 182  If you're travelin' in the north country fair,
 183 G                    Bm   C             G
 184  Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
 185 G        Bm    C             G
 186 Remember me to one who lives there.
 187 G        Bm  C               G
 188 She once was  a true love of mine.
 189 </pre>
 190
 191 <hr />
 192
 193 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Real Live</em> version</h2>
 194
 195 <p>The following figure is played at the end of each line:</p>
 196 <pre class="tab">
 197   G         C/g       G
 198   |   .   .   .     |   .   .   .
 199 |-3---------333333|-3-3-------------
 200 |-0---------111111|-1-0-------------
 201 |-0---------000000|-0-0--etc--------
 202 |-0---------222222|-2-0-------------
 203 |-2---------xxxxxx|-x-2-------------
 204 |-3---------333333|-3-3-------------
 205 ..fair
 206 </pre>
 207 <pre class="verse">
 208 &quot;D&quot;                        C             G
 209 If you're travelin' in the north country fair,
 210 &quot;D&quot;                              C     G
 211 Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
 212 Em             C             G
 213 Remember me to one who lives there.
 214 &quot;D&quot;            C            G
 215 She once was a true love of mine.
 216 </pre>
 217
 218 <hr />
 219
 220 <h2 class="songversion">30th Anniversary Celebration version (1991)</h2>
 221
 222 <p>As the Real Live version (with the same emphatical C/g-G at the end of
 223 lines). In some verses the Em is played xx5450.</p>
 224
 225 <p>Ends with the following scale figure (the a in parentheses is
 226 accidental...):</p>
 227 <pre class="tab">
 228   C/g                      G
 229
 230 |-3-33333----------------|-3--------
 231 |-1-11111----------------|-3--------
 232 |-0-00000----------------|-4--------
 233 |-2-22222----------0-2-4-|-5--------
 234 |----------0-2-3--(0)----|-5--------
 235 |-3-33333----------------|-3--------
 236 </pre>
 237
 238 <hr />
 239
 240 <h2 class="songversion">D&uuml;sseldorf, Nov 8, 2003</h2>
 241
 242 <p>New version, which is a cross between Ring Them Bells and Friend of
 243 the Devil (and, for that matter, One Too Many Mornings)</p>
 244
 245 <p>Capo 1st fret</p>
 246
 247 <p>As so often: what is actually played by all the individual instruments
 248 would be impossible to put into a single guitar. What is important in
 249 this version is the bass and the chord sequence. An outline of these
 250 is presented below. Some of the chords might be played differently,
 251 such as the E/g#, which is more correctly played 420100 (instead of
 252 420000, which gives a much more muddy sound), and the last line, which
 253 could be played:</p>
 254
 255 <pre>
 256 C Am Dm/f . | C/e C/g  C . |
 257 </pre>
 258
 259 <hr />
 260
 261 <pre class="tab">
 262   C   G/b Am  C/g   F   C/e Gsus4 G   C   G/b Am  C/e   F   C/e G   E/g#
 263   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 264 |---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 265 |-1---3---1---1---|-1---1---1---0---|-1---0---1---1---|-1---1---0---0---|
 266 |-0---0---2---0---|-2---0---0---0---|-0---0---2---0---|-2---0---0---0---|
 267 |-2---0---2---2---|-3---2---0---0---|-2---0---2---2---|-3---2---0---0---|
 268 |-3---2---0---3---|-3---3---2---2---|-3---2---0---3---|-3---3---2---2---|
 269 |-------------3---|-1---0---3---3---|-------------3---|-1---0---3---4---|
 270 </pre>
 271 <pre class="tab">
 272   Am  C/g F   C/e  F  D7/f# G   E/g#  Am  G   C   G/b D7/f#     F
 273   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 274 |-----------------|-----------------|---------0---3---|-2-------1-------|
 275 |-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---0---0---|-1---3---1---3---|-1-------1-------|
 276 |-2---0---2---0---|-2---2---0---1---|-2---0---0---0---|-2-------2-------|
 277 |-2---2---3---2---|-3---0---0---0---|-2---0---2---0---|-0-------3-------|
 278 |-0---3---3---3---|-3---0---2---2---|-0---2---3---2---|-0-------3-------|
 279 |-----3---1---0---|-1---2---3---4---|-----3-----------|-2-------1-------|
 280 </pre>
 281 <pre class="tab">
 282   C(6)    Dm/f    C/e Gsus4 C
 283   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 284 |---------1-------|-0---0---0-------|
 285 |-1-------3-------|-1---1---1-------|
 286 |-0---2---2---2---|-0---0---0-------|
 287 |-2-------3-------|-2---3---2-------|
 288 |-3---------------|-3-------3-------|
 289 |-----------------|-0---3-----------|
 290 </pre>
 291
 292 <hr />
 293
 294 <h2 class="songversion">St Louis, March 3, 2004</h2>
 295
 296 <p>In principle the same as the above, with some minor differences, and
 297 with a more detailed tab.
 298  </p>
 299 <pre class="tab">
 300   C   G/b Am  G     F   C/e G11 G7    C   G/d C         Dm  C   G   E/g#
 301   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 302 |-0---------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|-1---0-----------|
 303 |-----3---1---0---|---1-0-1-----3---|-----3---1-----1-|---3-----3---0---|
 304 |-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
 305 |---2---0---2---0-|-----------3---3-|---2---0---2-----|-0-----2---0---2-|
 306 |-3---2---0-------|--------------(2)|-3---2---3---3---|-----3-----------|
 307 |-------------3---|-1---0---3---3---|-----------------|---------3---4---|
 308 </pre>
 309 <pre class="tab">
 310   C   G   F   C/e   F   D7  G   G#o   Am  G/b C         D       F
 311   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 312 |-----------------|-----------------|---------0---3---|-2-----2-1-----1-|
 313 |-1---0-----1---1-|---1---1-0-----3-|-1---3--(1)------|-----3-------1---|
 314 |---------2---0---|-2---2---0---1---|--------(0)----0-|---2-------2-----|
 315 |---2---0-3---2---|-3---4-----0-3---|---2---0---2-----|-0---------------|
 316 |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---2---3-------|-----------------|
 317 |-----3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|---------1-------|
 318 </pre>
 319 <pre class="tab">
 320   Am      Dm       C(/e /g  /c)
 321   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 322 |-8-------10------|-12--12--12------|                 |-12--12--12------|
 323 |-----10------10--|-----------------|  last measure   |-----------------|
 324 |-9-------10------|-12--12--12------|  can be played  |-12--12--12------|
 325 |-----10------12--|-10--10--10------|  like this:     |-10--10--10------|
 326 |-----------------|-----------------|                 |-----10----------|
 327 |-----------------|-----------------|                 |-12-----(8)------|
 328 </pre>
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