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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Subterranean Homesick Blues</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Bringing It All Back Home</a> (1965), <a class="recordlink" href="../99_greatesthits/index.htm">Greatest Hits</a> (1967) and <a class="recordlink" href="../28_biograph/index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985), and in an alternate version on <a class="recordlink" href="../34_bootleg/index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>In the early solo version on <em>The Bootleg Series</em>, Dylan's guitar
  21 is capoed on the 5th fret. That's probably how it is played on the
  22 <em>Bringing it All Back Home</em> version too.</p>
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  25
  26 <pre class="verse">
  27  A
  28 Johnny's in the basement
  29
  30 Mixing up the medicine
  31
  32 I'm on the pavement
  33
  34 Thinking about the government
  35
  36 The man in the trench coat
  37
  38 Badge out, laid off
  39
  40 Says he's got a bad cough
  41
  42 Wants to get it paid off
  43 D
  44 Look out kid
  45
  46 It's somethin' you did
  47 A
  48 God knows when
  49
  50 But you're doin' it again
  51
  52 You better duck down the alley way
  53
  54 Lookin' for a new friend
  55 E
  56 The man in the coon-skin cap
  57
  58 In the big pen
  59       A
  60 Wants eleven dollar bills
  61
  62 You only got ten
  63
  64 Maggie comes fleet foot
  65 Face full of black soot
  66 Talkin' that the heat put
  67 Plants in the bed but
  68 The phone's tapped anyway
  69 Maggie says that many say
  70 They must bust in early May
  71 Orders from the D. A.
  72 Look out kid
  73 Don't matter what you did
  74 Walk on your tip toes
  75 Don't try &quot;No Doz&quot;
  76 Better stay away from those
  77 That carry around a fire hose
  78 Keep a clean nose
  79 Watch the plain clothes
  80 You don't need a weather man
  81 To know which way the wind blows
  82
  83 Get sick, get well
  84 Hang around a ink well
  85 Ring bell, hard to tell
  86 If anything is goin' to sell
  87 Try hard, get barred
  88 Get back, write braille
  89 Get jailed, jump bail
  90 Join the army, if you fail
  91 Look out kid
  92 You're gonna get hit
  93 By losers, cheaters
  94 Six-time users       *)
  95 Hangin' 'round the theaters
  96 Girl by the whirlpool
  97 Lookin' for a new fool
  98 Don't follow leaders
  99 Watch the parkin' meters
 100
 101 Ah get born, keep warm
 102 Short pants, romance, learn to dance
 103 Get dressed, get blessed
 104 Try to be a success
 105 Please her, please him, buy gifts
 106 Don't steal, don't lift
 107 Twenty years of schoolin'
 108 And they put you on the day shift
 109 Look out kid
 110 They keep it all hid
 111 Better jump down a manhole
 112 Light yourself a candle
 113 Don't wear sandals
 114 Try to avoid the scandals
 115 Don't wanna be a bum
 116 You better chew gum
 117 The pump don't work
 118 'Cause the vandals took the handles
 119 </pre>
 120 <p class="footnotes">*) Copyrighted version: &ldquo;But users, cheaters, Six-time losers&rdquo;</p>
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 122
 123 <h2 class="songversion">The <em>Bootleg series</em> version</h2>
 124
 125 <p>capo 5th fret</p>
 126
 127 <p>A7 = x02223<br />
 128 B7' = x21200</p>
 129
 130 <pre class="tab">
 131 Intro:
 132     .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
 133 --0-0---0-|-------0-----------0-----|-------0---------0-0---0--
 134 --0-0---0-|-------0-----------0-----|-------0---------0-0---0--
 135 --0-0---1-|-------0h1---------0h1---|-------0h1-------0-0---1-- etc.
 136 --0-0---2-|-------2-----------2-----|-------2---------0-0---2--
 137 --0-0---2-|-2-----------2-----------|-2-----------2---0-0---2--
 138 --0-0---0-|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0---0-0---0--
 139 </pre>
 140 <pre class="verse">
 141 E
 142 Johnny's in the basement
 143
 144 Mixing up the medicine
 145
 146 I'm on the pavement
 147
 148 Thinking about the government
 149
 150 The man in the trench coat
 151
 152 Badge out, laid off
 153
 154 Says he's got a bad cough
 155
 156 Wants to get it paid off
 157 A7
 158 Look out kid
 159
 160 It's somethin' you did
 161 E
 162 God knows when
 163
 164 But you're doin' it again
 165
 166 You better duck down the alley way
 167
 168 Lookin' for a new friend
 169 B7'
 170 The man in the coon-skin cap
 171
 172 In the big pen
 173       E
 174 Wants eleven dollar bills
 175
 176 You only got ten
 177
 178 A7   E
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