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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Every Grain of Sand</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and Music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Shot of Love</a> (1981), <a class="recordlink" href="../28_biograph/index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985)
  18 and in an early version on <a class="recordlink" href="../34_bootleg/index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  22
  23 <h2 class="songversion">Bootleg Series version</h2>
  24
  25 <p>In the bootleg series version Bob is at the piano, hence the song is
  26 in Ab major. Fred Tackett does the guitar part, which should be played
  27 with a capo on the 3rd fret. I'm not sure if anyone is aware of the
  28 rhythm to begin with, but once the singing begins, it becomes apparent
  29 to both Dylan and Tackett that the song is in 6/8 and not in 4/4, as
  30 they play in the intro. The tab below begins where the verse begins,
  31 and it's an approximation to what he should have played, rather than
  32 an exact reproduction of what he actually plays.<br />
  33 The Dm is in fact a Bbmaj7 (sounding) with the bass tones from the
  34 piano, although the guitar plays a Dm/f (xx3231).</p>
  35
  36 <p>Capo 3rd fret (sounding key Ab major)</p>
  37
  38 <p>C11 x3333x (could be played C7sus4 x33310)</p>
  39 <pre class="tab">
  40   F                 Dm/f
  41   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  42 |---------1-------|---------1-------|
  43 |-----1-----1---1-|-----3-----3---3-|
  44 |---2---2-----2---|---2---2-----2---|three times
  45 |-3---------------|-3---------------|
  46 |-----------------|-----------------|
  47 |-----------------|-----------------|
  48 </pre>
  49 <pre class="tab">
  50   C       Csus4     C
  51   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  52 |-----------------|-----------------|
  53 |-----1-------1---|-----1-----------|
  54 |---0---0---0---0-|---0---0-----0---|   repeat all
  55 |-2-------3-------|-2-------2-3-----|
  56 |-----------------|-----------------|
  57 |-----------------|-----------------|
  58 </pre>
  59 <pre class="tab">
  60   C                 C7
  61   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  62 |---------0-------|---------3-------|
  63 |-----1-----1---1-|-----5-----5---5-|
  64 |---0---0-----0---|---3---3-----3---|
  65 |-2---------------|/5---------------|
  66 |-----------------|-----------------|
  67 |-----------------|-----------------|
  68 </pre>
  69
  70 <pre class="tab">
  71   F                 C
  72   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  73 |---------1-------|---------0-------|
  74 |-----1-----1---1-|-----1-----1---1-|
  75 |---2---2-----2---|---0---0-----0---|
  76 |-3---------------|-2---------------|
  77 |-----------------|-----------------|
  78 |-----------------|-----------------|
  79
  80 [Repeat from beginning]
  81 </pre>
  82 <pre class="verse">
  83        F             Dm/f            F                  Dm/f
  84 In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
  85          F             Dm/f            C           Csus4   C
  86 When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
  87           F               Dm/f  F                Dm/f
  88 There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere,
  89 F              Dm/f              C      Csus4 C
  90 Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair.
  91       C             C7             F              C
  92 Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake,
  93      C             C7                  F                 C     C11
  94 Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break.
  95        F           Dm/f         F                Dm/f
  96 In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand
  97    F               Dm/f         C              F
  98 In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.
  99
 100 Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear,
 101 Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer.
 102 The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way
 103 To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
 104 I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
 105 And every time I pass that way I always hear my name.
 106 Then onward in my journey I come to understand
 107 That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand.
 108
 109 I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
 110 In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light,
 111 In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space,
 112 In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face.
 113 I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
 114 Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me.
 115 I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan *)
 116 Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.
 117
 118 *) On <em>Shot of Love</em> he sings &quot;of the reality of man&quot;.
 119 </pre>
 120
 121 <hr />
 122
 123 <h2 class="songversion">Shot of Love version</h2>
 124
 125 <p>The guitar part is played with a capo on the 8th fret (or with barre
 126 chords, which is more awkward, but which is probably how it is
 127 played).</p>
 128
 129 <p>Capo 8th fret (sounding key Eb major)</p>
 130 <pre class="tab">
 131   G           C             D     Dsus4 D
 132   :     .     .     .    x3 :     .     .     .
 133 |-------3-----------0-----|-------------------2-----|
 134 |.----0---0-------1---1--.|-----3-----3-----3---3---|
 135 |---0-------0---0-------0-|---2-----2-----2-------2-|  etc.
 136 |-0-----------2-----------|-4-----5-----4-----------|
 137 |.-----------------------.|-------------------------|
 138 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
 139 </pre>
 140
 141 <pre class="verse">
 142        G             C               G                  C
 143 In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
 144          G               C             D           Dsus4   D
 145 When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
 146           G               C     G                C
 147 There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere,
 148 G              C                 D      Dsus4 D
 149 Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair.
 150       D             D7             G           D
 151 Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake,
 152      D             D7                  G                 D     C
 153 Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break.
 154        G           C            G                C
 155 In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand
 156    G               C            D              G
 157 In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.
 158 </pre>
 159
 160 <hr />
 161
 162 <p>Finally the version that is the most playable on a single guitar, as
 163 some kind of common denominator (capo anywhere that fits in with the
 164 music; the F could/should be replaced by Fmaj7 (133210 or xx3210)
 165 except at &ldquo;break&rdquo;):</p>
 166
 167 <pre class="verse">
 168        C             F               C                  F
 169 In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
 170          C               F             G           Gsus4   G
 171 When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
 172           C               F     C                F
 173 There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere,
 174 C              F                 G      Gsus4 G
 175 Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair.
 176       G             G7             C           G
 177 Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake,
 178      G             G7                  C                 G     F
 179 Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break.
 180        C           F            C                F
 181 In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand
 182    C               F            G              C
 183 In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.
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