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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Dirt Road Blues</h1>
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  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>
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  21
  22 <p>The guitars in the original recording are playing high up on the
  23 fretboard, so I originally suggested a capo on the 5th fret and the
  24 chords E, A, and B. Then it is possible to play the little lick that
  25 runs through the whole song:</p>
  26 <pre class="tab">
  27   with E                               with A
  28   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  29 |-3b------0-----0-|-----------0-----||-3---------------|------------------||
  30 |-0-----------2---|-----0---2-------||-2-------5---2-5-|---------2-5------||
  31 |-1---------------|-----------------||-2---------------|-----4------------||
  32 |-2---------------|-----------------||-2---------------|------------------||
  33 |-2---------------|-----------------||-0---------------|------------------||
  34 |-0---------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------||
  35 </pre>
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  37 <p>Note 1: it is mostly played on the E, but can occasionally be heard
  38 for the other chords too. <br />
  39 Note 2: It is played with the tone on the 2nd fret, 2nd string,
  40 although the 3rd fret falls more naturally, to me, at least. <br />
  41 Note 3: It's easier and sounds better if the initial bent note is
  42 moved to the second beat, so that the first beat gets a clear bass
  43 note.</p>
  44
  45 <p>Another option is to use the 076750 shape for the E. The open third
  46 string can be left sounding, since it produces the same clash as the
  47 first note in the lick, which leaves you with enough fingers to play a
  48 modified version of the lick, combined with the bass figure:</p>
  49 <pre class="tab">
  50   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  51 |-----------------|-----------------|
  52 |-----7b--5-----5-|-----------------| (or 8 or 8b on the first note on this string)
  53 |-------------7---|-----------------|
  54 |-6---------------|-6---------------|
  55 |-7---------------|-7-------5---7---|
  56 |-0---------------|-0---7-----------|
  57 </pre>
  58
  59 <p>For the B I'd suggest to leave out the lick an instead do the bass:</p>
  60 <pre class="tab">
  61   B7                                                                      E
  62   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :
  63 |(3)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  64 |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  65 |-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  66 |-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  67 |-2-----------0---|-2-----------0---|-2-----------0---|-2---0-----------|----
  68 |---------2-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|---------3---2---|-0--
  69 </pre>
  70
  71 <p>It may be easier to make an interesting solo-song out of it with no
  72 capo and something like the following bass line, which can be combined
  73 with a variant of the lick, an octave lower (or just play the bass
  74 line &ndash; that's much easier...):</p>
  75 <pre class="tab">
  76   with A                               with D
  77   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  78 |-----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||
  79 |-----------------|-----------------||(3)-------------|-----------------||
  80 |-5b------2-----2-|-----------------||-5b-----2-----2-|-----------------||
  81 |-2-----------4---|-----------------||-0----------4---|-0---------------||
  82 |-0---------------|-0---------------||----------------|--------0---3----||
  83 |-----------------|--------0----3---||----------------|-----------------||
  84 </pre>
  85 <pre class="tab">
  86   with E
  87   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  88 |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  89 |-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  90 |-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  91 |-6---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  92 |-7-----------5---|-7-----------5---|-7-----------5---|-7---5---3---2---|-0--
  93 |-0-------7-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|-----------------|----
  94 </pre>
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  98 <p>Capo 5th fret (original key A)</p>
  99 <pre class="verse">
 100 E
 101 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone lets me ride
 102 A                                                   E
 103 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone lets me ride
 104 B
 105 If I can't find my baby
 106                        E
 107 I'm gonna run away and hide
 108
 109 Well, I been pacing round the room, hoping maybe she come back
 110 pacing round the room, hoping maybe she come back
 111 Well, I been praying for salvation
 112 Laying round in a one-room country shack
 113
 114 Gonna walk down that dirt road, until my eyes begin to bleed
 115 Gonna walk down that dirt road, until my eyes begin to bleed
 116 'Til there's nothing left to see
 117 'Til the chains have been shattered and I been freed
 118
 119 But I'm looking at my shadow, I been watching the clouds up above
 120 looking at my shadow, watching the clouds up above
 121 Rolling through the rain and hail
 122 Looking for the sunny side of love
 123
 124 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'til everything becomes the same
 125 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'til everything becomes the same
 126 I keep on walking
 127 'til I hear her holler out my name
 128 </pre>
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 131
 132 <p>Version with no capo:</p>
 133 <pre class="verse">
 134 A
 135 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone lets me ride
 136 D                                                   A
 137 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone lets me ride
 138 E7
 139 If I can't find my baby
 140                        A
 141 I'm gonna run away and hide
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