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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Nashville Skyline</a> (1969) and <a class="recordlink" href="../99_greatesthits2/index.htm">Greatest Hits II</a> (1971), and in a live version on <a class="recordlink" href="../42_bs5/index.htm">Live 1975</a> (2002)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem (thanks to Matthew for correction. Won't happen again...)</p>
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  22 <pre class="verse">
  23 G        C              G
  24 Throw my ticket out the window,
  25 G        C                   G
  26 Throw my suitcase out there, too,
  27          C        G/b     C
  28 Throw my troubles out the door,
  29         C         G/b Am
  30 I don't need them any more
  31        G               C                 G
  32 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.
  33
  34 I should have left this town this morning
  35 But it was more than I could do.
  36 Oh, your love comes on so strong
  37 And I've waited all day long
  38 For tonight when I'll be staying here with you.
  39 </pre>
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  41 <pre class="bridge">
  42 Cm                   G
  43 Is it really any wonder
  44 Cm                               G
  45 The love that a stranger might receive.
  46 Ab                             C
  47 You cast your spell and I went under,
  48 Am                        D      C  Bm  Am
  49 I find it so difficult to leave.
  50 </pre>
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  52 <pre class="verse">
  53 I can hear that whistle blowin',
  54 I see that stationmaster, too,
  55 If there's a poor boy on the street,
  56 Then let him have my seat
  57 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.
  58 </pre>
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  60 <pre class="bridge">
  61 [instrumental break]
  62 </pre>
  63
  64 <pre class="verse">
  65 Throw my ticket out the window,
  66 Throw my suitcase out there, too,
  67 Throw my troubles out the door,
  68 I don't need them any more
  69 'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.
  70 </pre>
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  72 <hr />
  73
  74 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Rolling Thunder Revue</em> version</h2>
  75
  76 <p>from the Night of the Hurricane, Dec 8 1975 </p>
  77
  78 <p>Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)</p>
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  82 <pre class="verse">
  83 G          C                  G
  84   Throw my ticket in the wind
  85 G          C                  G
  86   Throw my mattress out there too
  87         C       G/b    Am
  88 Draw my letters in the sand,
  89            C      G/b  Am
  90 'cause you got to understand
  91      G               C                 G       C/g    G
  92 that tonight I'll be staying here with you
  93
  94 I could have left this town by noon
  95 by tonight I'd been to someplace new
  96 but I was feeling a little bit scattered
  97 and your love was all that mattered
  98 so tonight I'll be staying here with you, get ready,
  99 cause tonight I'll be staying here with you
 100 </pre>
 101 <pre class="tab">
 102   G                 Ab
 103   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 104 |-----------------|-4---------------
 105 |-----------------|-4---------------
 106 |-----------------|-5---------------
 107 |-----------2-4-5-|-6---------------
 108 |-----2-3-5-------|-6---------------
 109 |-3-5-------------|-4---------------
 110                                 Is it . . .
 111 </pre>
 112
 113 <pre class="bridge">
 114 Ab                 G
 115   Is it really any wonder
 116 Ab                                   G
 117   the changes we put on each other's heads
 118 B7                               C          G/b
 119 You came down on me like rolling thunder
 120 Am                             D   /c /b /a D(9)
 121   I left my dreams on the riverbed
 122 </pre>
 123
 124 <pre class="verse">
 125 I can hear that lonesome whistle blowin'
 126 I hear them semis rolling too
 127 If there's a driver on the road
 128 let him have my load
 129 cause tonight I'll be staying here with you
 130 </pre>
 131
 132 <pre class="bridge">
 133 [instr. bridge]
 134 </pre>
 135
 136 <pre class="verse">
 137 I can hear that lonesome whistle blowin'
 138 I hear them semis rolling too
 139 If there's a driver on this road
 140 then let him have my load
 141 'cause tonight I'll be staying here with you
 142 'cause tonight I'll be staying here with you
 143
 144 C  G/b  Am  D
 145 C  G/b  Am  D  C
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