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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">You Ain't Goin' Nowhere</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Basement Tapes</a> (1967/1975) and in a different
  18 version on <a href="../99_greatesthits2/index.htm" class="recordlink">Greatest Hits, vol 2</a> (1971) <br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <hr />
  22
  23 <h2 class="songversion">Official version</h2>
  24 <pre class="verse">
  25 G
  26 Clouds so swift
  27 Am
  28 Rain won't lift
  29 C
  30 Gate won't close
  31 G
  32 Railings froze
  33 G                 Am
  34 Get your mind off wintertime
  35 C                 G
  36 You ain't goin' nowhere
  37 </pre>
  38 <pre class="refrain">
  39 G        Am
  40 Whoo-ee! Ride me high
  41   C
  42 Tomorrow's the day
  43    G
  44 My bride's gonna come
  45 G           Am
  46 Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
  47 C                G
  48 Down in the easy chair!
  49 </pre>
  50 <pre class="verse">
  51 I don't care
  52 How many letters they sent
  53 Morning came and morning went
  54 Pick up your money
  55 And pack up your tent
  56 You ain't goin' nowhere
  57 </pre>
  58 <pre class="refrain">
  59 Whoo-ee! Ride me high
  60 Tomorrow's the day
  61 My bride's gonna come
  62 Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
  63 Down in the easy chair!
  64 </pre>
  65 <pre class="verse">
  66 Buy me a flute
  67 And a gun that shoots
  68 Tailgates and substitutes
  69 Strap yourself
  70 To the tree with roots
  71 You ain't goin' nowhere
  72 </pre>
  73 <pre class="refrain">
  74 Whoo-ee! Ride me high
  75 Tomorrow's the day
  76 My bride's gonna come
  77 Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
  78 Down in the easy chair!
  79 </pre>
  80 <pre class="verse">
  81 Genghis Khan
  82 He could not keep
  83 All his kings
  84 Supplied with sleep
  85 We'll climb that hill no matter how steep
  86 When we get up to it
  87 </pre>
  88 <pre class="refrain">
  89 Whoo-ee! Ride me high
  90 Tomorrow's the day
  91 My bride's gonna come
  92 Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
  93 Down in the easy chair!
  94 </pre>
  95
  96 <hr />
  97
  98 <h2 class="songversion">Alternate take</h2>
  99
 100 <p>Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)<br />
 101 Chords as above</p>
 102
 103 <pre class="verse">
 104 Now look here dear Sue
 105 You best feed the cat
 106 The cat needs feedin'
 107 You're the one to do it
 108 Get your hat
 109 Feed the cat
 110 You ain't goin' nowhere
 111 </pre>
 112
 113 <pre class="refrain">
 114 Whoo-ee! Ride me high
 115 Tomorrow's the day
 116 My bride's gonna come
 117 Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
 118 Down in the easy chair!
 119 </pre>
 120
 121 <pre class="verse">
 122 Look here you bunch of
 123 basement noise
 124 You ain't no
 125 punchin' bag
 126 I see you walkin' out there,
 127 and you're the one to do it
 128 Pick up your nose, you canary
 129 You ain't goin' nowhere
 130 </pre>
 131 <pre class="verse">
 132 Just pick up that oil cloth
 133 cram it in the corner
 134 I don't care if your name is Michael,
 135 you gonna need some boards
 136 Get your lunch
 137 you foreign bib
 138 You ain't goin' nowhere
 139 </pre>
 140 <pre class="verse">
 141 Now look here, you pile of money,
 142 you best go off here to find a file
 143 I've seen you out there beatin' on you hammer,
 144 you ain't no head lettuce
 145 Beat that buzzard
 146 lay 'm on the rug
 147 You ain't goin' nowhere
 148 </pre>
 149
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 151
 152 <h2 class="songversion">Greatest Hits vol. 2 version</h2>
 153
 154 <p>Chords as above</p>
 155
 156 <pre class="verse">
 157 Clouds so swift an' rain fallin' in
 158 Gonna see a movie called &quot;Gunga Din&quot;
 159 Pack up your money, pull up your tent McGuinn
 160 You ain't goin' nowhere.
 161 </pre>
 162 <pre class="refrain">
 163 Whoo-ee, ride me high
 164 Tomorrow's the day
 165 That my bride's a-gonna come
 166 Whoo-ee, are we gonna fly
 167 Down into the easy chair.
 168 </pre>
 169 <pre class="verse">
 170 Genghis Khan an' his brother Don
 171 Could not keep on keepin' on
 172 We'll climb that bridge after it's gone
 173 After we're way past it.
 174 </pre>
 175 <pre class="verse">
 176 Buy me some rings an' a gun that sings
 177 A flute that toots an' a bee that stings
 178 A sky that cries an' a bird that flies
 179 A fish that walks an' a dog that talks.
 180 </pre>
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