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  19 <h1 class="songtitle">Kaatskill Serenade</h1>
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  21
  22 <p>Written by David Bromberg<br />
  23 Recorded by Bob Dylan and Bromberg early/mid June 1992 (&ldquo;The Bromberg
  24 Sessions&rdquo;)<br />
  25 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem (thanks to Peter Vincent for lyric
  26 corrections)</p>
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  28 <hr />
  29
  30 <p>One of the gems from the Bromberg sessions. The main rhythm guitar
  31 plays the chords below, but it sounds as if there is one guitar in
  32 there somewhere with a capo on the 4th fret, playing with
  33 C-chords. See below for a version like that.</p>
  34
  35 <p>Peter Vincent has suggested the spelling Kaatskill, &ldquo;because it was
  36 the spelling used by Washington Irving in the story of Rip Van Winkle,
  37 on which the song is based.&rdquo; It is also the spelling that Bromberg used. Originally, I just couldn't bring myself to writing
  38 it that way &ndash; but I&rsquo;ve changed my mind: Peter wins.</p>
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  42 <pre class="verse">
  43 [instr.]
  44
  45               A
  46 Where are the men
  47 B7               E
  48  that I used to sport with?
  49              A
  50 What has become
  51 B7                  E
  52   of my beautiful town?
  53
  54 Wolf, my own friend
  55 Even you don't know me
  56 This must be the end
  57 My house is tumbled down
  58 </pre>
  59
  60 <pre class="bridge">
  61 C#m              B    A
  62  My land it was rich,  but I wouldn't work it
  63 I guess I made a shrew of my wife
  64 My duty clear, I could always find some way to shirk it
  65 I dreamed away the best years of my life
  66
  67 Seems like only this morning, I went up into the mountain
  68 No word of warning, just her usual curse
  69 I hated the house, with all her nagging and shouting
  70 But to be in this strange world was a thousand times worse
  71 </pre>
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  73 <pre class="verse">
  74 Where are the men
  75 that I used to sport with?
  76 What has become
  77 of my beautiful town?
  78
  79 Wolf, my own friend
  80 Even you don't know me
  81 This must be the end
  82 My house is tumbled down
  83
  84 [instr.]
  85 </pre>
  86
  87 <pre class="bridge">
  88 He called me by name, he bought me that cheaply
  89 He called me by name, I didn't know what to think
  90 I watched their loud games, and oh, I drink deeply
  91 Though no-one had ever asked me to drink
  92
  93 And you know that stolen liquor, it was sweeter than whiskey
  94 Many times quicker, just to put me to sleep
  95 That drinking with strangers can be very risky
  96 My sleep it was long, it was twenty years deep
  97 </pre>
  98
  99 <pre class="verse">
 100 Where are the men
 101 that I used to sport with?
 102 What has become
 103 of my beautiful town?
 104
 105 Wolf, my own friend
 106 Even you don't know me
 107 This must be the end
 108 My house is tumbled down
 109 </pre>
 110
 111 <hr />
 112
 113 <h2 class="songversion">Version with capo 4th fret</h2>
 114 <pre class="verse">
 115               F
 116 Where are the men
 117 G               C
 118  that I used to sport with?
 119              F
 120 What has become
 121 G                   C
 122   of my beautiful town?
 123
 124 . . .
 125 </pre>
 126
 127 <pre class="bridge">
 128 Am               G    F
 129  My land it was rich,  but I wouldn't work it
 130 etc.
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