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  19 <h1 class="songtitle">Dirt Road Blues</h1>
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  22 <p>Words and music by Bob Dylan<br />
  23 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Time out of Mind</a> (1997)<br />
  24 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  25
  26 <hr />
  27
  28 <p>The guitars in the original recording are playing high up on the
  29 fretboard, so I originally suggested a capo on the 5th fret and the
  30 chords E, A, and B. Then it is possible to play the little lick that
  31 runs through the whole song:</p>
  32 <pre class="tab">
  33   with E                               with A
  34   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  35 |-3b------0-----0-|-----------0-----||-3---------------|------------------||
  36 |-0-----------2---|-----0---2-------||-2-------5---2-5-|---------2-5------||
  37 |-1---------------|-----------------||-2---------------|-----4------------||
  38 |-2---------------|-----------------||-2---------------|------------------||
  39 |-2---------------|-----------------||-0---------------|------------------||
  40 |-0---------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------||
  41 </pre>
  42
  43 <p>Note 1: it is mostly played on the E, but can occasionally be heard
  44 for the other chords too. <br />
  45 Note 2: It is played with the tone on the 2nd fret, 2nd string,
  46 although the 3rd fret falls more naturally, to me, at least. <br />
  47 Note 3: It's easier and sounds better if the initial bent note is
  48 moved to the second beat, so that the first beat gets a clear bass
  49 note.</p>
  50
  51 <p>Another option is to use the 076750 shape for the E. The open third
  52 string can be left sounding, since it produces the same clash as the
  53 first note in the lick, which leaves you with enough fingers to play a
  54 modified version of the lick, combined with the bass figure:</p>
  55 <pre class="tab">
  56   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  57 |-----------------|-----------------|
  58 |-----7b--5-----5-|-----------------| (or 8 or 8b on the first note on this string)
  59 |-------------7---|-----------------|
  60 |-6---------------|-6---------------|
  61 |-7---------------|-7-------5---7---|
  62 |-0---------------|-0---7-----------|
  63 </pre>
  64
  65 <p>For the B I'd suggest to leave out the lick an instead do the bass:</p>
  66 <pre class="tab">
  67   B7                                                                      E
  68   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :
  69 |(3)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  70 |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  71 |-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  72 |-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  73 |-2-----------0---|-2-----------0---|-2-----------0---|-2---0-----------|----
  74 |---------2-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|---------3---2---|-0--
  75 </pre>
  76
  77 <p>It may be easier to make an interesting solo-song out of it with no
  78 capo and something like the following bass line, which can be combined
  79 with a variant of the lick, an octave lower (or just play the bass
  80 line &ndash; that's much easier...):</p>
  81 <pre class="tab">
  82   with A                               with D
  83   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  84 |-----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||
  85 |-----------------|-----------------||(3)-------------|-----------------||
  86 |-5b------2-----2-|-----------------||-5b-----2-----2-|-----------------||
  87 |-2-----------4---|-----------------||-0----------4---|-0---------------||
  88 |-0---------------|-0---------------||----------------|--------0---3----||
  89 |-----------------|--------0----3---||----------------|-----------------||
  90 </pre>
  91 <pre class="tab">
  92   with E
  93   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  94 |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  95 |-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  96 |-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  97 |-6---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----
  98 |-7-----------5---|-7-----------5---|-7-----------5---|-7---5---3---2---|-0--
  99 |-0-------7-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|-----------------|----
 100 </pre>
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 103
 104 <p>Capo 5th fret (original key A)</p>
 105 <pre class="verse">
 106 E
 107 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone lets me ride
 108 A                                                   E
 109 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone lets me ride
 110 B
 111 If I can't find my baby
 112                        E
 113 I'm gonna run away and hide
 114
 115 Well, I been pacing round the room, hoping maybe she come back
 116 pacing round the room, hoping maybe she come back
 117 Well, I been praying for salvation
 118 Laying round in a one-room country shack
 119
 120 Gonna walk down that dirt road, until my eyes begin to bleed
 121 Gonna walk down that dirt road, until my eyes begin to bleed
 122 'Til there's nothing left to see
 123 'Til the chains have been shattered and I been freed
 124
 125 But I'm looking at my shadow, I been watching the clouds up above
 126 looking at my shadow, watching the clouds up above
 127 Rolling through the rain and hail
 128 Looking for the sunny side of love
 129
 130 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'til everything becomes the same
 131 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'til everything becomes the same
 132 I keep on walking
 133 'til I hear her holler out my name
 134 </pre>
 135
 136 <hr />
 137
 138 <p>Version with no capo:</p>
 139 <pre class="verse">
 140 A
 141 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone lets me ride
 142 D                                                   A
 143 Gonna walk down that dirt road 'Til someone lets me ride
 144 E7
 145 If I can't find my baby
 146                        A
 147 I'm gonna run away and hide
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