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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Deep Ellem Blues</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Written by Joe &amp; Bob Attlesay (but credited to Big Joe Williams by
  17 Dylan)<br />
  18 Performed live by Bob Dylan on April 16, 1962 at Gerde's Folk City<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  23 <p>The track begins with a lot of tuning; the guitar has been in open E
  24 tuning before the song begins...<br />
  25 In the first verse, Dylan reverses the basic strumming pattern (G6 - G
  26 - G6 - G etc.)</p>
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  29 <p>The basic strumming pattern:</p>
  30 <pre class="tab">
  31   G       G6        G       G6
  32   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  33 |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
  34 |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
  35 |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
  36 |-0-------2-------|-0-------2-------|
  37 |-----------------|-----------------|
  38 |-3---------------|-3---------------|
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  43 <pre class="verse">
  44          G       G6      G
  45 When you go down to Deep Ellem
  46 G6        G     G6      G     G6
  47 keep your money in your shoes
  48 G       G6    G     G6
  49 Women in Deep Ellem give you
  50 G    G6    G     G6
  51 Deep Ellem blues
  52 C
  53 Hey, pretty mama
  54                       D          G     (G6  G  G6 etc.)
  55 Your daddy's got them Deep Ellem blues
  56           D
  57 Tell your brothers and your sisters
  58                             G     (G6   G  G6  etc.)
  59 Daddy's got them Deep Ellem blues.
  60
  61 Well, I went down to Deep Ellem
  62 On a one-way track
  63 Woman took my money, boys,
  64 and she never gave it back
  65 Hey, pretty mama
  66 Your daddy's got them Deep Ellem blues
  67 Tell your brothers and your sisters
  68 Your daddy's got them Deep Ellem blues.
  69
  70 When you go down to Deep Ellem
  71 keep your money in your shoes
  72 Them women in Deep Ellem give you
  73 Deep Ellem blues
  74 Hey, pretty mama
  75 Your daddy's got them Deep Ellem blues
  76 Tell your brothers and your sisters
  77 Your daddy's got them Deep Ellem blues.
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