00_misc/willin.htm

   1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
   3 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
   4 <html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   5
   6 <head>
   7 <title>Willin'</title>
   8 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/general.css" />
   9 </head>
  10
  11 <body>
  12
  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Willin'</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Written by Lowell George of Little Feat (whom Dylan went out to watch
  17 one of the September nights in 1974 during the recording of Blood on
  18 the Tracks)[Read the story <a class="url" href="http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/easyrider/data/FeatWilling.htm">about Little Feat's version</a>.<br />
  19 Performed by Bob Dylan, six times in 1990 and once in each of the
  20 years 1991, 1992, 1995 and 2000<br />
  21 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  22
  23 <hr />
  24
  25 <p>Chords:</p>
  26 <pre class="chords">
  27 G6    xx5430
  28 D/f#  xx4030 (full name: Dadd4add9/f#)
  29 </pre>
  30 <p>The &quot;willin' &quot; figure:</p>
  31 <pre class="tab">
  32   G       C  D  C   G              G       C  D  C   G
  33   :   .   .   .     :              :   .   .   .     :
  34 |-3-------0--2--0-|-3--          |-3-------0--0--0---3------
  35 |-0-------1--3--1-|-0--          |-0-------1--3--1---0------
  36 |-0-------0--2--0-|-0--          |-0-------0--0--0---0------
  37 |-0-------2--0--2-|-0--    or    |-0-------2--4--2---0------
  38 |-2-------3-----3-|-2--          |-2-------3--5--3---2------
  39 |-3---------------|-3--          |-3-----------------3------
  40  still              willin'       still              willin'
  41 </pre>
  42
  43 <p>Dylan's lyrics differs somewhat from the official lyrics, which are given below.</p>
  44
  45 <hr />
  46
  47 <pre class="verse">
  48        G6                  D/f#
  49 I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
  50     Em            /d C
  51 I'm drunk and dirty, don't ya know,
  52         G       C D  C  G
  53 And I'm still           willin'.
  54
  55 Out on the road late at night,
  56 I seen my pretty Alice in every head light
  57 Alice, Dallas Alice
  58 </pre>
  59
  60 <pre class="refrain">
  61                C              D
  62 I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari
  63   D              G
  64 Tehachapi to Tonapah
  65             G             /a         /b        C
  66 I've driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
  67 C                                       D
  68 Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed
  69 [n.c.]             C     /b      /a  G
  70 And if you give me weed, whites, and wine
  71                   D
  72 And you show me a sign
  73         G       C  D    C   G         C/g G
  74 I'll be willin',     to be movin'.
  75 </pre>
  76
  77 <pre class="verse">
  78 I've been kicked by the wind, robbed by the sleet
  79 Had my head stoved in, but I'm still on my feet
  80 And I'm still
  81 Willin
  82 Smuggled some smokes and folks from Mexico
  83 Baked by the sun, every time I go to Mexico
  84 And I'm still
  85 </pre>
  86
  87 <pre class="refrain">
  88 I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari
  89 Tehachapi to Tonapah
  90 Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
  91 Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed
  92 And if you give me weed, whites, and wine
  93 and you show me a sign
  94 I'll be willin', to be movin'
  95 </pre>
  96 </body></html>