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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Girl of the North Country</h1>
  14
  15 <p><!-- Correct title? -->
  16 <a name="Song:Girl from the North Country" /><!--Former \label--></p>
  17
  18 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  19 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="../02_freewheelin/index.htm">Freewheelin'</a> (1963) and in different versions on
  20 <a class="recordlink" href="../09_nashville/index.htm">Nashville Skyline</a> (1969) and <a class="recordlink" href="../26_reallive/index.htm">Real Live</a> (1984)<br />
  21 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  22
  23
  24 <hr />
  25
  26 <p>Chords (<em>Freewheelin'</em> version): </p>
  27 <pre>
  28 G      320003
  29 C/g    3x2013
  30 Em9    05403x
  31 D7/f#  20021x
  32 Em     022000
  33 </pre>
  34
  35 <p>(Nashville skyline version:)</p>
  36 <pre class="chords">
  37 G      320003
  38 Bm     224432
  39 C      x32010
  40 </pre>
  41
  42 <p>(<em>Real Live</em> and most other live renditions:) </p>
  43 <pre class="chords">
  44 G      320003
  45 C/g    3x2013
  46 &quot;D&quot;    x54030
  47 C      x32010
  48 Em     022000
  49 </pre>
  50
  51 <p>The theoretically inclined may note the interesting change that the
  52 third chord has undergone, mainly because of the change in what
  53 follows. <br />
  54 The chords are the same as for <em>Boots of Spanish Leather.</em></p>
  55
  56 <hr />
  57
  58 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Freewheelin'</em> version</h2>
  59
  60 <p>Capo 3rd fret (sounding key Bb major)<br />
  61 More or less standard fingerpicking with this basic pattern:</p>
  62 <pre class="tab">
  63   :   .   .   .
  64 |-----------------|
  65 |-----0---------0-|
  66 |-----------0-----|
  67 |-----0-------0---|
  68 |-----------------|
  69 |-3-------3-------|
  70 </pre>
  71
  72 <p>Intro: </p>
  73 <pre class="tab">
  74   G       G/g               G         C/g     G         C/g     G
  75   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  76 |-----3-----------|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|
  77 |-----0---------1-|-----1-----------|-----1-----------|-----1-----------|
  78 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
  79 |-----0-------2---|-----0h2-----0---|-----2-------0---|-----2-------0---|
  80 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  81 |-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
  82 </pre>
  83 <pre class="tab">
  84   C/g     G
  85   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  86 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
  87 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
  88 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----||
  89 |-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---||
  90 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
  91 |-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------||
  92 </pre>
  93
  94 <p>Verse:</p>
  95
  96 <pre class="tab">
  97      Em9                                 D7/f#
  98      :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  99 ||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 100 ||-*-----3-----------|-----3-----------|-----1-----------|
 101 ||-------------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------2-----|
 102 ||-------4-------4---|-----4-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 103 ||-*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 104 ||---0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|
 105          If    you're  travelin' in the  north   country
 106 </pre>
 107 <pre class="tab">
 108   G       C/g               G
 109   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 110 |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
 111 |-----0---------1-|-----1---------0-|-----0-----------*-||
 112 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-------|| x2
 113 |-----0-------2---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0-----||
 114 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*-||
 115 |-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3---------||
 116   fair
 117 </pre>
 118 <pre class="tab">
 119   Em                                  C/g
 120   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 121 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 122 |-----0-----------|-----0---------1-|-----1---------0-|
 123 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
 124 |-----2-------2---|-----2-------0---|-----2-------2---|
 125 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 126 |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-3-------3-------|
 127 (Re)member          me        to      one     who lives
 128 </pre>
 129 <pre class="tab">
 130   G       C/g               G
 131   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 132 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 133 |-----0---------1-|-----1---------0-|-----0-----------|
 134 |-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
 135 |-----0-------2---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 136 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 137 |-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|    D.C.
 138   there
 139 </pre>
 140 <pre class="verse">
 141 Em9                         D7/f#         G
 142  If you're travelin' in the north country fair,
 143           Em9                   D7/f#    G
 144 Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
 145   Em           C             G
 146 Remember me to one who lives there.
 147 Em9            D7/f#        G
 148 She once was a true love of mine.
 149
 150 Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm,
 151 When the rivers freeze and summer ends,
 152 Please see if she's wearing a coat so warm,
 153 To keep her from the howlin' winds.
 154
 155 Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
 156 If it rolls and flows all down her breast.
 157 Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
 158 That's the way I remember her best.
 159
 160 I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all.
 161 Many times I've often prayed
 162 In the darkness of my night,
 163 In the brightness of my day.
 164
 165 So if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
 166 Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
 167 Remember me to one who lives there.
 168 She once was a true love of mine.
 169 </pre>
 170
 171 <hr />
 172
 173 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Nashville Skyline</em> version</h2>
 174 <pre class="verse">
 175 G          Bm       C                     G
 176  If you're travelin' in the north country fair,
 177 G                    Bm   C             G
 178  Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
 179 G        Bm    C             G
 180 Remember me to one who lives there.
 181 G        Bm  C               G
 182 She once was  a true love of mine.
 183 </pre>
 184
 185 <hr />
 186
 187 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Real Live</em> version</h2>
 188
 189 <p>The following figure is played at the end of each line:</p>
 190 <pre class="tab">
 191   G         C/g       G
 192   |   .   .   .     |   .   .   .
 193 |-3---------333333|-3-3-------------
 194 |-0---------111111|-1-0-------------
 195 |-0---------000000|-0-0--etc--------
 196 |-0---------222222|-2-0-------------
 197 |-2---------xxxxxx|-x-2-------------
 198 |-3---------333333|-3-3-------------
 199 ..fair
 200 </pre>
 201 <pre class="verse">
 202 &quot;D&quot;                        C             G
 203 If you're travelin' in the north country fair,
 204 &quot;D&quot;                              C     G
 205 Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
 206 Em             C             G
 207 Remember me to one who lives there.
 208 &quot;D&quot;            C            G
 209 She once was a true love of mine.
 210 </pre>
 211
 212 <hr />
 213
 214 <h2 class="songversion">30th Anniversary Celebration version (1991)</h2>
 215
 216 <p>As the Real Live version (with the same emphatical C/g-G at the end of
 217 lines). In some verses the Em is played xx5450.</p>
 218
 219 <p>Ends with the following scale figure (the a in parentheses is
 220 accidental...):</p>
 221 <pre class="tab">
 222   C/g                      G
 223
 224 |-3-33333----------------|-3--------
 225 |-1-11111----------------|-3--------
 226 |-0-00000----------------|-4--------
 227 |-2-22222----------0-2-4-|-5--------
 228 |----------0-2-3--(0)----|-5--------
 229 |-3-33333----------------|-3--------
 230 </pre>
 231
 232 <hr />
 233
 234 <h2 class="songversion">D&uuml;sseldorf, Nov 8, 2003</h2>
 235
 236 <p>New version, which is a cross between Ring Them Bells and Friend of
 237 the Devil (and, for that matter, One Too Many Mornings)</p>
 238
 239 <p>Capo 1st fret</p>
 240
 241 <p>As so often: what is actually played by all the individual instruments
 242 would be impossible to put into a single guitar. What is important in
 243 this version is the bass and the chord sequence. An outline of these
 244 is presented below. Some of the chords might be played differently,
 245 such as the E/g#, which is more correctly played 420100 (instead of
 246 420000, which gives a much more muddy sound), and the last line, which
 247 could be played:</p>
 248
 249 <pre>
 250 C Am Dm/f . | C/e C/g  C . |
 251 </pre>
 252
 253 <hr />
 254
 255 <pre class="tab">
 256   C   G/b Am  C/g   F   C/e Gsus4 G   C   G/b Am  C/e   F   C/e G   E/g#
 257   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 258 |---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 259 |-1---3---1---1---|-1---1---1---0---|-1---0---1---1---|-1---1---0---0---|
 260 |-0---0---2---0---|-2---0---0---0---|-0---0---2---0---|-2---0---0---0---|
 261 |-2---0---2---2---|-3---2---0---0---|-2---0---2---2---|-3---2---0---0---|
 262 |-3---2---0---3---|-3---3---2---2---|-3---2---0---3---|-3---3---2---2---|
 263 |-------------3---|-1---0---3---3---|-------------3---|-1---0---3---4---|
 264 </pre>
 265 <pre class="tab">
 266   Am  C/g F   C/e  F  D7/f# G   E/g#  Am  G   C   G/b D7/f#     F
 267   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 268 |-----------------|-----------------|---------0---3---|-2-------1-------|
 269 |-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---0---0---|-1---3---1---3---|-1-------1-------|
 270 |-2---0---2---0---|-2---2---0---1---|-2---0---0---0---|-2-------2-------|
 271 |-2---2---3---2---|-3---0---0---0---|-2---0---2---0---|-0-------3-------|
 272 |-0---3---3---3---|-3---0---2---2---|-0---2---3---2---|-0-------3-------|
 273 |-----3---1---0---|-1---2---3---4---|-----3-----------|-2-------1-------|
 274 </pre>
 275 <pre class="tab">
 276   C(6)    Dm/f    C/e Gsus4 C
 277   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 278 |---------1-------|-0---0---0-------|
 279 |-1-------3-------|-1---1---1-------|
 280 |-0---2---2---2---|-0---0---0-------|
 281 |-2-------3-------|-2---3---2-------|
 282 |-3---------------|-3-------3-------|
 283 |-----------------|-0---3-----------|
 284 </pre>
 285
 286 <hr />
 287
 288 <h2 class="songversion">St Louis, March 3, 2004</h2>
 289
 290 <p>In principle the same as the above, with some minor differences, and
 291 with a more detailed tab.
 292  </p>
 293 <pre class="tab">
 294   C   G/b Am  G     F   C/e G11 G7    C   G/d C         Dm  C   G   E/g#
 295   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 296 |-0---------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|-1---0-----------|
 297 |-----3---1---0---|---1-0-1-----3---|-----3---1-----1-|---3-----3---0---|
 298 |-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
 299 |---2---0---2---0-|-----------3---3-|---2---0---2-----|-0-----2---0---2-|
 300 |-3---2---0-------|--------------(2)|-3---2---3---3---|-----3-----------|
 301 |-------------3---|-1---0---3---3---|-----------------|---------3---4---|
 302 </pre>
 303 <pre class="tab">
 304   C   G   F   C/e   F   D7  G   G#o   Am  G/b C         D       F
 305   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 306 |-----------------|-----------------|---------0---3---|-2-----2-1-----1-|
 307 |-1---0-----1---1-|---1---1-0-----3-|-1---3--(1)------|-----3-------1---|
 308 |---------2---0---|-2---2---0---1---|--------(0)----0-|---2-------2-----|
 309 |---2---0-3---2---|-3---4-----0-3---|---2---0---2-----|-0---------------|
 310 |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---2---3-------|-----------------|
 311 |-----3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|---------1-------|
 312 </pre>
 313 <pre class="tab">
 314   Am      Dm       C(/e /g  /c)
 315   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 316 |-8-------10------|-12--12--12------|                 |-12--12--12------|
 317 |-----10------10--|-----------------|  last measure   |-----------------|
 318 |-9-------10------|-12--12--12------|  can be played  |-12--12--12------|
 319 |-----10------12--|-10--10--10------|  like this:     |-10--10--10------|
 320 |-----------------|-----------------|                 |-----10----------|
 321 |-----------------|-----------------|                 |-12-----(8)------|
 322 </pre>
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