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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Let Me Die in My Footsteps</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Written by Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Recorded Apr 25, 1962 during the <a class="recordlink" href="../02_freewheelin/index.htm">Freewheelin'</a> session, released
  18 on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  21 <p>Capo 1st fret (sounding key Ab major)</p>
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  25 <pre class="verse">
  26   G
  27 I will not go down under the ground
  28                               C
  29 &quot;Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' 'round
  30       G
  31 An' I will not carry myself down to die
  32                          C
  33 When I go to my grave my head will be high,
  34        G         C
  35 Let me die in my footsteps
  36   G      D/f#    C         G
  37 Before I go down under the ground.
  38 </pre>
  39 <pre class="tab">
  40   :   .   .   :   .   .   :   .   .   :   .   .
  41 |-----3---3---------------|---3---3-------3---3---|
  42 |-----0---0---------------|---0---0-------0---0---|
  43 |-----0---0---------------|---0---0-------0---0---|
  44 |-----0---0---2---0-------|-----------0-----------|
  45 |---------------------2---|-----------------------|
  46 |-3-----------------------|-3---------------------|
  47 ..ground
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  50 <pre class="verse">
  51 There's been rumors of war and wars that have been
  52 The meaning of the life has been lost in the wind
  53 And some people thinkin' that the end is close by
  54 &quot;Stead of learnin' to live they are learning to die.
  55 Let me die in my footsteps
  56 Before I go down under the ground.
  57
  58 I don't know if I'm smart but I think I can see
  59 When someone is pullin' the wool over me
  60 And if this war comes and death's all around
  61 Let me die on this land 'fore I die underground.
  62 Let me die in my footsteps
  63 Before I go down under the ground.
  64
  65 There's always been people that have to cause fear
  66 They've been talking of the war now for many long years
  67 I have read all their statements and I've not said a word
  68 But now Lawd God, let my poor voice be heard.
  69 Let me die in my footsteps
  70 Before I go down under the ground.
  71
  72 If I had rubies and riches and crowns
  73 I'd buy the whole world and change things around
  74 I'd throw all the guns and the tanks in the sea
  75 For they are mistakes of a past history.
  76 Let me die in my footsteps
  77 Before I go down under the ground.
  78
  79 Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood
  80 Let me smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood
  81 Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves
  82 Let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace.
  83 Let me die in my footsteps
  84 Before I go down under the ground.
  85
  86 Go out in your country where the land meets the sun
  87 See the craters and the canyons where the waterfalls run
  88 Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho
  89 Let every state in this union seep in your souls.
  90 And you'll die in your footsteps
  91 Before you go down under the ground.
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