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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Walkin' Down the Line</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan <br />
  17 Recorded March 1963 as a Witmark Demo, Released on
  18 <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <p>Open D tuning (D-A-d-f#-a-d'), capo 5th fret (sounding key G major).</p>
  22
  23 <p>The song is perfectly playable in standard tuning as well, but it's
  24 much easier, and sounds better, in open tuning.</p>
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  26 <p>Chords (sounding):</p>
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  28        Open     Standard
  29 G      000000   320003 or 320033
  30 C/g    020100   3x2013 or x32033
  31 D7sus4 x02100   xx0213 or xx0233
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  37 G          C/g              G      C/g   G
  38  Well, I'm walkin' down the line,
  39                      C/g    G
  40 I'm walkin' down the line
  41         C/g              G
  42 An' I'm walkin' down the line.
  43    C/g          G
  44 My feet'll be a-flyin'
  45    D7sus4        C/g      G
  46 To tell about my troubled mind.
  47
  48 I got a heavy-headed gal
  49 I got a heavy-headed gal
  50 I got a heavy-headed gal
  51 She ain't feelin' well
  52 When she's better only time will tell
  53
  54 Well, I'm walkin' down the line,
  55 I'm walkin' down the line
  56 An' I'm walkin' down the line.
  57 My feet'll be a-flyin'
  58 To tell about my troubled mind.
  59
  60 My money comes and goes
  61 My money comes and goes
  62 My money comes and goes
  63 And rolls and flows and rolls and flows
  64 Through the holes in the pockets in my clothes
  65
  66 Well, I'm walkin' down the line,
  67 I'm walkin' down the line
  68 An' I'm walkin' down the line.
  69 My feet'll be a-flyin'
  70 To tell about my troubled mind.
  71
  72 I see the morning light
  73 I see the morning light
  74 Well it's not because
  75 I'm an early riser
  76 I didn't go to sleep last night
  77
  78 Well, I'm walkin' down the line,
  79 I'm walkin' down the line
  80 An' I'm walkin' down the line.
  81 My feet'll be a-flyin'
  82 To tell about my troubled mind.
  83
  84 I got my walkin' shoes
  85 I got my walkin' shoes
  86 I got my walkin' shoes
  87 An' I ain't a-gonna lose
  88 I believe I got the walkin' blues
  89
  90 Well, I'm walkin' down the line,
  91 I'm walkin' down the line
  92 An' I'm walkin' down the line.
  93 My feet'll be a-flyin'
  94 To tell about my troubled mind.
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