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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Who Killed Davey Moore?</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991) in a live recording
  18 from carnegie Hall, NY, Oct 26, 1963, and in a version from
  19 Philharmonic Hall (Oct 31, 1964) on <a class="recordlink" href="../43_bs6/index.htm">Live 1964</a> (2004)<br />
  20 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  24 <p>Capo 3rd fret</p>
  25
  26 <p>In the Carnegie version, the descending figure in the verses is played
  27 rather freely, with ample variation. In the version from the Halloween
  28 show (Oct 31, 1964), both the rhythm and the chords are more
  29 regular:<br />
  30 Also, in some verses, at least, it seems that he plays the last line
  31 of each verse (&ldquo;No you can't blame me at all&rdquo;) the same way as the
  32 last line in the chorus (F G-G6-G7-C)</p>
  33 <pre class="tab">
  34   Verse pattern:        Chorus, last line:
  35   F   C/e G/d C         F  G G6 G7  C
  36 |-------------------||--1---------------|
  37 |---1---1---0---1---||--1---------------|
  38 |---2---0---0---0---||--2---0-0-0---0---|
  39 |-3---2---0---------||--3---0-2-3---2---|
  40 |-------------3-----||--3---2-------3---|
  41 |-------------------||--1---3-3-3-------|
  42 </pre>
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  46 <p>Spoken intro at the Halloween show (1964):</p>
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  48 <pre class="spoken">
  49 &quot;This is a song about a boxer... a boxer,
  50 It's got nothing to do with boxing, it's just a song about a boxer.
  51 And, uh... It's, uh...
  52 It's not even having to do with a boxer, really
  53 it's got nothing to do with nothing [giggle]
  54 But I fit all these words together, that's all
  55 This is taken out of the newspapers.
  56 Nothing has been changed, except the words.&quot;
  57 </pre>
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  60 C   F      G     C
  61 Who killed Davey Moore,
  62 F       G      G6  G7     C
  63 Why an' what's the reason for?
  64
  65      F   C/e      G/d C
  66 &quot;Not I,&quot; says the referee,
  67 &quot;Don't point your finger at me.
  68 I could've stopped it in the eighth
  69 An' maybe kept him from his fate,
  70 But the crowd would've booed, I'm sure,
  71 At not gettin' their money's worth.
  72 It's too bad he had to go,
  73 But there was a pressure on me too, you know.
  74 It wasn't me that made him fall.
  75 No, you can't blame me at all.&quot;
  76
  77 Who killed Davey Moore,
  78 Why an' what's the reason for?
  79
  80 &quot;Not us,&quot; says the angry crowd,
  81 Whose screams filled the arena loud.
  82 &quot;It's too bad he died that night
  83 But we just like to see a fight.
  84 We didn't mean for him t' meet his death,
  85 We just meant to see some sweat,
  86 There ain't nothing wrong in that.
  87 It wasn't us that made him fall.
  88 No, you can't blame us at all.&quot;
  89
  90 Who killed Davey Moore,
  91 Why an' what's the reason for?
  92
  93 &quot;Not me,&quot; says his manager,
  94 Puffing on a big cigar.
  95 &quot;It's hard to say, it's hard to tell,
  96 I always thought that he was well.
  97 It's too bad for his wife an' kids he's dead,
  98 But if he was sick, he should've said.
  99 It wasn't me that made him fall.
 100 No, you can't blame me at all.&quot;
 101
 102 Who killed Davey Moore,
 103 Why an' what's the reason for?
 104
 105 &quot;Not me,&quot; says the gambling man,
 106 With his ticket stub still in his hand.
 107 &quot;It wasn't me that knocked him down,
 108 My hands never touched him none.
 109 I didn't commit no ugly sin,
 110 Anyway, I put money on him to win.
 111 It wasn't me that made him fall.
 112 No, you can't blame me at all.&quot;
 113
 114 Who killed Davey Moore,
 115 Why an' what's the reason for?
 116
 117 &quot;Not me,&quot; says the boxing writer,
 118 Pounding print on his old typewriter,
 119 Sayin', &quot;Boxing ain't to blame,
 120 There's just as much danger in a football game.&quot;
 121 Sayin', &quot;Fist fighting is here to stay,
 122 It's just the old American way.
 123 It wasn't me that made him fall.
 124 No, you can't blame me at all.&quot;
 125
 126 Who killed Davey Moore,
 127 Why an' what's the reason for?
 128
 129 &quot;Not me,&quot; says the man whose fists
 130 Laid him low in a cloud of mist,
 131 Who came here from Cuba's door
 132 Where boxing ain't allowed no more.
 133 &quot;I hit him, yes, it's true,
 134 But that's what I am paid to do.
 135 Don't say 'murder,' don't say 'kill.'
 136 It was destiny, it was God's will.&quot;
 137
 138 Who killed Davey Moore,
 139 Why an' what's the reason for?
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