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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Mama, You Been on My Mind</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Recorded june 1964 and released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a>
  18 (1991), and in a live version on <a class="recordlink" href="../42_bs5/index.htm">Live 1975</a> (2002)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <hr />
  22
  23 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Bootleg Series</em> version</h2>
  24
  25 <p>Capo 4th fret (sounding key E major)</p>
  26
  27 <p>Chords: </p>
  28 <pre class="chords">
  29 D7/f#   200212 (or 200210, which would be called D9/f#)
  30 C/g     332010
  31 C/b     x20010 (not really C/b, but that's what he plays)
  32 G6      322003 (drop the 1st string and play 32000x-32200x-32300x,
  33 G7      323003 that's the only way to get this one smooth)
  34 </pre>
  35
  36 <p>Intro:</p>
  37 <pre class="chords">
  38         G
  39 |------------
  40 |------------
  41 |-------0----
  42 |-0-0-0-0---- etc
  43 |-2-0-2-2----
  44 |-3-----3----
  45 </pre>
  46 <pre class="verse">
  47    C                                  E
  48 Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat
  49     Am           D7/f#
  50 An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at,
  51    C              /b      Am G              C/g
  52 Or maybe it's the weather or something like that,
  53     G              G6 G7 C         G
  54 But mama, you been on my mind.
  55
  56   C                                       E
  57 I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset,
  58          Am          D7/f#
  59 I am not pleadin' or sayin', &quot;I can't forget you.&quot;
  60   C               E           Am       Am/g      F
  61 I do not pace the floor bowed down an' bent, but yet,
  62 C/g            G G6 G7 C
  63 Mama, you been on   my mind.
  64
  65      C
  66 Even though my mind is hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow,
  67           E                 Am     D7/f#
  68 Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down with sorrow.
  69   C          G                  Am     /g     F
  70 I don't even mind who you'll be wakin' with tomorrow,
  71     C/g               G G6 G7 C
  72 But mama, you're just on   my mind.
  73
  74          C
  75 I am not askin' you to say words like &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no,&quot;
  76        E    Am          D7/f#
  77 Please understand me, I have no place I'm callin' you t' go.
  78          C               G                 Am        /g      F
  79 I'm just whisperin' to myself, so I can pretend that I don't know,
  80 C/g           G G6 G7 C           G
  81 Mama, you are on   my mind.
  82
  83 [Harmonica verse]
  84
  85          C
  86 When you wake up in the mornin', baby, look inside your mirror.
  87     E                                Am              D7/f#
  88 You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near.
  89             C          E               Am      /g      F
  90 I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
  91    C/g             G   G6  G7     C
  92 As someone who has had you on his mind
  93 </pre>
  94
  95 <hr />
  96
  97 <h2 class="songversion">Halloween Show (Philharmonic Hall, NYC, Oct 31, 1964, w/Joan Baez)</h2>
  98
  99 <p>Capo 4th fret</p>
 100
 101 <p>This time Dylan played with Joan Baez, and so the chords were the same in all verses...</p>
 102 <pre class="verse">
 103    C
 104 Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat
 105 E   Am           D7/f#
 106 An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at,
 107    C     /b       Am      /g F        (C/e F) C/g
 108 Or maybe it's the weather or something like   that,
 109     G     G6          G7    C    Csus4 C
 110 But mama, you're just on my mind.
 111    [daddy, you been]
 112
 113 G . G6 . G7 . . .
 114
 115 I . . . don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset,
 116 I am not pleadin' or sayin', &quot;I can't forget you.&quot;
 117 I do not walk the floor bowed down an' bent, but yet,
 118 Mama [/daddy], you're just on my mind.
 119
 120 Even though my mind is hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow,
 121 Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down with sorrow.
 122 It don't even matter where you're waking up tomorrow,
 123 But mama [/daddy], you're just on my mind.
 124 </pre>
 125
 126 <pre class="bridge">
 127 [long halt on the G7, before:]
 128 </pre>
 129
 130 <pre class="verse">
 131 I . . . - don't mean trouble please don't put me down and....
 132 a-a-ah [a-a-ah-aaaah]
 133 </pre>
 134
 135 <pre class="bridge">
 136 [Joanie, who remembers the lyrics, takes charge:]
 137 </pre>
 138
 139 <pre class="verse">
 140 I am not askin' you to say words like &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no,&quot;
 141 Please understand me, I'm not calling for you to go
 142 I'm just breathing to myself, pretending not that I don't know,
 143 that Mama [/daddy] you been on my mind.
 144 </pre>
 145
 146 <pre class="bridge">
 147 [Long halt on the G7 again, but this time Dylan takes his time to
 148 ask Joan how the next verse begins:]
 149 </pre>
 150
 151 <pre class="verse">
 152 When you wake up in the mornin', baby, look inside your mirror.
 153 You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near.
 154 I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
 155 As someone who has had you on his mind.
 156 </pre>
 157
 158 <hr />
 159
 160 <h2 class="songversion">Live 1975 (Rolling Thunder) Version (w/Joan Baez)</h2>
 161
 162 <p>The first verse is repeated at the end.</p>
 163 <pre class="verse">
 164 G
 165
 166 G              D            Em
 167 Maybe it's the color of the sun cut flat
 168     Am *)
 169 An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at,
 170    G              D          Em             C
 171 Or maybe it's the weather or something like that,
 172     G                 D     G
 173 But mama, you're just on my mind.
 174
 175 I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset,
 176 I am not pleadin' or sayin', &quot;I can't forget you.&quot;
 177 I do not walk the floor bowed down an' bent, but yet,
 178 Mama, you're just on my mind.
 179
 180 Even though my mind is hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow,
 181 Where you been don't bother me or bring me down in sorrow.
 182 It don't even matter where you're wakin' up tomorrow,
 183 Mama, you're just on my mind.
 184
 185 When you wake up in the mornin', baby, look inside your mirror.
 186 You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near/there.
 187 I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
 188 As someone who has had you on his mind
 189
 190 Maybe it's the color of the sun cut flat
 191 An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at,
 192 Or maybe it's the weather or something like that,
 193 But mama, you're just on my mind.
 194 Mama, you're just on my mind
 195 </pre>
 196
 197 <p>*) In some verses a C is inserted before the Am.</p>
 198
 199 <hr />
 200
 201 <h2 class="songversion">Never ending Tour version (Roseland, 1994)</h2>
 202
 203 <p>Note how the E chord, which was so prominent in the earlier versions,
 204 has disappeared completely, and the sharp D7/f# has been replaced by
 205 the more lax F in the second line. In more recent concert renditions,
 206 the E and D/f# are back.</p>
 207
 208 <pre class="verse">
 209 C
 210 Maybe it's the color of the sun cut flat
 211 /b  Am           F
 212 An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at,
 213    C              G          Am        /g   F
 214 Or maybe it's the weather or something like that,
 215     C                 G     C
 216 But mama, you're just on my mind.
 217 </pre>
 218
 219 <hr />
 220
 221 <h2 class="songversion">Current live version (Oslo, Apr 7, 2002)</h2>
 222
 223 <p>Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)</p>
 224 <pre class="tab">
 225                     G
 226  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .
 227 -----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
 228 -----------------|-----3-------3---|------3---3---3---|--3-------3-------|
 229 -----------0-2-3-|-4---4-------4---|4h5---4---2h4-4---|0h2-------0-------|
 230 -----0-2-4-------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
 231 -----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
 232 -----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
 233 </pre>
 234 <pre class="tab">
 235   B                  Em *)                               A/c#
 236   :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 237 |-----------------|------0-----------|-----------------|------------------|
 238 |-4---------------|------0---0-------|---0-------------|-----2-------2----|
 239 |-4---------------|------0---0-------|-----------------|-----2-------2----|
 240 |-4---------------|0h2-----------2-4-|-5---4---2---0---|-----2-------2----|
 241 |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-4----------------|
 242 |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
 243 </pre>
 244 <pre class="tab">
 245                     G                 D/f#              Em
 246   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 247 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 248 |-----2-----2-----|-----3-----3---3-|-----3-----3---3-|-----0-----------|
 249 |-----2-----2-2---|---4-----4-------|---2-----2-------|---0-------------|
 250 |-----2-------2---|-5-----5-----5---|-4-----4-----4---|-2-------4---0---|
 251 |-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 252 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 253 </pre>
 254 <pre class="tab">
 255   C                 G                 D                 G5
 256   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 257 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----3-----3-3-3-|
 258 |-----1-1-----1---|-0---------------|-----3-----------|-----3-----3-3-3-|
 259 |-----0-0-----0---|-0---------------|-----2-----------|-----0-----0-0-0-|
 260 |-----2-2-0h2-----|-0-----------0-0-|-0---------------|-----------------|
 261 |-3---------------|-----3p2---------|---------3---1---|-----------------|
 262 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
 263 </pre>
 264 <pre class="tab">
 265                     D  **)               G/b               D7(iii)
 266   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 267 |-----3-----------|-----2-----------|-----3-------3-3-|---5-----5-----5-|
 268 |-----3-----------|-----3-------3-3-|---3-----3---3-3-|---3-----3-----3-|
 269 |-----0-----------|-----2-------2-2-|/4-------4---4-4-|-5-----5-----5---|
 270 |-----------------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
 271 |-----------2-3-4-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 272 |-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 273 </pre>
 274 <pre class="tab">
 275                     G
 276   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 277 |-----5-----------|------------------
 278 |-----3-----------|------------------
 279 |---5-------------|------------------  etc.
 280 |-----------------|------------------
 281 |-----------------|------------------
 282 |-----------0-0-2-|-3----------------
 283 </pre>
 284
 285 <pre>
 286 *) or glide up to Em=xx5450
 287 **) or use the rhythmic figure in m. 10-11 above (at G-D/f#)
 288 </pre>
 289
 290 <hr />
 291
 292 <pre class="verse">
 293 G                                   B7
 294 Maybe it's the color of the sun cut flat
 295     Em           A/c#              /
 296 An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at,
 297    G              D          Em             C
 298 Or maybe it's the weather or something like that,
 299     G                 D     G           D    G/d   D7(iii)
 300 But mama, you're just on my mind.
 301 </pre>
 302
 303 <hr />
 304
 305 <h2 class="songversion">Milwaukee, 28 Oct, 2001</h2>
 306
 307 <p>Capo 4th fret (sounding key E major)</p>
 308 <pre class="tab">
 309                    C
 310  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :     .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 311 -----------------|-----0-----0-0-0-|---------------0-0-|-----0-0---------|
 312 -----------------|-----1-----1-1-1-|-1-------------1-1-|-----1-1-----1-1-|
 313 -----------------|-----0-----0-0-0-|-0h2p0---------0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-|
 314 -------------0-1-|-2---------------|-------2-----0-----|-0h2-----0-------|
 315 -------0-2-3-----|-----------------|-----------3-------|-----------3-----|
 316 ---2h3-----------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
 317 </pre>
 318 <pre class="tab">
 319   E                 Am                                  D9/f#
 320   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 321 |-----0-0---------|-----0-----------|-----------------|-----0-----------|
 322 |-----0-0---------|-----1-----0-----|-1-----1---------|-----1-----0-----|
 323 |-----1-1---------|-----2-------2-2-|-2-----2---------|-----2-----2-----|
 324 |-0h2-----2-0-----|-------------2-2-|-2-------2-2-----|-----------------|
 325 |-------------3-2-|-0---------------|-0-------0-0-----|-----------------|
 326 |-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-3-|-2-----------2---|
 327 </pre>
 328 <pre class="tab">
 329                     C/g               G7                Am
 330   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 331 |-----------------|-----0-0---------|-----------------|-----------------|
 332 |-1-----1---------|-----1-1---3-1---|-3---3-----------|-1---------------|
 333 |-2-----2---------|-----0-0---------|-0---0-----------|-2---------------|
 334 |-----------------|-----------------|-3---3-2---0-2-0-|-0h2-------------|
 335 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----2-3-2-0---|
 336 |-----2-------0-2-|-3---------------|-3---3-----------|---------------3-|
 337 </pre>
 338 <pre class="tab">
 339   F(maj7)           C                 G                 C
 340   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 341 |-----------------|-----------------|-3---3-3---------|-0---0-0---------|
 342 |-----1-----------|-1---1-1-----1---|-0---0-0---------|-1---1-1---------|
 343 |-----2---0-------|-0---0-0-----0---|-0---0-0---------|-0---0-0---------|
 344 |-2---2-------2---|-0h2-------------|-0---0-0---------|-2---2-2---------|
 345 |-0---------------|-3---------------|-2---------3-3---|-3-----------0-2-|
 346 |-1---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------3-----|
 347 </pre>
 348 <pre class="tab">
 349   C                 G                 C/g               G
 350   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 351 |-----0-------0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 352 |-----1-------1-1-|---------0-----1-|---------1-----0-|-----3-----3-----|
 353 |-----0-------0-0-|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0-----0-----0-|
 354 |-------------2-2-|---0---0-----0---|---2---2-----2---|-0-----0-----0---|
 355 |-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 356 |-----------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
 357 </pre>
 358 <pre class="tab">
 359                     C
 360   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 361 |-----------------|---------------
 362 |-3-----------0---|-1-------------
 363 |-------------0---|-0------------- etc.
 364 |-------------0---|-2-------------
 365 |-------------2---|-3-------------
 366 |-------------3---|---------------
 367 </pre>
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