02_freewheelin/oxford_town.htm

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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Oxford Town</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="../02_freewheelin/index.htm">Freewheelin'</a> (1963) <br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>Open D tuning (D-A-d-f#-a-d')<br />
  21 Capo sixth fret (sounding key Ab major)</p>
  22
  23 <p>Chords [As John Hammond said immediately after the recording: &ldquo;Don't tell me that's all?&rdquo;]:</p>
  24 <pre>
  25 D     000000
  26 D3    004300 or 004350
  27 G     020100
  28 </pre>
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  32 <p>Intro and recurring pattern in and between the verses (continuous
  33 strumming throughout, but only the chord changes have been noted):</p>
  34 <pre class="tab">
  35   D  D3          G  D  G          D  D3        G    D
  36   |   .   .   .     |   .  .  .   |   .   .   .     |   .  .  .
  37 |-----------------|-0-----------|-0-0-------------|-0------------|
  38 |-----0---0------0|-0-0---------|-0-h5---------0--|-0-0----------|
  39 |-----0h3-3------1|-0-h1--------|-0-h3---------1--|-0-h1---------|
  40 |-----0h4-4------0|-0-0---------|-0-h4---------0--|-0-0----------|
  41 |-----0---0------2|-0-h2--------|-0-0----------2--|-0-h2---------|
  42 |-0---0---0------0|-0-0---------|-0-0----------0--|-0-0----------|
  43 </pre>
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  45 <pre class="verse">
  46 D3           G      D
  47 Oxford Town, Oxford Town
  48 G                                 D
  49 Ev'rybody's got their heads bowed down
  50         G                          D
  51 The sun don't shine above the ground
  52         G                    D
  53 Ain't a-goin' down to Oxford Town
  54
  55 He went down to Oxford Town
  56 Guns and clubs followed him down
  57 All because his face was brown
  58 Better get away from Oxford Town
  59
  60 Oxford Town around the bend
  61 He come in to the door, he couldn't get in
  62 All because of the color of his skin
  63 What do you think about that, my frien'?
  64
  65 Me and my gal, my gal's son
  66 We got met with a tear gas bomb
  67 I don't even know why we come
  68 Goin' back where we come from
  69
  70 Oxford Town in the afternoon
  71 Ev'rybody singin' a sorrowful tune
  72 Two men died 'neath the Mississippi moon
  73 Somebody better investigate soon
  74
  75 Oxford Town, Oxford Town
  76 Ev'rybody's got their heads bowed down
  77 The sun don't shine above the ground
  78 Ain't a-goin' down to Oxford Town
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