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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Quit Your Low Down Ways</h1>
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  16 <p>
  17             Words and music Bob Dylan (but to some extent based on Bob Wills' <em>Brain Cloudy Blues</em>)
  18             <br />
  19 Recorded Jul 9, 1962, during the <a class="recordlink" href="../02_freewheelin/index.htm">Freewheelin'</a> sessions,
  20 released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991)<br />
  21 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  24
  25 <p>This one eluded me for a while; I thought it was in open g tuning for
  26 a while (because of the G7 chord), but couldn't then find a practical
  27 way of playing the other chords. I'm pretty confident about the 5x0003
  28 shape, though. I haven't heard Dylan use it elsewhere in this tuning
  29 (but he uses a similar shape in <em>Barbara Allen</em>, in simple Drop D
  30 tuning), but nothing happens during that chord, and that's evidence
  31 that it is fingered in a way that prevents things from happening, such
  32 as the suggestion. Besides, it works.<br />
  33 The real tricky part is the rhythm, of course, with its constant
  34 changes between triple and duple time. I've noted in the verses where
  35 the riff (first bar of intro) begins, and where the beats fall in the
  36 text (usually the riff begins with an upbeat 3-----; I've marked that
  37 with a comma).</p>
  38 <p>According to Vince Cancilla, the "You're gonna need my help someday" part is copied exactly &ndash; text and melody &ndash; from Bob Wills' "Brain Cloudy Blues" from the 1940's. "The last two lines also follow the same melody. He even sings it the same way, with that high pitched &ndash; neeeed." (V.C.)        </p>
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  40 <p>Double dropped d tuning (D-A-d-g-b-d'; tune down the first and the
  41 sixth string one whole step), capo 5th fret.</p>
  42
  43 <p>Chords:</p>
  44 <pre>
  45 D5     000230
  46 D7sus4 000010
  47 G      xx0000
  48 G7     5x0003
  49 A      202222 (w/thumb)
  50 C9     030030
  51 </pre>
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  54
  55 <p>Intro (1st bar=riff):</p>
  56 <pre class="tab">
  57   :       .       .              :       .       .         :       .
  58 |-----3---0---0-0-0-0-----|----|-----3---0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-------0-0-0-0--
  59 |---------0---1-1-1-1-----|----|-------------1-1-1-1-0---|-3-------3-3-3-3--
  60 |-------------0-0-0-0-----| x4,|-------------0-0-0-0-0---|-2-------2-2-2-2--
  61 |-------------0-0-0-0-----|then|-------------0-0-0-0-0---|-0-------0-0-0-0--
  62 |-------------0-0-0-0-----|----|-------------------------|-0-------0-0-0-0--
  63 |(0)------------------3---|----|-0-----------------------|-0-------0-0-0-0--
  64                                                                    Well, you can
  65 </pre>
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  67 <pre class="verse">
  68 D5            riff   .        .
  69 Well, you can   read out your Bible,
  70 .     , riff      .       .
  71 You can fall down on your knees,
  72 ,   riff        .            .
  73 And pray to the Lord, pretty mama,
  74 ,      riff        .     .    D7sus4-G
  75 But it ain't gonna do no good.
  76              G7 *) . . . riff .  .
  77 You're gonna need_________
  78    .       ,riff  . . ,riff . .
  79 my help someday
  80       D5   A         .         .           .
  81 Well, if y'all can't quit your sinnin'
  82 **)        .         .   ,    riff x2
  83 Please     quit your low down ways.
  84 </pre>
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  86 *)
  87   :       .         :       .         :       .         :       .
  88 |-3---3-3-3-3-3---|-3---3-3-3-3-3---|-----3---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----3--
  89 |-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-------------1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-0---|--------
  90 |-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-------------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|--------
  91 |-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-------------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0---etc
  92 |-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0------
  93 |-5---------------|-5---------------|-5-----------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0------
  94   nee   -   -   -   -     -    -  ee   -     -     -    heed my help some day
  95   need,                       you're gonna need___________   my help some day
  96 </pre>
  97 <pre class="tab">
  98 **)
  99   :       .       .       .       .          :       .       .
 100 |-----3---0-------0-------0-0-0-0-0-0------|-----3---0---0-0-0-0-0---
 101 |-----------------1-------1-1-1-1-1-1------|-------------1-1-1-1-0---
 102 |-----------------0-------0-0-0-0-0-0------|-------------0-0-0-0-0---
 103 |-----------------0-------0-0-0-0-0-0------|-------------0-0-0-0-0---
 104 |-------------0----------------------------|-------------------------
 105 |-0-----------0-----------------------3----|-0-------------------3---
 106   please______________    quit yr lowdown    ways
 107 </pre>
 108
 109 <pre class="verse">
 110 D5      riff    .           .
 111 You can     run down to the desert,
 112 .       riff       .           .
 113 you can stick your head in the sand
 114         riff     .          .              riff     .         .
 115 You can raise up your right hand, but your good man   ain't a-comin' home,
 116     riff        D7sus4
 117 you better understand
 118        G     G7
 119 You're gonna need
 120                               riff
 121 You're gonna need my help someday
 122  .     .               .       riff      .    .  D5
 123 (someday, you're gonna need my help, someday)
 124            A
 125 Well, if y'all can't quit your sinnin'
 126 riff . . .         .        riff x2
 127 Please   quit your low down ways.
 128
 129 D5        /c riff    .           .
 130 Now, you can     run down to the White House,
 131 .       riff        .       .
 132 You can gaze on the Capitol Dome,
 133         riff         .           .            riff
 134 You can knock on the President's gate, pretty mama,
 135         .               /f /d  /f    /d
 136 But you know it's gonna be too late.
 137 /f       /d  G7 *)
 138 You're gonna need
 139                               riff  .   .
 140 You're gonna need my help someday
 141     .        riff  .  .  D5
 142 (my help someday)
 143            A
 144 Well, if y'all can't quit your sinnin'
 145 riff . . .         .        riff
 146 Please   quit your low down ways.
 147
 148             riff     .           .
 149 And you can     hitchhike on the highway,
 150 .       riff       .           .               .
 151 You can stand all alone by the side of the road.
 152        riff      .      .            .
 153 try to flag a ride back home, pretty mama,
 154         riff    .     .             .      .
 155 But you ain't a-gonna ride in my car no more.
 156              G7
 157 You're gonna need
 158                               riff .
 159 You're gonna need my help someday
 160     .   .
 161 (oh yes, yeah)
 162 Well, if y'all can't quit your sinnin'
 163
 164 Please quit your low down ways.
 165
 166 So, you can read out your Hymn book,
 167 You can fall down on your knees
 168 And pray to the Lord, pretty mama,
 169 But it ain't gonna do no good.
 170 You're gonna need
 171 You're gonna need my help someday
 172 (oh, wait and see)
 173 if y'all can't quit your sinnin'
 174 Please quit your low down ways.
 175 </pre>
 176 <pre class="tab">
 177   D5          C9  D5
 178   :       .       .
 179 |-0---0-0---0-0---0-------||
 180 |-3---3-3---3-3---3-------||
 181 |-2---2-2---2-0---2-------||
 182 |-0---0-0---0-0---0-------||
 183 |-0---0-0---0-3---0-------||
 184 |-0---0-0---0-0---0-------||
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