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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Love Minus Zero/No Limit</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Bringing It All Back Home</a> (1965) and on
  18 <a class="recordlink" href="../21_budokan/index.htm">Budokan</a> (1978), and in a live version on <a class="recordlink" href="../42_bs5/index.htm">Live 1975</a>
  19 (2002)<br />
  20 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  22 <h2 class="songversion">Album Version</h2>
  23 <p>Dylan's guitar is in dropped C tuning (C-A-d-g-b-e') with a capo on the 4th fret (sounding key E major) and with the following chords:</p>
  24 <pre class="chords">
  25 C       032010
  26 G(7)    220001
  27 F       003211 or 033211
  28 Dm      x00231</pre>
  29 <p>Since Dylan's guitar isn't the most prominent one, I've given the plain chords (without the G7), played by the other main guitar.</p>
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  31 <pre class="verse">
  32    C
  33 My love she speaks like silence,
  34 G  F                  C
  35     Without ideals or violence,
  36 G  F                              C
  37     She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
  38           Dm         F         G
  39 Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
  40 C
  41 People carry roses,
  42 G  F                         C
  43     And make promises by the hours,
  44 G  F                           C
  45     My love she laughs like the flowers,
  46 Dm        G      C
  47 Valentines can't buy her.
  48
  49 In the dime stores and bus stations,
  50 People talk of situations,
  51 Read books, repeat quotations,
  52 Draw conclusions on the wall.
  53 Some speak of the future,
  54 My love she speaks softly,
  55 She knows there's no success like failure
  56 And that failure's no success at all.
  57
  58 The cloak and dagger dangles,
  59 Madams light the candles.
  60 In ceremonies of the horsemen,
  61 Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
  62 Statues made of match sticks,
  63 Crumble into one another,
  64 My love winks, she does not bother,
  65 She knows too much to argue or to judge.
  66
  67 The bridge at midnight trembles,
  68 The country doctor rambles,
  69 Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
  70 Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
  71 The wind howls like a hammer,
  72 The night blows cold and rainy,
  73 My love she's like some raven
  74 At my window with a broken wing.
  75 </pre>
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  78
  79 <h2 class="songversion">Budokan version</h2>
  80
  81 <p>Same as above, but in standard tuning, and in the key of D:</p>
  82 <pre class="verse">
  83    D
  84 My love she speaks like silence,
  85 A  G                  D
  86     Without ideals or violence,
  87 A  G                              D
  88     She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
  89           Em         G         A      Asus4 A
  90 Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
  91 D
  92 People carry roses,
  93 A  G                         D
  94     And make promises by the hours,
  95 A  G                           D
  96     My love she laughs like the flowers,
  97 Em        A      D
  98 Valentines can't buy her.
  99 </pre>
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 102
 103 <h2 class="songversion">Live 1975 version</h2>
 104
 105 <p>Played quite squarely, with a constant emphasis on the up-beats</p>
 106 <pre class="verse">
 107    C
 108 My love she speaks like silence,
 109 G  F                  C
 110     Without ideals or violence,
 111 G  F                              C
 112     She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
 113           Dm                   G    C/g  G
 114 Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
 115 C
 116 People carry roses,
 117 G  F                         C
 118     And make promises by the hours,
 119 G  F                           C
 120     My love she laughs like the flowers,
 121 Dm        G      F      C
 122 Valentines can't buy her
 123 </pre>
 124
 125 <hr />
 126
 127 <h2 class="songversion"><a class="recordlink" href="../37_unplugged/index.htm">Unplugged</a> version</h2>
 128
 129 <p>Standard tuning</p>
 130 <pre class="chords">
 131 Dm  = standard or xx3230
 132 G11 = 3x3211
 133 </pre>
 134
 135 <p>At least in the intro the F is rather a F9 133213 (or, more playable: 13x213).</p>
 136
 137 <p>&quot;C-G-F&quot;-figure:</p>
 138 <pre class="tab">
 139   C         G   F
 140   :   .   .   .     :
 141 |-0-----000-333-11|-1---
 142 |-1-----111-000-11|-1---
 143 |-0-----000-000-22|-2---
 144 |-2-----222-000-33|-3---
 145 |-3-----333-222-33|-3---
 146 |-----------333-11|-1---
 147 </pre>
 148
 149 <hr />
 150
 151 <pre class="verse">
 152 C
 153 My love she speaks like silence,
 154 G  F                              C
 155     Without ideals or violence,
 156 G  F                                  C
 157     doesn't have to say she's faithful,
 158           Dm                       G11
 159 Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
 160 C
 161 People carry roses,
 162 G  F                            C
 163     make promises by the hours,
 164 G  F                                   C
 165     My love she laughs like the flowers,
 166 Dm                    G11  C
 167 Valentines can't buy her.
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