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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Gates of Eden</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="../05_biabh/index.htm">Bringing It All Back Home</a> (1965), and in a live
  18 version on <a class="recordlink" href="../43_bs6/index.htm">Live 1964</a> (2004)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <hr />
  22
  23 <p>Chords:</p>
  24 <pre class="chords">
  25 G       320003 or 320033 (before Cadd9)
  26 C/g     3x2013
  27 Bm'     x04430
  28 Bb'     xx3330  or x03330
  29 Cadd9   x32033
  30 </pre>
  31
  32 <p>The exact chord progression of the last two lines varies somewhat from
  33 verse to verse, but the version in verse 4 is the default for the rest
  34 of the song.</p>
  35
  36 <hr />
  37
  38 <pre class="verse">
  39 G
  40
  41    G                 Dm
  42 Of war and peace the truth just twists
  43     F      C       G         C/g  G
  44 Its curfew gull it glides
  45   G              Dm
  46 Upon four-legged forest clouds
  47     F      C     G        C/g  G
  48 The cowboy angel rides
  49          G      Bm'   Am     G
  50 With his candle lit into the sun
  51            G     Bm'        C          D
  52 Though its glow is waxed in black
  53 G                Bm'       Am       G       C/g
  54 All except when 'neath the trees of Eden
  55
  56 The lamppost stands with folded arms
  57 Its iron claws attached
  58 To curbs 'neath holes where babies wail
  59 Though it shadows metal badge
  60 All and all can only fall
  61        Bm'          Am          C        D
  62 With a crashing but meaningless blow
  63    G          Bb'            C        G
  64 No sound ever comes from the Gates of Eden
  65
  66 The savage soldier sticks his head in sand
  67 And then complains
  68 Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf
  69 But still remains
  70 Upon the beach where hound dogs bay
  71 At ships with tattooed sails
  72 G               Cadd9    G
  73 Heading for the Gates of Eden
  74
  75 With a time-rusted compass blade
  76 Aladdin and his lamp
  77 Sits with Utopian hermit monks
  78 Side saddle on the Golden Calf
  79 And on their promises of paradise
  80     Am              C        D
  81 You will not hear a laugh
  82 G            Bb'      C        G
  83 All except inside the Gates of Eden
  84
  85 Relationships of ownership
  86 They whisper in the wings
  87 To those condemned to act accordingly
  88 And wait for succeeding kings
  89 And I try to harmonize with songs
  90 The lonesome sparrow sings
  91 There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden
  92
  93 The motorcycle black madonna
  94 Two-wheeled gypsy queen
  95 And her silver-studded phantom cause
  96 The gray flannel dwarf to scream
  97 As he weeps to wicked birds of prey
  98 Who pick up on his bread crumb sins
  99 And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden
 100
 101 The kingdoms of Experience
 102 In the precious wind they rot
 103 While paupers change possessions
 104 Each one wishing for what the other has got
 105 And the princess and the prince
 106 Discuss what's real and what is not
 107 It doesn't matter inside the Gates of Eden
 108
 109 The foreign sun, it squints upon
 110 A bed that is never mine
 111 As friends and other strangers
 112 From their fates try to resign
 113 Leaving men wholly, totally free
 114 To do anything they wish to do but die
 115 And there are no trials inside the Gates of Eden
 116
 117 At dawn my lover comes to me
 118 And tells me of her dreams
 119 With no attempts to shovel the glimpse
 120 Into the ditch of what each one means
 121 At times I think there are no words
 122 But these to tell what's true
 123 And there are no truths outside the Gates of Eden
 124 </pre>
 125
 126 <hr />
 127
 128 <h2 class="songversion">Live version from the Halloween Show (Philharmonic Hall, Oct 31 1964)</h2>
 129
 130 <pre class="verse">
 131 G . Dm . . . F . C . G . . .
 132
 133    G                 Dm
 134 Of war and peace the truth it twists
 135     C      F         G         C/g  G
 136 Its curfew gull just glides
 137   G              Dm
 138 Upon four-legged forest clouds
 139     F            G        C/g  G
 140 The cowboy angel rides
 141          G      Bm'   Am     G
 142 With his candle lit into the sun
 143            Bm'     Am       C          D
 144 Though its glow is waxed in black
 145 G                Bb'       Am       G       C/g
 146 All except when 'neath the trees of Eden
 147 </pre>
 148
 149 <p>Occasionally the following figure (or some variation of it) is played
 150 between verses or lines, replacing the G - C/g - G turn (only the
 151 changes are noted, and the F must be played with the thumb in order
 152 for the little figure to be playable):</p>
 153 <pre class="tab">
 154   G          F                           D
 155   |  .  .    |   .   .     |   .   .     |   .   .
 156 |-3--------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-2-----------|-
 157 |-0--------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-3-----------|-
 158 |-0--------|-2-----0-2-0-|-2-----0-2-0-|-2-----------|-
 159 |-0--------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-0-----------|-
 160 |-2--------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-0-----------|-
 161 |-3--------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-2-----------|-
 162 </pre>
 163
 164 <p>And the D in the penultimate line is often played in the same manner:</p>
 165 <pre class="tab">
 166   |   .   .     |   .   .     |   .   .     |
 167 |-2-----0-2-0-|-2-----0-2-0-|-2-----0-2-0-|-2--
 168 |-3-----3-3-3-|-3-----3-3-3-|-3-----3-3-3-|-3--
 169 |-2-----0-2-0-|-2-----0-2-0-|-2-----0-2-0-|-2--
 170 |-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0--
 171 |-------------|-------------|-------------|----
 172 |-------------|-------------|-------------|----
 173 </pre>
 174
 175 <hr />
 176
 177 <h2 class="songversion">Live version from 1988, various locations</h2>
 178
 179 <p>Chords:</p>
 180 <pre class="chords">
 181 G        320033
 182 Dmadd4/f xx3233
 183 Cadd9    x32033
 184 G6       xx5430
 185 D'/f#    xx4030
 186 C        x32010
 187 </pre>
 188 <pre class="verse">
 189    G                 Dmadd4/f
 190 Of war and peace the truth just twists
 191     Cadd9            G
 192 Its curfew gull just glides
 193   G              Dmadd4/f
 194 Upon four-legged forest clouds
 195     Cadd9        G
 196 The cowboy angel rides
 197          G      D'/f# C(/e)  G(/d)
 198 With his candle lit into the sun
 199            C       /b       Am
 200 Though its glow is waxed in black
 201 G               Dmadd4/f   Cadd9    G
 202 All except when 'neath the trees of Eden
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