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17 Words and music Bob Dylan (but to some extent based on Bob Wills'
<em>Brain Cloudy Blues
</em>)
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
Østrem
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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
38 <p>According to Vince Cancilla, the
"You're gonna need my help someday" part is copied exactly
– text and melody
– 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 – neeeed." (V.C.)
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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.
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55 <p>Intro (
1st bar=riff):
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69 Well, you can read out your Bible,
71 You can fall down on your knees,
73 And pray to the Lord, pretty mama,
75 But it ain't gonna do no good.
77 You're gonna need_________
81 Well, if y'all can't quit your sinnin'
83 Please quit your low down ways.
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94 nee - - - - - - ee - - - heed my help some day
95 need, you're gonna need___________ my help some day
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106 please______________ quit yr lowdown ways
111 You can run down to the desert,
113 you can stick your head in the sand
115 You can raise up your right hand, but your good man ain't a-comin' home,
117 you better understand
121 You're gonna need my help someday
123 (someday, you're gonna need my help, someday)
125 Well, if y'all can't quit your sinnin'
127 Please quit your low down ways.
130 Now, you can run down to the White House,
132 You can gaze on the Capitol Dome,
134 You can knock on the President's gate, pretty mama,
136 But you know it's gonna be too late.
140 You're gonna need my help someday
144 Well, if y'all can't quit your sinnin'
146 Please quit your low down ways.
149 And you can hitchhike on the highway,
151 You can stand all alone by the side of the road.
153 try to flag a ride back home, pretty mama,
155 But you ain't a-gonna ride in my car no more.
159 You're gonna need my help someday
162 Well, if y'all can't quit your sinnin'
164 Please quit your low down ways.
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.
171 You're gonna need my help someday
173 if y'all can't quit your sinnin'
174 Please quit your low down ways.
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