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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">If You See Her, Say Hello</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Recorded in New York, Sept 16th 1974 (released on the <em>Bootleg
  18 Series 1-3</em>, 1991)<br />
  19 and in Minneapolis Dec 30 1974 (released on <a href="index.htm" class="recordlink">Blood on the Tracks</a>, 1975)<br />
  20 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  22
  23 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Blood on the Tracks</em> version</h2>
  24
  25 <div class="preamble">
  26 <p>Capo 2nd fret (sounding key D major)</p>
  27
  28 <p>At the C/g in the last line the 2nd guitar plays a very pronounced
  29 <em>b</em>, which gives the chord a strong Cmaj7'ish flavor.</p>
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  32
  33 <pre class="verse">
  34 |G . . . F . . . |G . . . F . . G |C . . . . . . . |
  35 |G . . . F . . . |G . . . F . . . |G . . . F . . . |
  36 |C . . . . . . . |
  37
  38 C               F      C       G              C      [Bass run: g-a-c]
  39 If you see her, say hello, she might be in Tangier
  40 C                   F     C                          Bb . . . G
  41  She left here last early spring, is livin' there, I hear
  42 Am               F       C                               F
  43  Say for me that I'm all right though things get kind of slow
  44           Am                 C/g               F                C
  45 She might think that I've forgotten her, don't tell her it isn't so.
  46 </pre>
  47 <pre class="tab">
  48    .     :    .
  49 -------|--------
  50 -------|--------
  51 -------|--------
  52 -------|--------
  53 ---0-2-|-3------
  54 -3-----|--------
  55               We had...
  56 </pre>
  57 <pre class="verse">
  58 We had a falling-out, like lovers often will
  59 And to think of how she left that night, it still brings me a chill
  60 And though our separation, it pierced me to the heart
  61 She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart.
  62
  63 If you get close to her, kiss her once for me
  64 I always have respected her for doin' what she did and gettin' free
  65 Oh, whatever makes her happy, I won't stand in the way.
  66 Oh, the bitter taste still lingers on,
  67 from that night I tried to make her stay.
  68
  69 I see a lot of people as I make the rounds
  70 And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town
  71 And I've never gotten used to it, I've just learned to turn it off
  72 Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.
  73
  74 Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past
  75 I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast
  76 If she's passin' back this way, I'm not that hard to find
  77 Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.
  78
  79 |G . . . F . . . |G . . . F . . . |G . . . F . . . |C . . . . . . . |
  80 |G . . . F . . . |G . . . F . . . |G . . . F . . . |C . . . . . . . |
  81 </pre>
  82 <hr />
  83 <h2 class="songversion">New York version</h2>
  84
  85 <div class="preamble">
  86 <p>Open E/D tuning.</p>
  87
  88 <p>Chords:</p>
  89 <pre class="chords">
  90 E      054000
  91 A      020120
  92 B11    002120
  93 C#m    020020
  94 B(ii)  042000
  95 Emaj7  004340
  96 </pre>
  97
  98 <p>The version from Sept 19th uses the same chords, played only in a
  99 slightly more square rhythm.</p>
 100
 101 <p>Later live versions have a different beginning for the 2nd verse:</p>
 102 <pre class="verse quote">
 103 We had a falling out like lovers sometimes do
 104 And to think of how she left that night, it still hurts me through and through.
 105 </pre>
 106
 107 </div>
 108
 109 <pre class="verse">
 110 E  (2 measures)
 111
 112 E               A      E       B11            E
 113 If you see her, say hello, she might be in Tangier
 114 E                  A     E                          B11 *)
 115 She left here last early spring, is livin' there, I hear
 116 C#m             E                               **)      A
 117 Say for me that I'm all right though new things come and go
 118           E                   Emaj7            B11               E . . A |E . . . |
 119 She might think that I've forgotten her, don't tell her it isn't so.
 120
 121
 122 We had a falling-out, like lovers often will
 123 And to think of how she left that night, it still brings me a chill
 124 And though our separation, it pierced me to the heart
 125 She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart.
 126
 127 If you're making love to her, kiss her for the kid
 128 who always has respected her for doin' what she did
 129 Oh, I know it had to be that way, it was written in the cards.
 130 But the bitter taste still lingers on, it all came down so hard.
 131
 132 I see a lot of people as I make the rounds
 133 And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town
 134 And I've never gotten used to it, I've just learned to turn it off
 135 Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.
 136
 137 Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past
 138 I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast
 139 If she's passin' back this way, I'm not that hard to find
 140 Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.
 141 </pre>
 142
 143 <p>*) Emaj7 - B11 in verses 3-4.<br />
 144 **) B(ii) in verses 3-5. </p>
 145
 146 <hr />
 147
 148 <h2 class="songversion">1976 version</h2>
 149
 150 <p>Performed Tallahassee, FL and Lakeland, FL<br />
 151 Lyrics from a post to r.m.d.</p>
 152
 153 <div class="preamble">
 154     <p>Capo 2nd fret </p>
 155
 156     <p>It's hard to tell if he really changes to C in lines 1, 2 and 4, or to
 157     D in the first line.</p>
 158
 159 </div><pre class="verse">
 160 G              C      G             (D)            G    C/g G
 161 If you see her say hello, she might be in North Saigon
 162                    C  G                             D   Dsus4sus2 D
 163 She left here in a hurry; I don't know what she was on
 164           C               G                                   C
 165 You might say that I'm in disarray and for me time's standing still
 166         G            C    G            Am           G
 167 Oh I've never gotten over her, I don't think I ever will
 168
 169
 170 A bright light from me I saw, a shattering of souls
 171 Just one of them reckless situations, which nobody controls
 172 Well, the menagerie of life rolls by, right before my eyes
 173 [And we?] all do the best we can, which should come as no surprise
 174
 175 If you're making love to her, watch it from the rear
 176 You'll never know when I'll be back, or liable to appear
 177 For it's natural to dream of peace as it is for rules to break
 178 And right now I've got not much to lose, so you'd better stay awake
 179
 180 Sundown, silver moon, hitting on the days
 181 My head can't toler...understand no more, what my heart don't tolerate
 182 Well I know she'll be back someday, of that there is no doubt
 183 And when that moment comes Lord, give me the strength to keep her out
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