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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Up to Me</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music: Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Outtake from <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Blood on the Tracks</a> (1975), released on <a class="recordlink" href="../28_biograph/index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem </p>
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  22 <p>Open E tuning (E B E G# B E) or one tone lower, to give your guitar
  23 (and strings) a longer life. <br />
  24 If you want to play it in standard tuning without losing the sound of
  25 the recording, the suggested chord formations will work. Or just play
  26 the chords as you would usually play them.</p>
  27
  28 <p>Chords: </p>
  29 <pre class="chords">
  30         Open tuning    Standard tuning   Standard tuning in C
  31
  32 E       054000         076400            C     x32010 or x32013
  33 B(ii)   042000         064400            G/b   x20010 or x20013
  34 A       020120         042220            F/a   x03211 or x03213
  35 A'      020100 (Aadd9) 042200
  36 B(vii)  777777         799877            G     320003
  37 E/b     x04000         x22100            C/g   332010
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  40 <p>The last chord is an alternative to include the b in the bass &ndash; it is
  41 not what Dylan plays. Another possibility is to play the E-B(ii)-A
  42 figure even here.</p>
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  46 <pre class="verse">
  47 E                    B(ii)         A                         A'   (E)
  48 Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing,
  49 E                     B(ii)                A                                A'
  50 Death kept followin', trackin' us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing.
  51     B(vii)            E                           /b     A       A'
  52 Now somebody's got to show their hand, time is an enemy,
  53 E              E/b
  54  I know you're long gone,
  55   A                        E
  56 I guess it must be up to me.
  57 </pre>
  58 <pre class="tab">
  59   E         B(vii)  E       A
  60   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  61 |-0---------77-77-|-0-------0-------|
  62 |-0---------77-77-|-0-------2-------|
  63 |-0-strum---77-77-|-0-------1-------|
  64 |-4---------77-77-|-4-------0-------|
  65 |-5---------77-77-|-5-------2-------|
  66 |-0---------77-77-|-0-------0-------|
  67 </pre>
  68 <pre class="verse">
  69 If I'd thought about it I never would've done it, I guess I would've let it slide,
  70 If I'd lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died.
  71 I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity,
  72 Someone had to reach for the risin' star,
  73 I guess it was up to me.
  74
  75 Oh, the Union Central is pullin' out and the orchids are in bloom,
  76 I've only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume.
  77 In fourteen months I've only smiled once and I didn't do it consciously,
  78 Somebody's got to find your trail,
  79 I guess it must be up to me.
  80
  81 It was like a revelation when you betrayed me with your touch,
  82 I'd just about convinced myself that nothin' had changed that much.
  83 The old Rounder in the iron mask slipped me the master key,
  84 Somebody had to unlock your heart,
  85 He said it was up to me.
  86
  87 Well, I watched you slowly disappear down into the officers' club,
  88 I would've followed you in the door but I didn't have a ticket stub.
  89 So I waited all night 'til the break of day, hopin' one of us could get free,
  90 When the dawn came over the river bridge,
  91 I knew it was up to me.
  92
  93 Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk
  94 Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work.
  95 Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity?
  96 You looked a little burned out, my friend,
  97 I thought it might be up to me.
  98
  99 Well, I met somebody face to face and I had to remove my hat,
 100 She's everything I need and love but I can't be swayed by that.
 101 It frightens me, the awful truth of how sweet life can be,
 102 But she ain't a-gonna make me move,
 103 I guess it must be up to me.
 104
 105 We heard the Sermon on the Mount and I knew it was too complex,
 106 It didn't amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects.
 107 When you bite off more than you can chew you pay the penalty,
 108 Somebody's got to tell the tale,
 109 I guess it must be up to me.
 110
 111 Well, Dupree came in pimpin' tonight to the Thunderbird Cafe,
 112 Crystal wanted to talk to him, I had to look the other way.
 113 Well, I just can't rest without you, love, I need your company,
 114 But you ain't a-gonna cross the line,
 115 I guess it must be up to me.
 116
 117 There's a note left in the bottle, you can give it to Estelle,
 118 She's the one you been wond'rin' about, but there's really nothin' much to tell.
 119 We both heard voices for a while, now the rest is history,
 120 Somebody's got to cry some tears,
 121 I guess it must be up to me.
 122
 123 So go on, boys, and play your hands, life is a pantomime,
 124 The ringleaders from the county seat say you don't have all that much time.
 125 And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain't my property,
 126 One of us has got to hit the road,
 127 I guess it must be up to me.
 128
 129 And if we never meet again, baby, remember me,
 130 How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody.
 131 And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free,
 132 No one else could play that tune,
 133 You know it was up to me.
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