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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Recorded Sept 1974 and released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Blood on the Tracks</a> (1975) <br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem </p>
  19
  20 <h2 class="songversion">Album version (New York, Sept 1974)</h2>
  21
  22
  23 <div class="preamble">
  24 <p><a href="../roadmaps.htm#opentunings">Open D/E tuning</a></p>
  25 <pre class="chords">
  26 Chords:
  27 E     054000
  28 Emaj7 004340
  29 A     020120
  30 B11   x02120
  31 F#    222222
  32 A'    020100 (Aadd9)
  33 B'    002100 (B7add11)
  34 </pre>
  35 </div>
  36
  37 <pre class="verse">
  38 E                 Emaj7
  39 I've seen love go by my door
  40      A
  41 It's never been this close before
  42 E             Emaj7      B11
  43 Never been so easy or so slow.
  44      E               Emaj7
  45 Been shooting in the dark too long
  46      A
  47 When somethin's not right it's wrong
  48 E                    B11               E . . .
  49 You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.
  50
  51
  52 Dragon clouds so high above
  53 I've only known careless love,
  54 It always has hit me from below.
  55 But this time around it's more correct
  56 Right on target, so direct,
  57 You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.
  58
  59 Purple clover, Queen Anne lace,
  60 Crimson hair across your face,
  61 You could make me cry if you don't know.
  62 Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
  63 You might be spoilin' me too much, love,
  64 You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
  65 </pre>
  66
  67 <pre class="bridge">
  68 B11                               E
  69 Flowers on the hillside, bloomin' crazy,
  70 B11                                E
  71 Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme,
  72 F#
  73  Blue river runnin' slow and lazy,
  74 A'
  75 I could stay with you forever
  76     B'
  77 And never realize the time.
  78 </pre>
  79
  80 <pre class="verse">
  81 Situations have ended sad,
  82 Relationships have all been bad.
  83 Mine have been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud.
  84 But there's no way I can compare
  85 All them scenes to this affair,
  86 You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.
  87 </pre>
  88
  89 <pre class="bridge">
  90 Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin',
  91 Stayin' far behind without you.
  92 Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin',
  93 Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin' to.
  94 </pre>
  95
  96 <pre class="verse">
  97 I'll look for you in old Honolulu,
  98 San Francisco, Ashtabula,
  99 Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know.
 100 But I'll see you in the sky above,
 101 In the tall grass, in the ones I love,
 102 You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.
 103 </pre>
 104
 105 <hr />
 106
 107 <h2 class="songversion">Live version, Fort Worth, TX, May 16 1976</h2>
 108
 109 <div class="preamble">
 110 <p>Standard tuning</p>
 111
 112 <p>The progression at the end of the bridge can be played with the following chords:</p>
 113 <pre class="chords">
 114 A        00222x   (half barre on the 2nd fret throughout)
 115 D/a      00423x
 116 A7       00525x
 117 A+       x0526x  (or x0646x - just a suggestion)
 118 </pre>
 119 </div>
 120 <pre class="verse">
 121 D                 F#m
 122 I've seen love go by my door
 123      G
 124 It's never been this close before
 125 D             F#m        A
 126 Never been so easy or so slow.
 127      D               F#m
 128 Been shooting in the dark too long
 129      G
 130 When somethin's not right it must be wrong
 131 D                   A                 |: G . . A |. . . . :|
 132 You're gon' make me lonesome when you go.
 133
 134 Dragon clouds so high above
 135 I've only known about careless love,
 136 It's always hit me from below.
 137 But this time around it's more correct
 138 Right on target, so direct,
 139 You're gon' make me lonesome when you go.
 140
 141 Purple clover, Queen Anne lace,
 142 Crimson hair across your face,
 143 You could make me cry if you don't know.
 144 Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
 145 You might be spoilin' me too much, love,
 146 You're gon' make me lonesome when you go
 147 </pre>
 148
 149 <pre class="bridge">
 150 A                       D
 151 Black ribbon drivin' me crazy,
 152 A                                  D
 153 Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme,
 154 A                           D
 155 Blue river runnin' slow and lazy,
 156 E                              A . D/a . A7 . D/a
 157 I could stay with you forever
 158     A     D/a A7      D/a    A . D/a . A7 . A+
 159 And never realize the time.
 160 </pre>
 161
 162 <pre class="verse">
 163 Situations have ended sad,
 164 Relationships have all been bad.
 165 Mine have been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud.
 166 There's no way that I can compare
 167 All them scenes to this affair,
 168 You're gon' make me lonesome when you go.
 169 </pre>
 170
 171 <pre class="bridge">
 172 Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin',
 173 Stayin' far behind without you.
 174 Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin',
 175 Yer gonna make me give myself a
 176 a good talkin' to.
 177 </pre>
 178
 179 <pre class="verse">
 180 I'll look for you in old Honolulu,
 181 San Francisco, Ashtabula,
 182 Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know.
 183 But I'll see you in the sky above,
 184 In the tall grass, in the ones I love,
 185 You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.
 186 </pre>
 187
 188
 189 <h2 class="songversion">Rundown Rehearsal version, 1978</h2>
 190
 191 <div class="preamble">
 192 <p>The &ldquo;AD A&rdquo; figure can be played (on two different guitars):</p>
 193
 194 <p>Guitar 1:</p>
 195 <pre class="tab">
 196        A             D      A
 197        .      .      .      .
 198 |------------------12b14---12-----|------------------------
 199 |-(12b)14r12-10-------------------|------------------------
 200 |---------------11----------------|------------------------
 201 |---------------------------------|------------------------
 202 |---------------------------------|------------------------
 203 |---------------------------------|------------------------
 204 </pre>
 205 <p>or:</p>
 206 <pre class="tab">
 207 |---------------------------------|------------------------
 208 |------------------/7-----5-------|------------------------
 209 |--(4b)6r4---2--------------------|------------------------
 210 |---------------4-----------------|------------------------
 211 |---------------------------------|------------------------
 212 |---------------------------------|------------------------
 213 </pre>
 214
 215 <p>Guitar 2:</p>
 216 <pre class="tab">
 217 |-(10b)12r10-9------10----9-------|------------------------
 218 |---------------10----------------|------------------------
 219 |---------------------------------|------------------------
 220 |---------------------------------|------------------------
 221 |---------------------------------|------------------------
 222 |---------------------------------|------------------------
 223 </pre>
 224
 225 <p>Other convenient figures:</p>
 226
 227 <pre class="chords">
 228  E F#m E7  xx2100 xx4222 076750 (after &ldquo;if you don't know&rdquo;)
 229  A =&gt; E x07650 xx64xx-xx42xx 022100 (&ldquo;good talking to&rdquo;)
 230 </pre>
 231
 232 </div>
 233
 234 <pre class="verse">
 235 C#m7                      E  F#m  E7
 236 [...] if you don't know.
 237 A                         C#m7
 238 Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
 239     D                    D#dim
 240 You might be spoilin' me too much, love,
 241 A                    E                 A   D A
 242 You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
 243 </pre>
 244
 245 <pre class="bridge">
 246 E                                  F#m7
 247  Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin',
 248 E                           A   (D A)
 249  Stayin' far behind without you.
 250 E                 Fdim            F#m7
 251 Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin',
 252 Bm7                             A            E
 253 Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin' to,
 254   A            E
 255 a good talkin' to.
 256
 257 [&quot;this is where the horn solo comes&quot;]
 258 </pre>
 259
 260 <pre class="verse">
 261 [Instrumental verse:]
 262
 263 A . . . |C#m7 . .  . |
 264 D . . . |E    . .  . |
 265 A . . . |C#m7 . .  . |
 266 E . E . |F#m  . E7 . |
 267 A . . . |C#m7 . .  . |
 268 D . . . |D#dim. .  . |
 269 A                    E                 A   D A
 270 You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
 271 </pre>
 272
 273 <pre class="bridge">
 274 Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin',
 275 Stayin' far behind without you.
 276 Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin',
 277 Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin' to,
 278 a good talkin' to.
 279 </pre>
 280
 281 <pre class="verse">
 282 [Instrumental verse]
 283
 284 Purple clover, Queen Anne lace,
 285 Crimson hair across your face,
 286 You could make me cry if you don't know.
 287 Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
 288 You might be spoilin' me too much, love,
 289 You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
 290
 291 [Instrumental verse]
 292 </pre>
 293
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