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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Love Minus Zero/No Limit</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Bringing It All Back Home</a> (1965) and on
  18 <a class="recordlink" href="../21_budokan/index.htm">Budokan</a> (1978), and in a live version on <a class="recordlink" href="../42_bs5/index.htm">Live 1975</a>
  19 (2002)<br />
  20 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  21 <hr />
  22 <h2 class="songversion">Album Version</h2>
  23 <p>Dylan's guitar is in dropped C tuning (C-A-d-g-b-e') with a capo on the 4th fret (sounding key E major) and with the following chords:</p>
  24 <pre class="chords">
  25 C       032010
  26 G(7)    220001
  27 F       003211 or 033211
  28 Dm      x00231</pre>
  29 <p>Since Dylan's guitar isn't the most prominent one, I've given the plain chords (without the G7), played by the other main guitar.</p>
  30
  31 <p>
  32 The main accompaniment goes something like this, with a strong separation
  33 between bass downstrokes and treble upstrokes, and an emphasis on the
  34 middle string for the <tt>G F</tt> part (the downstroke on the G on the last beat
  35 of the second measure is somewhat undetermined: could be a hint of the
  36 bass strings, could be the middle strings):
  37 </p>
  38 <pre class="tab">
  39   C                           G   F                 C             G   F
  40   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  41 |-------0---0---0-|-------0---------|-----------------|-------0---------|
  42 |-------1---1---1-|-------1---0---1-|-------1---1---1-|-------1---0---1-|
  43 |-------0---0---0-|-------0---0---2-|-------2---2---0-|-------0---0---2-| etc.
  44 |-2---2-----------|-----------0---3-|-------3---3---2-|-----------0---3-|
  45 |-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3-------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3-------|
  46 |-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------|
  47 </pre>
  48
  49 <pre class="verse">
  50    C
  51 My love she speaks like silence,
  52 G  F                  C
  53     Without ideals or violence,
  54 G  F                              C
  55     She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
  56           Dm         F         G
  57 Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
  58 C
  59 People carry roses,
  60 G  F                         C
  61     And make promises by the hours,
  62 G  F                           C
  63     My love she laughs like the flowers,
  64 Dm        G      C
  65 Valentines can't buy her.
  66 </pre>
  67
  68 <pre class="verse">
  69 In the dime stores and bus stations,
  70 People talk of situations,
  71 Read books, repeat quotations,
  72 Draw conclusions on the wall.
  73 Some speak of the future,
  74 My love she speaks softly,
  75 She knows there's no success like failure
  76 And that failure's no success at all.
  77 </pre>
  78
  79 <pre class="verse">
  80 The cloak and dagger dangles,
  81 Madams light the candles.
  82 In ceremonies of the horsemen,
  83 Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
  84 Statues made of match sticks,
  85 Crumble into one another,
  86 My love winks, she does not bother,
  87 She knows too much to argue or to judge.
  88 </pre>
  89
  90 <pre class="verse">
  91 The bridge at midnight trembles,
  92 The country doctor rambles,
  93 Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
  94 Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
  95 The wind howls like a hammer,
  96 The night blows cold and rainy,
  97 My love she's like some raven
  98 At my window with a broken wing.
  99 </pre>
 100
 101 <hr />
 102 <h3><em>Don&rsquo;t Look Back</em> version</h3>
 103 <p>
 104 Below is the interlude between the verses, as played in <em>Don&rsquo;t Look Back</em> (the
 105 &ldquo;Donovan&rdquo; scene).
 106 </p>
 107 <pre class="tab">
 108   C         Csus4 C Csus2 C                     G   F
 109   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 110 |-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-3-3---3---0-----|-------1---1---0-|
 111 |-------1---1-----|-------1---1-----|-1-1---1---0---1-|-------1---1---0h|
 112 |-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-0-0---0---0---2-|-------2---2---0-|
 113 |-2---2-----3---2-|-0h2-------3---2-|-2-------------3-|-3---3-3---3---2-|
 114 |-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---2---|-3---3---3---3---|
 115 |-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---2---|-0---0---0---0---|
 116 .. buy her.
 117 </pre>
 118
 119 <pre class="tab">
 120   C         G   F                     C                 Dm G  F   G   C
 121   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 122 |-------0---0-----|-------1---1---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-1-1---1---0---0-|
 123 |h1-----1---0---1-|-------1---1---0-|h1-1---1---1---1-|-3-0---1---0---1-|
 124 |-------0---0---2-|-------2---2---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-2-0---2---0---0-|
 125 |-2---2---------3-|-3---3-3---3---2-|-2-2-------------|---0---3---0-----|
 126 |-3---3---3---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|---------3---2---|
 127 |-0---0---0---2---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|---------0---2---|
 128 </pre>
 129 <pre class="tab">
 130   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 131 |-------0---0---0-|-------0---------|
 132 |-------1---1---1-|-------1---------|
 133 |-------0---0---0-|-------0---------|
 134 |-2---2---2-3---2-|-2---2---2---2---|
 135 |-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|
 136 |-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
 137                               In the ...
 138 </pre>
 139
 140
 141
 142 <h2 class="songversion">Budokan version</h2>
 143 <p>Same as above, but in standard tuning, and in the key of D:</p>
 144 <pre class="verse">
 145    D
 146 My love she speaks like silence,
 147 A  G                  D
 148     Without ideals or violence,
 149 A  G                              D
 150     She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
 151           Em         G         A      Asus4 A
 152 Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
 153 D
 154 People carry roses,
 155 A  G                         D
 156     And make promises by the hours,
 157 A  G                           D
 158     My love she laughs like the flowers,
 159 Em        A      D
 160 Valentines can't buy her.
 161 </pre>
 162
 163 <hr />
 164
 165 <h2 class="songversion">Live 1975 version</h2>
 166
 167 <p>Played quite squarely, with a constant emphasis on the up-beats</p>
 168 <pre class="verse">
 169    C
 170 My love she speaks like silence,
 171 G  F                  C
 172     Without ideals or violence,
 173 G  F                              C
 174     She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
 175           Dm                   G    C/g  G
 176 Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
 177 C
 178 People carry roses,
 179 G  F                         C
 180     And make promises by the hours,
 181 G  F                           C
 182     My love she laughs like the flowers,
 183 Dm        G      F      C
 184 Valentines can't buy her
 185 </pre>
 186
 187 <hr />
 188
 189 <h2 class="songversion"><a class="recordlink" href="../37_unplugged/index.htm">Unplugged</a> version</h2>
 190
 191 <p>Standard tuning</p>
 192 <pre class="chords">
 193 Dm  = standard or xx3230
 194 G11 = 3x3211
 195 </pre>
 196
 197 <p>At least in the intro the F is rather a F9 133213 (or, more playable: 13x213).</p>
 198
 199 <p>&quot;C-G-F&quot;-figure:</p>
 200 <pre class="tab">
 201   C         G   F
 202   :   .   .   .     :
 203 |-0-----000-333-11|-1---
 204 |-1-----111-000-11|-1---
 205 |-0-----000-000-22|-2---
 206 |-2-----222-000-33|-3---
 207 |-3-----333-222-33|-3---
 208 |-----------333-11|-1---
 209 </pre>
 210
 211 <hr />
 212
 213 <pre class="verse">
 214 C
 215 My love she speaks like silence,
 216 G  F                              C
 217     Without ideals or violence,
 218 G  F                                  C
 219     doesn't have to say she's faithful,
 220           Dm                       G11
 221 Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
 222 C
 223 People carry roses,
 224 G  F                            C
 225     make promises by the hours,
 226 G  F                                   C
 227     My love she laughs like the flowers,
 228 Dm                    G11  C
 229 Valentines can't buy her.
 230 </pre>
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