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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Not Dark Yet</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music by Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Time out of Mind</a> (1997)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  20 <p>Sounds very C major-ish in the chords, but can of course be played in
  21 E directly. The C/g chords of the second part of the verse contain a D
  22 on some occasions. <br />
  23 Once again:Capo 4th fret (original key E major)</p>
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  28 C                  F/c                  C
  29 Shadows are falling and I been here all day
  30                     F/c                    C
  31 It's too hot to sleep and time is running away
  32 G            G/f      C/e         C
  33 Feel like my soul has turned into steel
  34 Am                 C/g            F          C
  35 I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal
  36 G                G/f            C/e     C
  37 There's not even room enough to be anywhere
  38 Am       C/g      F                     C
  39 It's not dark yet, but it's getting there
  40
  41 Well my sense of humanity is going down the drain
  42 Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain
  43 She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind
  44 She put down in writin' what was in her mind
  45 I just don't see why I should even care
  46 It's not dark yet, but it's getting there
  47
  48 Well I been to London and I been to gay Paris
  49 I followed the river and I got to the sea
  50 I've been down to the bottom of a world full of lies
  51 I ain't lookin for nothin' in anyone's eyes
  52 Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear
  53 It's not dark yet, but it's getting there
  54
  55 I was born here and I'll die here, against my will*)
  56 I know it looks like I'm movin' but I'm standin' still
  57 Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb
  58 I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from
  59 Don't even hear the murmur of a prayer
  60 It's not dark yet, but it's getting there
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  65 <p>*)<em>From a recension by Martin Grossman</em></p>
  66
  67 <p><strong>Dylan the Talmudist </strong></p>
  68
  69 <p>In the last verse of &ldquo;Not Dark Yet,&rdquo; Dylan paraphrases lines from
  70 the Pirke Avot, which lends credence to the rumors that he has been
  71 studying Talmud in recent years. He sings,</p>
  72 <ul>
  73 <li> <em>I was born here and I'll die here against my will</em>
  74 </li></ul>
  75
  76 <p>In the Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), 4:29, the language is
  77 strikingly similar:</p>
  78 <ul>
  79 <li> <em>&ldquo;And not let your evil inclination assure you that the
  80  grave will be a place of refuge for you &ndash; for against your will you
  81  were created, against your will you were born, against your will you
  82  live, against your will you die, and against your will you are
  83  destined to give an account before the Supreme King of Kings, the
  84  Holy One Blessed be He.&rdquo;</em>
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