You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Posted by Eyolf Østrem
Written by: 
Bob Dylan
Versions of this song: 
Posted by Eyolf Østrem
Recorded/Performed: 
Sun, 1976-05-16
Tabbed by: 
Eyolf Østrem
Guitar setup
Tuning: 
Standard tuning
Chords: 

The progression at the end of the bridge can be played with the following chords:

A        00222x   (half barre on the 2nd fret throughout)
D/a      00423x
A7       00525x
A+       x0526x  (or x0646x - just a suggestion)
        
D                 F#m
I've seen love go by my door
     G
It's never been this close before
D             F#m        A
Never been so easy or so slow.
     D               F#m
Been shooting in the dark too long
     G
When somethin's not right it must be wrong
D                   A                 |: G . . A |. . . . :|
You're gon' make me lonesome when you go.

Dragon clouds so high above
I've only known about careless love,
It's always hit me from below.
But this time around it's more correct
Right on target, so direct,
You're gon' make me lonesome when you go.

Purple clover, Queen Anne lace,
Crimson hair across your face,
You could make me cry if you don't know.
Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
You might be spoilin' me too much, love,
You're gon' make me lonesome when you go
    
A                       D
Black ribbon drivin' me crazy,
A                                  D
Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme,
A                           D
Blue river runnin' slow and lazy,
E                              A . D/a . A7 . D/a
I could stay with you forever
    A     D/a A7      D/a    A . D/a . A7 . A+
And never realize the time.
    
Situations have ended sad,
Relationships have all been bad.
Mine have been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud.
There's no way that I can compare
All them scenes to this affair,
You're gon' make me lonesome when you go.
    
Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin',
Stayin' far behind without you.
Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin',
Yer gonna make me give myself a
a good talkin' to.
    
I'll look for you in old Honolulu,
San Francisco, Ashtabula,
Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know.
But I'll see you in the sky above,
In the tall grass, in the ones I love,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.
    
Posted by Eyolf Østrem
Appears on these albums: 
Recorded/Performed: 
Tue, 1974-09-17
Tabbed by: 
Eyolf Østrem
Guitar setup
Tuning: 
Open D/E
Chords: 
E     054000
Emaj7 004340
A     020120
B11   x02120
F#    222222
A'    020100 (Aadd9)
B'    002100 (B7add11)
E                 Emaj7
I've seen love go by my door
     A
It's never been this close before
E             Emaj7      B11
Never been so easy or so slow.
     E               Emaj7
Been shooting in the dark too long
     A
When somethin's not right it's wrong
E                    B11               E . . .
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.


Dragon clouds so high above
I've only known careless love,
It always has hit me from below.
But this time around it's more correct
Right on target, so direct,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.

Purple clover, Queen Anne lace,
Crimson hair across your face,
You could make me cry if you don't know.
Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
You might be spoilin' me too much, love,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go
    
B11                               E
Flowers on the hillside, bloomin' crazy,
B11                                E
Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme,
F#
 Blue river runnin' slow and lazy,
A'
I could stay with you forever
    B'
And never realize the time.
    
Situations have ended sad,
Relationships have all been bad.
Mine have been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud.
But there's no way I can compare
All them scenes to this affair,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.
    
Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin',
Stayin' far behind without you.
Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin',
Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin' to.
    
I'll look for you in old Honolulu,
San Francisco, Ashtabula,
Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know.
But I'll see you in the sky above,
In the tall grass, in the ones I love,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.