C
I was riding number 9,
F C
heading south from Carolina.
G C
I heard that lo-onesome whistle blow.
Got in trouble, had to roam,
F C
left my girl, left my home.
G C
I heard that lo-onesome whistle blow.
F
Just a kid, acting smart,
C
I went and broke my baby's heart.
D G[Intro:] G . . Em . G . C | G . . Em/b . G . C | G . . Em/b . G C . |G ... etc ["Here's one, I can write you out the verses to this later, I can't really remember this right now, I'll write you out the verses to it."]
G C
Well I'm bound to lose, bound to win
G C D G
bound to walk to the road again
G C
Bound to lose, bound to win
C Dm7/f C
Well I ain't a-got my child-hood
C Dm7 /f C
Or friends I once did know
C Dm7 C
No I ain't a-got my childhood
C Dm7 C
Or friends I once did know
C(iii) F(v) C(iii)
But I still got my voice left
F(v) Dm7 G C
I can take it anywhere I go
Dm7 G /e-/f C Dm7 G
Hey hey so I guess I'm doin' fine.
An I've never had much moneyIntro (piano part in parentheses):
Performed by Bob Dylan in Joliette, Quebec, July 31 1989 (a one-off).
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem and Jamie Lovinger
On my tape (thanks, Jamie), it sounds as if he actually plays it in F# major. On the other hand, the final chord sounds very much like a G shape chord, which is also much easier to play. I append a version in G major at the end.
One of the songs (re-?)written(?) and performed by Bob Dylan for
the TV show Madhouse on Castle Street (1962)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Capo 4th fret (sounding key E major)
As performed by Bob Dylan on the Love Sick single (El Rey Theatre, LA,
USA, Dec 17 1997)
Recorded and arranged by Hank Thompson
Submitted by Amelia Cruz with corrections by Eyolf Østrem
Lyrics as performed on Oscar Brand’s Folk Song Festival, WNYC,
NYC, Oct 29, 1961
Lyrics transcribed by Manfred Helfert
Chords tabbed by Kaliph Hayes
Capoed 3rd fret (original key Cm)
Written by David Allan Coe.
Included as the 22nd track on the bootleg CD Hard to find, Which is the only Dylan connection.
Capo 7th fret (sounding key D major)
