Bob Dylan

Album Version

Capo 3rd fret (sounding key G major)

The “E” chord contains a whole lot of gravel – some Em, some Esus4, some E7, and probably a whole lot more.

Intro:

As usual in this kind of blues song, there’s a whole lot of Em in the E.

Intro and basic riff:

Intro (repeated a couple of times):

G 
C 
 It's been such a long, long time 
G                    D 
 Since we loved each other and our hearts were true. 
         G 
One time, for one brief day, 
C                     G 
 I was the man for you.

Last night I heard you talking in your sleep
Saying things you shouldn't say.
Oh baby,
You just might have to go to jail someday.

Is there a place we can go?
Is there anybody we can see?
Maybe,
It's the same for you as it is for me.

I ain't seen my family in twenty years

         C           F         F          C
Well I'm grinding my life out, steady and sure
C            F                  F        C
Nothing more wretched than what I must endure
    C               F          F               C
I'm drenched in the light that shines from the sun
        C            F             F               C
I could stone you to death for the wrongs that you done
Am                  Dm        Am
Sooner or later you make a mistake,
     Am                          Dm         Am
I'll put you in a chain that you never will break

D

G       D              G        D
Sad I'm sittin' on the railroad track
G             D
Watchin' that old smokestack
G                        D               D7  D
Train is a-leavin' but it won't be back.

  D7                            D
      :     .     .     .       :     .
--0-|-----0-0-----------------|-----0------
--3-|-----3-3-----------------|-----0------
--3-|-----3-3---1-------------|-----0------  etc.
----|-----------------3-----0-|-----0------
----|-------------------------|-----0------
----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0----------

G
 There's an iron train
           G    /e      /d       /b /g /e      /d      /b          C
There's an iron train a-travelin'       been a-rollin' through the years,
       D                                       G
With a firebox of hatred and a furnace full of fears.
       G    /e        /d       /b       /g        /b     C
If you ever heard its sound or seen its blood-red broken frame,
         C/b  /b  /a   /b          /c   /d  G
Then you know my voice and you've  heard my name.
    

        G    /e      /d      /b       /g     /b      C

  G           D                 C
I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody (repeat)

        G       (D)                C
I can manipulate people as well as anybody
G               C         G              C
Hold 'em and control 'em, please 'em an' squeeze 'em
      G                  (D)               C
I can make believe I'm in love with almost anybody
G             C         G             C
Burst 'em an' burn 'em, [cram]'em and leave 'em      [or "jam"?]
    Am             Bm         C          Bm
But they're not my purpose as I make the deeds
  Am             Bm      D

On A Rainy Afternoon/Does She Need Me?

Dylan:

C   G/b  F/a   C   F  .  G7  .  C
You must [...] she will  for    you

Robbie: No, E. It’s better, it’s … [plays:

Bm Bmmaj7 Bm7 Bm6 
G D Em

      A11       D       G11
Let's keep it between us.
A
 Folks meddlin' in our affairs, 

they're not our friends.
                D       G11
Let's keep it between us
A
 'Fore the whole thing breaks down 

and comes to an end.
          Bm           Bmmaj7/a# Bm7/a  Bm6/g#
They tell you one thing, tell    me    another
        G          E7/g#  A11
till we don't know who to trust.
    D       G11
Oh, darlin',
                D         A11
Let's keep it between us.

Let's keep it between us.