Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States) is an American musician, poet and artist whose position in popular culture is unique.
Dylan started his musical odyssey in 1959 when he began playing in Dinkytown, Minneapolis while attending the University of Minnesota. Shortly after starting to play he changed his stage name to Bob Dylan, after being influenced by the poetry of Dylan Thomas before legally changing his name in 1962.
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This song is essentially a 12 bar blues in C. I find it best to play with Capo on 3rd.
Chords Capo 3 (in brackets for no capo) Its good to throw in a lot of A7s, D7s and E7 instead of just the normal chords.
A (C) I got this graveyard woman, you know she keeps my kid But my soulful mama, you know she keeps me hid D (F) A (C) She's a junkyard angel and she always gives me bread E (G) A (C) Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
Well, when the pipeline gets broken and I'm lost on the river bridge I'm cracked up on the highway and on the water's edge She comes down the thruway ready to sew me up with thread Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
Well, she don't make me nervous, she don't talk too much She walks like Bo Diddley and she don't need no crutch She keeps this four-ten all loaded with lead Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
Harmonica solo Keep going with the same chords |A (C) | x 4 |D (F) | x2 |A (C)| x2 |E (G) | x2 |A (C) | x2 = 12 bars!
Well, you know I need a steam shovel mama to keep away the dead I need a dump truck mama to unload my head She brings me everything and more, and just like I said Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.