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Standing in the Doorway – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Time Out Of Mind” (1997)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
capo: 4th fret
play: C
key: E
For original chords transpose +4 to E.
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[Verse] (basic pattern with link)
1. version: capo 4th fret
C Em/B Am C/G C Em/B Am C/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
B|1-------0-------|1-------1-------|1-------0-------|1-------1-------|
G|0-------0-------|2-------0-------|0-------0-------|2-------0-------|
D|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|2-------2---3-2-|
A|3-------2-------|0---------------|3-------2-------|0---------------|
E|----------------|--------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|
2. version: without capo (transpose this tab up 4 semi-tones)
[Verse] (basic pattern with link)
E G#m/D# C#m E/B E G#m/D# C#m E/B
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------4-------|4-------0-------|0-------4-------|4-------0-------|
B|0-------4-------|5-------0-------|0-------4-------|5-------0-------|
G|1-------4-------|6-------1-------|1-------4-------|6-------1---2-1-|
D|2-------6-------|6-------2-------|2-------6-------|6-------2-------|
A|2-------6-------|4-------2-------|2-------6-------|4-------2-------|
E|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
capo 4th fret no capo (transpose +4)
E-A-D-G-B-E E-A-D-G-B-E
Em/B x-2-2-0-0-0 G#m/D# x-6-6-4-4-4
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 E/B x-2-2-1-0-0
Bbsus2 x-1-3-3-1-1 Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
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[Intro]
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
[Verse]
C Em/B Am C/G
I’m walking through the summer nights
C Em/B Am C/G
Jukebox playing low
C Em/B Am C/G
Yesterday everything was going too fast
C Em/B Am C/G
Today, it’s moving too slow
F Bb(sus2) F Bb(sus2)
I got no place left to turn
F Bb(sus2) F G
I got nothing left to burn
C Em/B Am C/G
Don’t know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you
C Em/B Am C/G
It probably wouldn’t matter to you anyhow
F C G D
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
F C
I got nothing to go back to now
[Verse]
C Em/B Am C/G
The light in this place is so bad
C Em/B Am C/G
Making me sick in the head
C Em/B Am C/G
All the laughter is just making me sad
C Em/B Am C/G
The stars have turned cherry red
F Bb(sus2) F Bb(sus2)
I’m strumming on my gay guitar
F Bb(sus2 F G
Smoking a cheap cigar
C Em/B Am C/G
The ghost of our old love has not gone away
C Em/B Am C/G
Don’t look [it (?)] like it will anytime soon
F C G D
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
F C
Under the midnight moon
[Interlude]
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
[Verse]
C Em/B Am C/G
Maybe they’ll get me and maybe they won’t
C Em/B Am C/G
But not tonight and it won’t be here
C Em/B Am C/G
There are things I could say but I don’t
C Em/B Am C/G
I know the mercy of God must be near
F Bb(sus2) F Bb(sus2)
I’ve been riding the midnight train
F Bb(sus2) F G
Got ice water in my veins
C Em/B Am C/G
I would be crazy if I took you back
C Em/B Am C/G
It would go up against every rule
F C G D
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
F C
Suffering like a fool
[Interlude]
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
[Verse]
C Em/B Am C/G
When the last rays of daylight go down
C Em/B Am C/G
Buddy, you’ll roll no more
C Em/B Am C/G
I can hear the church bells ringing in the yard
C Em/B Am C/G
I wonder who they’re ringing for
F Bb(sus2) F Bb(sus2)
I know I can’t win
F Bb(sus2) F G
But my heart just won’t give in
C Em/B Am C/G
Last night I danced with a stranger
C Em/B Am C/G
But she just reminded me you were the one
F C G D
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
F C
In the dark land of the sun
[Interlude]
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
[Verse]
C Em/B Am C/G
I’ll eat when I’m hungry, drink when I’m dry
C Em/B Am C/G
And live my life on the square
C Em/B Am C/G
And even if the flesh falls off of my face
C Em/B Am C/G
I know someone will be there to care
F Bb(sus2) F Bb(sus2)
It always means so much
F Bb(sus2) F G
Even the softest touch
C Em/B Am C/G
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation
C Em/B Am C/G
There’s no words that need to be said
F C G D
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
F C
Blues wrapped around my head
[Outro]
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
| C Em/B | Am C/G |
| F Bb(sus4) | F Bb(sus4) |
| F Bb(sus4) | F Bb(sus4) |
(fade)