Bob Dylan – Ballad For A Friend (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
From the Witmark Demos (1962-1964)
Capo I
Originally played in open D, this version uses standard
[Intro]
G C/G
[Verse 1]
G C/G G C/G Sad I'm sittin' on the railroad track G C/G Watchin' that old smokestack G G7 C C7 G Train's a-leavin' but it won't be back
[Verse 2]
C/G G C/G Years ago we'd hang around G C/G Watchin' trains roll through the town G G7 C C7 G C G Now that train is a-graveyard bound
[Verse 3]
C/G G C/G G C/G Well we go up in that North Country G C/G G C/G Lakes and streams and mountains so free G C/G G G7 C C7 G C G I had no better friend than he
[Verse 4]
C/G G C/G G C/G Something happened to him that day G C/G I thought I heard a stranger say G C/G G G7 C C7 G I held my hand and stole away
[Verse 5]
C/G G C/G G C/G A diesel truck was headin' down G C/G Carryin' up a heavy load C/G G G7 C C7 G Left him on a Utah road
[Verse 6]
C/G G C/G They carried him back to his home town C/G G C/G His mother cried, his sister moaned G G7 C C7 G Listenin' to them church bells toll
[Verse 7]
C/G G C/G A diesel truck was rollin' slow G C/G Pullin' down that heavy load C/G G G7 C C7 G and left him on a Utah road