Bob Dylan – Black Rider (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: “Rough and Rowdy Ways” (2020) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS (alphabetically)
        E-A-D-G-B-e
A/C#    x-4-x-6-5-5
A/D     x-x-0-2-2-0
A7      x-0-2-2-2-3
A7/D    x-x-0-2-2-3
Ab/A    x-0-6-5-4-4
D7/C    x-3-x-2-1-2
Dm/A    x-0-x-2-3-1
Dm6/A   x-0-3-2-0-1
E/G#    4-x-2-1-0-0
E7/D    x-x-0-4-3-4
Em7-5   0-x-2-3-3-3
F/A     x-0-3-2-1-1
G/B     x-2-0-0-0-3
Gm/Bb   x-1-x-3-3-3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Dm | A7/D | Dm | A7/D | [Verse 1]
      Dm                 A7
Black rider, black rider, you've been living too hard

D7                          Gm
 Been up all night, have to stay on your guard

E7/D                               A/C#
 The path that you're walking, too narrow to walk

D7/C                     Gm/Bb
 Every step of the way, another stumbling block

Dm/A                      A7
 The road that you're on, same road that you know

Dm6/A                         A         | Dm | A/D | Dm | A/D |
 Just not the same as it was ... a minute ago
[Verse 2]
      Dm                         A7
Black rider, black rider, you've seen it all

D7                          Gm
You've seen the great world and you've seen the small

E7/D                   A/C#
 You fell into the fire and you're eating the flame

D7/C                     G/B
 Better seal up your lips if you wanna stay in the game

Bb                     F/A
 Be reasonable, mister, be honest, be fair

E/G#                             A       | Dm | A/D | Dm | A/D |
 Let all of your earthly thoughts be a prayer
[Verse 3]
      Dm                 A7
Black rider, black rider, all dressed in black

Gm                Dm
 I'm walking away, you try to make me look back

Bb                   F/A
 My heart is at rest, I'd like to keep it that way

E/G#                 A
 I don't wanna fight, at least not today

D                     Em7-5
 Go home to your wife, stop visiting mine

Dm/A              A7                | Dm | A/D | Dm | A/D |
 One of these days I'll forget to be kind
[Verse 4]
      Dm                          A7
Black rider, black rider, tell me when, tell me how

D7                        Gm
 If there ever was a time, then let it be now

E7/D                A/C#
 Let me go through, open the door

D7/C                   G/B
 My soul is distressed, my mind is at war

Bb6                             A
 Don't hug me, don't flatter me, don't turn on the charm

E7                A                  | Dm | A/D | Dm | A/D |
 I'll take a sword and hack off your arm
[Verse 5]
      Dm                  A7
Black rider, black rider, hold it right there

Gm                                  Dm
 The size of your cock will get you nowhere

Bb                      F/A
 I'll suffer in silence, I'll not make a sound

E/G#                 A
 Maybe I'll take the high moral ground

Ab/A                   A7
 Some enchanted evening I'll sing you a song

Dm/A
 Black rider, black rider,

A                         | Dm | A7/D | Dm | A7/D | Dm
You've been on the job too long