Bob Dylan – Down The Highway (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 5
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Words and music Bob Dylan Released on Freewheelin' (1963) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem Recurring riff:
d|--------------------------------------0--|
B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--------------------3--|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------2--|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p0----------------0--|
A|-----------------------3p0------------0--|
D|---------------------------3---3---0--0--|
An occasional flourish:
d|-------3-0--|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
D|---3-0------|
[Verse]
D7
Well, I'm walkin' down the highway
With my suitcase in my hand.
         G
Yes, I'm walkin' down the highway
D7 (riff) With my suitcase in my hand.
        A
Lord, I really miss my baby,
(riff) She's in some far-off land. [Verse]
D7
Well, your streets are gettin' empty,
Lord, your highway's gettin' filled.
          G
And your streets are gettin' empty
D7 (riff) And your highway's gettin' filled.
         A
Well, the way I love that woman,
(riff) I swear it's bound to get me killed. [Verse]
D7
Well, I been gamblin' so long,
Lord, I ain't got much more to lose.
        G
Yes, I been gamblin' so long,
D7 (riff) Lord, I ain't got much more to lose.
        A
Right now I'm havin' trouble,
(riff) Please don't take away my highway shoes. [Verse]
D7
Well, I'm bound to get lucky, baby,
Or I'm bound to die tryin'.
         G
Yes, I'm a-bound to get lucky, baby,
D7 (riff) Lord, Lord I'm a-bound to die tryin'.
         A
Well, meet me in the middle of the ocean
(riff) And we'll leave this ol' highway behind. [Verse]
D7
Well, the ocean took my baby,
My baby stole my heart from me.
       G
Yes, the ocean took my baby,
D7 (riff) My baby took my heart from me.
       A
She packed it all up in a suitcase,
(riff) Lord, she took it away to Italy, Italy. [Verse]
D7
So, I'm a-walkin' down your highway
Just as far as my poor eyes can see.
       G
Yes, I'm a-walkin' down your highway
D7 (riff) Just as far as my eyes can see.
       A
From the Golden Gate Bridge
(riff) All the way to the Statue of Liberty.