Bob Dylan – Every Grain Of Sand (Guitar Acoustic)
Capo 1
Key
-
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Chords
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Written by: Bob Dylan
Recorded: 1980
From: "The Bootleg Series Vol. 01-03. Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991"
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Bob Dylan - piano, vocals
Fred Tackett - guitar
Jennifer Warnes - backing vocals
A beautiful acoustic demo recording in a different key than the version
released on “Shot of Love” (which is in Eb). Moreover it is in 4/4 as
opposed to the 6/8 of the final version. The last couplet (last chorus)
is different, too.
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CHORDS / SPECIAL VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-E
Dsus4 x-x-0-0-3-3
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------
capo 1st fret
[Intro]
(partly cut off on the recording)
| G | Cmaj7 | G | Cmaj7 | G | Cmaj7 | D Dsus4 | D |
[Verse 1]
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need G Cmaj7 D Dsus4 D When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 There’s a dyin’ voice within me reaching out somewhere G Cmaj7 D Dsus4 D Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair D D7 G D Don’t have the inclination to look back on any mistake D D7 G D C/D Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break
(break) (break)
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 In the fury of the moment I can see the Master’s hand G Cmaj7 D C/D G In every leaf that trembles and in every grain of sand
[Verse 2]
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear G Cmaj7 D Dsus4 D Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way G Cmaj7 D Dsus4 D To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay D D7 G D I gaze into the doorway of temptation’s angry flame D D7 G D C/D And every time I pass that way I always hear my name
(break) (break)
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 Then onward in my journey I come to understand G Cmaj7 D C/D G That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand
[Verse 3]
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night G Cmaj7 D Dsus4 D In the violence of a summer’s dream, in the chill of a wintry light G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space G Cmaj7 D Dsus4 D In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face D D7 G D I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea D D7 G D C/D Sometimes I turn, there’s someone there, other times it’s only me
(break) (break)
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan G Cmaj7 D C/D | G Gsus4 | G Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand