Bob Dylan – Man On The Street (Guitar Tab)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan Recorded in 1961 From: "The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3. 1961-1991 [Disc 1]" Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Very laconic and beautiful. The guitar alternates between two main patterns (pattern 1 featuring slight variations here and there, pattern 2 pretty much stays the same throughout the song). The bass is played with the thumb and the chords are strummed.

Pattern 1
  G                                                  [2/4]
e|---3--------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|--------|
B|---3--------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|--------|
G|---0--------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--------|
D|--------0-------|----------------|--------0-------|----0---|
A|----------------|-------0h2------|----------------|--------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3-------|

  [4/4] Em
e|----0-----------|----0-------0---|
B|----0-----------|----0-------0---|
G|----0-----------|----0-------0---|
D|----2-----------|----2-------2---|
A|------------0h2-|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---------------|

Pattern 2
  G                                                  [2/4]
e|---3--------3---|---3--------3---|---3--------3---|----3---|
B|---3--------3---|---3--------3---|---3--------3---|----3---|
G|---0--------0---|---0--------0---|---0--------0---|----0---|
D|--------0-------|2-------0-------|----------------|----2---|
A|----------------|----------------|0h2-------------|2-------|
E|3---------------|----------------|-------3--------|--------|

  [4/4] Em
e|----0-----------|----0-------0---|
B|----0-----------|----0-------0---|
G|----0-----------|----0-------0---|
D|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---------------|

CODA
  Em
e|----0-----------|--------0-------|
B|----0-----------|--------0-------|
G|----0-----------|--------0-------|
D|----2-----------|--------2-------|
A|------------0h2-|--------2-------|
E|0---------------|0-------0-------|

[Intro] | G | G |2/4 Em |4/4 G | G | [Harp] [Verse 1] (Pattern 1 / Pattern 1) G I'll sing you a song it ain't very long, Em About an old man who never done wrong. G How he died nobody can say, Em They found him dead in the street one day. [Verse 2] (Pattern 1 / Pattern 2) G And the crowd, they gathered one fine morn, Em At the man whose clothes 'n' shoes were torn. G There on the sidewalk he did lay, Em They stopped 'n' stared and they went their way. [Interlude] | G | G | G |2/4 G |4/4 Em | Em | G | G | [Harp] [Verse 3] (Pattern 1 / Pattern 2) G Well, the p'liceman come and he looked around, Em "Get up, old man, or I'm a-takin' you down." G He jabbed him once with his bully club Em The old man then rolled off the curb. [Verse 4] (Pattern 2 / Pattern 2) G Well, he jabbed him again and loudly said, Em "Call the wagon; this man is dead." G The wagon come, they loaded him in, Em I never saw the man again. [Interlude] | G | G | G |2/4 G |4/4 Em | Em | [Harp] | G | G | G |2/4 G |4/4 Em | Em | Em | Em | [Harp] [Verse 4] (Pattern 2 / Pattern 2) G I'm singin' my song, it ain't very long, Em About an old man who never done wrong. G How he died nobody could say, Em They found him dead in the street one day.