Bob Dylan – Tell Me That It Isnt True (Guitar Tab)

Capo 3

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Words and music Bob Dylan Released on Nashville Skyline (1969) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem The G/b in the last line of the verses does contain a Bm somewhere (which actually turns it into a Gmaj7 of some sort)

    D                 Dsus4
    :   .   .   .     .   .   .   .
||-(2)------2-2---2-|-3---2---3---2---||
||*(3)----------3---|----------------*||
||-(2)--------------|-----------------||
||--0---------------|-----------------||
||*-----------------|----------------*||
||------------------|-----------------||

D A Em D I have heard rumors all over town, D A Em D They say that you're planning to put me down. G F#m A All I would like you to do, G/b Em D Is tell me that it isn't true. They say that you've been seen with some other man, That he's tall, dark and handsome, and you're holding his hand. Darlin', I'm a-countin' on you, Tell me that it isn't true. G F#m Em D To know that some other man is holdin' you tight, F# Bm Em F#m Em It hurts me all over, it doesn't seem right. All of those awful things that I have heard, I don't want to believe them, all I want is your word. So darlin', you better come through, Tell me that it isn't true. [instrumental break] All of these awful things that I have heard, I don't want to believe them, all I want is your word. So darlin', I'm countin' on you, Tell me that it isn't true. F# Bm Em F#m

[three suggestions for the ending:]
  D/g     G6               D           D       G6                D
  :   .   .   .     :   .    .   .     :   .   .   .      :   .    .   .
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-0----------------|-----------------|2h4-2--------------||
|/4-2-0-2---0-----|---4-2-/4---------|-4-2-0-2---0-0---|------2-h4---------||
|-------------2---|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
or:

  D/g     G6              D            D       G6                D
  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .      :   .    .   .
|-2-0---0---------|-3-2-0-2----------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3---3-0---3-0---|-------3----------|-------0---------|-------------------||
|-0-----0---------|-4-2-0-2----------|-2-----0---------|-2h4-2-------------||
|-----------------|-------0----------|-4-2-0-2---0-----|-------2-h4--------||
|-----------------|------------------|-------------2---|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
This is actually played on a guitar capoed on the 1st fret, something like:

  :   .   .   .     :   .    .   .     :   .   .   .      :   .    .   .
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-(0)---------------||
|-----------------|-0-0-0--0---------|-----------------|--------(0)--------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|4h6-4--------------||
|/6-4-2-4---2-----|-7-6-4-h6---------|-----------------|------4-h6---------||
|-------------4---|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-4-2-0-2---0-0---|-------------------||