Written by Big Joe Williams
Played by Bob Dylan during the Freewheelin' sessions (April 25, 1962)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Chords: E, E7, Em or E7-10 (or E7#9), that's all.
The intro contains all the licks that are used throughout the rest of
the song, between the sung lines. The lick at the beginning of the
second line (m. 5) is everywhere, while the shapes in m. 1 (0xx430)
and m. 2 (0xxx53) are used here and there between verses. All with
lots of variations, of course.
The bass..., no, maybe we shouldn't talk about the bass... Oh, ok,
it's erratic, driving, brilliant, and hopeless to put down on paper.
Intro:
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------0-----|-------0-3-0-----|-------0---0-----|-----------------| |----/3---3-3-----|----/5-----------|----/3--/3-------|-----------------| |----/4-4---------|-----------------|----/4--/4-------|-----------------| |---------------5-|-----------------|---------------2-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-----0---0-0-|-0-0-0---0---0---|-0-0-0---0---0---|
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---0-----0-------| |-----------------|-----------------|----/3~~~~~~~~~~~|-------3---3-----| |-----2---2-0---1-|-----2---2---0(1)|----/4~~~~~~~~~4-|-4-----------4-2-| |----(2---2-0)--2-|---------------2-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0---0-----0---|-0-0---0---0-----|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------2---0-|-1-----0h1-0h1-0-||h1---------------|-----2---2-0---1-| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---||-----------------|-0-0---0-----0---| Baby please don't go . . .
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----2---2-0-----|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------2-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---| Baby please Baby please back to don't go . . . don't go New Orleans
: . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------------|-----------------|------------------ |-----------------|-----------------|------------------ |-----------2---0-|h1---------------|-------harp------- |-----------------|-----------------|------------------ |-----------------|-----------------|------------------ |-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---------------- you know Baby please it hurts me so don't go
Baby, please don't go, Baby, please don't go, Baby, please don't go, Back to New Orleans, You know it hurts me so, Baby, please don't go. Turn your lamp down low Turn your lamp down low Turn your lamp down low Don't drive me from your door Baby, please don't go, Baby, please don't leave