Trad., Bob Dylan (arr)
Released on The Bootleg Series 1-3 (1991)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Capo 2nd fret (original key D major)
The following figure is the basis of the fingerpicking pattern that he uses throughout, but with many variations along the way. Don't bother too much about the exact strings neither of the thumb nor the middle strings – what matters is the steady thumb against the syncopated rhythm of the upper strings:
C/g : . . . |-------0---------0--------| |-------1---------1--------| |-----0--------------------| |-----------2-----------2--| |-------3-----------3------| |-3-----------3------------|
Intro:
G7 C/g : . . . : . . . : . . . |-------1-----1---------1-|-------1-----------------|-------0-----0---------0-| |-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-------0---0-----0-----0-|-------1-----1---------1-| |-----0-----0-----0-------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------2-----------|-------------------------| |-3-----------------3-----|(3)----------------3-----|-3-----------------3-----|
: . . . |-------0-----0-----------| |-------1-----1-----------| |-----0-----0-----0-----0-| etc. |-------------------------| full verse |-------------------------| |-3-----3-----3-----3-----|
G7 C/g He was a friend of mine G7 C/g He was a friend of mine F C/g Every time I think about him now E Am Lord I just can't keep from cryin' C/g G7 C/g 'Cause he was a friend of mine He died on the road He died on the road He never had enough money To pay his room or board And he was a friend of mine I stole away and cried I stole away and cried 'Cause I never had too much money And I never been quite satisfied And he was a friend of mine He never done no wrong He never done no wrong A thousand miles from home And he never harmed no one And he was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine Every time I hear his name Lord I just can't keep from cryin' 'Cause he was a friend of mine.