Words and music Bob Dylan
Released on New Morning (1970), and debuted live during the fall 2000 tour.
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Dylan goes Jazz!
Here follows first a tab of the bass part in the first instrumental verse, with chord suggestions above. Since the song is basically defined by a bass progression with chromatic alterations, and heavily colorated chords above that, the indicated chords are not what is being played – it's a synthesis of what may have been played by some or the other of the musicians, or rather: a simplified picture of what may have been in their heads while playing. It works, sort of, but especially at the end of the second and third lines below, the chords are definitely suggestions only.
Chords:
C#o x45353 Bm7-5 x2323x
G C C#o G : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-0--0--0--0--|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|------------3|-5--------0--|-5-03--0-----| |-------------|-3--3--4--5--|-------2-----|----------4--| |-------------|-------------|----3--------|-------------|
C C#o G7 C7 Bm7-5 E7 : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|------------0|-5--5--0-----|----3--2-----| |-3--3--2--3--|-4--4--3--4--|----------3--|-2--------1--| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Am D G7 /f Em7 /Bb A D7 : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-0-----------|-------------|----2--1--0--| |-0--0--2--3-4|----3--0-----|----------1--|-0-----------| |-------------|----------4--|-3--1--0-----|-------------|
G C C#o If dogs run free, then why not we G Across the swooping plain? C C#o My ears hear a symphony G C7 Bm7-5 E7 Of two mules, trains and rain. Am D The best is always yet to come, G7 Em7 A7 D7 That's what they explain to me. G C C#o Just do your thing, you'll be king, G If dogs run free. If dogs run free, why not me Across the swamp of time? My mind weaves a symphony And tapestry of rhyme. Oh, winds which rush my tale to thee So it may flow and be, To each his own, it's all unknown, If dogs run free. If dogs run free, then what must be, Must be, and that is all. True love can make a blade of grass Stand up straight and tall. In harmony with the cosmic sea, True love needs no company, It can cure the soul, it can make it whole, If dogs run free.
The chords below are a destillation and a synthetization of the sounds
I hear (at times very vaguely), as chords, licks, bass tones etc. in
four different live renditions of this song from the late 2000
shows. Priority has been given to chord formations that are actually,
audibly played (as opposed to those that can be pieced together from a
bass note here, a lick there, and an unpredictable – but delightful --
tone from Dylan's guitar, but which are never actually played as
such).
The bass line is from Münster, Oct 1, 2000 – other nights it was
similar but different.
Chords:
C9 x35333 F6 xx3535 F#o xx4545 Fm7-5 xx3444 Em7-5 xx2333 F9 xx7888 Fm6 xx6768 Cmaj9 xx5557 A7+5 x05665 (or x02021) Dm7 xx0565 G7-10 xx5466 Fo xx3434 C#o x4535x Dm7 x5756x Dm7-5 x5656x
C9 F6 F#o C Fm7-5 Em7-5 C9 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|----------0--|-1-----------|-------------| |-------------|----2--3-----|-------0-----|-------------| |----0--1--2--|-3-----------|----2-----3--|-2--0-----2--| |-3-----------|-------------|-------------|-------3-----| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
F9 Fm6 Cmaj9 A7+5 A7 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------1-----|----------0--|-1-----------|-------------| |----2--------|----1--3-----|-------0--2--|-0-----------| |-3--------1--|-3-----------|----2--------|----3--2--1--| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Dm7 G7-10 Fo C C#o Dm7 Dm7-5 G7 C9 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|---- |----1--0-----|----------0--|-1-----------|-----------------|---- |----------2--|-0--1--2-----|----0--2-----|-----1-----0-----|---- |-0-----------|-------------|-------------|-0---------------|---- |-------------|-------------|----------4--|--------------2--|-3-- |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----
C9 F6 F#o If dogs run free, then why not we C Fm7-5 Em7-5 C9 Across the swooping plain? F9 Fm6 My ears hear a symphony Cmaj9 A7+5 A7 Of two mules, trains and rain. Dm7 G7-10 Fo The best is always yet to come, C C#o Dm7 Dm7-5 G7 That's what they explain to me. C9 F6 F#o Just do your thing, you'll be king, C Fm7-5 Em7-5 C9 etc. If dogs run free.