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Lonesome River Edge

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Performed by Bob Dylan on the so-called Banjo tape, recorded in the basement of Gerde's folk city Feb 8, 1963, with Happy Traum

The guitar is slightly low on this one, perhaps as much as a semitone.
It's hard to tell if the Em on "good-bye" is a mistake or just an intentional short Em like the at "lips".

G

           G
I held her hand
     C           G
on a cobblestone corner,
             Em G
I kissed her lips
       C     G
by the river bridge
           (Em) G
I said good-bye
      C            G
with a night train rolling
              C D
on a lonesome day
                C     G
by the lonesome river edge.

No, that's not the one I was thinking of.

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