I'll Keep It with Mine

Written by 
Bob Dylan
Released on 
Biograph (1985), The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1–3: Rare & Unreleased 1961-1991 (1991), The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (2010), Side Tracks (2013) and The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966
Tabbed by 
Eyolf Østrem

Recorded Jan 14, 1965 and Jan 27, 1966, released on Biograph (1985) and The Bootleg Series 1-3 respectively. Since these are both played at the piano, the value as a guitar tab is limited, but what the heck…

Biograph version

         C/e     F    C/g  F/a  C/g
You will search, babe,
 F C/e G/d F/a
At a - ny  cost.
        C/e         F  C/g  F/a
But how long, babe,
C/g     F      C/e G/d    C   F/a
Can you search for what's not lost?
C/e F C/g  F/a  C/g    F  C/e
Ev'ry-body will help you,
     F          C/g  F/c
Some people are very kind.
       C F C/e  Dm     C    F/a C/g G/d C    F/a
But if I           can save you a - ny  time,
C     /b F/a     C/g F
Come on, give it to  me,
C/e  Dm      F11  C
I'll keep it with mine.

G

I can't help it
If you might think I'm odd,
If I say I'm loving you
not for what you are But for what you're not.
Everybody will help you
Discover what you set out to find.
But if I
can save you any time,
Come on, give it to me,
I'll keep it with mine.

Everybody will help you
Discover what you set out to find.
But if I
can save you any time,
Come on, give it to me,
I'll keep it with mine.

Now the train leaves
At half past ten,
But it'll be back,
in the same old spot again.
The conductor
He's still stuck on the line.
And if I
can save you any time,
Come on, give it to me,
I'll keep it with mine.

Bootleg series version

The bass moves in mysterious ways. The piano has the bass line 

| g-a-c-d | e-d-c-a | g-a-c-- | d---|

at the beginning of the clip, whereas the bass guitar tries its best to figure out how the song goes, without consistently failing nor succeeding.

C  F C    F    C      F C F
Everybody will help you
C                            Dm7
Discover what you set out to find.
       C
But if I
F/a               C      F/a
 can save you any time,
C        F       C  F
Come on, give it to me,
     Gsus4 . . . G . .    .     C      F   C   F 
I'll keep it         with mine.

        C            
Now the train leaves
F             C
 At half past ten,
F             C
 But it'll be back here 
F                            C      F 
 tomorrow the same old time again.
C              F/c  C     
 The conductor he's weary,
     F                  
He's still stuck on the line.
       C
But if I
F/a               C      F/a
 can save you any time,
C                   F
Come on, give it to me,
     Gsus4    G         C
I'll keep it       with mine.

I can't help it
If you might think I'm odd,
If I say I'm
not loving you for what you are But for what you're not.
Everybody will help you
Discover what you set out to find.
But if I
can save you any time,
Come on, give it to me,
I'll keep it with mine.

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