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Dirty World

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Written by Bob Dylan and/or the rest of the Wilburys
Recorded May 1988 during the first Traveling Wilburys sessions.

The G in the verse pattern is not really played by the guitar, only by the bass. So the strumming pattern is:

  C           F             C         Am        (/g)
  :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
|-0-----0---0-1-----1---1-|-0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
|-1-----1---1-1-----1---1-|-1-----1---1-----1-----1-|
|-0-----0---0-2-----2---2-|-0-----0---2-----2-----2-|
|-2-----2---2-3-----3---3-|-2-----2---2-----2-----2-|
|-3-----3---3-3-----3---3-|-3-----3---0-----0-----0-|
|-------------1-----1---1-|-------------------------|
Capo 4th fret (sounding key E major)
|:  C . Bb . F . C . :|
    
   C         F    C   Am G    C          F     C     Am  G
He love your sexy body,    he loves your dirty mind
   C     F        C    Am G  C        F      C     Am  G
He loves when you hold him,  grab him from behind
    
F  Em           F             Em
Oh baby, you're such a pretty thing
F                    Em                    G
I can't wait to introduce you to the other members of my gang
    
You don't need no wax job, you're smooth enough for me
If you need your oil changed I'll do it for you free
    
Oh baby, the pleasure be all mine
If you let me drive your pickup truck and park it where the sun don't shine
    
Every time he touches you his hair stands up on end
His legs begin to quiver and his mind begins to bend
    
Oh baby, you're such a tasty treat
But I'm under doctor's orders, I'm afraid to overeat
    
He love your sense of humor, your disposition too
There's absolutely nothing that he don't love about you
    
Oh baby, I'm on my hands and knees
Life would be so simple if I only had you to please

Oh baby, turn around and say goodbye
You're going to the airport now and I'm going home and cry
    
   C
[He loves your  
         Bb      F    C
        Electric dumplings
        Red bell peppers
        Fuel injection
        Service charge
        Five-speed gearbox
        Long endurance
        Quest for junk food
        Big refrigerator
        Trembling wilbury
        Marble earrings
        Porky curtains
        Power steering
        Bottled water
        Parts and services
    
    |: C . F . C . Am  :|
    
C     F        C     Am            C      F     C     Am
Dirty world, a dirty world, it's a ...ing dirty world
    

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