When I Got Troubles

Written by 
Bob Dylan
Released on 
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: No Direction Home (2005)
Tabbed by 
Eyolf Østrem

Recorded May 1959.

Basic strumming pattern:

  E                          A
  :     .     .     .        :     .     .     .
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|-0-----0-----0-----0-----||-2-----2-----2-----2-----||
|-1-----1-----1-----1---0-||-2-----2-----2-----2---0-||
|-2-----2-----2-----2---0-||-2-----2-----2-----2---0-||
|-2-----2-----2-----2-----||-0-----0-----0-----0-----||
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----||-------------------------||
E                     A               E
  Well I got troubles, troubles on my mind
          A                                    E
Yes, when I got those troubles, troubles on my mind
                B7                 A                    E
Well, I'm gonna forget my troubles, leave my troubles behind,
  B7
behind

         E               A
I'm gonna swing it up
E                A
 Swing down,
E
 Grab my baby, and wind, wind, wind,
      A                                         E
well, swing your troubles, swing your troubles away
       B7         A                      E
Well, swing, baby, swing your troubles today

                    A       E                 A       E
  :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
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|-----------------0-2---0-|-1---------------0-2---0-|-1-----------------------|
|-----------------0-2---0-|-2---------------0-2---0-|-2-----------------------|
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 swing it up                     swing it down              grab the baby . . .

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