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Eyolf Østrem

Lonesome Whistle Blues


      C
I was riding number 9,
        F          C
heading south from Carolina.
                G               C
I heard that lo-onesome whistle blow.

Got in trouble, had to roam,
        F             C
left my girl, left my home.
                G               C
I heard that lo-onesome whistle blow.

       F
Just a kid, acting smart,
           C
I went and broke my baby's heart.
              D            G

Bound to Lose, Bound to Win


[Intro:]

G . . Em   . G . C |
G . . Em/b . G . C |
G . . Em/b . G C . |G ... etc

["Here's one, I can write you out the verses to this later,
I can't really remember this right now,
I'll write you out the verses to it."]
         G              C
Well I'm bound to lose, bound to win
G        C           D     G
bound to walk to the road again
G              C
Bound to lose, bound to win

Guess I'm Doing Fine


       C              Dm7/f C
Well I ain't a-got my child-hood
   C         Dm7  /f  C
Or friends I once did know
     C              Dm7  C
No I ain't a-got my childhood
   C         Dm7      C
Or friends I once did know
    C(iii)         F(v)  C(iii)
But I still got my voice left
      F(v)       Dm7   G C
I can take it anywhere I go
Dm7          G     /e-/f     C    Dm7 G
Hey hey so I guess I'm doin' fine.

An I've never had much money

Don't Pity Me

Performed by Bob Dylan in Joliette, Quebec, July 31 1989 (a one-off).
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem and Jamie Lovinger

On my tape (thanks, Jamie), it sounds as if he actually plays it in F# major. On the other hand, the final chord sounds very much like a G shape chord, which is also much easier to play. I append a version in G major at the end.

Roving Gambler

As performed by Bob Dylan on the Love Sick single (El Rey Theatre, LA, USA, Dec 17 1997)
Recorded and arranged by Hank Thompson
Submitted by Amelia Cruz with corrections by Eyolf Østrem

Goin' to Acapulco

    G                    D
I'm going down to Rose Marie's
C                  G
 She never does me wrong.
    G             D
She puts it to me plain as day
C                         G
 And gives it to me for a song.
       G               G7
It's a wicked life but what the hell
      C                  Am
[and] everybody's got to eat
        G                D
And I'm just the same as anyone else
                C                  Am
When it comes to scratching for my meals *)
G              C
Goin' to Acapulco
G            F
Goin' on the run.

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