Eyolf Østrem

  G
I pounded on a farmhouse Lookin' for a place to stay

I was mighty, mighty tired, I had come a long, long way
        C
I said, "Hey, hey, in there Is there anybody home ?
      G
I was standin' on the steps, Feelin' most alone
      D
Well, out comes a farmer He must have thought that I was nuts
   G
He immediately looked at me and stuck a gun into my guts

I fell down to my bended knees
Saying, "I dig farmers, don't shoot me please"
He cocked his rifle and began to shout
"You're that travelin' salesman that I have heard about?"

Album version

 

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Intro:

Album version

Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)

Words and music Bob Dylan
Released on Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

The song is played in open A tuning: E-A-c#-e-a-c#’ (tune down the fourth string a semitone and the three highest strings to the same tones as the three lowest; this is the tuning that was used for Wichita Blues, with the exception of the highest string), and with a capo on the 3rd fret (sounding key C major).

|: Am  G F Am :|

C   Am   F                   G
You have given everything to me.
           F  F/g  C
What can I do for You?
C   Am   F                G
You have given me eyes to see.
           F  F/g  C
What can I do for You?

Am               C/g             F               C/e
Pulled me out of bondage and You made me renewed inside,
Am          G               C           Dm
Filled up a hunger that had always been denied,
Am                  C/g                  F         C/e   Dm

 (C)          G             F        G                C
  :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .       :
|----3--5-3--------(0)----|-------------------------|----0-----0--
|/5--------5--3-----3-----|---------00----00--------|----1-----1--
|----------------4-----0--|-2--2----00----00--------|----0-----0-- etc
|----------------------0--|-3--3----00----00--------|----2-----2--
|-------------------------|-3--3----22----22--0--2--|-3-----------
|-------------------------|-1--1----33----33--------|-------3-----

C

Album version

G        C              G
Throw my ticket out the window,
G        C                   G
Throw my suitcase out there, too,
         C        G/b     C
Throw my troubles out the door,
        C         G/b Am
I don't need them any more
       G               C                 G
'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.

I should have left this town this morning
But it was more than I could do.

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A    /c#      D
Just like old Saxophone Joe
F#m                        Bm
When he's got the hogshead up on his toe
A  /c#    F#7
Oh me, oh my
Bm        E       A
Love that country pie

Listen to the fiddler play
When he's playin' 'til the break of day
Oh me, oh my
Love that country pie

C#7
Raspberry, strawberry, lemon and lime
F#
  What do I care?
Bm
Blueberry, apple, cherry, pumpkin and plum
E
Call me for dinner, honey, I'll be there

Saddle me up my big white goose
Tie me on 'er and turn her loose

    D                 Dsus4
    :   .   .   .     .   .   .   .
||-(2)------2-2---2-|-3---2---3---2---||
||*(3)----------3---|----------------*||
||-(2)--------------|-----------------||
||--0---------------|-----------------||
||*-----------------|----------------*||
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D            A      Em       D
I have heard rumors all over town,
D                     A       Em         D
 They say that you're planning to put me down.
G           F#m          A
 All I would like you to do,
G/b                 Em    D