Double Drop D

Intro/riff:

      D
Takes rocks and gravel, baby, make a solid road,

Make a solid road.
                        G                  D
Takes rocks and gravel, baby, make a solid road,

Make a solid road.
        A
Takes a good woman mama,
                    D
To satisfy my weary soul.

Have you ever been down on that Mobil and K. C. line,
Have you ever been down on that Mobil and K. C. line?
Well I just wanna ask you,
If you seen that gal of mine.

Intro (1st bar=riff):

Recurring riff:

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An occasional flourish:

Gaslight II version

From the second of the three concerts at the Gaslight Cafe, late october 1962. First known performance of this song. The other early performances are all similar to this; some use the simple drop D tuning.

Double drop D tuning (D-A-d-g-b-d’)
Capo 5th fret (sounding key G minor)

Chords:

    (D-A-d-g-b-d, i.e. tune the 1st and the 6th strings down one whole step).

Capo 1st fret (sounding key Eb minor)

Intro (same strumming pattern throughout the song):