song : narrow way
artist : bob dylan
album : tempest ( 2012 )
style : accelerando . hillbilly slide & fiddle shuffle – style blues .
tabbed : rikigo
url :
tuning : standard
capo 2
chords :
eadgbe
A = = = x02220
Aadd4 = = = x00220
D = = = xx0323
D3add4 = = = xx0323
E = = = 022100
E7 = = = 020100
method : brisk shuffle – style strum . palm mute rests .
intro :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 1 :
A – Aadd4 – A
i’ll go walk across the desert , until i’m by fried by fire .
A – Aadd4 – A
i won’t think about , what i left behind .
A – Aadd4 – A
another ’tracter in her way , i can call my own .
A – Aadd4 – A
go back home , leave me alone .
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
but i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
bridge :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 2 :
A – Aadd4 – A
ever since the critics burned the white house down ,
A – Aadd4 – A
there’s a bleedin’ wound in the heart of town .
A – Aadd4 – A
i saw you drinkin’ from an empty cup .
A – Aadd4 – A
i saw you buried and i saw you you dug up .
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E D – D3add4 – D
A – Aadd4 – A
i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
bridge :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 3 :
A – Aadd4 – A
look down angel from the skies , help my weary soul to rise .
A – Aadd4 – A
i kissed the cheek , i dragged your plough .
A – Aadd4 – A
you broke my heart , i was your friend until now .
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E D – D3add4 – D
A – Aadd4 – A
i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
bridge :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 4 :
A – Aadd4 – A
in the courtyard of the golden sun .
A – Aadd4 – A
you stand and fight , or you break and run .
A – Aadd4 – A
you went and lost your lovely head , for a drink of wine and a crust of bread .
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
if i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
bridge :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 5 :
A – Aadd4 – A
we looted and we plundered , long distant shores .
A – Aadd4 – A
why is my share not equal to yours?
A – Aadd4 – A
your father left you , your mother too .
A – Aadd4 – A
even death has , washed his hands of you .
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E D – D3add4 – D
A – Aadd4 – A
i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
bridge :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 6 :
A – Aadd4 – A
this is hard country , to stay alive in .
A – Aadd4 – A
blades are everywhere and they are breakin’ my skin .
A – Aadd4 – A
i’m armed to the hilt and i’m struggling’ hard .
A – Aadd4 – A
you won’t get out , of here unscarred .
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E D – D3add4 – D
A – Aadd4 – A
i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
bridge :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 7 :
A – Aadd4 – A
you’ve got too many lovers , wailin’ at the wall .
A – Aadd4 – A
if i had a thousand tons , i couldn’t count ’em all .
A – Aadd4 – A
yesterday , i could’ve put them all in the sea .
A – Aadd4 – A
today , even one , may be too much for me .
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E D – D3add4 – D
A – Aadd4 – A
i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
bridge :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 8 :
A – Aadd4 – A
cake walkin’ baby , you can do no wrong .
A – Aadd4 – A
put your arms around me , where they belong .
A – Aadd4 – A
i want to take ya , on a rollercoaster ride .
A – Aadd4 – A
lay my hands all over ya . tie ya to my side .
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E D – D3add4 – D
A – Aadd4 – A
i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
bridge :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 9 :
A – Aadd4 – A
i got a heavy stacked woman , with a smile on her face .
A – Aadd4 – A
and she is proud , my soul to grace .
A – Aadd4 – A
i’ve saved her from an arrow , and pierced my chest .
A – Aadd4 – A
i’m gonna have to take my head , and bury it between her breasts .
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E D – D3add4 – D
A – Aadd4 – A
i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
bridge :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 10 :
A – Aadd4 – A
’been dark all night , but now it’s dawn .
A – Aadd4 – A
the moving finger is movin’ on .
A – Aadd4 – A
you can garden here , while i sleep .
A – Aadd4 – A
kiss away , the tears i weep .
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E D – D3add4 – D
A – Aadd4 – A
i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
bridge :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
verse 11 :
A – Aadd4 – A
i love a woman , and she loves me .
A – Aadd4 – A
we’ve been to the west and we’re goin’ back again .
A – Aadd4 – A
i heard a voice , at the dusk of day .
A – Aadd4 – A
say “be gentle brother . be gentle and pray . ”
D – D3add4 – D A – Aadd4 – A
it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way ,
E – E7 – E D – D3add4 – D
A – Aadd4 – A
i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day .
outro :
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
| A – Aadd4 – A | A – Aadd4 – A |
notes :
1 . i’ve done my best to approximate the rhythm contribution , which has a very tex – mex
feel . given that dave hildago is in the recorded band , i’m sure that this is his key
signature . : – r
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