{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":14893,"song":"Let Me Die In My Footsteps","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/14893-let-me-die-in-my-footsteps-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/14893?type=chord","rating":4.84169,"votes":248,"content":"Let Me Die In My Footsteps\r\nRecorded Apr 25, 1962 during the Freewheelin' session,\r\nreleased on The Bootleg Series 1-3 (1991)\r\n\r\n[tab][Play over G chord at end of each verse]\r\ne|---------------------|\r\nB|---------------------|\r\nG|---------------------|\r\nD|-0---2---0-----------|\r\nA|-------------2-------|\r\nE|-----------------3---|[/tab]\r\n\r\nCapo first fret\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will not go down under the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause somebody tells me that death's coming 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I will not carry myself down to die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I go to my grave, my head will be high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me die in my footsteps, before I go down under the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's been rumors of war and wars that have been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe meaning of life has been lost in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd some people thinkin' that the end is close by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Stead of learning to live, they are learning to die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me die in my footsteps, before I go down under the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't know if I'm smart, but I think I can see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen someone is pulling the wool over me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if this war comes and death's all around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet me die on this land 'fore I die underground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me die in my footsteps, before I go down under the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's always been people that have to cause fear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey've been talkin' about a war now for many long years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've read all their statements and I've not said a word[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut now, Lord God, let my poor voice be heard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me die in my footsteps, before I go down under the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet the smell of wild flowers flow free through my blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet me walk down the highway with my brother in peace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me die in my footsteps, before I go down under the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGo out in your country where the land meets the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee the craters and the canyons and where the waterfalls run[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet every state in this union seep down, deep in your souls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you'll die in your footsteps, before you go down under the ground[/tab]","plain_text":"Let Me Die In My Footsteps\nRecorded Apr 25, 1962 during the Freewheelin' session,\nreleased on The Bootleg Series 1-3 (1991)\n\n\n\nCapo first fret\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["G","B","D","A","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}