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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2267961,"song":"I Was Young When I Left Home","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2267961-i-was-young-when-i-left-home-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2267961?type=chord","rating":4.69915,"votes":78,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n          I Was Young When I Left Home – Bob Dylan\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nWritten by: Bob Dylan\r\nRecorded in 1961 (Minnesota Tape)\r\nReleased on the Bonus CD of “Love and Theft” (2001) and\r\n      \"The Bootleg Series, Vol 7: No Direction Home\" (2005)\r\n\r\n\r\nTabbed by: maguri\r\nTuning: D-G-D-G-B-d + capo 1st fret / Standard tuning\r\n\r\nI don't really know whether a capo is used or whether the strings are\r\ntuned to the key one hears. For the sake of convenience, I’d suggest “Open G”\r\nand then use a capo to match Dylan’s recording (D-G-D-G-B-d leaves three strings\r\nas they are in standard tuning whereas one would have to retune all six strings\r\nfor Eb-Ab-Eb-Ab-C-Eb).\r\n\r\nIf you don't want to take the trouble of re-tuning the strings, I added voicings\r\nfor standard tuning in the CHORDS section below.\r\n\r\nDylan uses a Travis picking with many variations. I include a tab of the basic\r\nriff below that can be used to figure out a picking accompaniment or a version\r\nusing a plectrum, too.\r\n\r\n\r\ncapo: 1st fret\r\nplay: G\r\nkey: Ab\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]Basic Pattern\r\n    G                                 Cadd9\r\n    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +\r\nd  |0---------0-----|----------------|----------------|------0---------|\r\nB 1/3---------3-----|---------------1/3-----1---0—-(1)|------1---1-----|\r\nG 2/4-----4-------4-|---------------2/4-----2---0---0-|------0---0-----|\r\nD  |0---------------|0---------------|0-------------2-|----------2-----|\r\nG  |0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|\r\nD  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     D7\r\n    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +\r\nd  |------0---------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB  |1-----1---1-----|1---------------|----------1-----|\r\nG  |0-----0---0-----|2---------------|------0---2-----|\r\nD  |2---------2-----|0---------------|------0---------|\r\nG  |0---------------|0---------------|----------------|\r\nD  |----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]    G\r\n    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +\r\nd  |0-----0---------|------0---------|\r\nB 1/3-----3---------|------3---------|\r\nG 2/4---------4-----|4---------4-----|\r\nD  |0---------0-----|0---------0-----|\r\nG  |0---------------|0---------------|\r\nD  |----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nCHORDS\r\n\r\nBecause of the open tuning almost all the chords have a “g” as their root\r\n\r\n[tab]        D-G-D-G-B-d                            E-A-D-G-B-e\r\nG       x-0-0-4-3-0 and x-0-0-0-0-0-0          3-x-0-0-0-3\r\nC       x-0-2-0-1-0 (= Cadd9/G)                3-x-2-0-1-3 (= C/G)\r\nD7sus4  x-0-0-2-1-0 (= D7sus4/G)               3-x-0-2-1-3 (= D7sus4/G)\r\n   or   0-0-0-2-1-0 (= D7sus4)[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | % | % | [ch]C[/ch] | % | [ch]D7sus4[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | % |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was young when I left home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I been out a-ramblin’ ‘round[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nAnd I never wrote a letter to my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord, to my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I never wrote a letter to my home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was just the other day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was bringing home my pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nWhen I met an old friend I used to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid your mother’s dead and gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBaby sister’s all gone wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd your daddy needs you home right away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot a shirt on my back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNot a penny on my name[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]               [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nWell I can’t go home this-a-way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis-a-way[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord, Lord, Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I can’t go home this-a-way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | % | % | [ch]C[/ch] | % | [ch]D7sus4[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | % |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you miss the train I’m on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCount the days I’m gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                           [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nYou will hear that whistle blow a hundred miles[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA hundred miles, honey baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord Lord Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you’ll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m playing on a track[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMa would come and whoop me back[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nOn them trestles down by old Jim McKay’s[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I pay the debt I owe[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the commissary store[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will pawn my watch and chain and go home[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGo home[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord Lord Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will pawn my watch and chain and go home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | % | % | [ch]C[/ch] | % | [ch]D7sus4[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | % |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUsed to tell Ma sometimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I see them riding blinds[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nGonna make me a home out in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7sus4[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake me a home out in the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don’t like it in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWanna go back home again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I can’t go home this-a-way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis-a-way[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord Lord Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I can’t go home this-a-way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | % | % | [ch]C[/ch] | % | [ch]D7sus4[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | % |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was young when I left home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I been out a-ramblin’ ‘round[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nAnd I never wrote a letter to my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord Lord Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I never wrote a letter to my home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | % | % | [ch]C[/ch] | % | [ch]D7sus4[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] |   [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n          I Was Young When I Left Home – Bob Dylan\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWritten by: Bob Dylan\nRecorded in 1961 (Minnesota Tape)\nReleased on the Bonus CD of “Love and Theft” (2001) and\n      \"The Bootleg Series, Vol 7: No Direction Home\" (2005)\n\n\nTabbed by: maguri\nTuning: D-G-D-G-B-d + capo 1st fret / Standard tuning\n\nI don't really know whether a capo is used or whether the strings are\ntuned to the key one hears. For the sake of convenience, I’d suggest “Open G”\nand then use a capo to match Dylan’s recording (D-G-D-G-B-d leaves three strings\nas they are in standard tuning whereas one would have to retune all six strings\nfor Eb-Ab-Eb-Ab-C-Eb).\n\nIf you don't want to take the trouble of re-tuning the strings, I added voicings\nfor standard tuning in the CHORDS section below.\n\nDylan uses a Travis picking with many variations. I include a tab of the basic\nriff below that can be used to figure out a picking accompaniment or a version\nusing a plectrum, too.\n\n\ncapo: 1st fret\nplay: G\nkey: Ab\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCHORDS\n\nBecause of the open tuning almost all the chords have a “g” as their root\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[Intro]\n| G | % | % | C | % | D7sus4 | % | G | % |\n| G | % |\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| G | % | % | C | % | D7sus4 | % | G | % |\n| G | % |\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| G | % | % | C | % | D7sus4 | % | G | % |\n| G | % |\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| G | % | % | C | % | D7sus4 | % | G | % |\n| G | % |\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Coda]\n| G | % | % | C | % | D7sus4 | % | G |   G","chords":["D","G","B","Eb","Ab","C","Cadd9","D7","E","A","Cadd9/G","C/G","D7sus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,3]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}