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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2771869,"song":"Ballad In Plain D","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2771869-ballad-in-plain-d-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2771869?type=chord","rating":4.6718,"votes":4,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                  Ballad in Plain D – Bob Dylan\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nWritten by: Bob Dylan\r\nFrom: “Another Side of Bob Dylan” (1964)\r\n\r\nTabbed by: maguri\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nNot easy to transcribe: Dylan is still working out the chord structure as\r\nhe's going along (notice the many irregularities here and there). \r\nC or C/G: I guess he plays 3-3-2-0-1(0) for all the C-chords; the difference \r\nis due to which string he picks as the root note (A-string: C, E-string: C/G).\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nCapo: 2nd fret\r\nPlay: C\r\nKey: D (not so \"plain\", after all ...)\r\n\r\nTime signature: 3/4\r\nTempo: 125 bpm\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORDS\r\n     E-A-D-G-B-e\r\nC    x-3-2-0-1-x\r\nC/G  3(3)2-0-1-x\r\nG    3-x-0-0-0-x\r\nG6   3-x-2-0-0-x\r\nG7   3-x-3-0-0-x\r\nBb   x-x-0-3-3-x or x-x-3-3-3-x (for example in Verse 6)[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n     2/4\r\n[tab]| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]         | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n      I    once loved a girl, her skin it was bronze[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]            | [ch]F[/ch] | % |\r\nWith the innocence of a lamb, she was gentle like a fawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]       | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nI courted her proudly but now she is gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G6[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] |\r\nGone as the season she’s ta-  ken[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]       | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nIn a young summer’s youth, I stole her away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]             | [ch]F[/ch] | % | % |\r\nFrom her mother and sister, though close did they stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C/G[/ch]             | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nEach one of them suffering from the failures of their day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]  | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G6[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\nWith strings of guilt they tried hard to guide us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]| [ch]G7[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]         | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nO - o - of the two sisters, I loved the young[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]   | [ch]F[/ch] | % |\r\nWith sensitive instincts, she was the creative  one[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]    | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nThe constant sc(r?)apegoat, she was easily undone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]   | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] |\r\nBy the jealousy of others around  her[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] |  [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]      | [ch]C[/ch] | % |\r\n  For   her parasite sister, I had no respect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]         | [ch]F[/ch] | % |\r\nBound by her boredom, her pride to protect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]          ([ch]F[/ch])| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nCountless visions of the other she’d reflect[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % | % | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G6[/ch] |\r\nAs a crutch for her scenes and her socie- ty[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n 2/4\r\n[tab]| [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]        | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n  My-  self, for what I did, I cannot be excused[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C/G[/ch]     | [ch]F[/ch] | % | % |\r\nThe changes I was going through can’t even be used[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]         | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nFor the lies that I told her in hopes not to lose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]   | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] |\r\nThe could-be dream-lover of my life- time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]| [ch]G7[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]           | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n  With unseen consciousness, I possessed in my grip[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]            | [ch]F[/ch]  | % |\r\nA magnificent mantelpiece, though its heart being chipped[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             (bum note:x-0-3-3-3-x)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]     | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nNoticing not that I’d already slipped[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]          | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] |\r\nTo a sin of love’s false securi- ty[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]| [ch]G7[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]           | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n  From  silhouetted anger to manufactured peace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]         | [ch]F[/ch]  | % |\r\nAnswers of emptiness, voice vacancies[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]               | [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nTill the tombstones of damage read no questions but, “Please[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]            | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | % | [ch]G7[/ch] | % |\r\nWhat’s wrong and what’s exactly the mat-ter?”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]               | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nAnd so it did happen like it could have been foreseen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]        | [ch]F[/ch]  | % |\r\nThe timeless explosion of fantasy’s dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]         | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % |\r\nAt the peak of the night, the king and the queen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]           | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G6[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\nTumbled all down into pie-ces[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]| [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n  “The tragic figure!” her sister did shout[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]            | [ch]F[/ch]  | % |\r\n“Leave her alone, God damn you, get out!”[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]     | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nAnd I in my armor, turning about[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]               | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G6[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\nAnd nailing her in the ruins of her pettiness[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]| [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]        | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n   Be- neath a bare lightbulb the plaster did pound[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]               | [ch]F[/ch]  | % |\r\nHer sister and I in a screaming battleground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]       | [ch]C[/ch] | % |\r\nAnd she in between, the victim of sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G6[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\nSoon shattered as a child to the sha- dows[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]| [ch]G7[/ch] |   [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]           | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % |\r\n  All is gone, all is gone, admit it, take flight[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]          | [ch]F[/ch]  | % |\r\nI gagged in contradiction, tears blinding my sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]     | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % |\r\nMy mind it was mangled, I ran into the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]  | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G6[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\nLeaving all of love’s ashes behind  me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab]| [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n  The  wind knocks my window, the room it is wet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]           | [ch]F[/ch]  | % |\r\nThe words to say I’m sorry, I haven’t found yet[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]        | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nI think of her often and hope whoever she’s met[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]                     | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | % |\r\nWill be fully aware of how precious she is[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n| [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % |\r\n| [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | % |\r\n| [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % |\r\n| [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]G7[/ch] | % | [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n 2/4\r\n[tab]| [ch]G7[/ch] |   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]     | [ch]C[/ch] | % |\r\n  Ah, my friends from the prison, they ask unto me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         | [ch]F[/ch]  | [ch]F/C[/ch] |\r\n“How good, how good does it feel to be free?”[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]    | [ch]C[/ch] | % |\r\nAnd I answer them most mysteriously         2/4[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            | [ch]G7[/ch] | % | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n“Are birds free from the chains of the sky-      way?”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | % | [ch]C/G[/ch] | % | [ch]G7[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n                  (timing is fuzzy in the last few bars)[/tab]","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                  Ballad in Plain D – Bob Dylan\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWritten by: Bob Dylan\nFrom: “Another Side of Bob Dylan” (1964)\n\nTabbed by: maguri\nTuning: Standard\n\nNot easy to transcribe: Dylan is still working out the chord structure as\nhe's going along (notice the many irregularities here and there). \nC or C/G: I guess he plays 3-3-2-0-1(0) for all the C-chords; the difference \nis due to which string he picks as the root note (A-string: C, E-string: C/G).\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCapo: 2nd fret\nPlay: C\nKey: D (not so \"plain\", after all ...)\n\nTime signature: 3/4\nTempo: 125 bpm\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[Verse 1]\n     2/4\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 2/4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n| C/G | Am | F | C/G | % |\n| C/G | Am | Bb | F | % |\n| C/G | Am | G7 | F | C/G | % |\n| C/G | G7 | % | C/G | G | % |\n\n\n[Verse 12]\n 2/4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Coda]","chords":["D","C","C/G","A","E","G","B","G6","G7","Bb","Am","F","F/C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}