Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan - 20 20 Vision guitar tab

20/20 Vision

(Lyrics and music Joe Allison/Milton Estes)

As performed by Bob Dylan Austin TX 25 Oct. 1991

Tabbed and transcribed by Eyolf Østrem (many thanks to Jamie for supplies)

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The basic rhythm (with numerous variations) is:

G C G C G

: . . . : . : . . . : . . .

|-----------------|---------|-------------0-00-|-3---------------|

|-----------------|---------|-------------1-11-|-0---------------|

|-----------------|-0-0---0-|-------------0-00-|-0---------------|

|-0-0---0-0---0---|-2-2---2-|-0-0---0-0---2-22-|-0-0---0-0---0---|

|-2-2---2-2---2---|-3-3---3-|-2-2---2-2---3-33-|-2-2---2-2---2---|

|-3-3---3-3---3---|---------|-3-3---3-3--------|-3-3---3-3---3---|

The line endings are some times embellished with a G/f#, something like this:

: . . .

|-------------3-33-|-

|-------------0-00-|-

|-------------0-00-|-

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-|-

|-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-22-|-

|-2h3-3-2h3-3-3-33-|-

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G C G C G

I went to the doctor, he says I'm alright.

C G C G

I knew he was lyin', I'm losing my sight.

C G C G

He should have examined the eyes of my mind

G D G C G

20/20 vision and walkin' 'round blind.

She's gone and left, I feel so alone.

I carry a heart as heavy as stone.

I knew she was cheatin', I knew all the time

20/20 vision and walkin' 'round blind.

With my eyes wide open I lay in my bed.

If it wasn't for dyin' I wish I was dead. *)

But this is my punishment, death is too kind

20/20 vision and walkin' 'round blind.

You just didn't know her the way that I do.

You say that she's wicked, and maybe it's true.

one thing I know, she's no longer mine

20/20 vision and walkin' 'round blind.

She's gone, she's gone, oh what shall I do?

you can't be happy if she's there with you.

Some day the heart will trouble your mind

20/20 vision and walkin' 'round blind.

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*) Cf. the end of the story of Dink's Song, as told by John Lomax:

A few months ago I inquired about Dink at Yazoo City, Mississippi, her home, she had told me. "Done planted up there," said a Negro woman, pointing to a nearby tree-clad hill. I could see a few slabs of marble shining through the low green foliage. Dink had sung me a spiritual about a lonesome graveyard, with the refrain: "I wouldn't mind dyin' if dyin' was all!"

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