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!"
