Bob Dylan - Dont Think Twice Its Alright guitar tab
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Words and music Bob Dylan
Released on Freewheelin' (1963) and on Greatest Hits II (1971), and in live versions
on Before the Flood (1974) and Budokan (1978). Included is also the lyrics from Gaslight
III (late 1962), which differ considerably from the later
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
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Freewheelin' version
Capo 4th fret (sounding key E major)
Standard fingerpicking
Intro:
C G7 Am C/g F
: . : . : . : .
E------------------|-------0h1-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B----------------1-|---------------1-|---------------0h|-1-----1-------0-|
G------------0-----|---0-------0-----|---2-------0-----|---2-------2-----|
D------2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3---|
A--3---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
E----------3-------|-3-------3-------|---------3-------|-1-------1-------|
C/g G7 C/g
: . : . : . : .
E--------0---------|-------0h1-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-h1-------------0-|---------------1-|-------1---------|-------1---------|
G----0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------------|---0-------------|
D------2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A------------------|-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|
E--3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3---------------|-3-------3-------|
C G Am /g
Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
F C G
Given you don't know by now
C G Am /g
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
D7/f# G (G6-G7)
It'll never do somehow
C C7
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
F D7/f#
Look out your window and I'll be gone
C G Am /g F
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
C G C
Don't think twice, it's all right
C G Am /g F C
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
But don't think twice, it's all right
So it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
Like you never did before
An' it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' walkin' down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's all right
So long, honey babe *)
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
Goodbye is too good a word, gal
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right
*) "I'm walking down that long and lonesome road" in most live versions ever since.
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Before the Flood version
Basically the same as above, with the following changes:
No fingerpicking - energetic strumming instead.
No capo - played in key of C.
Between each verse he stays on a Csus4-chord (x33010).
The first verse goes (as in most live renditions):
Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
Given you don't know by now.
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter anyhow.
(the lyrics from bobdylan.com are:
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter, anyhow
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now)
And in the last verse, the first line is (as in the official lyrics):
I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe
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Budokan version
Neat reggae version.
C G Am
Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
F G
Given you don't know by now
C G Am
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
D7/f# G7
It don't matter anyhow
F C F C
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Bb F Bb F
Look out your window and I'll be gone
C G Am F
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
C G Am F
Don't think twice, it's all right, babe
C G C
Don't think twice, it's all right
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Gaslight III version
Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
[hm]
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be travellin' on
You're the reason I'll be gone
Don't think twice, 'cause it's all right
So it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
[a-ia] like before
An' it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
But don't think twice, 'cause it's all right
Well it ain't no use in turnin' on your lights, babe
Lights I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in burnin' your lamp, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Well, it's lonesome travellin' down the lonesome road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, 'cause it's all right
So I'm ramblin' all by myself babe.
This time, maybe more
And I can't use nobody else, babe
Whatever you claimed before.
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, 'cause it's all right.
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Current (2001) live version
Here's the fingerpicking that is played (not by Dylan himself) these days. Tabbed from various fall shows 2001.
Capo 5th fret (so it's still C major).
Chords:
D6 xx0202
G(v) xx5707
D7(iii) xx0535
G D6 Em
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|-3---------3-----|-2-----0---2-----|-0---------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-------3---------|-0---------------|-------0-------0-|-------0---------|
|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|
|-----0-------0---|-0-------0-------|-0h2-----2---4---|-5-------4---2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C G D/f#
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-0---------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------1-----|-1------------------|-----------3-----|-------3---------|
|-------0---------|-0h2p0----0---0---0-|-------0---------|-2---------2-----|
|-----2-------2---|--------2---0-------|-----0-------0---|-----0-----------|
|-3-------3-------|----------------3---|-2---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------3-------|-2-------2---0h2-|
G D Em
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-----3-----------|-2-----0---2-----|-0---------2-----|-3-----2---0-----|
|-----------3-----|---3---0---------|-------0-------0-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-----0-------0---|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A7 D/f#
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|-0-------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----2---3-----|-------3---2-----|----------0----1-|-------0---------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-------2---------|-----------2---0-|
|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
G G7
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------0-----|-------0---1-----|-3-----3---1-----|-0-----0---------|
|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
C A
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|---------------0-|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|
|-----1-1---3-----|-----------1-----|-----2-2---3-----|-----------2-----|
|-----------------|-------0---------|-----------------|-------2---------|
|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G(v) D7(iii) Em C
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|-7-----7---------|-5-----5---------|-3-----2---3---0-|-----------------|
|---0-------0-----|---3-------3-----|---0-------------|-------3---1-----|
|-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----0-------0---|---0-------------|
|-5-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|-----2-------2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G D/f# G
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|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|---------------3-|
|-0-----1---0-----|-------0---------|-----------3-----|-----------3-----|
|---0-------------|-2---------2-----|-0-----0---------|-------0---------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-2-------2-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
