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Bob Dylan - Bye And Bye guitar tab

Bye And Bye

Words by Bob Dylan. Music based on 'Having Myself a Time' by Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger, sung by Billie Holiday (thanks to Trev for notifying me) [listen]

Released on Love And Theft (2001)

Tabbed by Eyolf Ă˜strem

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For this song I believe in a capo on the 1st fret, at least in a solo acoustic tab, since the uncapoed version would be virtually unplayable. Both versions are included, though, with a list of suggested chords at the end.

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A . Bbo . Bm7 . E E7

A . Bbo . Bm7 . E

Eo E7

By and by,

A . . . | . . Co

I'm breathing a lover's sigh.

. Bm7 Bbo

Well, I'm sitting on my watch

Bm7 E7

So I can be on time

A7/g D/f#

I'm singing love's praises

Dm/f E

With sugar-coated rhyme.

Eo E7

By and by,

A . . . | . . Co

On you I'm casting my eye.

. E7

I'm paintin' the town,

Swingin' my partner around

Well, I know who I can depend on,

I know who to trust

I'm watchin' the roads,

I'm studying the dust

I'm paintin' the town

A /c# Co E7/b A . G#7

Making my last go round.

. C#7 G#7

Well, I'm scuffling, and I'm shuffling

C#7 A7 G#7

And I'm walking on briars

C# G#7

I'm not even acquainted

C# G#/b# E7/b . E7

with my own desires

I'm roamin' slow,

I'm doing all I know.

I'm telling myself

I've found true happiness,

That I've still got a dream

that hasn't been repossessed.

I'm roamin' slow

Going where the wild roses grow.

[instrumental: two first and two last lines of verse]

Well, the future for me

Is already a thing of the past

You were my first love

And you will be my last.

Papa gone mad,

Mama, she's feeling sad.

Well, I'm gonna baptize you in fire

So you can sin no more

I'm gonna establish my rule

Through civil war,

Gonn' make you see

Just how loyal and true a man can be!

[instrumental, fade out]

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Uncapoed version:

Bb . Bo . Cm . F F7

Bb . Bo . Cm . F

Fo F7

By and by,

Bb . . . | . . C#o

I'm breathing a lover's sigh.

. Cm7 Bo

Well, I'm sitting on my watch

Cm7 F7

So I can be on time

Bb7/ab Eb/g

I'm singing love's praises

Ebm/gb F

With sugar-coated rhymes.

. . .

Bb /d C#o F7/c Bb . A7

Making my last go round.

. D7 A7

Well, I'm scuffling, and I'm shuffling

D7 Bb7 A7

And I'm walking on briars

D7 A7

I'm not even acquainted

D A/c# F7/a . F7

with my own desires

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Chords:

Bbo x12020 Bo x23131

Bm7 x24232 Cm7 x35343

Eo 012020 Fo 123131 or xx3434

E7 022140 F7 131241 or xx3545

Co x34242 C#o x45353

A7/g 34222x Bb7/ab 45333x

D/f# 254232 or 200232 Eb/g 365343

Dm/f 103231 Ebm/gb 2x4342

G#/b# x3114x A/c# x4225x

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Here's a tab of what the bass plays during the bridge. I've written it relative to the capo of the rest of the tab, for clarity. The bass obviously doesn't use a capo, though, and the (*) denotes the tone right below the capo... (i.e. the open, lowest string).

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|---------3-----------------------|---------3---6---7-----7-6-----6-|

|-4---6-------4---6---4---3-------|-4---6---------------------------|

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|-4-----------------------------3-|-4-----4-3-----3-2-----2------

|-----4---6---5---4---2---1--(*)--|-------------------------0----

Updated sep 24 2001

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