Words and music Bob Dylan
Released on Freewheelin' (1963) and in different versions
on Nashville Skyline (1969) and Real Live (1984)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Chords (Freewheelin' version):
G 320003 C/G 3x2013 "Em7" 05403x D7/F# 20021x Em 022000
(Nashville skyline version:)
G 320003 Bm 224432 C x32010
(Real Live and most other live renditions:)
G 320003 C/G 3x2013 "D" x54030 C x32010 Em 022000
The theoretically inclined may note the interesting change that the third chord has
undergone, mainly because of the change in what follows.
The chords are the same as for Boots of Spanish Leather.
Capo 3rd fret (sounding key Bb major)
More or less standard fingerpicking:
| . . . |---------------- |-----0---------- |-----------0---- |-----0-------0-- |---------------- |-3-------3------
Intro: G C/g G C/g
"Em7" D7/f# G If you're travelin' in the north country fair, "Em7" D7/f# G Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, Em C G Remember me to one who lives there. "Em7" D7/f# G She once was a true love of mine. Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm, When the rivers freeze and summer ends, Please see if she's wearing a coat so warm, To keep her from the howlin' winds. Please see for me if her hair hangs long, If it rolls and flows all down her breast. Please see for me if her hair hangs long, That's the way I remember her best. I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all. Many times I've often prayed In the darkness of my night, In the brightness of my day. So if you're travelin' in the north country fair, Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine.
G Bm C G If you're travelin' in the north country fair, G Bm C G Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, G Bm C G Remember me to one who lives there. G Bm C G She once was a true love of mine.
The following figure is played at the end of each line:
G C/g G | . . . | . . . |-3---------333333|-3-3------------- |-0---------111111|-1-0------------- |-0---------000000|-0-0--etc-------- |-0---------222222|-2-0------------- |-2---------xxxxxx|-x-2------------- |-3---------333333|-3-3------------- ..fair
"D" C G If you're travelin' in the north country fair, "D" C G Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, Em C G Remember me to one who lives there. "D" C G She once was a true love of mine.
As the Real Live version (with the same emphatical C/g-G at the end of lines). In some verses the Em is played xx5450.
Ends with the following scale figure (the a in parentheses is accidental...):
C/g G |-3-33333----------------|-3-------- |-1-11111----------------|-3-------- |-0-00000----------------|-4-------- |-2-22222----------0-2-4-|-5-------- |----------0-2-3--(0)----|-5-------- |-3-33333----------------|-3--------