Words and music Bob Dylan
Recorded Sept 1974 and released on Blood on the Tracks
(1975)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Chords: E5 054000 Emaj7 004340 A 020120 B7 x02120 F# 222222 A' 020100 B' 002100
E5 Emaj7 I've seen love go by my door A It's never been this close before E5 Emaj7 B7 Never been so easy or so slow. E5 Emaj7 Been shooting in the dark too long A When somethin's not right it's wrong E5 B7 E5 You're gonna make me lonesome when you go. Dragon clouds so high above I've only known careless love, It always has hit me from below. But this time around it's more correct Right on target, so direct, You're gonna make me lonesome when you go. Purple clover, Queen Anne lace, Crimson hair across your face, You could make me cry if you don't know. Can't remember what I was thinkin' of You might be spoilin' me too much, love, You're gonna make me lonesome when you go B7 E5 Flowers on the hillside, bloomin' crazy, B7 E5 Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme, F# Blue river runnin' slow and lazy, A' I could stay with you forever B' And never realize the time. Situations have ended sad, Relationships have all been bad. Mine have been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud. But there's no way I can compare All them scenes to this affair, You're gonna make me lonesome when you go. Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin', Stayin' far behind without you. Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin', Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin' to. I'll look for you in old Honolulu, San Francisco, Ashtabula, Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know. But I'll see you in the sky above, In the tall grass, in the ones I love, You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.
Standard tuning
The progression at the end of the bridge can be played with the following chords:
A 00222x (half barre on the 2nd fret throughout) D/a 00423x A7 00525x A+ x0526x (or x0646x - just a suggestion)
D F#m
I've seen love go by my door
G
It's never been this close before
D F#m A
Never been so easy or so slow.
D F#m
Been shooting in the dark too long
G
When somethin's not right it must be wrong
D A |: G . . A |. . . . :|
You're gon' make me lonesome when you go.
Dragon clouds so high above
I've only known about careless love,
It's always hit me from below.
But this time around it's more correct
Right on target, so direct,
You're gon' make me lonesome when you go.
Purple clover, Queen Anne lace,
Crimson hair across your face,
You could make me cry if you don't know.
Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
You might be spoilin' me too much, love,
You're gon' make me lonesome when you go
A D
Black ribbon drivin' me crazy,
A D
Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme,
A D
Blue river runnin' slow and lazy,
E A . D/a . A7 . D/a
I could stay with you forever
A D/a A7 D/a A . D/a . A7 . A+
And never realize the time.
Situations have ended sad,
Relationships have all been bad.
Mine have been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud.
There's no way that I can compare
All them scenes to this affair,
You're gon' make me lonesome when you go.
Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin',
Stayin' far behind without you.
Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin',
Yer gonna make me give myself a
a good talkin' to.
I'll look for you in old Honolulu,
San Francisco, Ashtabula,
Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know.
But I'll see you in the sky above,
In the tall grass, in the ones I love,
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.