Words and music Bob Dylan
Recorded during The Basement sessions
(1967) and released on The Bootleg Series 1-3 (1991). A
different version was recorded Oct 1971 with Happy Traum (banjo) and released on Greatest Hits II (1971)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)
G C/g G
G Am They say ev'rything can be replaced, Bm Am G Yet ev'ry distance is not near. G Am So I remember ev'ry face Bm Am G Of ev'ry man who put me here.
G C *) *) Am in subsequent I see my light come shining verses Bm D *) G From the west unto the east. G Am Any day now, any day now, Bm D/a G I shall be released.
They say ev'ry man needs protection, They say ev'ry man must fall. Yet I swear I see my reflection Some place so high above this wall.
I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released.
Now yonder standing here in this lonely crowd, a man who swears he's not to blame. All day long I hear his voice shouting so loud, Crying out that he was framed.
I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released.
Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)
Intro (with a triple-time feel):
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------------|-----------------|----------(0)----|-3-------3------- |---3-----3-------|---2-----2-------|---1-----1-------|-0--(0)--1------- |---3-----3-------|---0-----0-------|---0-----0-------|-0--(0)--0------- |-3-----3-----3---|-2-----2-----2---|-1-----1-----0---|-0--(0)--2------- etc |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2--(2)---------- |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------
G Am They say ev'ry man must need protection, Bm D G C/g G They say ev'ry man must fall. G Am Yet I swear I see my reflection Bm D G C/g G Some place so high above the wall.
G Am I see my light come shining Bm D G From the west down to the east. G Am Any day now, any day now, Bm D G I shall be released.
Down here next to me in this lonely crowd, there's a man who swears he's not to blame. All day long I hear him cry so loud, Callin' out that he's been framed.
I see my light come shining From the west down to the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released.