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BALLAD OF A THIN MAN
As recorded by Bob Dylan
(From the 1965 Album HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED)
Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mike Bloomfield - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bob Dylan - Acoustic Guitar'
Intro
Q=80(8=s8)
Bm BsusBm BsusBm BsusBm
4/4
Gtr I
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
W H. E E E H. E E E H. E E E
|----------|-2-------------------|-2-------------------|-2--------------------|
|----------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|-3--------------------|
|----------|-4-------------------|-4-------------------|-4--------------------|
|----------|-4---------------0-4-|-4---------------0-4-|-4---------------0-4--|
|----------|-2------------2------|-2------------2------|-2------------2-------|
|----------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q
|----------|-2---2-2-2-2-(2)-----|-2---2-2-2-2-(2)-----|-2---2-2-2-2-(2)------|
|----------|-3---3-3-5-3-(3)-----|-3---3-3-5-3-(3)-----|-3---3-3-5-3-(3)------|
|----------|-4---4-4-4-4-(4)-----|-4---4-4-4-4-(4)-----|-4---4-4-4-4-(4)------|
|----------|-4---4-4-4-4-(4)-----|-4---4-4-4-4-(4)-----|-4---4-4-4-4-(4)------|
|----------|-2---2-2-2-2-(2)-----|-2---2-2-2-2-(2)-----|-2---2-2-2-2-(2)------|
|----------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
BsusBm Bm Bm/maj7 Bm7
W W W W
|-2---------------||--2---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|
|-3---------------||o-3---------------|-3---------------|-3----------------|
|-4---------------||--4---------------|-3---------------|-2----------------|
|-4---------------||--4---------------|-4---------------|-4----------------|
|-2---------------||o-2---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Q E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)--||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-3--3-3-5-3-(3)--||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-4--4-4-4-4-(4)--||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-4--4-4-4-4-(4)--||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)--||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E9W GW EmW DE E Q F#mE E Q
|-2---------------|-3---------------|-0---------------|------------------|
|-3---------------|-3---------------|-0---------------|-------------2----|
|-1---------------|-4---------------|-0---------------|-----7-----2------|
|-2---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|---7-----4--------|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-2---------------|-5----------------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-0---------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------2-2-2-2--|
BmE E H E E DE E F#mE E E E Q BmE E Q E E Q
|-----------------|---5-------------|-----------2-----|
|---3---------3---|-----------2-----|---3---------3---|
|-----4---------4-|-----7-------2---|-----4-----------|
|-----------------|-------7-4-------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-5---------------|-2-------2-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|---------2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
G Bm
|-3-| |-3-| |3-|
H. E E H Q E Q H Q E +E Q 3x
|------------------|----------------------|-------------7-(7)----------||
|-3--------------2-|----------------------|---------------------------o||
|-4----------------|-4-----------9b11-9---|-------------------9b11-----||
|-5----------------|----------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------|----------------------|---------------------------o||
|------------------|----------------------|----------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2------2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2----2-------2---||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3----3-------3--o||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4------4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-------4---||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4------4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-------4---||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2------2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2----2-------2--o||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------|----------------------------||
Bridge
BmW DW GW BmW
|-2---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-2----------------|
|-3---------------|-7---------------|-3---------------|-3----------------|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-4---------------|-4----------------|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-5---------------|-4----------------|
|-2---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-2----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------|
W DW GW
|-2---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|
|-3---------------|-7---------------|-3---------------|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-4---------------|
|-4---------------|-7---------------|-5---------------|
|-2---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Em A
E E +E E E E E E Q E E E Q E
|---0-(0)-------0---|-------------------------------|
|---------0-------0-|-------5-----------5-----------|
|-----------0-------|-----------6---------------6---|
|-------------2-----|---------------5---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-----------------|-5-----------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-|
|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-|
|-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-|
|-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E
|---5-------5-------5-------5---||
|-----5-----------------5-------||
|-------6-------6---------6-----||
|-7-----------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|
| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---||
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---||
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---||
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0---||
|-------------------------------||
4th - 7th Verses
Bm Bm/maj7 Bm7 E9
W W W W
||--2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
||o-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
||--4---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-1---------------|
||--4---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-2---------------|
||o-2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
GW EmW DE E Q F#mE E Q
|-3---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-0---------------|-------------2---|
|-4---------------|-0---------------|-----7-----2-----|
|-5---------------|-2---------------|---7-----4-------|
|-5---------------|-2---------------|-5---------------|
|-3---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------4-4-4-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------2-2-2-2-|
BmE E Q E E E E DE E Q F#mE E Q BmE E Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---3-----3-----3-|-----------2-----|---3-------3-----|
|-----4-----4-----|---7---------2---|-----4-------4---|
|-------------4---|-----7---4-------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-5---------------|-2-------2-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|---------2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
G Bm
|--3--|
E E H E E H H +E E E E E +H 4x
|---2-------------|---------------------|------7---7----------------||
|-----3-----------|---------------------|--------7-----------------o||
|-----------------|---------9b11========|=(9)r---------7-(7)--------||
|---------------5S|=9-------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------|--------------------------o||
|-3---------------|---------------------|---------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-|--2---2-2---2----2--2-2-2--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-|--3---3-3---3----3--3-3-3-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|--4---4-4---4----4--4-4-4--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|--4---4-4---4----4--4-4-4--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-|--2---2-2---2----2--2-2-2-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------|---------------------------||
Outro
Bm
E E +H. E E E E +E E E E
|----------------------|---12-10-12b14==(12)r-12b14-12b14-12b14-|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---9b11-(9)-----------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-----2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2--2-------2----2-----2-----2----|
|-3-3-----3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3--3--3-------3----3-----3-----3----|
|-4-4-----4--4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4--4--4-------4----4-----4-----4----|
|-4-4-----4--4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4--4--4-------4----4-----4-----4----|
|-2-2-----2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2--2-------2----2-----2-----2----|
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
S +S S S +H. W
|-12pb14r(12)-10-------------------|------------------*|
|----------------12-(12)-----------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--2-----------2------2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--*|
|--3-----------3------3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--*|
|--4-----------4------4--4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--*|
|--4-----------4------4--4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--*|
|--2-----------2------2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--*|
|----------------------------------|------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths