Capo: 1 Tuning: G C E A

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Was Young When I Left Home – Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan Recorded in 1961 (Minnesota Tape) Released on the Bonus CD of “Love and Theft” (2001) and "The Bootleg Series, Vol 7: No Direction Home" (2005) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: soprano C capo: 1st fret play: G key: Ab --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS g-C-E-A G 0-2-3-2 Cadd9 0-2-0-3 D7sus4 2-0-3-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | % | % | Cadd9 | % | D7sus4 | % | G | % | | G | % | [Verse 1]

I was ^Gyoung when I left home But I been out a-ramblin’ ‘^Cadd9round And I ^D7sus4never wrote a letter to my ^D7sus4home To my ^Ghome Lord, to my ^Cadd9home And I ^D7sus4never wrote a letter to my ^Ghome

[Verse 2]

It was ^Gjust the other day I was bringing home my ^Cadd9pay When I ^D7sus4met an old friend I used to ^D7sus4know Said your ^Gmother’s dead and gone Baby sister’s all gone ^Cadd9wrong And your ^D7sus4daddy needs you home right a^Gway

[Verse 3]

Not a ^Gshirt on my back Not a penny on my ^Cadd9name Well, I ^D7sus4can’t go home this-a-^D7sus4way This-a-^Gway Lord, Lord, ^Cadd9Lord And I ^D7sus4can’t go home this-a-^Gway

[Interlude] | G | % | % | Cadd9 | % | D7sus4 | % | G | % | | G | % | [Verse 4]

If you ^Gmiss the train I’m on Cadd9ount the days ^Cadd9I’m gone You will ^D7sus4hear that whistle blow a hundred ^D7sus4miles A hundred ^Gmiles, honey baby Lord Lord ^Cadd9Lord And you’ll ^D7sus4hear that whistle blow a hundred ^Gmiles

[Verse 5]

I’m ^Gplaying on a track Ma would come and whoop me ^Cadd9back On them t^D7sus4restles down by old Jim Mc^D7sus4Kay’s When I ^Gpay the debt I owe To the commissary ^Cadd9store I will ^D7sus4pawn my watch and chain and go ^Ghome Go ^Ghome Lord Lord ^Cadd9Lord I will ^D7sus4pawn my watch and chain and go ^Ghome

[Interlude] | G | % | % | Cadd9 | % | D7sus4 | % | G | % | | G | % | [Verse 6]

Used to ^Gtell Ma sometimes When I see them riding ^Cadd9blinds Gonna ^D7sus4make me a home out in the ^D7sus4wind In the ^Gwind Lord in the ^Cadd9wind ^D7sus4Make me a home out in the ^Gwind

[Verse 7]

I don’t ^Glike it in the wind Wanna go back home a^Cadd9gain But I ^D7sus4can’t go home this-a-^Gway This-a-^Gway Lord Lord ^Cadd9Lord And I ^D7sus4can’t go home this-a-^Gway

[Interlude] | G | % | % | Cadd9 | % | D7sus4 | % | G | % | | G | % | [Verse 8]

I was ^Gyoung when I left home But I been out a-ramblin’ ‘^Cadd9round And I ^D7sus4never wrote a letter to my ^D7sus4home To my ^Ghome Lord Lord ^Cadd9Lord And I ^D7sus4never wrote a letter to my ^Ghome

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Bob Dylan - I was young when i left home