Capo: 1 Tuning: D G D G B D

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: D-G-D-G-B-d + capo 1st fret / Standard tuning I don't really know whether a capo is used or whether the strings are tuned to the key one hears. For the sake of convenience, I’d suggest “Open G” and then use a capo to match Dylan’s recording (D-G-D-G-B-d leaves three strings as they are in standard tuning whereas one would have to retune all six strings for Eb-Ab-Eb-Ab-C-Eb). If you don't want to take the trouble of re-tuning the strings, I added voicings for standard tuning in the CHORDS section below. Dylan uses a Travis picking with many variations. I include a tab of the basic riff below that can be used to figure out a picking accompaniment or a version using a plectrum, too. capo: 1st fret play: G key: Ab --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Pattern G Cadd9 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + d |0---------0-----|----------------|----------------|------0---------| B 1/3---------3-----|---------------1/3-----1---0—-(1)|------1---1-----| G 2/4-----4-------4-|---------------2/4-----2---0---0-|------0---0-----| D |0---------------|0---------------|0-------------2-|----------2-----| G |0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------| D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + d |------0---------|----------------|----------------| B |1-----1---1-----|1---------------|----------1-----| G |0-----0---0-----|2---------------|------0---2-----| D |2---------2-----|0---------------|------0---------| G |0---------------|0---------------|----------------| D |----------------|----------------|----------------| G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + d |0-----0---------|------0---------| B 1/3-----3---------|------3---------| G 2/4---------4-----|4---------4-----| D |0---------0-----|0---------0-----| G |0---------------|0---------------| D |----------------|----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS Because of the open tuning almost all the chords have a “g” as their root D-G-D-G-B-d E-A-D-G-B-e G x-0-0-4-3-0 and x-0-0-0-0-0-0 3-x-0-0-0-3 C x-0-2-0-1-0 (= Cadd9/G) 3-x-2-0-1-3 (= C/G) D7sus4 x-0-0-2-1-0 (= D7sus4/G) 3-x-0-2-1-3 (= D7sus4/G) or 0-0-0-2-1-0 (= D7sus4) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | % | % | C | % | D7sus4 | % | G | % | | G | % | [Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

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

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

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

[Verse 5]

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

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

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

[Verse 7]

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

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

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

[Coda] | G | % | % | C | % | D7sus4 | % | G | G

Bob Dylan - I was young when i left home