Date: Fri, 29 Sep 95 16:39:38 EDT From: Winston Campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu> Subject: SENOR (Tales of Yankee Power) by Bob Dylan This is the sixth song off of Dylan~s underrated -Street Legal- album. I happen to love the song (and some of the album, itself) to death. Anyway, what one should remember about this is that there are a lot of bass walk- downs in this song, and they are slow, as is the song. What I mean, for example, is that, say the song moves from C to Am, the bass goes C, B, A (like with what any normal bassist would do). I know you may be thinking, what does this have to do with chord progression that he is about to transcribe. Well, sometimes there is a feeling in the song that more than one chord is being played and that is normally the bass walking down. I may seem silly stating this but trust me... Or you could just ignore this whole paragraph (as would what I would do if I were reading it). Another thing about this transcription is that I had a very hard time understanding Mr. Dylan~s lyrics especially in the bridges. So the lyrics are not exactly what they appear to be. For a more better interpretation of the lyrics, one should buy or take out of the library the Bob Dylan lyric book (which was featured in that awful movie, you know what I~m talking about). Anyway:

^AmSenor, ^EmSenor, Can you ^Ftell me where we ^Cheading' Lincoln County Road or Armaged^Amdon' Seems like I been ^Gdown this way be^Ffore ^DmIs there any truth in that, ^AmSenor'

^AmSenor, ^EmSenor, Do you ^Fknow where she~s ^Chiding' How long are we gonna be ^Amriding' How long must I keep my ^Geyes glued to the ^Fdoor' ^DmWill there be any comfort here, ^AmSenor'

There~s a ^Cwicked wind still blowing on that ^Emupper deck F Am* There~s an iron cross still hanging down from around her neck There~s a ^Cmarching band still playing in their ^Emvacant lot F Am* Where she held me in her arms one time and said -forget what we got-

^AmSenor, ^EmSenor, I can ^Fsee the painted ^Cwagon Smell the tail of a ^Amdragon Can~t stand the ^Gsuspense any^Fmore Can you ^Dmtell me who to contact here, ^AmSenor'

Instrumental: all of the verse chords with the cool mandolin

Well the ^Clast thing I remember before they ^Emstripped and kneeled F Am* Was a train load of fools born down in a Maganatic(') field The ^Cgypsy, where he broke a pike and a ^Emflashing ring F Am* He say, -Son this ain~t a dream no more, it~s the real thing-

^AmSenor, ^EmSenor, You know their ^Fhearts here are hard as ^Cleather Well give me a minute, let me ^Amget it together Just gotta ^Gpick myself up off the ^Ffloor ^DmI~m ready when you are, ^AmSenor'

Another Instrumental like the First Instrumental

^AmSenor, ^EmSenor, Let~s ^Foverturn these ^Ctables Disconnect these ^Amcables ^GThis place don~t make sense to me no ^Fmore Can you ^Dmtell me what we~re waiting for, ^AmSenor'

The song fades out and ends on the verse chords and that is about it. The Am* chords are played by striking the Am chord, then you release all your fingers so that you strike all open strings (except for the low E and A strings), then you strike back on the Am chord. It may not be accurate but that is how I make sense out of that part of the song). Feel free to email me and we can discuss why Bob Dylan rushes his lyrics while playing in concert, making his songs lose all of their bite. (Or maybe it's just me). Oh yeah, I must not disrespect the Spanish language by not nothing that there is a tilda over the "n" in Senor. That is all.

Bob Dylan - Senor