Man On The Street by Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Man on the Street - Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Bob Dylan Man on the Street (1961) (Bob Dylan) From: "The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3. 1961-1991 [Disc 1]" Very laconic and beautiful. The guitar alternates between two main patterns (pattern 1 featuring slight variations here and there, pattern 2 pretty much stays the same throughout the song). The bass is played with the thumb and the chords are strummed. Pattern 1 G [2/4] e|---3--------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|--------| B|---3--------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|--------| G|---0--------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--------| D|--------0-------|----------------|--------0-------|----0---| A|----------------|-------0h2------|----------------|--------| E|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3-------| [4/4] Em e|----0-----------|----0-------0---| B|----0-----------|----0-------0---| G|----0-----------|----0-------0---| D|----2-----------|----2-------2---| A|------------0h2-|----------------| E|0---------------|0---------------| Pattern 2 G [2/4] e|---3--------3---|---3--------3---|---3--------3---|----3---| B|---3--------3---|---3--------3---|---3--------3---|----3---| G|---0--------0---|---0--------0---|---0--------0---|----0---| D|--------0-------|2-------0-------|----------------|----2---| A|----------------|----------------|0h2-------------|2-------| E|3---------------|----------------|-------3--------|--------| [4/4] Em e|----0-----------|----0-------0---| B|----0-----------|----0-------0---| G|----0-----------|----0-------0---| D|----2-------2---|----2-------2---| A|----------------|----------------| E|0---------------|0---------------| CODA Em e|----0-----------|--------0-------| B|----0-----------|--------0-------| G|----0-----------|--------0-------| D|----2-----------|--------2-------| A|------------0h2-|--------2-------| E|0---------------|0-------0-------| INTRO | G | G |2/4 Em |4/4 G | G | [Harp] VERSE 1 (Pattern 1 / Pattern 1) G I'll sing you a song it ain't very long, Em About an old man who never done wrong. G How he died nobody can say, Em They found him dead in the street one day. VERSE 2 (Pattern 1 / Pattern 2) G And the crowd, they gathered one fine morn, Em At the man whose clothes 'n' shoes were torn. G There on the sidewalk he did lay, Em They stopped 'n' stared and they went their way. | G | G | G |2/4 G |4/4 Em | Em | G | G | [Harp] VERSE 3 (Pattern 1 / Pattern 2) G Well, the p'liceman come and he looked around, Em "Get up, old man, or I'm a-takin' you down." G He jabbed him once with his bully club Em The old man then rolled off the curb. VERSE 4 (Pattern 2 / Pattern 2) G Well, he jabbed him again and loudly said, Em "Call the wagon; this man is dead." G The wagon come, they loaded him in, Em I never saw the man again. | G | G | G |2/4 G |4/4 Em | Em | [Harp] | G | G | G |2/4 G |4/4 Em | Em | Em | Em | [Harp] VERSE 4 (Pattern 2 / Pattern 2) G I'm singin' my song, it ain't very long, Em About an old man who never done wrong. G How he died nobody could say, Em [CODA] They found him dead in the street one day. www.TAB6.com