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capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higherSong
Bob Dylan
Song: Highway 51
Tuning: Open D (D A D f# a d)
Capo 2nd fret
Main Riff:
|-------------------------------| |-0-----------------------------| |-0-----------------------------| |-0---------3---0-5---0-3--0-3--| |-0---------3---0-5---0-3--0-3--| |-0---------3---0-5---0-3--0-3--|
The main riff can be played throughout, but you can also play
it at the intro and use the chords on the verses
(though I recommend the riff on the E lines).
Also at the end of the riff you can repeat:
-0-5- instead of: -0-3- if it sounds better. Just play around with it.
-0-5- -0-3-
-0-5- -0-3-
Highway 51 runs right by my baby's door
Highway 51 runs right by my baby's door
If I don't get the girl I'm loving
Won't go down to Highway 51 no more.
Well, I know that highway like I know my hand
Yes, I know that highway like I know the back of my hand
Running from up Wisconsin
way down to no man's land.
Well, if I should die before my time should come
And if I should die before my time should come
Won't you bury my body
out on the Highway 51.
Highway 51 runs right by my baby's door
I said, Highway 51 runs right by my baby's door
If I don't get the girl I'm loving
Won't go down to Highway 51 no more.
The end of the verse riff is improvised on this theme:
|-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-3---0-------------------| |---------3p0------0------| |-------------3----0------|
You could also just play the main riff once at the end of the verse if you want.
E: 000000
A: 020120
B: x02100
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