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Youre a Big Girl Now

Bob Dylan
Tab
★4.5(11)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

From: Paul Zimmerman <IFSXM@asuvm.inre.asu.edu>

Bob Dylan:- You're a Big Girl Now (Bootleg version)

Tuning: E-B-E-G#-B-e (lowest - highest)

{*ouch*, not for old strings. You have been warned.}

Chords

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G#m/E F#m7 E

x x O O O O O O O

================ ================ ================

| | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+

| | | | | | 2 2 2 | 3 | | | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+

| | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+

| | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+

| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+

E(II) A B7sus2

O O O O O O x O O x O O

================ ================ ================

| | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | |

+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+

| | | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 2 | 3 |

+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+--+

B

O O O O O O

================

6fr | | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+

1 1 1 1 1 1

+--+--+--+--+--+

| | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+

| | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+

| | | | | |

+--+--+--+--+--+

Hints:

The notes as tabbed below are merely a guide as to bass/treble

strings for strumming, they aren't set in stone! Finger the whole chord

each time anyway. The open top E on the off-beat is easiest played on

the upstroke.

INTRO

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G#m/E F#m7 E

    e|----0-------0-------0-------0---|----------0---------------0---0-|
    B|4---4-------4-------4-------2---|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
    G|3-------3-------3-------1---1---|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
    D|4-------4-------4-------2-------|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
    A|------------------------2-------|2---5-----------5---------------|
    D|------------------------2-------|-\-/----------------------------|

S

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

VERSE

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G#m/E E F#m7

    e|----------------------0---0---0-|----------0-----------0---0---0-|
    B|4---4---4---4---4---4---4-------|--------------------------------|
    G|3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    A|----------------------------0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Our conversation was short and sweet

G#m/E E F#m7

    e|--------------0-------0---0---0-|------0-----0---------0---0---0-|
    B|4---4---4---4---4---4---4-------|--------1---1-------------------|
    G|3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    A|----------------------------0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Nearly knocked me off of my feet And I'm

E(II) A

    e|------0---------------0---0---0-|----------0-----------0---0---0-|
    B|--------------------------------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    G|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
    D|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
    A|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    D|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|--------------------------------|

back in the rain, oh, and you are on dry

E(II) G#m/E A

    e|------0-----------0---0---0---0-|----------0-----------0---0---0-|
    B|----------------------------4---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    G|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
    D|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---4---|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
    A|0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---|
    D|0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------|--------------------------------|

land, oh, You made it there some-

F#m7 G#m/E B7sus2

    e|------0-0-0-0------------0------|----0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-|
    B|--------2---2-------------------|2S4-4---4---4---2---2---2---2---|
    G|1---1---1---1---1---1--1---1----|1S3-3---3---3---1---1---1---1---|
    D|2---2---2---2---2---2--2---0----|2S4-4---4---4---2---2---2---2---|
    A|2---2-----------2---2--2---0----|--------------------------------|
    D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

how You're a big girl now.

E(II) B

    e|------0-0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------7-7---7-------7-----0-0-0-|
    B|--------0---0-----0-0-0-2-2-2-0-|------7-7---7-------7-----0-0-0-|
    G|0---0---0---0-------0---1-1-1-0-|0---0---7---7-------7---7-0-0-0-|
    D|0---0-------0---0-------0---0---|0---0---7---7---7---7---7-0-0-0-|
    A|0---0-------------------2---2---|0---0-----------7-------7-------|
    D|0---0---------------------------|0---0-----------7---------------|

VERSE 2

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G#m/E E F#m7

    e|----------------------0---0---0-|----------0-----------0---0---0-|
    B|4---4---4---4---4---4---4-------|--------------------------------|
    G|3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    A|----------------------------0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
    D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Bird on the horizon sitting on a fence

(etc)

Bird on the horizon

Sittin' on a fence

He's singing his song for me

At his own expense

And I'm just like that bird

Oh-oh

Singin' just for you

Oh-oh

I hope that you can hear

Hear me singin' through these tears

Love is so simple

To quote a phrase

You've known it all the time

I'm learnin' it these days

Oh, I know where I can find you

Oh-oh

In somebody's room

Oh-oh

It's a price I have to pay

You're a big girl all the way

Time is a jet plane

It moves too fast

Oh but what a shame

That all we've shared can't last

I can change I swear

Oh-oh

See what you can do

Mm-mm

I can make it through

You can make it too

A change in the weather

Can be extreme

But it ain't like changing

Horses in midstream

I'm going out of my mind

Oh-oh

With a pain that stops and starts

Mm-mm

Like a corkscrew to my heart

Ever since we've been apart

From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>

YOU'RE A BIG GIRL NOW- Bob Dylan

TUNING: E B E G# B E, capo 3rd fret

G#m/E F#m7

Our conversation was short and sweet

G#m/E F#m7

It nearly swept me off of my feet

E E(2) Esus2 A E

And I'm back in the rain, oooh and you are on dry land

E(2) Esus2 A F#m7

You made it there somehow

G#m7/E B11 E B

You're a big girl now

Bird on the horizon sittin' on a fence

He's singing his song for me at his own expense

And I'm just like that bird, oooh singin' just for you

I hope that you can hear

Hear me singin' through these tears

Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast

Oh but what a shame that all we've shared can't last

I can change I swear, woooa see what you can do

I can make it through

You can make it too

Love is so simple to quote a phrase

You've known it all the time, I'm learnin' it these days

Oh, I know where I can find you, oooh in somebody's room

It's a price I have to pay

You're a big girl all the way

A change in the weather is known to be extreme

But what's the sense of changing horses in midstream

I'm going out of my mind, oooh with a pain that stops and starts

Like a corkscrew to my heart

Ever since we've been apart

CHORDS:

G#m/E:(4)(4)4 3 4 0 F#m7: 2 2 2 1 2 0 B: 7 7 7 7 7 7

E: 0 0 0 0 0 0 A: x 2 0 1 2 0 B11: x 0 2 1 2 0

E(2): 0 0 0 3 0 4 Esus2: 0 0 0 1 0 2

NOTE: I got most of this from the bootleg version posted before, but I

made some changes according to what I heard on the album version (Blood

on the Tracks, 1975). Also, the G#m/E is a bit tricky to play, but I play

it by using the thumb on the low E.

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