Duquesne Whistle

Bob Dylan

Transposer:
Intro:

  
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>      
  
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E♭
  
D♭m
  
G#
>      
  
Fm
  
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G#
  
E♭
  
G#
  
E♭
  
G#
  
E♭
  
B♭
  
E♭
G#
Lis
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ten to that Duquesne whistle bl
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owi
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ng
G#
Blo
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wing like it’s gonna sweep my w
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orld
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away
I wanna
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st
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op at Carmbondale and keep on
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goi
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ng
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Tha
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t Duquesne train goin’ rock me night
B♭
and d
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ay

D♭m
You say I’m a gambler yo
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u say I’m a pimp
Fm
But I ain’t neither
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one

G#
Lis
E♭
ten to that Duquesne whistle
G#
blo
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wing
G#
Sou
E♭
nding like it’s on a final
B♭
run
  
E♭

  
G#
  
E♭
  
G#
  
E♭
G#
Lis
E♭
ten to that Duquesne whistle bl
G#
owi
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ng
G#
Blo
E♭
wing like she never blowed be
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fore
  
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G#
Lit
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tle light blinking red light g
G#
low
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ing
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Blo
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wing like she’s at my chamber
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door
  
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D♭m
You smiling through the fence at m
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e
Fm
Just like you always smiled be
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fore
G#
Lis
E♭
ten to that Duquesne whistle b
G#
low
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ing
G#
Blo
E♭
wing like she ain’t goin’ blow no
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mo
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re

  
G#
  
E♭
  
G#
  
E♭
  
G#
  
E♭
  
B♭
  
E♭
E♭
Can’t you hear that Duquesne whistle bl
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owing?
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Blowing like the sky’s gonna blow
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apart
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You’re the only thing alive that keeps me
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going
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You’re like a time bomb in my h
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eart
D♭m
I can hear a sweet voice steadily ca
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lling
Fm
Must be the mother of our L
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ord
G#
Lis
E♭
ten to that Duquesne whistle bl
G#
owi
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ng
G#
Blo
E♭
wing like my woman’s on b
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oar
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d

  
G#
  
E♭
  
G#
  
E♭
G#
Lis
E♭
ten to that Duquesne whistle b
G#
low
E♭
ing
G#
Blo
E♭
wing like it’s gon’ blow my b
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lue
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s away   
You ol
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d r
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ascal I know exactly where you’re goi
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ng
  
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G#
I’l
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l lead you there myself at the break of
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da
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y

I
D♭m
wake up every morning with that
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woman in my bed
Fm
Everybody telling me she’s go
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ne to my head
G#
Lis
E♭
ten to that Duquesne whistle b
G#
low
E♭
ing
G#
Blo
E♭
wing like it’s goin’ kill me de
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ad
  
E♭

  
E♭
  
B♭
  
G#
  
Cm
  
G#
  
G#/B♭
  
B♭
  
G#
  
E♭
  
G#
  
E♭
  
G#
  
E♭
  
B♭
  
E♭
G#
Can’
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t you hear that Duquesne whistle b
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low
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ing?
G#
Blo
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wing through another no good
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town
  
E♭
G#
The
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lights on my native land are gl
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owi
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ng
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I w
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onder if they’ll know me next time
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’r
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ound
D♭m
I wonder if that old oak tree’s still s
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tanding
Fm
That old oak tree the one we used to cl
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imb
G#
List
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en to that Duquesne whistle bl
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owi
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ng
G#
Blo
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wing like she’s blowing right o
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n t
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ime

  
B♭
  
G#
  
E♭
G#
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La chanson évoque le son d'un train, symbolisant à la fois un voyage et un sentiment de nostalgie. L’artiste semble se sentir tiraillé entre son désir d’avancer et les jugements des autres à sonégard. Ce train, qui passe par des lieux familiers, rappelle des souvenirs d’amour et de moments partagés, tout en créant un sentiment d’urgence, comme si le temps pressait. La mélodie évoque aussi l'idée de retrouvailles et d'évasion, où la voix qui guide et le souffle du train sont des éléments réconfortants en cette quête de sens et d’existence. Dans le contexte de l’Amérique des années passées, cela parle d’une époque de mouvements, de uncertainties et de connections humaines poignantes.