Nashville Skyline
Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline (1969) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Girl of the North Country 2.Nashville Skyline Rag 3.To Be Alone with You 4.I Threw It All Away 5.Peggy Day 6.Lay Lady Lay 7.One More Night 8.Tell Me That It Isn’t True 9.Country Pie 10.Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Girl of the North Country If you’re travelin’ in the north country fair Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. Well if you go when the snowflakes storm When the rivers freeze and summer ends Please see if she’s wearing a coat so warm To keep her from the howlin’ winds. Please see for me if her hair hangs long If it rolls and flows all down her breast. Please see for me if her hair hangs long That’s the way I remember her best. I’m a-wonderin’ if she remembers me at all. Many times I’ve often prayed In the darkness of my night In the brightness of my day. So if you’re travelin’ in the north country fair Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.Nashville Skyline Rag [fade in] C . | . . . . | C(7) . . . | . . . . | Harp verse: | . .| . .| . .| /- . | | . .| . .| . .| /- . | | . . . | . . . | . . . | . nc . | | . .| . .| . .| /- . | Steel guitar verse Dobro verse Ac. guitar verse Piano verse Harp solo: Steel guitar Dobro : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |---------8-------|-----------------|-----5---3-------|-----------------| |-----8-----------|-8-----------3---|/5---------5-3---|-----------------| |-7/9---9---9-7-9-|---9\7---5-------|-----------------|-----5-7-5-------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|-5-7-------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Ac. guitar Piano : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------------|-----------------|---0-------------|-----------------| |-1-3-1-0---------|-----------------|-4---4-3-1-------|-1---------------| |---------2-0-----|-0---------------|-----------2-0-2-|---0-------------| |-------------0-2-|---2-0-----------|-----------------|-----1-0---------| |-----------------|-------2-3-------|-----------------|---------3-------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.To Be Alone with You Turnaround: -----4---3---2---|-0----| -----3---2---1---|-0----| -----4---3---2---|-1----| -----------------|-2----| -----------------|-2----| -----------------|-0----| "Is it rollin’ Bob?" [n.C.] E To be alone with you Just you and me Now won’t you tell me true Ain’t that the way it oughta be? To hold each other tight the whole night through Ev’rything is always right B E [turnaround] When I’m alone with you. To be alone with you At the close of the day With only you in view While evening slips away It only goes to show That while life’s pleasures be few The only one I know Is when I’m alone with you. They say that nighttime is the right time To be with the one you love Too many thoughts get in the way in the day B [n.C.] But you’re always what I’m thinkin’ of I wish the night was here Bringin’ me all of your charms When only you are near To hold me in your arms. I’ll always thank the Lord When my working day’s through I get my sweet reward To be alone with you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.I Threw It All Away Intro: : . . . : . . . |-----0-3-3-1-1---|---0-0-----0-0---| |---2-------------|----------1----1-| |-2---------------|---------2-------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| : . . . : . . . |-----------------|-----------------| |-1---------3-1--0|-1---------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| I once held her in my arms She said she would always stay. But I was cruel I treated her like a fool I threw it all away. Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand And rivers that ran through ev’ry day. I must have been mad I never knew what I had Until I threw it all away. Love is all there is it makes the world go ’round Love and only love it can’t be denied. No matter what you think about it You just won’t be able to do without it. Take a tip from one who’s tried. So if you find someone that gives you all of her love Take it to your heart don’t let it stray For one thing that’s certain You will surely be a-hurtin’ If you throw it all away If you throw it all away. [Ending same as intro] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.Peggy Day : . . . : . . . ---|-------1-----------------|-------3----------------| ---|-----1-------------3-----|-------3-----------1----| ---|---2---------------5-----|-----3-----------3------| etc. --2|-3---------------4-----4-|-5-------------2--------| ---|-----------4-5-----------|-----------0-3----------| ---|-------------------------|------------------------| . . . Peggy Day stole my poor heart away By golly what more can I say Love to spend the night with Peggy Day. Peggy night makes my future look so bright Love to spend the day with Peggy night. Well you know that even before I learned her name You know I loved her just the same. An’ I tell ’em all wherever I may go Just so they’ll know that she’s my little lady And I love her so. Peggy Day stole my poor heart away Turned my skies to blue from gray Love to spend the night with Peggy Day. Peggy Day stole my poor heart away By golly what more can I say F D7 Love to spend the night with Peggy Day. Love to spend the night with Peggy Day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.Lay Lady Lay Chords: C#m x46654 G 355433 Bm x24432 E 022100 The little “thing” that occurs here and there (marked with a “*)” in the song): : . . . |-5---5-5---5-5---| |-5---7-5---7-5---| |-6---7-6---7-6---| |-7---------------| |-7---------------| |-5---------------| Lay lady lay lay across my big brass bed Lay lady lay lay across my big brass bed Whatever colors you have in your mind I’ll show them to you and you’ll see them shine Lay lady lay lay across my big brass bed Stay lady stay stay with your man awhile Until the break of day let me see you make him smile His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean And you’re the best thing that he’s ever seen Stay lady stay stay with your man awhile Why wait any longer for the world to begin You can have your cake and eat it too Why wait any longer for the one you love When he’s standing in front of you Lay lady lay lay across my big brass bed Stay lady stay stay while the night is still ahead I long to see you in the morning light I long to reach for you in the night Stay lady stay stay while the night is still ahead ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.One More Night : . . . : . . . : |----3--5-3--------(0)----|-------------------------|----0-----0--| |/5--------5--3-----3-----|---------00----00--------|----1-----1--| |----------------4-----0--|-2--2----00----00--------|----0-----0--| etc |----------------------0--|-3--3----00----00--------|----2-----2--| |-------------------------|-3--3----22----22--0--2--|-3-----------| |-------------------------|-1--1----33----33--------|-------3-----| One more night the stars are in sight But tonight I’m as lonesome as can be. Oh the moon is shinin’ bright Lighting ev’rything in sight But tonight no light will shine on me. Oh it’s shameful and it’s sad I lost the only pal I had I just could not be what she wanted me to be. I will turn my head up high To that dark and rolling sky For tonight no light will shine on me. I was so mistaken when I thought that she’d be true I had no idea what a woman in love would do! One more night I will wait for the light While the wind blows high above the tree. Oh I miss my darling so I didn’t mean to see her go But tonight no light will shine on me. [instrumental break] One more night the moon is shinin’ bright And the wind blows high above the tree. Oh I miss that woman so I didn’t mean to see her go But tonight no light will shine on me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.Tell Me That It Isn’t True Capo 3rd fret (sounding key F major) into a Gmaj7 of some sort) D Dsus4 : . . . . . . . ||-(2)------2-2---2-|-3---2---3---2---|| ||*(3)----------3---|----------------*|| ||-(2)--------------|-----------------|| ||--0---------------|-----------------|| ||*-----------------|----------------*|| ||------------------|-----------------|| I have heard rumors all over town They say that you’re planning to put me down. All I would like you to do Is tell me that it isn’t true. They say that you’ve been seen with some other man That he’s tall dark and handsome and you’re holding his hand. Darlin’ I’m a-countin’ on you Tell me that it isn’t true. To know that some other man is holdin’ you tight It hurts me all over it doesn’t seem right. All of those awful things that I have heard I don’t want to believe them all I want is your word. So darlin’ you better come through Tell me that it isn’t true. [instrumental break] All of these awful things that I have heard I don’t want to believe them all I want is your word. So darlin’ I’m countin’ on you Tell me that it isn’t true. [three suggestions for the ending:] : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-0----------------|-----------------|2h4-2--------------|| |/4-2-0-2---0-----|---4-2-/4---------|-4-2-0-2---0-0---|------2-h4---------|| |-------------2---|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| or: : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-2-0---0---------|-3-2-0-2----------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-3---3-0---3-0---|-------3----------|-------0---------|-------------------|| |-0-----0---------|-4-2-0-2----------|-2-----0---------|-2h4-2-------------|| |-----------------|-------0----------|-4-2-0-2---0-----|-------2-h4--------|| |-----------------|------------------|-------------2---|-------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| This is actually played on a guitar capoed on the 1st fret something like: : . . . : . . . : . . . : . . . |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-(0)-----------------|| |-----------------|-0-0-0--0---------|-----------------|--------(0)----------|| |-----------------|------------------|-----------------|4h6-4----------------|| |/6-4-2-4---2-----|-7-6-4-h6---------|-----------------|------4-h6-----------|| |-------------4---|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|-4-2-0-2---0-0---|---------------------|| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 9.Country Pie The is usually mixed with (which means you can pick whichever you want of the two) Just like old Saxophone Joe When he’s got the hogshead up on his toe Oh me oh my Love that country pie Listen to the fiddler play When he’s playin’ ’til the break of day Oh me oh my Love that country pie Raspberry strawberry lemon and lime What do I care? Blueberry apple cherry pumpkin and plum Call me for dinner honey I’ll be there Saddle me up my big white goose Tie me on ’er and turn her loose Oh me oh my Love that country pie I don’t need much and that ain’t no lie Ain’t runnin’ any race Give to me my country pie I won’t throw it up in anybody’s face Shake me up that old peach tree Little Jack Horner’s got nothin’ on me Oh me oh my Love that country pie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You Throw my ticket out the window Throw my suitcase out there too Throw my troubles out the door I don’t need them any more ’Cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you. I should have left this town this morning But it was more than I could do. Oh your love comes on so strong And I’ve waited all day long For tonight when I’ll be staying here with you. Is it really any wonder The love that a stranger might receive. You cast your spell and I went under I find it so difficult to leave. I can hear that whistle blowin’ I see that stationmaster too If there’s a poor boy on the street Then let him have my seat ’Cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you. [instrumental break] Throw my ticket out the window Throw my suitcase out there too Throw my troubles out the door I don’t need them any more ’Cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
