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It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry by Bob Dylan - Guitar Chords
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It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Highway 61 Revisited" (1965)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Listen to this tab:
-soundcloud-/maguri/it-takes-a-lot-to-laugh-it-takes-a-train-to-cry
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capo: 1st fret
play: G
key: Ab/G#
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The feel is bluesy/shuffled.
MAIN RIFF
[Intro]
G C/G G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e
e|-(3-3-------3)--|
B|--0-1-0-----0---|
G|--0-0-0-----0---|
D|0-0-2-0--0--0---|
A|----------------|
E|3--------3-3--3-|
[Verse]
(first verse,first four lines)
[blues turnaround]
G C/G G G5 G(b5) C5/G G C/G G G C/G G G(b5) C/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---(3-3-----3)--|----------------|---(3-3-----3)--|---(3-3-----3)--|
B|--0-1-0-----0---|----3---2---1-0-|--0-1-0-----0---|--0-1-0-2-2-1-0-|
G|--0-0-0-----0---|----0---0---0-0-|--0-0-0-----0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|0-0-2-0--0--0---|--0-------------|0-0-2-0--0--0---|0-0-2-0--0------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3--------3-3--3-|3-----3---3-----|3--------3-3--3-|3---------------|
(second and third verse)
G C/G G C/G G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-(3-3-------3)--|
B|--0-1-0---0-1-0-|
G|--0-0-0---0-0-0-|
D|0-0-2-0---0-2-0-|
A|----------------|
E|3--------3-3--3-|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-3
G5 x-x-x-0-3-x
G(b5) x-x-x-0-2-x
C5/G x-x-x-0-1-x
G/F 3-x-0-0-0(3)
C/E 0(3)2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| G C/G G |
(acoustic guitar only)
| G C/G G | G C/G G |
(full band)
[Verse 1]
G C/G G
Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby
G G5 G(b5) C5/G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
Can’t buy a thrill
G C/G G
Well, I’ve been up all night, baby
G G5 G(b5) C5/G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
Leanin’ on the win – dow - sill
G G/F
Well, if I die
C/E | D | % |
On top of the hill
G C/G G
And if I don’t make it
G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
You know my baby will
[Verse 2]
G C/G G C/G G
Don’t the moon look good, mama
G C/G G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
Shinin’ through the trees?
G C/G G C/G G
Don’t the brakeman look good, mama
G C/G G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
Flagging down the “Double E?”
G G/F
Don’t the sun look good
C/E | D | % |
Goin’ down over the sea?
G C/G G
Don’t my gal look fine
G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G |
When she’s comin’ after me?
[Solo]
| G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G |
| G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G |
| G G/F | C/E | D | % |
2/4
| G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
[Verse 3]
G C/G G C/G G
Now the wintertime is coming
G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G |
The win-dows are filled with frost
G C/G G C/G G
I went to tell e - verybody
G5 C/G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
But I could not get across
G G/F
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
C/E | D | % |
I don’t wanna be your boss
G C/G G
Don’t say I never warned you
G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
When your train gets lost
[Outro]
| G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
| G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
| G G/F | C/E | D | % |
2/4
| G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
(fade out)
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