Narrow Way

song : narrow way artist : bob dylan album : tempest ( 2012 ) style : accelerando . hillbilly slide & fiddle shuffle - style blues . tabbed : rikigo url : tuning : standard capo 2 chords : eadgbe A = = = x02220 Aadd4 = = = x00220 D = = = xx0323 D3add4 = = = xx0323 E = = = 022100 E7 = = = 020100 method : brisk shuffle - style strum . palm mute rests . Intro : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 1 : A - Aadd4 - A i’ll go walk across the desert , until i’m by fried by fire . A - Aadd4 - A i won’t think about , what i left behind . A - Aadd4 - A another ’tracter in her way , i can call my own . A - Aadd4 - A go back home , leave me alone . D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A but i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Bridge : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 2 : A - Aadd4 - A ever since the critics burned the white house down , A - Aadd4 - A there’s a bleedin’ wound in the heart of town . A - Aadd4 - A i saw you drinkin’ from an empty cup . A - Aadd4 - A i saw you buried and i saw you you dug up . D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Bridge : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 3 : A - Aadd4 - A look down angel from the skies , help my weary soul to rise . A - Aadd4 - A i kissed the cheek , i dragged your plough . A - Aadd4 - A you broke my heart , i was your friend until now . D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Bridge : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 4 : A - Aadd4 - A in the courtyard of the golden sun . A - Aadd4 - A you stand and fight , or you break and run . A - Aadd4 - A you went and lost your lovely head , for a drink of wine and a crust of bread . D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A if i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Bridge : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 5 : A - Aadd4 - A we looted and we plundered , long distant shores . A - Aadd4 - A why is my share not equal to yours? A - Aadd4 - A your father left you , your mother too . A - Aadd4 - A even death has , washed his hands of you . D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Bridge : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 6 : A - Aadd4 - A this is hard country , to stay alive in . A - Aadd4 - A blades are everywhere and they are breakin’ my skin . A - Aadd4 - A i’m armed to the hilt and i’m struggling’ hard . A - Aadd4 - A you won’t get out , of here unscarred . D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Bridge : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 7 : A - Aadd4 - A you’ve got too many lovers , wailin’ at the wall . A - Aadd4 - A if i had a thousand tons , i couldn’t count ’em all . A - Aadd4 - A yesterday , i could’ve put them all in the sea . A - Aadd4 - A today , even one , may be too much for me . D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Bridge : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 8 : A - Aadd4 - A cake walkin’ baby , you can do no wrong . A - Aadd4 - A put your arms around me , where they belong . A - Aadd4 - A i want to take ya , on a rollercoaster ride . A - Aadd4 - A lay my hands all over ya . tie ya to my side . D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Bridge : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 9 : A - Aadd4 - A i got a heavy stacked woman , with a smile on her face . A - Aadd4 - A and she is proud , my soul to grace . A - Aadd4 - A i’ve saved her from an arrow , and pierced my chest . A - Aadd4 - A i’m gonna have to take my head , and bury it between her breasts . D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Bridge : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 10 : A - Aadd4 - A ’been dark all night , but now it’s dawn . A - Aadd4 - A the moving finger is movin’ on . A - Aadd4 - A you can garden here , while i sleep . A - Aadd4 - A kiss away , the tears i weep . D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Bridge : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | Verse 11 : A - Aadd4 - A i love a woman , and she loves me . A - Aadd4 - A we’ve been to the west and we’re goin’ back again . A - Aadd4 - A i heard a voice , at the dusk of day . A - Aadd4 - A say "be gentle brother . be gentle and pray . " D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A it’s a long road , it’s a long and narrow way , E - E7 - E D - D3add4 - D A - Aadd4 - A i can’t work up to you , you’ll surely have work down to me some day . Outro : | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | | A - Aadd4 - A | A - Aadd4 - A | notes : 1 . i’ve done my best to approximate the rhythm contribution , which has a very tex - mex feel . given that dave hildago is in the recorded band , i’m sure that this is his key signature . : - r