Every Grain of Sand Bob Dylan
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Every Grain of Sand ? Bob Dylan
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Bob Dylan
Every Grain of Sand (1980)
(Bob Dylan)
From: "The Bootleg Series Vol. 01-03. Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991"
A beautiful acoustic demo recording in a different key than the version
released on ?Shot of Love? (which is in Eb). Moreover it is in 4/4 as
opposed to the 6/8 of the final version. The last couplet in the last verse
is different, too.
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CHORDS
Dsus4* [E-A-D-G-B-E]x-x-0-0-3-3
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
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capo 1st fret
INTRO (cut off on the recording)
| G | Cmaj7 | G | Cmaj7 | G | Cmaj7 | D Dsus4* | D |
In the [G]time of my con[Cmaj7]fession, in the [G]hour of my deepest [Cmaj7]need
G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D
When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
There?s[G] a dyin? voice with[Cmaj7]in me [G]reaching out some[Cmaj7]where
G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair
Don?t [D]have the incli[D7]nation to look [G]back on any [D]mistake
(break) (break)
Like [D]Cain, I now be[D7]hold this chain of e[G]vents that I must [D]break[C/D]
In the [G]fury of the [Cmaj7]moment I can [G]see the Master?s [Cmaj7]hand
In [G]every leaf that [Cmaj7]trembles and in [D]every [C/D]grain of [G]sand
Oh, the [G]flowers of in[Cmaj7]dulgence and the [G]weeds of yester[Cmaj7]year
G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D
Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer
The [G]sun beat down u[Cmaj7]pon the steps of [G]time to light the [Cmaj7]way
G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D
To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay
I [D]gaze into the [D7]doorway of temp[G]tation?s angry [D]flame
(break) (break)
And [D]every time I [D7]pass that way I [G]always hear my [D]name[C/D]
Then [G]onward in my [Cmaj7]journey I [G]come to under[Cmaj7]stand
That [G]every hair is [Cmaj7]numbered like [D]every [C/D]grain of [G]sand
I have [G]gone from rags to [Cmaj7]riches in the [G]sorrow of the [Cmaj7]night
G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D
In the violence of a summer?s dream, in the chill of a wintry light
In the [G]bitter dance of [Cmaj7]loneliness [G]fading into [Cmaj7]space
G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face
I [D]hear the ancient [D7]footsteps like the [G]motion of the [D]sea
(break) (break)
Some[D]times I turn, there?s [D7]someone there, other [G]times it?s only [D]me[C/D]
I am [G]hanging in the [Cmaj7]balance of a pe[G]rfect finis[Cmaj7]hed plan
G Cmaj7 D C/D | G Gsus4 | G
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand
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