#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: I Want You Original Album: Blonde On Blonde Words and Music by Bob Dylan Copyright © 1966 Columbia Records Published by Sony Music Entertainment Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: The song is in F but, if you slap a capo on 5, you can play easy, comfortable open chords and it sounds amazing. Chords and tab are relative to capo unless otherwise stated. Timing is 4/4. Guitar Figures 1a and 1b are played by a second guitar (accompanied by harmonica) over the VERSE chords. Guitar Figure 1a [Capo 5] C Em |-----0-------0---1---0----------|-----0-------0---1---0----------| |-------------------------3---1--|-------------------------3---1--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| Am G |-----0-------0---1---0----------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------3---1--|-3-------1p0--------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------2p0--------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| Guitar Figure 1b [Capo 5] F G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----1-------1---1-p-0-------1--|-----1-------1---1-p-0-------1--| |-------------------------2------|-------------------------2------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| Am G |-----0-------0---1---0----------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------3---1--|-3-------1p0--------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------2p0--------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| If you have a second guitar around and only one capo, here is how you play the guitar figures with no capo: Guitar Figure 1a [no capo] F Am |-----5-------5---6---5---3---5--|-----5-------5---6---5---3---5--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| Dm C |-----5-------5---6---5---3---5--|-3------------------------------| |--------------------------------|---------6-5--------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------3----------------| |--------------------------------|-----------------5--------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| Guitar Figure 1b [no capo] Bb C |--------------------------------|-----3-------3---5---3-------5--| |-----6-------6---6---5---3---6--|-------------------------6------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| |-----5-------5---6---5---3------|-3------------------------------| |-----------------------------6--|---------6-5---3----------------| |--------------------------------|-----------------5--------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| INTRO: Chords: C x32010 Am x02210 Em 022000 G 320033 [play: | C | Em | Am | G | C | % |] VERSE: Notes: Chords: C x32010 G 320033 Em 022000 F x33211 Am x02210 Guitar Figure 1a [capo 5] C Em |-----0-------0---1---0----------|-----0-------0---1---0----------| |-------------------------3---1--|-------------------------3---1--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| C Em The guilty undertaker sighs, the lonesome organ-grinder cries, Am G |-----0-------0---1---0----------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------3---1--|-3-------1-0--------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------2-0--------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| Am G The silver saxophones say I should refuse you. Guitar Figure 1b [capo 5] F G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----1-------1---1-p-0-------1--|-----1-------1---1-p-0-------1--| |-------------------------2------|-------------------------2------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| F G The cracked bells and washed-out horns blow into my face with scorn, Am G |-----0-------0---1---0----------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------3---1--|-3-------1p0--------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------2p0--------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| Am G But it's not that way, I wasn't born to lose you. CHORUS: Notes: Second guitar plays Guitar Figure 1a over the first line. Chords: C x32010 G 320033 Em 022000 F x33211 Am x02210 C Em Am G I want you, I want you, I want you so bad, C | % | Honey, I want you. VERSE: Chords: C x32010 G 320033 Em 022000 F x33211 Am x02210 C Em The drunken politician leaps upon the street where mothers weep Am G And the saviours who are fast asleep, they wait for you. F G And I wait for them to interrupt me drinkin' from that broken cup Em G And ask me to open up the gate for you. [repeat CHORUS] BRIDGE: Chords: Em 022000 F x33211 Am x02210 G 320033 Em Now all my fathers, they've gone down, Am True love they've been without it. Em But all their daughters put me down F G 'Cause I don't think about it. VERSE: Chords: C x32010 G 320033 Em 022000 F x33211 Am x02210 C Em Well, I return to the Queen of Spades and talk with my chambermaid. Am G She knows that I'm not afraid to look at her F G She is good to me and there's nothing she doesn't see. Em G She knows where I'd like to be but it doesn't matter. [repeat CHORUS] VERSE: Chords: C x32010 G 320033 Em 022000 F x33211 Am x02210 C Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit, Em He spoke to me, I took his flute. Am G No, I wasn't very cute to him, was I? F G But I did it because he lied, because he took you for a ride Em G And because time was on his side and because I... [repeat CHORUS] [play out over VERSE chords]