Sitting On A Barbed-wire Fence chords by Bob Dylan

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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     Sitting on a Barbed-Wire Fence – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
Recorded in 1965
From: “The Bootleg Series Vol. 01-03: Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991 Disc 2:” (1991)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Capo: 1st fret
Play: G+G
Key: AbAb

For chords in original key transpose +1 (and "use flats")

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CHORDS
     E-A-D-G-B-e
C/GC/G    3-x-2-0-1-0

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Intro:
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Verse 1:
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I paid fifteen million dollars,   twelve hundred and seventy-two cents
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I paid one thousand two hundred twenty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents
       D7D7
See my hound dog bite a rabbit
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And my football’s sittin’ on a barbed-wire fence


Verse 2:
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Well, my temperature rises and my feet don’t walk so hot
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Yes, my temperature rises and my feet don’t walk so hot
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Well, this Arabian doctor came in, gave me a shot
               G+G :
But wouldn’t tell me what it was that I got

Solo:
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Verse 3:
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Well, this woman I’ve got, she’s killing me alive
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Well, this woman I’ve got, she’s killing me alive
   D7D7
She’s makin’ me into an old man
  C7C7            G+G :
And man, I’m not even twenty-five


Solo:
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Verse 4:
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Of course, you’re gonna   think this song is a  riff
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I know you’re gonna   think this song is just a riff
       D7D7
Unless you’ve been inside a tunnel
     C7C7                 G+G :
And fell down 69, 70 feet over a barbed-wire fence


Outro:
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        Alright!
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(repeat and fade)