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 Key: Ab For chords in original key transpose +1 (and "use flats")
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CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
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G C/G G C/G | G C/G | % | % | % | I paid fifteen million dollars, twelve hundred and seventy-two cents
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G C/G G C/G | G C/G | % | % | % | I paid one thousand two hundred twenty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents
D7 See my bull dog bite a rabbit
C7 | G C/G | % | % | % | % | % | And my hound dog’s sittin’ on a barbed-wire fence [Verse 2]
G C/G G C/G | G C/G | % | % | % | Well, my temperature rises and my feet can’t walk so hot
G C/G G C/G | G C/G | % | Yes, my temperature rises and my feet can’t walk so hot
D7 C7 Well, this Arabian doctor came in, gave me a shot
[ G ] But wouldn’t tell me what it was that I got [Solo]
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| G C/G | % | [Verse 3]
G C/G G C/G | G C/G | % | % | % | Well, this woman I’ve got, she’s killing me alive
G C/G G C/G | G C/G | % | % | % | Yes, this woman I’ve got, she’s killing me alive
D7 She’s makin’ me into an old man
C7 [ G ] And man, I’m not even twenty-five [Solo]
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| G C/G | % | [Verse 4]
G C/G G C/G | G C/G | % | % | % | Of course, you’re gonna think this song is a riff
G C/G G C/G | G C/G | I know you’re gonna think this song is just a riff
D7 Unless you’ve been inside a tunnel
C7 [ G ] And fell down 69, 70 feet over a barbed-wire fence [Other]
| G C/G | % | % | % | Alright!
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Composition: Bob Dylan

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