Eyolf Østrem

Recorded during the The Times They Are A-changin’ sessions, and performed at the Town Hall (NY) Apr 12, 1963.
The tab is based on the latter version.

Capo 3rd fret (sounding key G major)

Intro:

  G                      C          G      C G
I went to the doctor, he says I'm alright.
  C                                G       C G
I knew he was lyin', I'm losing my sight.
C                                      G   C G
He should have examined the eyes of my mind
G                D              G          C G
20/20 vision and walkin' 'round blind.

She's gone and left, I feel so alone.
I carry a heart as heavy as stone.

G                      D  G
Take a trip with me in 1913
   C                         D          G
To Calumet, Michigan, in the copper country.
                                C       G
I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall
          G . . /e . . /d . . /b . /a  G            D             G
Where the miners                   are having their big Christmas ball.

I'll take you indoor, and up a high stair.

      D
Takes rocks and gravel, baby, make a solid road,

Make a solid road.
                        G                  D
Takes rocks and gravel, baby, make a solid road,

Make a solid road.
        A
Takes a good woman mama,
                    D
To satisfy my weary soul.

Have you ever been down on that Mobil and K. C. line,
Have you ever been down on that Mobil and K. C. line?
Well I just wanna ask you,
If you seen that gal of mine.

     E7
     :     .     .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
---|---0-----0---------|-----------------------0-|---------0-----0-----0---------|
---|/3---3-------------|-------------------0h3---|-------------------------------|
---|/3----/3---3-------|-------------------0-----|------/3---3/3---3/3---3-------|
---|-------------5p3-0-|-----------0-------------|-------------------------5p3-0-|

  G
  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
|-----------------|---3--33--------------
|--(00)-----------|---0--00--------------
|--(00)-----------|---0--00--------------
|-----3-2-0-----0-|---0--00--------------
|-----------1-2---|----------------------
|-3---------------|-3-------3------------
                                Well the

  G
  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .     :  .  .  .

          A                                            E
I'm goin' down to New Orleans, baby, behind the rising sun
      A                                            E
Goin' down to New Orleans, baby, behind the rising sun
           B7                                    E
Lord, I've just found out, my trouble has just begun.

Oh, went to see a gypsy woman, have my fortune told

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