Girl From The North Country

by Bob Dylan

Chords

4.8 (102)

Tuning: E A D G B E Capo: 3th fret

Version:

v4 v1 v2 v3

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Capo

None

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Girl from the North Country – Bob Dylan

Album: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)

Lyrics & Music: Bob Dylan

Guitar: Bruce Langhorne

Tabbed by Robert Saunders

Tuning: standard tuning with capo on 3 (and tuned down a bit from standard pitch)

[Chords]

     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]Em9[/ch]   [ch]D7/F#[/ch]   [ch]D9/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]
E|   3      X      0      X      0      0

B|   0      1      3      1      1      0
G|   0      0      0      2      2      0
D|   0      2      4      0      0      2 
A|   2      3      2      0      0      2   
E|   3      3      0      2      2      0

[Notes]

I've only included the chords for now but Bruce Langhorne used the Travis picking

technique on this recording, with the thumb playing alternating bass notes and the 1st

and middle fingers playing the 3rd, 2nd and 1st strings. (Langhorne lost his ring and

little fingers in a childhood accident.)

Dylan used the same chords (with capo on 1) in Boots of Spanish Leather on the album

Don’t Think Twice. In live recordings Dylan tends to play Em7/D (X54030) instead of

the Em9, and C major (X32010) instead of D7/F#.

The chords listed below for the harmonica parts are the chords for the guitar not the

harmonica.

Intro

Verse

If you&rsq

uo;re travelin&rs

quo; in the no

rth co

untry f

air

Where the winds hit

heavy on the

borderl

ine

member

me to

one who lives

there

She once

was a

true love of

mine

If you

go when the

snowflakes

storm

When the rivers

freeze and

summer

ends

Please see

she has a

coat so

warm

To keep her

from the

howlin&r

squo; w

inds

Please see

if her

hair hangs

long,

If it

rolls and

flows all

down her

breast.

Please see for

me if her

hair’s ha

nging l

ong,

For that’

s the wa

y I remembe

r her

best.

I&rsqu

o;m a-wonderin&rs

quo; if she reme

mber

s me a

t all

Many

times I&rsq

uo;ve o

ften

prayed

In the

darkness

of my

night

In the

brightness

of my

day

[HARMONICA STARTS]

[ARMON

ICA EN

DS]

So if you&rsq

uo;re travelin&rsq

uo; in the no

rth c

ountry

fair