Milk Cows half Blues
by Bob Dylan
Chored By Russ Stone
Outtake from the freewheeling album
Open D/E tuning Capo 8th or 10th fret
(I recommend the E tuning here, otherwise it may be difficult to get the capo in place)
The thumb basically has a 9-to-5 job on the 6th string. I've indicated some of the deviations from the
rhythm, but these might as well be disregarded: do what your fingers tells you to do (this is nothing a
teacher would tell you, but then again: I'm not a guitar teacher). The thumb job even includes the 5th string once in a while, especially towards the end of the verse, before and after the A7. This is probably intentional.
The slide up on the 2nd and 3rd strings should, I believe, be done with the first finger (or the first and
in order to come in the correct position for the pull-off on the 4th string.
The tab reflects the first verse. The follwing verses are almost identical.
Chords:
E7 000330 (no fifth)
A 020100
A7 020103
E7-10 000033
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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-|
---|-------------------|-------0h3---------------|-------------------------------|
-0-|-0---0-0---0---0---|-0---0-------0---0-0-----|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|
: . . . : . . . : . . .
|---------------------0---||---0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-----0---|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------3---3-||-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|
|-----------0-------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------0h3---------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0---0-------0---0-0---0-||-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|
Well I woke up this morning looked all around
A
: . . . : . . . : . . .
|---0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-----0---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-|
|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|-------------------------|
see my milkcow, but she can't be found, please
holler
A7 E7
: . . . : . . . : . . .
|---0---3---3---3---3---3-|-0-------0-----0---------|-----------------0-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------0-------|
|-1---1---1---1---1---1---|-0---3/3---3-3---3-------|-----------------0-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------5p3-0-|-----------0-------------|
|-2---2-----2-----2-----2-|(0)----------------------|-------0h3---------------|
|-------------------------|-------0-----0-----0-----|-0---0-------0-----0---0-|
please don't do don't do If you see
me wrong me wrong
E7-10 E7 A7 E7
: . . . : . . . : . . .
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3-|(0)------------------3---|---------0-----0---------|
|(3)----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------|------/3-----------------|
|(0)----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1---1-1---1-|-0----/3---3-3---3-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------5p3-0-|
|-------------------------|(0---0-0---0)2---2-2---2-|-------------------------|
|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-------------|-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-----|
my milkcow Lord Lord send her home
: . . . :
|-----------------0-------||---0----|
|-----------------0-------||/3------|
|-----------------0-------||/3---3--| etc.
|-----------0-------------||--------|
|-------0h3---------------||--------|
|-0---0-------0-----0---0-||--------|
Well, I . . .
E7
Well I woke up this morning, looked all around
see my milkcow, but she can't be found,
A A7 E7
holler please, please don't do me wrong, don't do me wrong
E7-10 E7*) A7 E7
If you see my milkcow, Lord, Lord send her home!
Well, I woke up this morning, blues around my bed
coudn't even eat my breakfast ,blues in my bed
holler please, please don't do me wrong, don't do me wrong
If you see my milkcow, Lord, Lord send her home!
Mama, your calf is hungry I believe she needs a suck
But your milk is turning blue, I believe she's out of luck
holler please, please don't do me wrong, don't do me wrong
If you see my milkcow, Lord God, send her home!
Well, since my milk cow left me, I been a-treated wrong
I ain't had no milk an butter since my cow been gone
holler please, please don't do me wrong, don't do me wrong
If you see my milkcow, Lord, Lord, send her home, send her home!
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