--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every Grain of Sand ? Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Bob Dylan Every Grain of Sand (1980) (Bob Dylan) From: "The Bootleg Series Vol. 01-03. Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991" A beautiful acoustic demo recording in a different key than the version released on ?Shot of Love? (which is in Eb). Moreover it is in 4/4 as opposed to the 6/8 of the final version. The last couplet in the last verse is different, too. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-E Dsus4* x-x-0-0-3-3 C/D x-x-0-0-1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo 1st fret INTRO (cut off on the recording) | G | Cmaj7 | G | Cmaj7 | G | Cmaj7 | D Dsus4* | D | G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 There?s a dyin? voice within me reaching out somewhere G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair D D7 G D Don?t have the inclination to look back on any mistake (break) (break) D D7 G D C/D Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 In the fury of the moment I can see the Master?s hand G Cmaj7 D C/D G In every leaf that trembles and in every grain of sand G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay D D7 G D I gaze into the doorway of temptation?s angry flame (break) (break) D D7 G D C/D And every time I pass that way I always hear my name G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 Then onward in my journey I come to understand G Cmaj7 D C/D G That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D In the violence of a summer?s dream, in the chill of a wintry light G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space G Cmaj7 D Dsus4* D In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face D D7 G D I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea (break) (break) D D7 G D C/D Sometimes I turn, there?s someone there, other times it?s only me G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan G Cmaj7 D C/D | G Gsus4 | G Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand