Song: Narrow Way Artist: Bob Dylan Album: Tempest (2012) Style: Accelerando. Hillbilly Slide & Fiddle shuffle-style Blues. Tabbed: rikigo URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_%28Bob_Dylan_album%29 Tuning: Standard Capo 2 Chords: EADGBe A === X02220 Aadd4 === X00220 D === XX0323 D3add4 === XX0323 E === 022100 E7 === 020100 Method: Brisk shuffle-style strum. Palm mute rests. Intro: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 1: A-Aadd4-A I'll go walk across the desert, until I'm by fried by fire. A-Aadd4-A I won't think about, what I left behind. A-Aadd4-A Another 'tracter in her way, I can call my own. A-Aadd4-A Go back home, leave me alone. D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A But I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 2: A-Aadd4-A Ever since the critics burned the White House down, A-Aadd4-A There's a bleedin' wound in the heart of town. A-Aadd4-A I saw you drinkin' from an empty cup. A-Aadd4-A I saw you buried and I saw you you dug up. D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 3: A-Aadd4-A Look down angel from the skies, help my weary soul to rise. A-Aadd4-A I kissed the cheek, I dragged your plough. A-Aadd4-A You broke my heart, I was your friend until now. D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 4: A-Aadd4-A In the courtyard of the Golden Sun. A-Aadd4-A You stand and fight, or you break and run. A-Aadd4-A You went and lost your lovely head, for a drink of wine and a crust of bread. D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A If I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 5: A-Aadd4-A We looted and we plundered, long distant shores. A-Aadd4-A Why is my share not equal to yours? A-Aadd4-A Your father left you, your mother too. A-Aadd4-A Even death has, washed his hands of you. D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 6: A-Aadd4-A This is hard country, to stay alive in. A-Aadd4-A Blades are everywhere and they are breakin' my skin. A-Aadd4-A I'm armed to the hilt and I'm struggling' hard. A-Aadd4-A You won't get out, of here unscarred. D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 7: A-Aadd4-A You've got too many lovers, wailin' at the wall. A-Aadd4-A If I had a thousand tons, I couldn't count 'em all. A-Aadd4-A Yesterday, I could've put them all in the sea. A-Aadd4-A Today, even one, may be too much for me. D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 8: A-Aadd4-A Cake walkin' baby, you can do no wrong. A-Aadd4-A Put your arms around me, where they belong. A-Aadd4-A I want to take ya, on a rollercoaster ride. A-Aadd4-A Lay my hands all over ya. Tie ya to my side. D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 9: A-Aadd4-A I got a heavy stacked woman, with a smile on her face. A-Aadd4-A And she is proud, my soul to grace. A-Aadd4-A I've saved her from an arrow, and pierced my chest. A-Aadd4-A I'm gonna have to take my head, and bury it between her breasts. D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 10: A-Aadd4-A 'Been dark all night, but now it's dawn. A-Aadd4-A The moving finger is movin' on. A-Aadd4-A You can garden here, while I sleep. A-Aadd4-A Kiss away, the tears I weep. D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Bridge: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Verse 11: A-Aadd4-A I love a woman, and she loves me. A-Aadd4-A We've been to the west and we're goin' back again. A-Aadd4-A I heard a voice, at the dusk of day. A-Aadd4-A Say "Be gentle brother. Be gentle and pray." D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, E-E7-E D-D3add4-D A-Aadd4-A I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. Outro: | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | | A-Aadd4-A | A-Aadd4-A | Notes: 1. I've done my best to approximate the rhythm contribution, which has a very Tex-Mex feel. Given that Dave Hildago is in the recorded band, I'm sure that this is his key signature. :-R