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:
| 3 X 0 X 0 0
| 0 1 3 1 1 0
| 0 0 0 2 2 0
| 0 2 4 0 0 2
| 2 3 2 0 0 2
| 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 (X54030) instead of
the , and major (X32010) instead of .
The chords listed below for the harmonica parts are the chords for the guitar not the
harmonica.
If you're travelin' in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember 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' winds
Please see if her hair hangs long,
If it rolls and flows all down her breast.
Please see for me if her hair's hanging long,
For that's the way I remember her best.
I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all
Many times I've often prayed
In the darkness of my night
In the brightness of my day
So if you're travelin' in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine