One Too Many Mornings - Bob Dylan
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dylan
Tuning: Standard, in the key of
Tab by Robert Saunders
CHORDS:
: X0321X (or /a: X03210)
: X22010 (or 022000 or : X02210)
: X32010 (or /g: 332010)
: X20010
: X3321X (or : 133211)
: X5543X (or : 355433)
*: 335553
NOTES
According to Eyolf Østrem (dylanchords.info) Bob Dylan played this in open A tuning ( e a c#) with the
capo on 3 on Times They are a Changin' (1964), which puts it in the key of . In some live recordings Dylan
seems to play it in standard tuning in (relative to capo).
This is a alternative version to play in open tuning in without a capo. Some of the other tabs on UG
suggest using instead of , which sounds fine but I think is closer to the original, with the
bass line descending from the note to the .
The alternative chords and shapes given above can be used to add variation. Another simple variation is to
walk up to the chord on the 5th string via a and b (open and 2nd frets) on the first two syllables of the
first line.
The during the harmonica parts between verses Bob plays similar chord progressions to those in the verses.
I will post another alternative tab of this song in drop which sounds better to my ear, and closer to the
album recording.
Down the street the dogs are barkin'
And the day is a-gettin' dark
As the night comes in a-fallin'
The dogs will lose their bark
And the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind
*
As I'm one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind
From the crossroads of my doorstep,
My eyes start to fade.
And I turn my head back to the room
Where my love and I have laid.
And I gaze back to the street
The sidewalk and the sign.
*
As I'm one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind
It's a restless, hungry feeling
That don't mean no one no good.
When everything I'm saying,
You can say it just as good.
You are right from your side,
And I am right from mine.
*
We're both just one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind