When the Deal Goes Down - Bob Dylan Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Bob Dylan When the Deal Goes Down (2006) (Bob Dylan) From: "Modern Times" CHORDS (capo 1st fret) x-x-3-2-1-1 -5 x-x-0-1-1-1 3-x-2-0-1-0 3-x-0-0-1-1 x-x-3-1-3-1 x-x-2-0-1-0 3-x-0-2-1-1 -9 3-x-3-4-3-4 Instead of the one might try an here and there (3-x-3-2-1-1) capo 1st fret -5 In the still of the night, in the world's ancient light Where wisdom grows up in strife -5 My bewildering brain, toils in vain Through the darkness on the pathways of life Each invisible prayer is like a cloud in the air Tomorrow keeps turning around -5 We live and we die, we know not why But I'll be with you when the deal goes down -5 We eat and we drink, we feel and we think Far down the street we stray -5 I laugh and I cry and I'm haunted by Things I never meant nor wished to say The midnight rain follows the train We all wear the same thorny crown -5 Soul to soul, our shadows roll And I'll be with you when the deal goes down INTERLUDE | | | | -5 | -5 Well, the moon gives light and shines by night (7sus4) I scarcely feel the glow -5 We learn to live and then we forgive O'er the road we're bound to go More frailer than the flowers, these precious hours That keep us so tightly bound -5 You come to my eyes like a vision from the skies And I'll be with you when the deal goes down SOLO | | | | -5 | -5 Well, I picked up a rose and it poked through my clothes I followed the winding stream -5 I heard a deafening noise, I felt transient joys I know they're not what they seem In this earthly domain, full of disappointment and pain You'll never see me frown -5 I owe my heart to you, and that's sayin' it true (sus4) And I'll be with you when the deal goes down | | | | -9 | * * The last bar of the outro, basically a -9, sounds different on the recording, because the bass does not play the root g. This might be a good way of playing it, too: x-x-3-4-3-4 x-x-0-1-0-1 x-3-2-0-1-3