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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Drifter's Escape</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">John Wesley Harding</a> (1967)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  20 <p>Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)</p>
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  22 <p>* denotes a quick ornamental G - C/g - G turn:</p>
  23 <pre class="tab">
  24   G          C/g G
  25   :   .   .   .
  26 |-3---3-3---3-3-3-|
  27 |-0---0-0---0-1-0-|
  28 |-0---0-0---0-0-0-|
  29 |-0---0-0---0-2-0-|
  30 |-2---2-2---2-x-2-|
  31 |-3---3-3---3-3-3-|
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  36 <pre class="verse">
  37      G                      *
  38 &quot;Oh, help me in my weakness,&quot;
  39             C/g     G     *
  40 I heard the drifter say,
  41         G
  42 As they carried him from the courtroom
  43                 C/g  G     *
  44 And were taking him away.
  45     G
  46 &quot;My trip hasn't been a pleasant one
  47                C/g         *
  48 And my time it isn't long,
  49
  50 And I still do not know
  51                  C/g       G
  52 What it was that I've done wrong.&quot;
  53
  54 Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside,
  55 A tear came to his eye,
  56 &quot;You fail to understand,&quot; he said,
  57 &quot;Why must you even try?&quot;
  58 Outside, the crowd was stirring,
  59 You could hear it from the door.
  60 Inside, the judge was stepping down,
  61 While the jury cried for more.
  62
  63 &quot;Oh, stop that cursed jury,&quot;
  64 Cried the attendant and the nurse,
  65 &quot;The trial was bad enough,
  66 But this is ten times worse.&quot;
  67 Just then a bolt of lightning
  68 Struck the courthouse out of shape,
  69 And while ev'rybody knelt to pray
  70 The drifter did escape.
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