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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">If Dogs Run Free</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">New Morning</a> (1970), and debuted live during the fall 2000 tour.<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>Dylan goes Jazz! </p>
  21
  22 <p>Here follows first a tab of the bass part in the first instrumental
  23 verse, with chord suggestions above. Since the song is basically
  24 defined by a bass progression with chromatic alterations, and heavily
  25 colorated chords above that, the indicated chords are <em>not</em> what
  26 is being played &ndash; it's a synthesis of what <em>may</em> have been
  27 played by some or the other of the musicians, or rather: a simplified
  28 picture of what may have been in their heads while playing. It works,
  29 sort of, but especially at the end of the second and third lines
  30 below, the chords are definitely suggestions only.</p>
  31
  32 <p>Chords:</p>
  33 <pre class="chords">
  34 C#o    x45353
  35 Bm7-5  x2323x
  36 </pre>
  37
  38 <hr />
  39
  40 <pre class="tab">
  41   G             C     C#o     G
  42   :  .  .  .    :  .  .  .    :  .  .  .    :  .  .  .
  43 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  44 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  45 |-0--0--0--0--|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  46 |-------------|------------3|-5--------0--|-5-03--0-----|
  47 |-------------|-3--3--4--5--|-------2-----|----------4--|
  48 |-------------|-------------|----3--------|-------------|
  49 </pre>
  50 <pre class="tab">
  51   C             C#o           G7    C7     Bm7-5  E7
  52   :  .  .  .    :  .  .  .    :  .  .  .    :  .  .  .
  53 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  54 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  55 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  56 |-------------|------------0|-5--5--0-----|----3--2-----|
  57 |-3--3--2--3--|-4--4--3--4--|----------3--|-2--------1--|
  58 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  59 </pre>
  60 <pre class="tab">
  61   Am            D            G7 /f Em7 /Bb  A     D7
  62   :  .  .  .    :  .  .  .    :  .  .  .    :  .  .  .
  63 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  64 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  65 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  66 |-------------|-0-----------|-------------|----2--1--0--|
  67 |-0--0--2--3-4|----3--0-----|----------1--|-0-----------|
  68 |-------------|----------4--|-3--1--0-----|-------------|
  69 </pre>
  70
  71 <pre class="verse">
  72 G                      C       C#o
  73 If dogs run free, then why not we
  74 G
  75 Across the swooping plain?
  76 C              C#o
  77 My ears hear a symphony
  78 G            C7          Bm7-5  E7
  79 Of two mules, trains and rain.
  80 Am                   D
  81   The best is always yet to come,
  82 G7                 Em7          A7   D7
  83 That's what they explain to me.
  84
  85 G                    C         C#o
  86  Just do your thing, you'll be king,
  87 G
  88  If dogs run free.
  89
  90 If dogs run free, why not me
  91 Across the swamp of time?
  92 My mind weaves a symphony
  93 And tapestry of rhyme.
  94 Oh, winds which rush my tale to thee
  95 So it may flow and be,
  96 To each his own, it's all unknown,
  97 If dogs run free.
  98
  99 If dogs run free, then what must be,
 100 Must be, and that is all.
 101 True love can make a blade of grass
 102 Stand up straight and tall.
 103 In harmony with the cosmic sea,
 104 True love needs no company,
 105 It can cure the soul, it can make it whole,
 106 If dogs run free.
 107 </pre>
 108
 109 <hr />
 110
 111 <h2 class="songversion">2000 live version</h2>
 112
 113 <p>The chords below are a destillation and a synthetization of the sounds
 114 I hear (at times very vaguely), as chords, licks, bass tones etc. in
 115 four different live renditions of this song from the late 2000
 116 shows. Priority has been given to chord formations that are actually,
 117 audibly played (as opposed to those that can be pieced together from a
 118 bass note here, a lick there, and an unpredictable &ndash; but delightful --
 119 tone from Dylan's guitar, but which are never actually played as
 120 such).<br />
 121 The bass line is from M&uuml;nster, Oct 1, 2000 &ndash; other nights it was
 122 similar but different.</p>
 123
 124 <p>Chords:</p>
 125 <pre class="chords">
 126 C9     x35333
 127 F6     xx3535
 128 F#o    xx4545
 129 Fm7-5  xx3444
 130 Em7-5  xx2333
 131 F9     xx7888
 132 Fm6    xx6768
 133 Cmaj9  xx5557
 134 A7+5   x05665 (or x02021)
 135 Dm7    xx0565
 136 G7-10  xx5466
 137 Fo     xx3434
 138 C#o    x4535x
 139 Dm7    x5756x
 140 Dm7-5  x5656x
 141 </pre>
 142
 143 <hr />
 144
 145 <pre class="tab">
 146   C9            F6    F#o     C     Fm7-5   Em7-5 C9
 147 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 148 |-------------|----------0--|-1-----------|-------------|
 149 |-------------|----2--3-----|-------0-----|-------------|
 150 |----0--1--2--|-3-----------|----2-----3--|-2--0-----2--|
 151 |-3-----------|-------------|-------------|-------3-----|
 152 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 153 </pre>
 154 <pre class="tab">
 155   F9            Fm6           Cmaj9         A7+5  A7
 156 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 157 |-------1-----|----------0--|-1-----------|-------------|
 158 |----2--------|----1--3-----|-------0--2--|-0-----------|
 159 |-3--------1--|-3-----------|----2--------|----3--2--1--|
 160 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 161 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 162 </pre>
 163 <pre class="tab">
 164   Dm7           G7-10 Fo      C     C#o     Dm7 Dm7-5 G7      C9
 165 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----
 166 |----1--0-----|----------0--|-1-----------|-----------------|----
 167 |----------2--|-0--1--2-----|----0--2-----|-----1-----0-----|----
 168 |-0-----------|-------------|-------------|-0---------------|----
 169 |-------------|-------------|----------4--|--------------2--|-3--
 170 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|----
 171 </pre>
 172
 173 <pre class="verse">
 174 C9                     F6      F#o
 175 If dogs run free, then why not we
 176 C  Fm7-5            Em7-5   C9
 177 Across the swooping plain?
 178 F9             Fm6
 179 My ears hear a symphony
 180    Cmaj9                 A7+5   A7
 181 Of two mules, trains and rain.
 182 Dm7                  G7-10    Fo
 183   The best is always yet to come,
 184 C                C#o          Dm7 Dm7-5  G7
 185 That's what they explain to me.
 186
 187 C9                   F6        F#o
 188  Just do your thing, you'll be king,
 189 C   Fm7-5        Em7-5   C9   etc.
 190  If dogs run free.
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