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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Gonna Change My Way of Thinking</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Slow Train Coming</a> (1979)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>There isn't really much of a chord structure here, just a 12-bar blues
  21 riff. The tab is just a suggestion &ndash; it could be played elsewhere and
  22 in other octaves &ndash; and so is the chords in parenthesis.</p>
  23
  24 <hr />
  25
  26 <pre class="tab">
  27   A                  (D   C   D)                         (D   C   A)
  28   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  29 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  30 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  31 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  32 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  33 |-----------------|---5---3---5-----|-----------------|---5---3---------
  34 |-5-5-3-5---------|-----------------|-5-5-3-5---------|-----------5-----
  35 </pre>
  36 <pre class="tab">
  37   D                  (G   F   D)      A                  (D   C   D)
  38   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  39 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  40 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  41 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  42 |-----------------|---5---3---------|-----------------|-----------------
  43 |-5-5-3-5---------|-----------5-----|-----------------|---5---3---------
  44 |-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-3-5---------|-----------5-----
  45 </pre>
  46 <pre class="tab">
  47   E                 D                 A
  48   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  49 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  50 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  51 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  52 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  53 |-7-7-5-7---------|-5-5-3-5---------|-------------3---|-----------------
  54 |-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-3-5---3---3-|-5-5---3-5-5-----
  55 </pre>
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  57 <pre class="verse">
  58 A
  59 Change my way of thinking,
  60
  61 Make myself a different set of rules.
  62       D
  63 Gonna change my way of thinking,
  64                                A
  65 Make myself a different set of rules.
  66              E
  67 Gonna put my good foot forward,
  68 D                        A
  69 stop being influenced by fools.
  70
  71 So much oppression,
  72 Can't keep track of it no more.
  73 So much oppression,
  74 Can't keep track of it no more.
  75 Sons becoming husbands to their mothers,
  76 And old men turning young daughters into whores.
  77
  78 Stripes on your shoulders,
  79 Stripes on your back and on your hands.
  80 Stripes on your shoulders,
  81 Stripes on your back and on your hands.
  82 Swords piercing your side,
  83 Blood and water flowing through the land.
  84
  85 Well don't know which one is worse,
  86 Doing your own thing or just being cool.
  87 Well don't know which one is worse,
  88 Doing your own thing or just being cool.
  89 You remember only about the brass ring,
  90 You forget all about the golden rule.
  91
  92 You can mislead a man,
  93 You can take ahold of his heart with your eyes.
  94 You can mislead a man,
  95 You can take ahold of his heart with your eyes.
  96 But there's only one authority,
  97 And that's the authority on high.
  98
  99 I got a God-fearing woman,
 100 One I can easily afford.
 101 I got a God-fearing woman,
 102 One I can easily afford.
 103 She can do the Georgia crawl,
 104 She can walk in the spirit of the Lord.
 105
 106 Jesus said, &quot;Be ready,
 107 For you know not the hour in which I come.&quot;
 108 Jesus said, &quot;Be ready,
 109 For you know not the hour in which I come.&quot;
 110 He said, &quot;He who is not for Me is against Me,&quot;
 111 Just so you know where He's coming from.
 112
 113 There's a kingdom called Heaven,
 114 A place where there is no pain of birth.
 115 There's a kingdom called Heaven,
 116 A place where there is no pain of birth.
 117 Well the Lord created it, mister,
 118 About the same time He made the earth.
 119 </pre>
 120
 121 <hr />
 122
 123 <h2 class="songversion">The version from <em>Gotta Serve Somebody --
 124 The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan</em> (2003)(with Mavis Staples)</h2>
 125
 126 <p>The tab below is just a synthesis of what is played in most of the
 127 verses. There are variations, one of the most prominent being the use
 128 of parallel fifths (i.e. power chords) instead of single notes, at
 129 least in some of the verses, as indicated in the first bar.</p>
 130 <pre class="tab">
 131   A
 132   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 133 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 134 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 135 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 136 |----------(7---5)|-(etc)-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
 137 |(7-5-7)----5---3-|-----------------|-----------5---3-|-----------------|
 138 |-5-3-5-----------|-5-3-5-----------|-5-3-5-----------|-5-3-5-----------|
 139 </pre>
 140 <pre class="tab">
 141   D                                   A
 142   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 143 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 144 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 145 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 146 |-----------5---3-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 147 |-5-3-5-----------|-5-3-5-----------|-----------5---3-|-----------------|
 148 |-----------------|-----------------|-5-3-5-----------|-5-3-5-----------|
 149 </pre>
 150 <pre class="tab">
 151   E                 D                 A
 152   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .      .
 153 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 154 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 155 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 156 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------5----------|
 157 |-7-5-7---------7-|-5-3-5-----5---3-|-----------5---3-|---------5h7----7p5----|
 158 |-----------0-----|-----------------|-5-3-5-----------|-5-3-5-------------8---|
 159 </pre>
 160 <pre class="verse">
 161 Change my way of thinking, make myself a different set of rules.
 162 I'm gonna change my way of thinking, make myself a different set of rules.
 163 Gonna put my best foot forward, stop being influenced by fools.
 164
 165 [Mavis enters] *)
 166
 167 Gonna sit at the welcome table, I'm as hungry as a horse
 168 Sittin' at the welcome table, I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
 169 I'm gonna revitalize my thinkin', I'm gonna let the law take its course
 170
 171 Jesus is coming, he's coming back to gather his jewels
 172 Jesus is coming, he's coming back to gather his jewels
 173 Well, we live by the golden rule: Whoever got the gold rules.
 174
 175 The sun is shining, ain't but one train on this track
 176 The sun is shining, ain't but one train on this track
 177 I'm steppin' out of the dark woods, I'm jumpin' on the monkey's back.
 178
 179 Yes, I'm all dressed up, going to the country dance
 180 Said, I'm all dressed up, going to the country dance
 181 Every day you gotta pray for guidance,
 182     Every day you gotta give yourself a chance.
 183
 184 Well, there are storms out on the ocean, storms out on the mountain too
 185 Storms on the ocean, storms out on the mountain too
 186 O, Lord, you know I have no friend without you      **)
 187
 188 I'll tell you something: things you never had, you'll never miss.
 189 I'll tell you something: things you never had, you'll never miss.
 190 Tell you something else: a great man will kill you with a sword,
 191     a coward with a kiss.
 192
 193 [instrumental verses]
 194 </pre>
 195
 196 <hr />
 197
 198 <p>
 199 *) Dialogue (borrowed from <a class="url" href="http://notdarkyet.tripod.com/change.html">http://notdarkyet.tripod.com/change.html</a>):
 200 </p>
 201
 202 <p> BOB: Now, look, someone is coming up the road, boys.<br />
 203  (knock, knock)<br />
 204  MAVIS STAPLES: Hey, hey! Hey there, Bobby! <br />
 205  BOB: Hey, it's Mavis Staples! <br />
 206  MAVIS; Hey fellows! What's Up? Aw, it's good to see all of you. <br />
 207  My goodness, Bobby you got a nice place here! <br />
 208  BOB: Well, welcome to Califormia, Mavis! <br />
 209  MAVIS: Thank ya much! Whoa, you got a nice view! <br />
 210  BOB: Yeeah, it is. You can sit on this porch, <br />
 211  and look right straight into Ha-wa-ii. <br />
 212  MAVIS: Yeah, I was over in them foothills. <br />
 213  BOB: (perplexed) Why? <br />
 214  MAVIS: I was looking for me some fuel. I'm kind of hungry now. <br />
 215  Don't you got anything to eat? <br />
 216  BOB: Well I'm sure we do. Momma, we have anything to eat? <br />
 217  WOMAN?S VOICE: Sure, we got plenty of chicken out there in the yard. <br />
 218  BOB: Well we're gonna go knock a few of 'em off and fry 'em up. <br />
 219  BOB: Well, Mavis, I've had the blues. <br />
 220  MAVIS: Aw Bobby, don't tell me you got the blues! <br />
 221  BOB: Uh hum I've been up all night laying in bed, had insomnia, reading Snoozeweek. <br />
 222  MAVIS: Oh, Snoozeweek! That ain't gonna get rid of no blues. <br />
 223  BOB: Umh umh <br />
 224  MAVIS: We gotta do some singing, let's do some singing <br />
 225  BOB: Aw ... yeah, let's do that.<br />
 226  MAVIS: Sing about it, you know.</p>
 227 <pre class="verse">
 228 **) The end sounds like: &quot;... like you&quot;
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