Sitting On A Barbed-Wire Fence

Written by: Bob Dylan
Recorded in 1965
From: “The Bootleg Series Vol. 01-03: Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991 [Disc 2]” (1991)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: G
Key: Ab
For chords in original key transpose +1 (and "use flats")

CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G       3-x-2-0-1-0

Intro

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Verse 1

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I paid fifteen million dollars,     twelve hundred and seventy-two cents
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I paid one thousand two hundred twenty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents
            D7
See my bull dog bite a rabbit
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And my hound dog’s sittin’ on a barbed-wire fence

Verse 2

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Well, my temperature rises and my feet can’t walk so hot
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Yes, my temperature rises and my feet can’t walk so hot
           D7                                C7
Well, this Arabian doctor came in, gave me a shot
                            [ G ]
But wouldn’t tell me what it was that I got

Solo

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Verse 3

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Well, this woman I’ve got, she’s killing me alive
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Yes, this woman I’ve got, she’s killing me alive
             D7
She’s makin’ me into an old man
    C7                      [ G ]
And man, I’m not even twenty-five

Solo

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Verse 4

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Of course, you’re gonna      think this song is a   riff
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I know you’re gonna      think this song is just a riff
              D7
Unless you’ve been inside a tunnel
    C7                                      [ G ]
And fell down 69, 70 feet over a barbed-wire fence

Outro

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               Alright!
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(repeat and fade)