«Don’t Think Twice»
(Bob Dylan)
Intro:
(piano bass, octaves:)
[F]
/ / / / / / / /
(band enters:)
Bb Dm/A Gm
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Doot-doo… (a-why babe, a-why babe)
Cm F
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Doot-doo… (a-why babe, a-why babe)
Verse 1:
Bb Dm/A Gm
Ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe (why babe, why babe)
Eb F7
It don’t matter anyhow
Bb Dm/A Gm
Oh, it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe (why babe, why babe)
C7 F7
If-a you don’t know by now
Bb Bb7
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
Eb C7
Look out your window and I’ll be gone
Bb D7 Gm Eb
(You’re the reason that I’m travelin’ on)
Bb F7 Bb [1, 2: F7]
Don’t think twice, it’s all right
Verse 2:
Ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe (why babe, why babe)
The light I never knowed
Ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe (why babe, why babe)
I’m on the dark side of the road
And I wish there was something you would do
To try to make me change my mind and stay
(We never did too much talkin’ anyway)
Don’t think twice, it’s all right
Break:
(scat singing):
Bb Dm/A Gm
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Cm F
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Verse 3:
I’m walkin’ down the long and lonesome road, babe
(I’m walkin’ down road, babe)
Where I’m bound I can’t tell
(Where I’m bound can’t tell)
But goodbye’s too good a word to say (why babe, why babe)
So I’ll just say fare-thee-well
I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind
You coulda done better but I don’t mind
(You just kinda wasted my precious time)
Don’t think twice, it’s all right
Coda:
[repeat to fade:]
Bb Dm/A Gm
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Doot-doo… (a-why babe, a-why babe)
Cm F
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Doot-doo… (a-why babe, a-why babe)
2: When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window, baby, I’ll a-be gone, gone, gone
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
