Bob Dylan – Youre A Big Girl Now tab

From: Paul Zimmerman 


Bob Dylan:- You're a Big Girl Now (Bootleg version)


Tuning:     E-B-E-G#-B-e (lowest - highest)
            {*ouch*, not for old strings.  You have been warned.}


Chords
======

              G#m/E                    F#m7                     E

        x  x           O                        O        O     O  O  O  O
        ================         ================        ================
        |  |  |  |  |  |         |  |  |  1  |  |        |  |  |  |  |  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |         2  2  2  |  3  |        |  |  |  |  |  |        +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  1  |  |         |  |  |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |  |  |        +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  2  |  3  |         |  |  |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |  |  |        +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |  |  |        |  2  |  |  |  |        +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+        +--+--+--+--+--+

              E(II)                     A                      B7sus2

        O  O  O  O  O  O         x     O        O        x  O           O
        ================         ================        ================
        |  |  |  |  |  |         |  |  |  1  |  |        |  |  |  1  |  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |         |  2  |  |  3  |        |  |  2  |  3  |        +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |  |  |        +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |  |  |        +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |         |  |  |  |  |  |        |  |  |  |  |  |        +--+--+--+--+--+         +--+--+--+--+--+        +--+--+--+--+--+


               B

        O  O  O  O  O  O
        ================
  6fr   |  |  |  |  |  |
        +--+--+--+--+--+
        1  1  1  1  1  1        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |        +--+--+--+--+--+
        |  |  |  |  |  |        +--+--+--+--+--+


    Hints:
    The notes as tabbed below are merely a guide as to bass/treble
strings for strumming, they aren't set in stone!  Finger the whole chord
each time anyway.  The open top E on the off-beat is easiest played on
the upstroke.


    INTRO
    =====


      G#m/E                   F#m7     E

    e|----0-------0-------0-------0---|----------0---------------0---0-|    B|4---4-------4-------4-------2---|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|    G|3-------3-------3-------1---1---|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|    D|4-------4-------4-------2-------|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|    A|------------------------2-------|2---5-----------5---------------|    D|------------------------2-------|-\-/----------------------------|                                         S      ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^


    VERSE
    =====

      G#m/E                       E    F#m7    e|----------------------0---0---0-|----------0-----------0---0---0-|    B|4---4---4---4---4---4---4-------|--------------------------------|    G|3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    A|----------------------------0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

          Our conversation                   was short and sweet

      G#m/E                       E    F#m7    e|--------------0-------0---0---0-|------0-----0---------0---0---0-|    B|4---4---4---4---4---4---4-------|--------1---1-------------------|    G|3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    A|----------------------------0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

              Nearly knocked me                off of my feet  And I'm

      E(II)                            A    e|------0---------------0---0---0-|----------0-----------0---0---0-|    B|--------------------------------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    G|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|    D|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|    A|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    D|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|--------------------------------|

      back in the rain,                oh,         and you are on dry

      E(II)                      G#m/E A    e|------0-----------0---0---0---0-|----------0-----------0---0---0-|    B|----------------------------4---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    G|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|    D|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---4---|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|    A|0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---|    D|0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------|--------------------------------|

      land,               oh,                     You made it there some-


      F#m7                             G#m/E           B7sus2    e|------0-0-0-0------------0------|----0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-|    B|--------2---2-------------------|2S4-4---4---4---2---2---2---2---|    G|1---1---1---1---1---1--1---1----|1S3-3---3---3---1---1---1---1---|    D|2---2---2---2---2---2--2---0----|2S4-4---4---4---2---2---2---2---|    A|2---2-----------2---2--2---0----|--------------------------------|    D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

      how                                      You're a big girl now.

      E(II)                                  B    e|------0-0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------7-7---7-------7-----0-0-0-|    B|--------0---0-----0-0-0-2-2-2-0-|------7-7---7-------7-----0-0-0-|    G|0---0---0---0-------0---1-1-1-0-|0---0---7---7-------7---7-0-0-0-|    D|0---0-------0---0-------0---0---|0---0---7---7---7---7---7-0-0-0-|    A|0---0-------------------2---2---|0---0-----------7-------7-------|    D|0---0---------------------------|0---0-----------7---------------|

    VERSE 2
    =======

      G#m/E                       E    F#m7    e|----------------------0---0---0-|----------0-----------0---0---0-|    B|4---4---4---4---4---4---4-------|--------------------------------|    G|3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    A|----------------------------0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|    D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

              Bird on the horizon              sitting on a fence
(etc)

Bird on the horizon
Sittin' on a fence
He's singing his song for me
At his own expense
And I'm just like that bird
Oh-oh
Singin' just for you
Oh-oh
I hope that you can hear
Hear me singin' through these tears


Love is so simple
To quote a phrase
You've known it all the time
I'm learnin' it these days
Oh, I know where I can find you
Oh-oh
In somebody's room
Oh-oh
It's a price I have to pay
You're a big girl all the way


Time is a jet plane
It moves too fast
Oh but what a shame
That all we've shared can't last
I can change I swear
Oh-oh
See what you can do
Mm-mm
I can make it through
You can make it too


A change in the weather
Can be extreme
But it ain't like changing
Horses in midstream
I'm going out of my mind
Oh-oh
With a pain that stops and starts
Mm-mm
Like a corkscrew to my heart
Ever since we've been apart

From: Harlan L Thompson 

YOU'RE A BIG GIRL NOW- Bob Dylan

TUNING: E B E G# B E, capo 3rd fret


G#m/E            F#m7
Our conversation was short and sweet
G#m/E              F#m7
It nearly swept me off of my feet
          E             E(2) Esus2 A                      E
And I'm back in the rain,        oooh and you are on dry land
E(2) Esus2 A                    F#m7
          You made it there somehow
G#m7/E    B11       E    B
You're a big girl now

Bird on the horizon sittin' on a fence
He's singing his song for me at his own expense
And I'm just like that bird, oooh singin' just for you
I hope that you can hear
Hear me singin' through these tears

Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast
Oh but what a shame that all we've shared can't last
I can change I swear, woooa see what you can do
I can make it through
You can make it too

Love is so simple to quote a phrase
You've known it all the time, I'm learnin' it these days
Oh, I know where I can find you, oooh in somebody's room
It's a price I have to pay
You're a big girl all the way

A change in the weather is known to be extreme
But what's the sense of changing horses in midstream
I'm going out of my mind, oooh with a pain that stops and starts
Like a corkscrew to my heart
Ever since we've been apart


CHORDS:
G#m/E:(4)(4)4 3 4 0  F#m7:  2 2 2 1 2 0  B:    7 7 7 7 7 7
E:      0 0 0 0 0 0  A:     x 2 0 1 2 0  B11:  x 0 2 1 2 0
E(2):   0 0 0 3 0 4  Esus2: 0 0 0 1 0 2


NOTE:  I got most of this from the bootleg version posted before, but I
made some changes according to what I heard on the album version (Blood
on the Tracks, 1975). Also, the G#m/E is a bit tricky to play, but I play
it by using the thumb on the low E.