I Was Young When I Left Home Chords by Bob Dylan

Tempo:
96.4 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Db

Eb

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I Was Young When I Left Home chords
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[Ab]
[Db] It must be good for somebody this is our song.
[Ab]
I know it's good for somebody
If it ain't for me
It's good for somebody.
I just talked about it.
I
[Db] [Bb] [Ab]
Was young when I left home
Thought I've been out of rambling around
[Db] And I [Bb] never wrote a letter [Eb] to my [Bb] home
[Ab] to my home
Lord to my [Db] home
And I [Ab] never wrote a letter to my home
It was just the other day.
I was bringing on my [Db] pay
[Ab] When I [Bb] met an old friend [Eb] I used to know
[Ab] Said your mother's dead and gone
They were sisters all gone wrong
[Db] And [Ab] your daddy [Eb] needs you home [Ab] right away
I had a shirt on my back
And a penny on my [Db] name
But I can't [Eb] go home
It's a way
It's [Ab] a race
La la la
[Db] And I [Eb] can't go home
[Ab] If
[Db] [Ab]
you miss the train I'm on
Count the days I'm gone
[Db] You will hear that [Eb] whistle blow a hundred miles
[Ab] hundred miles honey, baby
Lord Lord [Db] Lord
And you hear that [Eb] whistle blow a hundred [Ab] miles
I'm playing on a track
Mama come and whip me [Db] back
[Eb] on them trussles down by old Jim McKay's
[Ab] When I pay the dead I owe
To the commissary [Db] store
[Eb] I will pull my watching chain and [Ab] go home Go home
Lord Lord [Db] Lord [Ab]
[Eb] and we pull the watching chain and [Ab] go home
[Db] Used [Ab]
to tell them all sometimes
When I see [Db] them riding blinds
Gonna make me a home out in the [Eb] wind
[Ab] In the wind
Lord in the [Db] wind
Make me a home [Ab] out in the wind.
I don't like it in the wind
I'll go back home again
[Db] But [Eb] I can't go home
[Ab] It's a way
It's a way
Lord Lord Lord
[Db] And [Eb] I can't go [Ab] home
It's a way
[Db]
[Ab]
I was young when I left home
I'd have been all [Db] rambling around
And I never wrote a letter [Eb] to my [Ab] home
to my home
Lord [Db] Lord Lord
And I never [Ab] wrote a letter to my home
[Db] [Ab]
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Db
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Eb
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Bb
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Ab
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Db
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To learn Bob Dylan - I Was Young When I Left Home chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Ab, Db, Eb, Ab, Db, Ab and Eb. A good strategy is to initiate at 48 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 96 BPM. With an eye on the song's key Db Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] It must be good for somebody this is our song.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ I know it's good for somebody _
If it ain't for me
It's good for somebody.
I just talked about it.
I _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Was young when I left home
Thought I've been out of rambling around
[Db] _ _ _ And I [Bb] never wrote a letter [Eb] to my [Bb] home _ _ _
_ [Ab] to my home _ _
Lord to my [Db] home
_ And I [Ab] never wrote a letter to my home _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It was just the other day.
_ I was bringing on my [Db] pay
[Ab] When I [Bb] met an old friend [Eb] I used to know
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Said your mother's dead and gone
_ They were sisters all gone wrong
[Db] And _ [Ab] your daddy [Eb] needs you home [Ab] right away
_ I had a shirt on my back
_ _ _ And a penny on my [Db] name
_ _ _ But I can't [Eb] go home
It's a way
_ It's [Ab] a race
_ _ La la la
[Db] _ And I [Eb] can't go home
[Ab] If _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
you miss the train I'm on
Count the days I'm gone
[Db] _ _ _ You will hear that [Eb] whistle blow a hundred miles _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] hundred miles honey, baby _ _ _
_ Lord Lord [Db] Lord _ _
_ _ And you hear that [Eb] whistle blow a hundred [Ab] miles _ _ _ _ _
I'm playing on a track _ _ _
Mama come and whip me [Db] back
_ [Eb] on them trussles down by old Jim McKay's _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] When I pay the dead I owe
_ To the commissary [Db] store
_ [Eb] I will pull my watching chain and [Ab] go home Go _ home
_ Lord Lord [Db] Lord _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] and we pull the watching chain and [Ab] go home _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ Used [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ to tell them all sometimes
When I see [Db] them riding _ blinds
Gonna make me a home out in the [Eb] wind _
[Ab] In the wind
_ Lord in the [Db] wind
_ _ _ Make me a home [Ab] out in the wind.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I don't like it in the wind
I'll _ _ go back home again
[Db] But [Eb] I can't go home
[Ab] It's a way _ _
It's a way
_ _ Lord Lord Lord
_ [Db] And _ _ [Eb] I can't go [Ab] home
It's a way _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was young when I left home
_ _ _ I'd have been all [Db] rambling around
And _ _ _ I never wrote a letter [Eb] to my [Ab] home _
to my home
_ _ Lord [Db] Lord Lord
_ And I never [Ab] wrote a letter to my home _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was featured on the Baby Please Don’t Go album.

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