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     It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Highway 61 Revisited" (1965)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Listen to this tab:

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capo: 1st fret
play: G
key: Ab/G#

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The feel is bluesy/shuffled.

MAIN RIFF 
[Intro]
  G  C/G G        
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e
E|-(3-3-------3)--|
B|--0-1-0-----0---|
G|--0-0-0-----0---|
D|0-0-2-0--0--0---|
A|----------------|
E|3--------3-3--3-|

[Verse]
(first verse,first four lines)
                  [blues turnaround]
  G  C/G G            G5 G(b5) C5/G G  C/G G        G  C/G G G(b5) C/G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|---(3-3-----3)--|----------------|---(3-3-----3)--|---(3-3-----3)--|
B|--0-1-0-----0---|----3---2---1-0-|--0-1-0-----0---|--0-1-0-2-2-1-0-|
G|--0-0-0-----0---|----0---0---0-0-|--0-0-0-----0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|0-0-2-0--0--0---|--0-------------| 0-0-2-0--0--0---|0-0-2-0--0------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3--------3-3--3-| 3-----3---3-----|3--------3-3--3-|3---------------|

(second and third verse)
  G  C/G G   C/G G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-(3-3-------3)--|
B|--0-1-0---0-1-0-|
G|--0-0-0---0-0-0-|
D|0-0-2-0---0-2-0-|
A|----------------|
E|3--------3-3--3-|

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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G       3-x-2-0-1-3
G5        x-x-x-0-3-x
G(b5)     x-x-x-0-2-x
C5/G      x-x-x-0-1-x

G/F       3-x-0-0-0(3)
C/E       0(3)2-0-1-0

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[Intro]
| G C/G G    | 
(acoustic guitar only)

| G C/G G    | G C/G G    |
(full band)

[Verse 1]
      G           C/G G
Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby
G G5    G(b5) C5/G | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
  Can’t buy   a    thrill
                G  C/G G
Well, I’ve been up all night, baby
G       G5     G(b5) C5/G | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
Leanin’ on the win – dow - sill
      G    G/F
Well, if I die
   C/E       | D | % |
On top of the hill
    G    C/G  G
And if I don’t make it
G                 | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
 You know my baby will

[Verse 2]
          G    C/G  G           C/G  G
Don’t the moon look good, mama
G   C/G G        C/G G     | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
 Shinin’ through the trees?
          G        C/G  G           C/G  G
Don’t the brakeman look good, mama
G        C/G  G       C/G G     | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
Flagging down the “Double E?”
          G        G/F
Don’t the sun look good
      C/E          | D | % |
Goin’ down over the sea?
         G   C/G  G
Don’t my gal look fine
          G  C/G  G       | G C/G G    | G C/G G    |
When she’s comin’ after me?

[Solo]
| G C/G G    | G C/G G    | G C/G G    | G C/G G    |
| G C/G G    | G C/G G    | G C/G G    | G C/G G    |
| G G/F | C/E | D | % |
          2/4  
| G C/G G    | G C/G G    | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |

[Verse 3]
        G     C/G  G           C/G  G
Now the wintertime is coming
G    C/G G                    | G C/G G    | G C/G G    |
 The win-dows are filled with frost
          G    C/G G           C/G  G
I went to tell e - verybody
     G5        C/G   | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
But I could not get across
        G             G/F
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
  C/E                 | D | % |
I don’t wanna be your boss
         G   C/G  G
Don’t say I never warned you
          G  C/G  G       | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
When your train gets lost

[Outro]
| G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
| G C/G G    | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |
| G G/F | C/E | D | % |
          2/4  
| G C/G G    | G C/G G    | G C/G G    | G C/G G G(b5) C5/G |