Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle Chords & Tabs

Song:   Duquesne Whistle
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album:  Tempest (2012)
Tempo:  Walkin' Blues with a Skiffle Beat.
Time:   6/8
Tabbed: rikigo (grosserr@gmail.com)
URL:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mns9VeRguys, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Tempest_%28Bob_Dylan_album%29
Tuning: Half-Step Down

Capo 2

Chords:
                    E A D G B E
E*              === X X X161716
F#*             === X X X181918
Eb*             === X X X151615
Db*             === X X X131513
B*              === X X X111211
A*              === X X X091009
D               === X X X020302
G               === 03020000003
A               === X0002020200
Asus2           === X0002020000
Aadd4           === X0000020200
D3add4          === X X X000302


Capo 2

Intro:
| E* F#* E* Eb* Db* B*| 
B* C* B* E* |
| E* F#* E* Eb* Db* B*| 
B* C* B* E* |
| B* A*| B* E* |
| E* F#* E* Eb* Db* B*| 
B* C* B* E* |

Bridge:
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |

Verse 1:
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
D                 A                    D
Blowing like it's gonna sweep my world away.
D               G                      D
I wanna stop at Carmangale and keep on going,
D                   A                       D
That Duquesne train goin' rock me night and day.


Verse 2:
G                      D
You say I'm a gambler, you say I'm a pimp,
G           A
But I ain't neither one.
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
D             A               D
Sounding like it's on a final run.

Bridge:
| G   D G   D |

Verse 3:
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
D                A            D
Blowing like she never blowed before.
D            G                    D
Little light blinking', red light glowin',
D            A           D
Blowing like she's at my chamber door.


Verse 4:
A                   G
You smiling through the fence at me,
G                    A
Just like you always smiled before.
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
D                A               D
Blowin' like she ain't gon' blow no more.


Bridge:
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bob_dylan/duquesne_whistle_crd_ver_2.html ]
Verse 5:
D                   G                D
Can't you hear that Duquesne whistle blowin'?
D            A               D
Blowin' like the sky's gonna blow apart.
D                     G                   D
You're the only thing alive that keeps me going,
D             A               D
You're like a time-bomb in my heart.


Verse 6:
G                                 D
I can hear a sweet voice steadily calling,
G                         A
Must be the Mother of our Lord.
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
D            A             D
Blowing like my woman's on board.


Bridge:
| G   D G   D |


Verse 7:
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing,
D                 A                D
Blowing like it's goin' to blow my blues away.
D               G                    D
You old rascal, I know exactly where you're going,
D                   A                      D
I'll lead you there myself at the break of day.


Verse 8:
G                                 D
I wake up every morning with that woman in my bed,
G                          A
Everybody telling me she's gone to my head.
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
D            A             D
Blowin' like it's goin' to kill me dead.


Bridge:
| D A G D | G D A NC| (Sustain)
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |

Verse 9:
D                   G                D
Can't you hear that Duquesne whistle blowin'?
D               A               D
Blowing through another no good town.
D                G               D
The lights on my lady's land are glowing,
D                   A                  D
I wonder if they'll know me next time 'round?


Verse 10:
G                               D
I wonder if that old oak tree's still standing?
G                             A
That old oak tree, the one we used to climb.
D              G                D
Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin',
D                  A                D
Blowing like she's blowin' right on time.


Bridge:
| A-Aadd4-A D-D3add4-D | A-Aadd4-A 
D-D3add4-D | (Rhythm & Accent)


Coda: (Solo Over)
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D |
| G   D G   D | G   D 
Asus2   D | (Fade)

Notes:
1. Part of the 'slack-key guitar' sound is related to it being tuned a half-step down.  
It's also easier to play the octave chords (*).
2. Another wonderful piece of diverse musical creation from Dylan and Hildago.  Replete 
with hallmarks of Charlie Christian, Folk, Washboard Skiffle to Tex-Mex drum rolls. 
Early rock and improvised Jazz guitar accents.
3. The Lead Guitar accents are most prominent and varied in the later verses and the 
Bass Lines are typical Walkin' Blues runs.  They are worthy of separate annotation.