Main Riff:
/ / / / / / / /
|--7-------------|--7-------------|
|--9------7-8-7--|--9-------------|
|--9-------------|--9------6-7-6--| Play this anywhere
|--9-------------|--9-------------| you see an E
|--7-------------|--7-------------|
|----------------|----------------|
E E
Chorus:
E
So long, baby since you've been gone
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
Verse 1:
A
Don't ever tell a dyin' man
E
You never meant to shoot him down
A
Yeah, don't do no good to tell a dyin' man
B D E
You never meant to shoot him down
B
Now, all my friends and relatives, they've been tellin' me
A
Don't come around, don't come around,
E
Don't come around no more
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/widespread_panic/dyin_man_crd.html ]
/ / / / / /
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| > Main Riff
|-----5-7-5-----5-7-5----5-7-5----|
|---7---------7--------7----------|
|---------------------------------|
A
Each of the repeated riffs above correspond
to the three beats of the "don't come around" lyrics.
Verse 2:
Ever since the day you left this Earth
Can't keep a job, can't keep a job
Yeah, ever since the day you left this Earth
Can't keep a job, can't keep a job
A lot of people down at the agency been tellin' me
Don't come around, don't come around,
Don't come around no more
Chorus:
E
So long, baby since you've been gone
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
A
So long, baby since you've been gone
E
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
/ / / / / / / /
| D G G# | E | (x2)
Jam over verse chord pattern
Repeat Verse 1
(Chorus)
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
/ / / / / / / /
| D G G# | E | (x2)
End on an E
