DYLAN BOB - "senor" Tablature

Date: Fri, 29 Sep 95 16:39:38 EDT
From: Winston Campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu>
Subject: SENOR (Tales of Yankee Power) by Bob Dylan


This is the sixth song off of Dylan~s underrated -Street Legal- album. I
happen to love the song (and some of the album, itself) to death. Anyway,
what one should remember about this is that there are a lot of bass walk-
downs in this song, and they are slow, as is the song. What I mean, for
example, is that, say the song moves from C to Am, the bass goes C, B, A
(like with what any normal bassist would do). I know you may be thinking,
what does this have to do with chord progression that he is about to
transcribe. Well, sometimes there is a feeling in the song that more than
one chord is being played and that is normally the bass walking down. I may
seem silly stating this but trust me... Or you could just ignore this whole
paragraph (as would what I would do if I were reading it). Another thing
about this transcription is that I had a very hard time understanding Mr.
Dylan~s lyrics especially in the bridges. So the lyrics are not exactly what
they appear to be. For a more better interpretation of the lyrics, one
should buy or take out of the library the Bob Dylan lyric book (which was
featured in that awful movie, you know what I~m talking about). Anyway:


Am
Senor,
Em
Senor,
F C
Can you tell me ...
Am
Lincoln County ...
G F
Seems like I been down ...
Dm Am
Is there any ...

Am
Senor,
Em
Senor,
F C
Do you know where ...
Am
How long are we ...
G F
How long must I keep my ...
Dm Am
Will there be any ...

C Em
There~s a wicked wind still blowing ...
F Am*
There~s an iron cross still hanging ...
C Em
There~s a marching band still ...
F Am*
Where she held me in her arms ...

Am
Senor,
Em
Senor,
F C
I can see the ..
Am
Smell the ...
G F
Can~t stand the ..
Dm Am
Can you tell me who to ...


Instrumental: all of the verse chords with the cool mandolin


C Em
Well the last thing I remember before ...
F Am*
Was a train load of fools born ...
C Em
The gypsy, where he broke a ...
F Am*
He say, -Son this ain~t a dream ...

Am
Senor,
Em
Senor,
F C
You know their hearts here ...
Am
Well give me a minute...
G F
Just gotta pick myself up ...
Dm Am
I~m ready when ...


Another Instrumental like the First Instrumental


Am
Senor,
Em
Senor,
F C
Let~s overturn ...
Am
Disconnect ...
G F
This place don~t make ...
Dm Am
Can you tell me what we~...


The song fades out and ends on the verse chords and that is about it.
The Am* chords are played by striking the Am chord, then you release all your
fingers so that you strike all open strings (except for the low E and A
strings), then you strike back on the Am chord. It may not be accurate but
that is how I make sense out of that part of the song).

Feel free to email me and we can discuss why Bob Dylan rushes his lyrics
while playing in concert, making his songs lose all of their bite. (Or maybe
it's just me). Oh yeah, I must not disrespect the Spanish language by not
nothing that there is a tilda over the "n" in Senor. That is all.