North Country Blues chords by Bob Dylan
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Verse 1
(A minor) Come gather 'round friends
and I'll (G major) tell you a tale
Of when the (A minor) red iron (G major) pits ran a-plenty
But (A minor) But the cardboard-filled windows
windows and old (G major) men on the benches
Tell you now (A minor) that the whole town (G major) (A minor) is empty
Verse 2
(A minor)
In the north end of town my own
(G major) children are grown
But I (A minor) was raised (G major) on the (A minor) other
In the wee hours of youth
my mother (G major) took sick
And I (A minor) was brought (G major) up by my (A minor) brother
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Verse 3
(A minor)
The iron ore poured (G major) as the years
passed the door
The drag (A minor) lines an' the shovels (G major)
they was a-humming
(A minor) 'Till 'Till one day my brother
(G major) failed to come home
The same (A minor) as my (G major) father (A minor) be fore him
Verse 4
(A minor)
Well, a long winter's wait from
the (G major) window I watched
My (A minor) friends they (G major) couldn't
have been kinder (A minor)
And my schooling was cut as
I (G major) quit in the spring
(A minor) To marry John (G major) Thomas, a (A minor) miner
Verse 5
(A minor)
Oh, the years passed again,
and the (G major) giving was good
With the (A minor) lunch bucket filled
(G major) every sea (A minor) son
What with three babies born,
the work (G major) was cut down
To a half (A minor) a day's shift (G major) with no (A minor) reason
Verse 6
(A minor)
Then the shaft was soon shut,
and more (G major) work was cut
And the fire (A minor) in the air, (G major) it felt frozen (A minor)
'Till a man come to speak,
and he said (G major) in one week
(A minor) That number (G major) el even was (A minor) closing
Verse 7
(A minor)
They complained in the East,
they are pay (G major) ing too high
They (A minor) say that your ore (G major)
ain't worth (A minor) digging
That it's much cheaper down in
the South (G major) American towns
Where the (A minor) miners work al
most (G major) for (A minor) nothing
Verse 8
(A minor) So the mining gates locked,
and the (G major) red iron rotted
And the (A minor) room smelled
(G major) heavy from (A minor) drinking
Where the sad,
silent song made the (G major) hour twice as long
As (A minor) I waited for the sun (G major) to go (A minor) sinking
Verse 9
(A minor) I lived by the window as
he talked (G major) to himself
This silence (A minor) of tongues
(G major) it was (A minor) building
'Till one morning's wake,
the (G major) bed it was bare
And (A minor) I was left alone (G major) with three (A minor) children
Verse 10
(A minor) The summer is gone,
the ground's (G major) turning cold
The stores (A minor) one by (G major) one
they're all fold (A minor) ing
My children will go as (G major) soon
as they grow (G major)
Well, there (A minor) ain't nothing
here (G major) now to hold (A minor) them
North Country Blues
Bob Dylan
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