
Abraham Martin And John
Bob Dylan
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Abraham, Martin and John – Bob Dylan (with Clydie King)
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Written by: Dick Holler
Recorded in 1980
Now on: “The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 (1979-1981): Trouble No More” - DVD
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
capo: 1st fret
play: C
key: C# / Db
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[Intro]
| C |
[Verse 1]
C Em F C
Anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
[Refrão]
C Em F
Can you tell me where he's gone?
C/E F Gsus4 G
He freed a lot of people
F C/E
But the good die young
F G F C/E C/D C
Now I just turn around and he's go-one
[Verse 2]
C Em F C
Anybody here seen my old friend John?
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Verse 3]
C Em F C
Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Middle 8]
F Gsus4 G
Didn't you love
F C/E
The things they stood for?
F G
Didn't they try
F C
To find some good for you and me?
G F C/E
An' we'll be ... free, someday
F/G F/G
I know, free one day
[Verse 4]
C Em F C
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
C Em F
Can you tell me where he's gone?
C/E F Gsus4 G
I see him walkin'
F C/E
Up over the hill
F G F C/E C/D C
With Abraham and Martin and Jo-o- o- ohn
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