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Abraham Martin And John

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
Em○○○○
F
E○○○
Gsus4Diagram coming soon
G○○○
D××○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
              
 
Intro: C 
 
verse 1 
C        Em  F                   C 
 Anybody here seen my old friend Abraham? 
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? 
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 3 
C        Em  F                   C 
 Anybody here seen my old friend Martin? 
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 
 
 
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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Chord set

C · Em · F · E · Gsus4 · G · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.