Going Going Gone

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

BbDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: Am   Dm   Am   Dm 
 
Verse 
 
F 
I've just reached a place 
Am 
Where the willow don't bend. 
Dm 
There's not much more to be said 
   Bb 
It's the top of the end. 
    F 
I'm going, 
    C 
I'm going, 
    Dm 
I'm gone. 
 
Verse 
 
F 
I'm closin' the book 
Am 
On the pages and the text 
Dm 
And I don't really care 
Bb 
What happens next. 
  F 
I'm just going, 
    C 
I'm going, 
    Dm 
I'm gone. 
 
Verse 
 
F 
I been hangin' on threads, 
Am 
I been playin' it straight, 
Dm 
Now, I've just got to cut loose 
 Bb 
Before it gets late. 
  F 
So I'm going, 
    C 
I'm going, 
    Dm 
I'm gone. 
 
Bridge 
 
Am                               G 
Grandma said, boy, go and follow your heart 
G                         C/G        G 
And you'll be fine at the end of the line. 
G                     C/G      G 
All that's gold isn't meant to shine. 
      Am                    C         D 
Don't you and your one true love ever part. 
 
Verse 
 
F 
I been walkin' the road, 
Am 
I been livin' on the edge, 
Dm 
Now, I've just got to go 
 Bb 
Before I get to the ledge. 
     F 
So I'm going, 
        C 
I'm just going, 
    Dm 
I'm gone.

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Chord set

Am · Dm · F · Bb · C · G · D

Practice tip

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