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Top Songs By Bob Dylan
On The Acoustic

Welcome to my top songs by Bob Dylan page where I have several Bob Dylan songs you can easily learn on acoustic. Help yourself to the free demos and chord sheets. If you'd like to purchase a full tutorial lesson and support the channel, there are links below.

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13 Bob Dylan Greatest Hits

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Top Songs by Bob Dylan
Chords, Lyrics, Demos, Tutorials

1. Like A Rolling Stone

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Like A Rolling Stone was a single release from Dylan in 1965 and can be found on his album "Highway 61 Revisited".

This song was a #1 in the US and a top 10 in several other countries.

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: No
  • Rhythm: down down up down up down up and repeat 
  • Picking: No
  • Chords: C, F, Dm, Em, G
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2. My Back Pages

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My Back Pages was first released back in 1964 from the album "Another Side Of Bob Dylan". It can also be found on "The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration" album from 1993.

The song does not appeared to have been released as a single. The song was never performed live by Dylan until 1988, almost 25 years after it was written.

Artists who have cover versions of this song include Keith Jarrett, The Ramones, The Nice, Steve Earle, Eric Johnson, The Hollies, The Box Tops, America, Jackson Browne, Po!, Joan Osnorne, Marshall Crenshaw, Anna Nalick, Dick Gaughan, La Mancha de Rolando and The Byrds. The 1967 version by The Byrds was their last US top 40 hit song.

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3. Not Dark Yet

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Not Dark Yet was one of two singles from the 1998 album "Time Out Of Mind".  The song was released as a single but it did not chart anywhere.

According to Canadian record producer Daniel Lanois, the original version of this song was faster, but Dylan changed it into a Civil War ballad when it came time to record the song.

There is a music for this one recorded in memphis in 1997.

Artists who have covered this song that you may want to check out include Robyn Hitchcock, Barb Jungr, Julie Felix, Kristi Huke, Jimmy LaFave, Eric Clapton, Silversun Pickups, Trey Gunn, Ruby Amanfu, Allison Moorer, Calum Scott, Lucinda Williams, Tom Jones and Dave Gahan & Soulsavers.

You'll also find the song in film and TV including Wonder Boys, The Passion Of The Christ, Why We Fight, Masked And Anonymous, Life Itself, Californication, Knock Around Guys and Last Flag Flying.

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4. Positively 4th Street

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Positively 4th Street was a 1965 hit for Bob Dylan from his Bob Dylan Greatest Hits album. The song made it to #1 in Canada, #7 in the US and a #9 in the UK. The songs title does not appear in the lyrics.

There has always been some discussion as to who exactly Dylan is talking about in the song. Some believe it was critics who didn't take him seriously at the beginning of his career. The song was recorded during the Highway 61 Revisited album session in July of 1965 but was not included on that album.  The song also appeared in a 2007 film by Todd Hayne's called I'm Not There.

Other versions of the song you may want to check out include covers by Living Voices, Johnny Rivers, The Byrds, Lucinda Williams, The Steorophonics, Violent Feemmes and Steve Wynn.

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5. Shelter From The Storm

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Shelter From The Storm was not released as a single in the US but spent 9 weeks on one of Billboards charts in 2007 and peaked at #22.

The song if from the album "Modern Times".

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: 1st fret
  • Rhythm: down down up down up down - down up down up down up   and repeat in a quick shuffle
  • Picking: No just a few riffs
  • Chords: A, E, D
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6. Sweetheart Like You

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Sweetheart Like You was a single from the "Infidels" album of 1983-1984.

The song managed a #55 charting in the US.

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: 2nd fret
  • Rhythm: down down up down down up and repeat
  • Picking: Yes
  • Chords: D, Bm, A, G, Em, A/Db
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7. Tangled Up In Blue

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Tangled Up In Blue was the only single from the 1975 album "Blood On The Tracks".

It managed to peak at #31 in the US.

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: No
  • Rhythm: root down up down up down up and repeat
  • Picking: No
  • Chords: G, C, F, Em, D
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8. The Man In Me

The Man In Me ... info soon.

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9. The Times They Are A Changing

the times they are a changing bob dylan

The Times They Are A Changing was a single from1963 and hails from the album of the same name.

The song did peak at #9 in the UK but the it did not chart in the US.

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: No
  • Rhythm: down down up down up and repeat
  • Picking: Yes
  • Chords: G, Em, C, Am, D
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10. Thunder Mountain

thunder on the mountain bob dylan

Thunder On The Mountain was not released as a single in the US but peaked on one of the Billboard charts at #22 in 2007. It was a single in Europe.

The song hails from album "Modern Times".

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: 3rd fret
  • Rhythm: down up down up down up down up and repeat
  • Picking: Yes
  • Chords: C7, G, D, C
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11. With God On My Side

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With God On Our Side was first written and recorded back in 1964 for the album "The Times They Are A Changin". An extra verse was added to the song after the Vietnam War years later.

The song was never released as a single.

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: No
  • Rhythm: down down up down up and repeat
  • Picking: Yes
  • Chords: C, F, Dm, Em, G
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12. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

you aint goin nowhere bob dylan

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere was written and first recorded by Dylan in 1967, but here never released the song as a single. It first appeared on his "Bob Dylan's  Greatest Hits Vol 11" album.

The Byrd's released a single of the song in 1968 and it reached #74 in the US aNd #45 in the UK.

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: No
  • Rhythm: root down up root up down up and repeat
  • Picking: Yes
  • Chords: G, Am, C
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13. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

youre gonna make me lonesome when you go bob dylan

You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go was never released as a single when it was recorded back in 1974.

It appears on the album "Blood On The Tracks".

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: No
  • Rhythm: root down root up down up and repeat
  • Picking: Yes
  • Chords: C, B, Am, F, G
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