It Ain't Me, Babe
Words & Music:
Bob Dylan
Tabber: Eyolf ¯strem
Like so many of Dylan's
songs, there are multiple versions.
According to the seminal "DylanChords" site, it can be found
on the following albums: "Another Side Of Bob Dylan (1964), Greatest
Hits (1967) and Biograph (1985), and in different live versions on Before
the Flood (1974), Real Live (1984), Live 1975 (2002) and Live
1964 (2004)
D'
= x 5 4 0 3 0 Bm7'
= x x 4 0 3 0 Am7
= x 0 2 0 1 0
INTRO: G
C/G G
D' C D' G
Go 'way from my window. Leave at your own chosen speed.
D'
C
D'
G
I'm not the one you want,
babe. I'm not the one you need.
Bm7'
Am7
Bm7'
Am7
You say you're lookin' for
someone who's never weak but always strong,
Bm7'
Am
Bm7'
Am
To protect you an' defend you
whether you are right or wrong,
C
D
Someone to open each and every
door.
CHORUS:
G C D
G
But, it ain't me, babe. No, no, no, it ain't me babe
C D G
It ain't me you're lookin'
for, babe.
Go lightly from the ledge,
babe, go lightly on the ground.
I'm not the one you want, babe,
I will only let your down.
You say you're lookin' for
someone who will promise never to part,
Someone to close his eyes for
you, someone to close his heart,
Someone who will die for you
an' more.
CHORUS:
Go melt back in the night;
everything inside is made of stone.
There's nothing in here moving
an' anyway I'm not alone.
You say you're looking for
someone who'll pick you up each time you fall,
To gather flowers constantly
an' to come each time you call,
A lover for you life an'
nothing more.
CHORUS:
Version from Before
The Flood with The Band (1974)
G D D7
G
Go 'way from my window. Leave at your own chosen speed.
D
D7
G
I'm not the one you want,
babe, I'm not the one you need.
Bm
Am Bm
Am
You say you're lookin' for
someone never weak, but always strong.
Bm
Am
Bm
Am
To protect you an' defend you
whether you are right or wrong;
C
D
Someone to open each and every
door.
CHORUS:
G C D/A G
But it ain't me, babe. No, no, no, it ain't me, babe.
C D/A G
It ain't me you're lookin'
for, babe.
Version from Real
Live (1984)
D' C D'
C G C/G G
Go 'way from my window. Leave at your own chosen speed.
D'
C
D'
C
G
C/G G
I'm not the one you want,
babe, I'm not the one you need.
Bm7'
Am7
Bm7'
Am7
You say you're lookin' for
someone who's never weak but always strong,
Bm7'
Am7
Bm7'
Am7
To protect you an' defend you
whether you are right or wrong.
C
D
Someone to open each and every
door.
CHORUS:
G C C/B Am G
But it ain't me, babe. No, no, no, it ain't me, babe.
C C/B
Am
G
It ain't me you're lookin'
for, babe.
Live version from the Rolling
Thunder Revue 1975
Intro: C
Em
Dm
Em
Dm C
Go 'way from my window. Leave at your own chosen speed.
Em
Dm Em Dm
C
I'm not the one you want,
babe. I'm not the one you need.
Em
Dm
Em
Dm
You say you're lookin' for
someone who's never weak but always strong;
Em
Dm
Em
Dm
To protect you an' defend you
whether you are right or wrong;
F
G
Someone to open each and every
door.
CHORUS:
C F
G
C
But it ain't me, babe. No, no, no, no, it ain't me, babe.
F G Am F
C G C
It ain't me you're lookin'
for, babe. It ain't me you're
lookin' for.
[final instrumental verse
ends on Am instead of C]
Live version, 2004
Based on the version from
March 6, 2004. Capo 1st fret
(sounding key Db major)
Chord suggestions:
Em = 0 2 2 0 0 3 C
= x 3 2 0 1 3 F6
= 1 3 x 2 3 1 G11
= 3 x 3 2 1 1
Fadd9 = x x 3 2 1 3 OR: x 3 3 5 6 3 G7add11 = x x 0 0 1 3 OR: x 5 5 5
0 3
These are merely suggestions
how to reproduce the full band sound on one guitar. All the chords in the chorus
part could be played differently.
Em
C
Go 'way from my window [Or,
as Dylan sings it: You must leave now take what you need]
Em
C
Leave at your own chosen
speed. [(mumble mumble) Leave
at your own chosen speed.]
Em
C
Em
C
I'm not the one you want,
babe; I'm not the one you need.
Em
C
Em
C
You say you're lookin' for
someone never weak but always strong.
Em C
Em
C
To protect you an' defend you whether
you---- are right or wrong.
Fadd9
G7add11 Fadd9 G7/d
Someone to open each and every
door.
CHORUS:
C
But it ain't me, babe.
F F6 C
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe.
F
C
It ain't me you're lookin'
for, babe.
G11 G C
It ain't me you're lookin'
for.