Bob Dylan Songs Chords
And Covers On The Acoustic!
On this page you'll find some basic information regarding Bob Dylan songs along with some links to a few of his
best known hits for the acoustic guitar. Currently there are seven covers listed in the right column of the page and
you can view the demo's on these for free.
Out of curiosity I jumped over to Amazon to see how many tunes were listed there for Bob Dylan and I quit counting after viewing 15 pages of mp3 files ... which amounted to more than 750 songs. If you want to have a look at that list you can view it here
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(Full FTC disclosure here that the above link is an affiliate link and any purchase made thru it will pay me a small commission by Amazon.com).
One of the things you'll discover when learning Bob Dylan covers from the way that I teach is that many of the tunes are not complicated to play. Afterall, if we were to put Dylan into a musical category, it would be a folk artist. So many songs are 3 or 4 chord songs and alot of rhythm verses lead, which makes it relatively easy for newbies to learn.
Growing up I wasn't a real big fan of Bob Dylan music. I was more into the classic rock bands of the day such as Bad Company, CCR, The Beatles and others. But one of the first Dylan songs I do remember playing was Lay Lady Lay.
Did you know The Everly Brothers were offered that song by Dylan but turned it down because they thought it was about lesbians? ... Hilarious!
And if you were wondering if Bob Dylan tweets about his own music, well there are several Twitter pages with his name on them. But many are just upcoming announcements and tour infromation and the like. I dont know about you but I can't seem to picture Bob Dylan Tweeting. But you can follow his official tweet page here. Bob Dylan Twitter.
Bob Dylan Songs And Influences
It's interesting that people who listened to Dylans music on the 1960's and 70's thought of him as some guru who spoke for their generation in some way thru his music. But from what I've read, Bob Dylan did not like the public spotlight and fan adulation. He was a regular guy who wanted to make music and then go home and chill out.
I want to share with you a page on the web I found that has practically every one of Bob Dylan songs ever written, or so it appears. This section on my site is about the songs Ive done to date as covers. But this site is an indepth history of each song by Bob Dylan. You can find this info here.
In this next area of this page I want to touch a bit on the history of the songs Ive covered so far by Bob Dylan and will continue to do so as more songs are requested and eventually make it past the weekly vote and end up becoming instructional tutorials.
Some Background On These Bob Dylan Songs
As mentioned earlier in this article, the songs Ive covered so far total 8 covers, 7 of which are actual Dylan compositions. The one song, Mr Bojangles, is a Jerry Jeff Walker tune which Dylan covered in his own unique style.
One of the first songs by Dylan was from 1962 called Blowin In The Wind. This song can be played with any 3 chords or you can also throw in a minor as a 4th chord. Either wasy it's a pretty simple tune.
From 1964 is My Back Pages. Another simple tune which was also recorded by The Byrds. A few minor and sus chords in this one.
Again from 1964 and 1965 comes Like A Rolling Stone, which I play in C and has a steady shuffle pattern and has 5 chords.
Lay Lady Lay hails from 1969 and as I mentioned, I believe my first Dylan song I ever learned.
Forever Young And Knocking On Heavens Door are both from 1974. The latter of course was covered by Guns N Roses.
And finally Tangled Up On Blue from 1975 and another 5 chord song. More difficult to sing then it is to play.
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