No More Auction Block
Trad. (arr. Bob Dylan)
Recorded live at the Gaslight cafe, late 1962. Released on The Bootleg
Series 1-3 (1991)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
This is reportedly the melody that Dylan used for Blowin’ in the Wind. This is most evident in the beginning of the verses and in the guitar interlude.
Capo 5th fret (sounding key F major)
Played with fast strumming in a rather loose rhythm.
Chords:
Csus4 x33010
G6 322003 or 32200x
G7 323003 or 32300x
C/e xx2010
G/d xx0003
F F G C Csus4 C Am G G6 G7
C F C /b Am F F C/e G/d C
C F C Am G G6 G7
No more auction block for me, no more, no more
C F C Am F C/e G/d /e /f C
No more auction block for me, many thousand gone.
F C/e G/d C
No more driver's lash for me, no more, no more
No more driver's lash for me, many thousand gone.
No more pint of salt*) for me, no more, no more
No more pint of salt for me, many thousand gone.
No more auction block for me, no more, no more
No more auction block for me, many thousand gone
*) Dylan sings something like “mmm whiplash”