Words and music Bob Dylan
Recorded Aug 12, 1963 during the sessions for The Times They Are A-Changin’, released on The Bootleg Series 1-3 (1991)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

Dylan at the piano – hence black keys. Put a capo on the first fret and play as if in A (chords: A, D and E)

Bb
The trail is dark and dusty
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The road is kind of rough,
        Bb
But the good road is a-waiting
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And boys it ain't far off.

Bb
Trails of troubles,
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Roads of battles,
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Paths of victory,
   F     Bb
We shall walk.

I walked down to the valley,
I turned my head up high.
I seen that silver linin'
That was hangin' in the sky.

Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
Paths of victory,
We shall walk.

The evenin' dust was rollin',
I was walking down the track.
There was a one-way wind a-blowin'
it was blowin' at my back.

Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
Paths of victory,
We shall walk.

The gravel road is bumpy,
It's a hard old road to ride,
But the clearer road's up yonder
With the cinders on the side.

Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
Paths of victory,
We shall walk.

Tha mornin' train was movin',
The hummin' of its wheels,
told me of a new day
comin' across the field.

Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
Paths of victory,
We shall walk.