Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
This song is #3 in a funny link of rip-offs, and here's the funny story behind:Folksinger and folklorist Paul Clayton (1931-1967) adapted the public domain traditional song "Who's Gonna Buy Your Chickens When I'm Gone", adding the tune a couple of chords and naming it "Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone". Clayton was an institutor in Greenwich Village, and Dylan captured this song for improvement, telling Clayton straight away «I'm gonna steal it». So he did; 1963. Elektra sued Columbia Records for copyright infringement. It was settled out of court, and Clayton and Dylan remained friends.
Obstinate rumours tell that Clayton wanted it to be more that "friends" ... Clayton was gay. These rumours also tell that Dylan responded with writing "It Ain't Me, Babe", and closed their relationship with "It's All Over Now Baby Blue". Spiteful bullshit, or...? However, Clayton - nowadays almost forgotten, and most appreciated for promoting the appalachian dulcimer, got haunted by heavy depression for several reasons, and committed suicide in 1967.
Later, Dylan and Cash made friends. One of the results was "Understand Your Man"; an obvious rip-off. But none of them were gay, and both were signed with Columbia, so a new lawsuit was out of question. Still nobody knows who's gonna buy you neighter chickens nor ribbons. To a busker, a good song is a good song no matter who really wrote it. At least, the lyrics of THIS one is genuine Dylan.
E B7 C#m A B7 ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe it won't matter anyhow E B7 C#m F#7 B7 no there ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe that if you don't know by now E E7 when the rooster crows at the break of dawn A G#7 look out your window and I'll be gone E Emaj7 C#m A and you're the reason that I'm travelling on E B7 E don't think twice it's all right
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