Don’t Think Twice Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my Bob Dylan Don't Think Twice chord chart. I based this off of the Youtube video below. Now this song is SUPER fast, so don't feel like you have to play it up to tempo. There are many version of this song. If I were going to play along, I would likely use a Travis Picking pattern.

Don’t Think Twice Guitar Chords:

Don’t Think Twice Strumming Patterns:

If you want a simple strum, see below.

Strum:
1  2  3+ 4+
D D DU DU

Don’t Think Twice Guitar Lesson:

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Don’t Think Twice Chord Chart:

Intro: C G Am G C G C C

Verse 1:
                C                       G                           Am               Am
Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
F              F                                C        G
    Iff'n you don't know by now
              C                    G                            Am              Am
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
D7/F#                  D7/F#           G    G7
         It'll never do somehow
                          C            C                      C7            C7
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
   F                         F                D7/F#       D7/F#
Look out your window and I'll      be gone
C                         G                Am      F
   You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
C                            G                  C     C    C G Am Am C G C C C C
    Don't think twice, it's all right

Verse 2:
             C                        G                       Am               Am
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
            F         F            C         G
That light I never knowed
            C                          G                       Am              Am
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
D7/F#               D7/F#                      G    G7
       I'm on the dark side of the road
             C                            C                                  C7      C7
Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
         F               F                                 D7/F#       D7/F#
To try and make me change my mind and stay
C                   G                        Am            F
We never did too much talkin' anyway
C                                 G                    C       C       C G Am Am C G C C
    But don't think twice, it's all right

Verse 3:
           C                          G                     Am            Am
So it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
F                        F                    C        G
      Like you never did before
            C                           G                     Am              Am
An' it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
D7/F#           D7/F#                  G    G7
           I can't hear you any more
                 C                      C                           C7              C7
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' walkin' down the road
      F                       F              D7/F#      D7/F#
I once loved a woman, a child I'm     told
     C                    G                         Am                F
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
C                                   G                   C    C    C G Am Am C G C C C C C
     But don't think twice, it's all right

Verse 4:
     C G                  Am   Am
So long, honey babe
                          F    F              C    G
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
     C                G                     Am           Am
Goodbye is too good a word, babe
D7/F#                       D7/F#           G    G7
           So I'll just say fare thee well
C              C                              C7       C7
   I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
F                                              F             D7/F#         D7/F#
    You could have done better but I don't mind
C                                 G                  Am           F
    You just kinda wasted my precious time
C                              G                   C    C
But don't think twice, it's all right

Instrumental Verse:
C   G    Am   Am
F   F     C       G
C  G    Am    Am
D7/F#    D7/F#    G    G7
C   C    C7      C7
F   F    D7/F#     D7/F#
C   G   Am     F
C   G   C         C (hold)

This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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