Level: 2
Tuning: Standard

Released in 1963 on "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (his second album), "Don't Think Twice,It's All Right" borrows a few lines and some music from fellow Greenwich Village folkie Paul Clayton's "Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone," which in turn borrowed from an old folk song: "Who's Gonna Buy Your Chickens When I'm Gone." This is what's called "the folk process!" The song struck a nerve, and every acoustic guitar picker was playing and singing it in 1963. The song has been covered by countless artists (Wikipedia lists around 80) in several languages. This arrangement, in the key of C, slightly simplifies Dylan's fingerpicking arrangement, though he capoed up four frets to record the song. The thumb plays Travis-style alternating bass throughout, and the D9 chord gives the song a special flavor, along with the repeated 3rd string hammer-ons. Dylan didn't play that 5th fret Am chord during the solo, as he was playing melody on the mouth harp, not the guitar!