Deciphering Dylan's Unfinished 1966 Masterpiece: "She's your lover now" including the lost 4th verse

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Dylan worked on this song for the 1966 Blonde on Blonde album, but never finished it. It wasn't until 25 years later that an incomplete version was included in a Bootleg album. That version only included the first 3 1/2 verses but did not complete the 4th verse.

In time, additional versions were released, including one where Bob sang the 4th verse accompanied only by his own piano playing. Now with the help of AI, those bootleg versions have been combined to create a compete version of the song.

This version was created by the YouTube channel of Ant Man Bee and can be found here:
https://youtu.be/bEzBUXp1M6k?si=Blzg5gjPNHYNDQaG

I used his creation for this reaction, with the he only difference being that I have added captions.

Obviously, this is not the way that Dylan would have completed the song, and some purists may object. I feel, however, that there is some value in having the song completed, even if it is in many ways still a work in progress.

Others may object that if Dylan wanted to complete the song he would have done so himself. That is a fair comment, and I speculate in the video why he may have decided not to do that.

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