I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You

I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You is the 4th track off of Bob Dylan's 39th studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways. It is considered one of the best if not the best track from the album by various reviews, it is a peaceful song like "Mother of Muses" and "I Contain Multitudes". It also has lyrics about love like "My Own Version of You", and is the only song on the album to feature a guitar solo.

Background
This song is the only true 'love' song on the album. It has lyrics about giving himself to his lover, and traveling all over to meet her. Or, again, this is another song about Dylan's short mortality. The 'You' in this song could be Death, and Dylan could just be accepting his death, but that's another theory that people have.

Music
The main melody of this song is borrowed Offenbach's "Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour" from his opera Tales of Hoffmann. The lyrical content is similar too. This song is the only song to have a guitar solo, played by Charlie Sexton. The main guitar part is played by Blake Mills and there is excellent brush drumming done from Matt Chamberlain.

The song is in D Blues Major.

Personnel

 * Bob Dylan – vocals, acoustic guitar
 * Charlie Sexton – lead guitar, background vocals
 * Blake Mills – electric guitar
 * Tony Garnier – bass
 * Matt Chamberlain – drums
 * Tommy Rhodes – background vocals