| DANCING IN THE DARK | January 12, 1990 | Toad's Place (New Haven) |
| DARK AS A DUNGEON | November 13, 1975 (A) | Veterans Memorial Coliseum (New Haven) |
| Performed as a duet with Joan Baez. | ||
| DEAR MRS. ROOSEVELT | January 20, 1968 (A) | Woody Guthrie Tribute (NYC) |
| DEATH DON'T HAVE NO MERCY | perhaps spring 1961 | |
| While no live performances of this song have been recorded or reported, an informal version was preserved on the May 1961 Minnesota Party Tape; that recording appears devoted to songs Dylan added to his repertoire during his early days in New York City. | ||
| DEEP ELLUM BLUES | April 16, 1962 | Gerdes Folk City (NYC) |
| This Gerdes hoot night set appears to include mostly recent additions to Dylan's repertoire. | ||
| DELIA | probably spring 1960 | |
| This song appears on the Karen Wallace Tape, which apparently consists of songs from Dylan's earliest repertoire. Some sources suggest the song was the far less melancholy (and far less likely) Blind Blake variant usually known as "Delia's Gone." Dylan's first well-documented live performance of the song is April 15, 1992 (Sydney). | ||
| DEPORTEES | unknown | |
| Dylan's first documented performance of this song is from the May 9, 1974 Friends of Chile benefit concert, but it is almost impossible to believe this standard was not part of Dylan's playlist when he was a "Woody Guthrie jukebox." | ||
| DETROIT CITY | November 12, 1990 | Wharton Center (East Lansing) |
| DEVILISH MARY | perhaps spring 1961 | |
| While no live performances of this song have been recorded or reported, an informal version was preserved on the May 1961 Minnesota Party Tape; that recording appears devoted to songs Dylan added to his repertoire during his early days in New York City. | ||
| DIAMOND JOE | no live performance | While Dylan has recorded two different songs with this title -- the first for Good As I Been To You, the second for Masked And Anonymous -- he has played neither in live performance. |
| DINK'S SONG | probably summer 1961 | |
| First reported as part of Dylan's setlist at a late September 1961 Gerdes performance, and said to be preserved on an uncirculating segment of a tape made by Cynthia Gooding. Dylan likely pulled the song from the Lomax archives (complete with intro) a month or two earlier. | ||
| DIRE WOLF | February 12, 1989 | Forum (Inglewood) |
| Song performed by the Grateful Dead, with Dylan joining on guitar. | ||
| DIXIE | October 16, 1990 | Beacon Theater (NYC) |
| All live performances of this song have been concert-opening instrumentals. A vocal rendition is included in Masked And Anonymous. | ||
| DIZZY MISS LIZZY | February 19, 1987 | Palomino Club (Los Angeles) |
| Song performed by the Grafitti Band, with Dylan, John Fogerty, and George Harrison informally joining on guitar and backing vocals. | ||
| DOLLY DAGGER | March 18, 1992 | Entertainment Centre (Perth) |
| DONALD AND LYDIA | September 1971 | Bitter End (New York City) |
| Song performed by John Prine, with Dylan on harp and backing vocals. Heylin dates this appearance to 1972, Shelton to 1973, but Prine's own account places the appearance in 1971. | ||
| DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN | April 13, 1992 | State Theatre (Sydney) |
| DON'T PITY ME | July 31, 1989 | Amphitheatre (Joliett, QU) |
| DON'T YOU PUSH ME DOWN | perhaps spring 1961 | |
| While no live performances of this song have been recorded or reported, an informal version was preserved on the May 1961 Minnesota Party Tape; that recording appears devoted to songs Dylan added to his repertoire during his early days in New York City. | ||
| DON'T START ME TO TALKIN' | March 22, 1984 | David Letterman TV (NYC) |
| DUNCAN AND BRADY | November 17, 1999 | Whittemore Center (Durham) |
| DUST MY BROOME | November 12, 1991 | Fox Theater (Detroit) |