 "Pledging My Time" opens with Dylan's harmonica, as do 10 other of the 14 songs on "Blonde on Blonde".The song proceeds at a slow pulsing pace set by Ken Buttrey's drumming, with Robbie Robertson's guitar and Hargus "Pig" Robbins' piano creating the song's heavy Chicago blues sound.According to writer Andy Gill, the song has a "smoky late-night club ambiance", while author Oliver Trager in "Keys to the Rain