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And she also keeps the cards that read
Have mercy on his soul.
They all play on penny whistles
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough
>From Desolation Row
Across the street they've nailed the curtains
They're gettin ready for the feast
The phantom of the opera
A perfect image of a priest
They're spoon feedin Casonova
To get him to feel more assured
Then they'll killed him with self confidence
After poisoning him with words
And the phantom shouting to skinning girls
Get outta her don't you know
Casanova is just being punished
For going to Desolation Row.
Now at midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crews
Round up everyone
That knows more than they do.
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the heart attack machines
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men that go
Check to see that nobody is escaping
To Desolation Row
Praise be to Nero's Neptune
The Titanic sails at dawn
And everybody shouting
Which side are you on
And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot
Fighting in the captains tower
While calypso signers laugh at them
And fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea
Where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much
About Desolation Row
Yes I received your letter yesterday
About the time the door knob broke.
When you asked me how I was
Was that some kind of joke.
All those people that you mention
Yes I know them they're quite lame.
I had to rearrange their faces
And give them all another name.
Right now I can't read too good
Don't send me no more letters no.
Not unless you mail them from
Desolation Row.
Be seeing you,
Kelwyn.
_________
He said that's alright babe,
I love you too.
But we were Tangled Up In Blue.
- Bob Dylan
From: jim@truleigh.demon.co.uk (James Fryer)
Subject: CRD: Dylan, Desolation Row
D
They're selling postcards of the hanging
D G D
They're painting the passports brown
D A
The beauty parlour's filled with sailors
G D
The circus is in town
D
Here comes the blind commissioner
D G D
They got him in a trance
D A
One hand is tied to the tightrope walker
G D
The other is in his pants
D G
And the riot squad they're restless
D G
They need somewhere to go
D A
As lady and I look out tonight
A G D
On desolation row
Use Dsus4 as appropriate.
Jim
--
James Fryer / jim@truleigh.demon.co.uk / jim@cix.compulink.co.uk
"The cat is the only H-bomb to drop and this robustness must stop"
-- Lord Invader
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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:02:17 -1000
From: Harlan Leslie Thompson <harlant@hawaii.edu>
DIGNITY- Bob Dylan
TUNING: D A D F# A D
D G D D7
Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel, thin man lookin' at his last meal
G D G D
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield for dignity
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass, young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin' through painted glass for dignity
CHORUS #1:
A
Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
G D
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
G F#m
I went into the city, went into the town
Em A A(2)
Went into the land of the midnight sun
Searchin' high, searchin' low, searchin' everywhere I know
Askin' the cops wherever I go, "Have you seen Dignity?"
Blind man breakin' out of a trance, puts both his hands in the pocket of chance
Hopin' to find one circumstance of dignity
I went to the wedding of Mary-lou, she said I don't want nobody see me talkin to you
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew about dignity
CHORUS #2:
I went down where the vultures feed
I would've gone deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men, wasn't any difference to me
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade, house on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid, "Have you seen dignity?"
Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years for dignity
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused by dignity
CHORUS #3:
Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand, steps goin' down into tatoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light, in the bordertowns of despair
Got no place to fade, got no coat, I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote about dignity
Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure, lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature for dignity
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin his hair back his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within for dignity
CHORUS #4:
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed, dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black, into the valley of dry bone dreams
So many roads, so much at stake, so many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take to find dignity
CHORDS:
D D D7 G G A A(2) F#m Em
D -7--0---4--12-5--7--12----4----2----
A -9--0---5--14-5--7--10----4----2----
F# -8--0---6--13-5--7--10----3----1----
D -0--0---0--0--5--7--0-----4----2----
A -0--0---0--0--5--7--0-----x----x----
D -0--0---0--0--5--7--0-----4----2----
From: jfair@vt.edu (John Fair)
Dignity
Words and Music By Bob Dylan
Capo 1
D
Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin' at his last meal
G D
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield
G D
For dig-ni-ty
D
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass
young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
G D
poor man lookin' through painted glass
G D
For dignity
A
Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
G D
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
G F#m
I went into the city, went into the town
Em A
went into the land of the midnight sun
D
Searchin' high, searchin' low
Searchin' everywhere I know
G
Askin' the cops wherever I go
G D
Have you seen Dignity?
(et al.)=7F
Blind man breakin' out of a trance
Puts both his hands in the pocket of chance
Hopin' to find one circumstance
Of dignity
I went to the wedding of Mary-lou
She said " I don't want nobody see me talkin' to you"
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
About dignity
I went down where the vultures feed
I would've gone deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
Wasn't any difference to me
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
House on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
Have you seen dignity
Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years
For Dignity
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused
By dignity
=09
Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand
Steps goin' down into tatoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
In the bordertowns of despair
Got no place to fade, got no coat
I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote
About dignity
Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure
Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature=7F
For dignity
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within
For dignity
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black
Into the valley of dry bone dreams
So many roads, So much at stake
So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take
To find dignity
Roofing:
John Fair jfair@vt.edu
B-O-B rgilchri@vt.edu
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From: larpe@oden.nts.mh.se (Petter Larsson)
Dirge - Bob Dylan
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('Planet waves' album)
Gm Cm Gm Cm
Dm Gm Dm Gm
I hate myself for lovin' you And the weakness that I showed ...
Dm Gm Dm Am
You were just a painted face On a trip down Suicide Road.
Bb Dm Gm
The stage was set, the lights went out All around the old hotel
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
I hate myself for lovin' you And I'm glad the curtain fell.
Dm Gm Dm Gm
I hate that foolish game we played And the need that was expressed
Dm Gm Dm Am
And the mercy that you showed to me Whoever would have guessed
Bb Dm Gm
I went out on Lower Broadway And I felt that place within
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
That hollow place where martyrs weep And angels play with sin
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Heard your songs of freedom And man forever stripped
Dm Gm Dm Am
Acting out his folly While his back is being whipped
Bb Dm Gm
Like a slave in orbit He's beaten 'til he's tame
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
All for a moment's glory And it's dirty, rotten shame
Dm Gm Dm Gm
There are those who worship loneliness I'm not one of them
Dm Gm Dm Am
In this age of fiberglass I'm searching for a gem
Bb Dm Gm
The crystal ball up on the wall Hasn't shown me nothing yet
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
I've paid the price of solitude But at least I'm out of debt
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Can't recall a useful thing You ever did for me
Dm Gm Dm Am
'Cept pat me on the back one time When I was on my knees
Bb Dm Gm
We stared into each other's eyes 'Til one of us would break
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
No use to apologize What diff'rence would it make
Dm Gm Dm Gm
So sing your praise of progress And of the Doom Machine
Dm Gm Dm Am
The naked truth is still tabu Whenever it can be seen
Bb Dm Gm
Lady Luck who shines on me Will tell you where I'm at
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
I hate myself for lovin' you But I should get over that
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Typed by Petter Larsson , larpe@nts.mh.se
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From: jgoffin@acs.ucalgary.ca (Jeffrey Goffin)
DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALRIGHT by Bob Dylan
G D Em
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
C G D
It don't matter anyhow
G D Em
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
A7 D D7
If you don't know by now.
G G7
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
C A7
Look out your window and I'll be gone
G D Em C
You're the reason I'm travellin' on
G D G D
Don't think twice, it's alright.
It ain't no use in turnin' on you light, babe
A light I never knowed
It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there were something you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
So don't think twice, it's alright.
I'm walkin' down that long lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
Goodbye is too good a word, gal
So I'll just say, fare thee well.
I'm not sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's alright.
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
Like you never done before
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear you anymore
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wonderin' all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I am told
I'd give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's alright.
From: brandinius@aol.com (Brandinius)
Subject: Re: CRD: Don't Think Twice It's Alright by Bob Dylan
In article <Jul16.175140.73472@acs.ucalgary.ca>, jgoffin@acs.ucalgary.ca
(Jeffrey Goffin) writes:
>DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALRIGHT by Bob Dylan
Uhh, I don't know how much of a purist you are, but those lyrics are sort
of a combination of Peter, Paul and Mary's version and Dylan's. Here's the
lyrics I have for Dylan's, straight off "The Freewheelin'"
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Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, baby
If'n you don't know by now
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It'll never do somehow
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn,
look out your window and I'll be gone
you're the reason I'm a travelling on
But don't think twice, it's all right
And it ain't no use in turning on your light babe
the light I never knowed
and it ain't no use in turning on your light babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Well I wish there was something you would do or say
to try and make me change my mind and stay
we never did too much talking anyway
But don't think twice, it's all right
So it ain't no use in calling out my name, gal
like you never done before
and it ain't no use in calling out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm a thinkin' and a wonderin', walkin' down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I am told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
Don't think twice, it's all right
So long honey babe
where I'm bound, I can't tell
goodbye is too good a word babe
so I'll just say fare the well
I ain't a sayin' you treated me unkind
you coulda done better but, I don't mind
you just kinda wasted my precious time
Don't think twice, it's all right
From: Paul Zimmerman <AUDSM@asuvm.inre.asu.edu>
Don't Think Twice
(by Bob Dylan)
INTRO:
C G Am Am C G C C
VERSE 1:
C G Am
Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe,
F C G
If'n you don't know by now.
C G Am
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe.
D7 G7
It'll never do, some-how.
C C7
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
F D7
look out your window and I'll be gone
C G Am F
You're the reason I'm travelin' on,
C G C
but don't think twice, it's al-right.
VERSE 2:
Ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe,
That light I never knowed.
Ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe,
I'm on the dark side of the road.
Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say,
To try & make me change my mind and stay.
We never did too much talkin' anyway,
So don't think twice, it's all right.
VERSE 3:
It ain't no use in callin out my name, gal
Like you never done before.
It ain't no use in callin out my name, gal
I can't hear anymore
I'm sittin & a wonderin, walkin down the road
I once loved a woman - a child I am told
I give her my heart, but she wanted my soul
but don't think twice, it's alright.
VERSE 3:
So lo-ong honey babe
where I'm bound, I can't tell.
Goodbye is too good a word babe.
So I'll just say, "Fare thee well."
I ain't sayin you treated me unkind
You coulda done better but, I don't mind
You just kind of wasted my precious time
but don't think twice, it's alright.
Thanks to the original poster.
Peace,
Paul Z
From: jim@truleigh.demon.co.uk (James Fryer)
Subject: CRD: Don't think twice it's alright (Bob Dylan)
Don't Think Twice It's Alright
------------------------------
Bob Dylan
C G Am
Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe
F C G
If you don't know by now
C G Am
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe
D7 G G7
It don't matter any how
C C7
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
F D7
Look out your window and I'll be gone
C G/B Am F
You're the reason I'm travelling on
C G C
But don't think twice it's alright
And it ain't no use in turning on your light babe
That light I never knowed
And it ain't no use in turning on your light babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
I wish there was something you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
But we never did too much talking anyway
So don't think twice it's alright
And it ain't no use in calling out my name babe
Like you never did before
Ain't no use in calling out my name babe
I can't hear you any more
I'm thinking and a-wondering, walking down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice it's alright
I'm walking down that long lonesome road babe
Where I'm bound I can't tell
But goodbye is too good a word babe
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't saying you treated me unkind
You could have doen better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice it's alright
Jim
--
James Fryer
jim@truleigh.demon.co.uk
jim@cix.compulink.co.uk
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Emotionally Yours Bob Dylan
Intro: C C/B Am F / C C/B F F
C C/B Am F C C/B F F
Come baby, find me, come baby, remind me of where I once begun.
C C/B Am F C C/B F F
Come baby, show me, show me you know me, tell me you're the one.
Am F C F C G G11 G
I could be learning, you could be yearning to see behind closed doors.
C C/B Am F C G11 C C
But I will always be emotionally yours.
Come baby, rock me, come baby, lock me into the shadows of your heart.
Come baby, teach me, come baby, reach me, let the music start.
I could be dreaming but I keep believing you're the one I'm living for.
And I will always be emotionally yours.
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C C
It's like my whole life never happened,
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C C
When I see you, it's as if I never had a thought.
E7 E7 Am Am
I know this dream, it might be crazy,
D7 D7 G11 G
But it's the only one I've got.
Come baby, shake me, come baby, take me, I would be satisfied.
Come baby, hold me, come baby, help me, my arms are open wide.
I could be unraveling wherever I'm traveling, even to foreign shores.
But I will always be emotionally yours.
_________
(note: G11= 3x3211)
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From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
EVERYTHING IS BROKEN- Bob Dylan
E7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
A7 E7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
B7 A7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
E7
Everything is broken
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken
E7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
A7
Something else has just hit the ground
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
Everything is broken
E7
Every time you leave and go off some place
A7
Things fall to pieces in my face
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
Everything is broken
(from Oh Mercy!, 1989)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
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From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
FOREVER YOUNG- Bob Dylan
G
May God bless and keep you always
C G
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
A A/G D
And let others do for you
G
May you build a ladder to the stars
C Am
And climb on every rung
G D C
And may you stay forever young
G D C G
May you stay forever young
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
And may you stay forever young
May you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
May you stay forever young
(originally from Planet Waves, 1973. I listened to the
version on Biograph to get these chords)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
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From: larpe@oden.nts.mh.se (Petter Larsson)
Fourth Time Around - Bob Dylan
--------------------------------
('Blonde on Blonde' album)
F Bb F Bb
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
When she said, "Don't waste your words, they're just lies," I cried she was deaf.
Bb F Bb F Bb F
And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes, Then said, "What else you got left?"
Am Gm
It was then that I got up to leave But she said, "Don't forget,
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
Ev'rybody must give something back For something they get."
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum and asked her how come.
Bb F Bb F Bb F
And she buttoned her boot, And straightened her suit, Then she said, "Don't get cute."
Am Gm
So I forced my hands in my pockets And felt with my thumbs,
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
And gallantly handed her My very last peice of gum.
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
She threw me outside, I stood in the dirt where ev'ry-one walked.
Bb F Bb F Bb F
And after finding I'd Forgotten my shirt, I went back and knocked.
Am Gm
I waited in the hallway, she went to get it, And I tried to make sense,
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair That leaned up against...
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
Her Jamaican rum And when she did come, I asked her for some.
Bb F Bb F Bb F
She said, "No, dear." I said, "Your words aren't clear, You'd better spit out your gum."
Am Gm
She screamed till her face got so red, Then she fell on the floor,
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
And I covered her up and then Thought I'd go look through her drawer.
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
And when I was through, I filled up my shoe And brought it to you.
Bb F Bb F Bb F
And you, you took me in, You loved me then, You didn't waste time.
Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb F
And I, I never took much, I never asked for your crutch, Now don't ask for mine.
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From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Sat Sep 10 14:13:40 1994
From: steevess@shore.net (Scott E. Steeves)
Date: 9 Sep 1994 22:05:17 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Dylan's "Froggie went..."
This is Dylan's version of "Froggie went a courtin"
I tried to get all the words corrected, but trying to figure
out what Dylan is saying at any given time is not an easy task.
I just hope I got them all right, if not well sorry.
Have fun.
C
1) Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride, ah hah
G7
Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride, ah hah
C
Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride,
F C G7 C
With a sword and a pistol by his side, ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
2) He road right up to Miss Mousie's door, ah hah, (repeat)
Gave three loud raps, and a bad big roar, ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
3) Said Miss Mouse, are you within' ah hah, (repeat)
Yes I am, I sit and spin' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
4) Took Miss Mousie on his knee' ah hah (repeat)
Said Miss Mousie, will you marry me' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
5) Without my Uncle Rat's concent' ah hah (repeat)
I wouldn't marry the president' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
6) Uncle Rat laughed, and he shook his fat sides' ah hah (repeat)
To think his niece, would be a bride' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
7) Uncle Rat went runnin, down town' ah hah (repeat)
To buy his niece, a wedding gown' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
8) Where shall the wedding supper be' ah hah (repeat)
Way down yonder, in the hollow tree' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
9) What shall the wedding supper be' ah hah (repeat)
Fried Msquito, and a Black Eyed pea, ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
10) First to come in was a Flyin Moth' ah hah (repeat)
She layed out, the table cloth' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
11) Next to come in was a Juney Bug' ah hah (repeat)
She brought, the water jug' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
12) Next to come in was a Bumbly Bee' ah hah (repeat)
Sat Ms,Qutio on his Knee' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
13) Next to come in was a Broken Back Flea' ah hah (repeat)
Danced a jig, with the Bumbly bee' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
14) Next to come in was Mrs. Cow' ah hah (repeat)
She tried to dance, but she didn't know how' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
15) Next to come in was a Little Black Tic' ah hah (repeat)
She ate so much, made her sick ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
16) Next to come in was the Big Black Snack' ah hah (repeat)
Ate up all of the wedding cake' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
17) Next to come in was the Old Gray Cat' ah hah (repeat)
Swallowed the mouse, and ate up the rat' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
18) Mr.Frog went a-hoppin, up over the broke' ah hah (repeat)
A Lily White Dove, came and swallowed him up' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
19) Little piece of Corn Bread, layin on the shelf' ah hah (repeat)
If you want anymore, you can sing it yourself' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
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George Jackson
By Bob Dyaln
G D
I woke up this morning,
C Am
There were tears in my bed.
G D
They killed a man I really loved,
C Am
Shot him through the head.
G D C Am
Lord, Lord they cut George Jackson down.
G D C G
Lord, Lord they laid him in the ground.
Sent him off to prison,
For a seventy dollar robbery.
Closed the door behind him,
And they threw away the key.
Lord, Lord they cut George Jackson down.
Lord, Lord they laid him in the ground
He wouldn't take shit from noone,
He wouldn't bow down or kneel.
The authorities they hated him,
Beacuse he was just too real.
Lord Lord so they cut George Jackson down.
Lord Lord they laid him in the ground.
The prison guards they cursed him,
As they watched him from above.
But they were frightened of his power,
They were scared of his love.
Lord, Lord they cut George Jackson down.
Lord, Lord they laid him in the ground.
Sometimes I think this whole world,
Is one big prison yard.
Some of us are prisoners,
The rest of us are guards.
Lord Lord they cut George Jackson down.
Lord Lord they laid him in the ground.
Be seeing you,
Kelwyn.
_________
He said that's alright babe,
I love you too.
But we were Tangled Up In Blue.
- Bob Dylan
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From: jgoffin@acs.ucalgary.ca (Jeffrey Goffin)
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY by Bob Dylan
G C D G
Well, if you're travellin' in the north country fair,
G
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
C G
Remember me to one who lives there
G C D G
She once was a true love of mine.
Well, if you go in the snowflake storm
When the rivers freeze and summer ends
Please see she has a coat so warm
To keep her from the howlin' winds.
Please see for me if her hair hangs long
If it rolls and flows all down her breast,
Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
That's the way I remember her best.
I'm a wonderin' if she remembers me at all
Many times I've often prayed
In the darkness of my night
In the brightness of my day.
So if you're travellin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to one who lives there,
She once was a true love of mine.
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 16:08:58 -0500 (EST)
From: "Kelvin W. Sherlock" <ksherloc@gnu.uvm.edu>
Subject: CRD. Bob Dylan-Girl from the North Country
Girl from the North Country, from the 30th anniversary concert and 'Real
Live'
C/G Dsus4 (C moved up two frets)
e-3----x-
B-1----3-
G-0----0-
D-2----4-
A-x----5-
E-3------
Dsus4 C G C/G G
If you're travellin' in the north country fair
Dsus4 C G C/G G
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Em C G C/G G
Remember me to one who lives there
Dsus4 C G C/G G
She once was a true love of mine
If you go when the snowflakes storm
Where the rivers freeze and summer ends
See for me if she's wearing a coat so warm
To keep her from the howling winds
See for me if her hair is hangin' long
If it rolls and flows all down her breast
See for me if her hair is hangin' long
That's the way I remember her best
Wonderin' if she remembers me at all
Many times, I've often prayed
In the darkness of my night
In the brightness of my day
instrumental
So if you're travellin' in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine
doubly long instrumental
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Subject: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan
"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan
Oh where have you been my blue eyed-son
G
Where have you been my darling young one
D
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains...
C G
CHORUS: And it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's a hard
G D G C
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall
G D G C G
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Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 12:09:02 -0400
From: gw222@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kelvin W. Sherlock)
House of the Risin' Sun (1961)
Bob Dylan
Play it kind of like this:
Am C
E---------------------------------------------
B----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-
G----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-
D----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-
A-0----------0----------3----------3----------
E---------------------------------------------
Dm F
E---------------------------------------------
B----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-
G----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-
D-0----------0----------3----------3----------
A---------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------
Am C
E---------------------------------------------
B----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-
G----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-
D----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-
A-0----------0----------3----------3----------
E---------------------------------------------
Em
E-----------------------
B----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-
G----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-
D----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-
A-----------------------
E-0----------0----------
Intro: Am C Dm F Am Em Am
Am C Dm F
There is a house down in New Orleans
Am C Em
They call the Risin' Sun
Am C Dm F
And it's been the ruin of many poor girl
Am Em Am C Dm F Em
And me, oh God, I'm a-one
2)
My mother was a taylor
She sewed these new blue jeans
My sweetheart was a gambler, Lord
Down in New Orleans
3)
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
4)
He fills his glasses up to the brim
And he'll pace the cards around
And the only pleasure he gets out of life
Is ramblin' from town to town
5)
Oh tell my baby sister
Not to do as I have done
But to shun that house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
6)
Well, it's one foot on the platform
And the other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
7)
I'm a-goin' back to New Orleans
My race is almost run
I'm goin' back to end my life
Down in the Risin' Sun
8)
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
It's been the ruin of many poor girl
And me, oh God, Im a-one
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From: Steve Vetter <vetters@vax1.elon.edu>
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
CRDs by Steve Vetter & TSOBD
Am F Am F
Am F
Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
Am F
enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
Am F
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
Am F
Cries out "My God they killed them all!"
C F
Here comes the story of the Hurricane,
C F
The man the authorities came to blame
Dm C
for something that he never done
Dm C
Put in a prison cell but one time
Em Am F C G Am F Am F
he could have been the champion of the world
Three bodied lying there does Patty see
and another man named Bello moving mysteriously
"I didn't do it" he says, and he throws up his hands
"I was only robbin the register, I hope you understand
I saw them leavin," he says and he stops
One of us had better call the cops
so Patty calls the cops
and they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin
in the hot New Jersey night
Meanwhile somewhere in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around
number one contender for the middleweight crown
had no idea what kind of shit was about to go down
when a cop pulled him over on the side of the road
just like the time before and the time before that
in Paterson that just the ways things go
If you black you might as well not show up on the streets
Less you wanna draw the heat
Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops
Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin around
He said "I saw two men runnin out, they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car with out of state plates"
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
Cop said "Wait a minute boys, this one's not dead"
so they took him to the infirmary
and although this man could hardly see
they told him that he could identify the guilty men
Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in
Take him to the hospital and bring him upstairs
the wounded man looks up though his one dying eye
says "why'd you bring him here for? he ain't the guy!"
Yes, here the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
for something that he never done
put in a prison cell but one time he could've been
the champion of the world
Four months later the ghetto's in flame
Rubin's in South America fightin for his name
while Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game
and the cops are puttin the screw to him looking for somebody to blame
"Remember that murder that happened in a bar?"
"Remember you said you saw the getaway car?"
"You think you'd like to play ball with the law?"
"Think it might have been that fighter that you saw running that night?"
"Don't forget that you are white"
Arthur Dexter Bradley said "I'm really not sure"
Cops said "A poor boy like you could really use a break
We got you for the motel job and were talking to your friend Bello
Now you don't want to ave to go back to jail, be a nice fellow
You'll be doin' society a favor
That son of a bitch is brave and getting braver
We want to put his ass in the stir
We want to pin this trip murder on him
He ain't ne Gentleman Jim"
Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
he never did like to talk about it all that much
It's my work he'd say, I do it for pay
Have mercy on his soul.
They all play on penny whistles
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough
>From Desolation Row
Across the street they've nailed the curtains
They're gettin ready for the feast
The phantom of the opera
A perfect image of a priest
They're spoon feedin Casonova
To get him to feel more assured
Then they'll killed him with self confidence
After poisoning him with words
And the phantom shouting to skinning girls
Get outta her don't you know
Casanova is just being punished
For going to Desolation Row.
Now at midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crews
Round up everyone
That knows more than they do.
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the heart attack machines
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men that go
Check to see that nobody is escaping
To Desolation Row
Praise be to Nero's Neptune
The Titanic sails at dawn
And everybody shouting
Which side are you on
And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot
Fighting in the captains tower
While calypso signers laugh at them
And fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea
Where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much
About Desolation Row
Yes I received your letter yesterday
About the time the door knob broke.
When you asked me how I was
Was that some kind of joke.
All those people that you mention
Yes I know them they're quite lame.
I had to rearrange their faces
And give them all another name.
Right now I can't read too good
Don't send me no more letters no.
Not unless you mail them from
Desolation Row.
Be seeing you,
Kelwyn.
_________
He said that's alright babe,
I love you too.
But we were Tangled Up In Blue.
- Bob Dylan
From: jim@truleigh.demon.co.uk (James Fryer)
Subject: CRD: Dylan, Desolation Row
D
They're selling postcards of the hanging
D G D
They're painting the passports brown
D A
The beauty parlour's filled with sailors
G D
The circus is in town
D
Here comes the blind commissioner
D G D
They got him in a trance
D A
One hand is tied to the tightrope walker
G D
The other is in his pants
D G
And the riot squad they're restless
D G
They need somewhere to go
D A
As lady and I look out tonight
A G D
On desolation row
Use Dsus4 as appropriate.
Jim
--
James Fryer / jim@truleigh.demon.co.uk / jim@cix.compulink.co.uk
"The cat is the only H-bomb to drop and this robustness must stop"
-- Lord Invader
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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:02:17 -1000
From: Harlan Leslie Thompson <harlant@hawaii.edu>
DIGNITY- Bob Dylan
TUNING: D A D F# A D
D G D D7
Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel, thin man lookin' at his last meal
G D G D
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield for dignity
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass, young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin' through painted glass for dignity
CHORUS #1:
A
Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
G D
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
G F#m
I went into the city, went into the town
Em A A(2)
Went into the land of the midnight sun
Searchin' high, searchin' low, searchin' everywhere I know
Askin' the cops wherever I go, "Have you seen Dignity?"
Blind man breakin' out of a trance, puts both his hands in the pocket of chance
Hopin' to find one circumstance of dignity
I went to the wedding of Mary-lou, she said I don't want nobody see me talkin to you
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew about dignity
CHORUS #2:
I went down where the vultures feed
I would've gone deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men, wasn't any difference to me
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade, house on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid, "Have you seen dignity?"
Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years for dignity
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused by dignity
CHORUS #3:
Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand, steps goin' down into tatoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light, in the bordertowns of despair
Got no place to fade, got no coat, I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote about dignity
Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure, lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature for dignity
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin his hair back his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within for dignity
CHORUS #4:
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed, dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black, into the valley of dry bone dreams
So many roads, so much at stake, so many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take to find dignity
CHORDS:
D D D7 G G A A(2) F#m Em
D -7--0---4--12-5--7--12----4----2----
A -9--0---5--14-5--7--10----4----2----
F# -8--0---6--13-5--7--10----3----1----
D -0--0---0--0--5--7--0-----4----2----
A -0--0---0--0--5--7--0-----x----x----
D -0--0---0--0--5--7--0-----4----2----
From: jfair@vt.edu (John Fair)
Dignity
Words and Music By Bob Dylan
Capo 1
D
Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin' at his last meal
G D
Hollow man lookin' in a cottonfield
G D
For dig-ni-ty
D
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass
young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
G D
poor man lookin' through painted glass
G D
For dignity
A
Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
G D
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
G F#m
I went into the city, went into the town
Em A
went into the land of the midnight sun
D
Searchin' high, searchin' low
Searchin' everywhere I know
G
Askin' the cops wherever I go
G D
Have you seen Dignity?
(et al.)=7F
Blind man breakin' out of a trance
Puts both his hands in the pocket of chance
Hopin' to find one circumstance
Of dignity
I went to the wedding of Mary-lou
She said " I don't want nobody see me talkin' to you"
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
About dignity
I went down where the vultures feed
I would've gone deeper, but there wasn't any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
Wasn't any difference to me
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
House on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
Have you seen dignity
Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years
For Dignity
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused
By dignity
=09
Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand
Steps goin' down into tatoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
In the bordertowns of despair
Got no place to fade, got no coat
I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote
About dignity
Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure
Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature=7F
For dignity
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within
For dignity
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black
Into the valley of dry bone dreams
So many roads, So much at stake
So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take
To find dignity
Roofing:
John Fair jfair@vt.edu
B-O-B rgilchri@vt.edu
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From: larpe@oden.nts.mh.se (Petter Larsson)
Dirge - Bob Dylan
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('Planet waves' album)
Gm Cm Gm Cm
Dm Gm Dm Gm
I hate myself for lovin' you And the weakness that I showed ...
Dm Gm Dm Am
You were just a painted face On a trip down Suicide Road.
Bb Dm Gm
The stage was set, the lights went out All around the old hotel
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
I hate myself for lovin' you And I'm glad the curtain fell.
Dm Gm Dm Gm
I hate that foolish game we played And the need that was expressed
Dm Gm Dm Am
And the mercy that you showed to me Whoever would have guessed
Bb Dm Gm
I went out on Lower Broadway And I felt that place within
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
That hollow place where martyrs weep And angels play with sin
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Heard your songs of freedom And man forever stripped
Dm Gm Dm Am
Acting out his folly While his back is being whipped
Bb Dm Gm
Like a slave in orbit He's beaten 'til he's tame
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
All for a moment's glory And it's dirty, rotten shame
Dm Gm Dm Gm
There are those who worship loneliness I'm not one of them
Dm Gm Dm Am
In this age of fiberglass I'm searching for a gem
Bb Dm Gm
The crystal ball up on the wall Hasn't shown me nothing yet
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
I've paid the price of solitude But at least I'm out of debt
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Can't recall a useful thing You ever did for me
Dm Gm Dm Am
'Cept pat me on the back one time When I was on my knees
Bb Dm Gm
We stared into each other's eyes 'Til one of us would break
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
No use to apologize What diff'rence would it make
Dm Gm Dm Gm
So sing your praise of progress And of the Doom Machine
Dm Gm Dm Am
The naked truth is still tabu Whenever it can be seen
Bb Dm Gm
Lady Luck who shines on me Will tell you where I'm at
Bb Eb Bb Cm Gm
I hate myself for lovin' you But I should get over that
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Typed by Petter Larsson , larpe@nts.mh.se
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From: jgoffin@acs.ucalgary.ca (Jeffrey Goffin)
DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALRIGHT by Bob Dylan
G D Em
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
C G D
It don't matter anyhow
G D Em
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
A7 D D7
If you don't know by now.
G G7
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
C A7
Look out your window and I'll be gone
G D Em C
You're the reason I'm travellin' on
G D G D
Don't think twice, it's alright.
It ain't no use in turnin' on you light, babe
A light I never knowed
It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there were something you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
So don't think twice, it's alright.
I'm walkin' down that long lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
Goodbye is too good a word, gal
So I'll just say, fare thee well.
I'm not sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's alright.
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
Like you never done before
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear you anymore
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wonderin' all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I am told
I'd give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's alright.
From: brandinius@aol.com (Brandinius)
Subject: Re: CRD: Don't Think Twice It's Alright by Bob Dylan
In article <Jul16.175140.73472@acs.ucalgary.ca>, jgoffin@acs.ucalgary.ca
(Jeffrey Goffin) writes:
>DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALRIGHT by Bob Dylan
Uhh, I don't know how much of a purist you are, but those lyrics are sort
of a combination of Peter, Paul and Mary's version and Dylan's. Here's the
lyrics I have for Dylan's, straight off "The Freewheelin'"
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Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, baby
If'n you don't know by now
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It'll never do somehow
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn,
look out your window and I'll be gone
you're the reason I'm a travelling on
But don't think twice, it's all right
And it ain't no use in turning on your light babe
the light I never knowed
and it ain't no use in turning on your light babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Well I wish there was something you would do or say
to try and make me change my mind and stay
we never did too much talking anyway
But don't think twice, it's all right
So it ain't no use in calling out my name, gal
like you never done before
and it ain't no use in calling out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm a thinkin' and a wonderin', walkin' down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I am told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
Don't think twice, it's all right
So long honey babe
where I'm bound, I can't tell
goodbye is too good a word babe
so I'll just say fare the well
I ain't a sayin' you treated me unkind
you coulda done better but, I don't mind
you just kinda wasted my precious time
Don't think twice, it's all right
From: Paul Zimmerman <AUDSM@asuvm.inre.asu.edu>
Don't Think Twice
(by Bob Dylan)
INTRO:
C G Am Am C G C C
VERSE 1:
C G Am
Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe,
F C G
If'n you don't know by now.
C G Am
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe.
D7 G7
It'll never do, some-how.
C C7
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
F D7
look out your window and I'll be gone
C G Am F
You're the reason I'm travelin' on,
C G C
but don't think twice, it's al-right.
VERSE 2:
Ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe,
That light I never knowed.
Ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe,
I'm on the dark side of the road.
Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say,
To try & make me change my mind and stay.
We never did too much talkin' anyway,
So don't think twice, it's all right.
VERSE 3:
It ain't no use in callin out my name, gal
Like you never done before.
It ain't no use in callin out my name, gal
I can't hear anymore
I'm sittin & a wonderin, walkin down the road
I once loved a woman - a child I am told
I give her my heart, but she wanted my soul
but don't think twice, it's alright.
VERSE 3:
So lo-ong honey babe
where I'm bound, I can't tell.
Goodbye is too good a word babe.
So I'll just say, "Fare thee well."
I ain't sayin you treated me unkind
You coulda done better but, I don't mind
You just kind of wasted my precious time
but don't think twice, it's alright.
Thanks to the original poster.
Peace,
Paul Z
From: jim@truleigh.demon.co.uk (James Fryer)
Subject: CRD: Don't think twice it's alright (Bob Dylan)
Don't Think Twice It's Alright
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Bob Dylan
C G Am
Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe
F C G
If you don't know by now
C G Am
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe
D7 G G7
It don't matter any how
C C7
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
F D7
Look out your window and I'll be gone
C G/B Am F
You're the reason I'm travelling on
C G C
But don't think twice it's alright
And it ain't no use in turning on your light babe
That light I never knowed
And it ain't no use in turning on your light babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
I wish there was something you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
But we never did too much talking anyway
So don't think twice it's alright
And it ain't no use in calling out my name babe
Like you never did before
Ain't no use in calling out my name babe
I can't hear you any more
I'm thinking and a-wondering, walking down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice it's alright
I'm walking down that long lonesome road babe
Where I'm bound I can't tell
But goodbye is too good a word babe
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't saying you treated me unkind
You could have doen better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice it's alright
Jim
--
James Fryer
jim@truleigh.demon.co.uk
jim@cix.compulink.co.uk
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Emotionally Yours Bob Dylan
Intro: C C/B Am F / C C/B F F
C C/B Am F C C/B F F
Come baby, find me, come baby, remind me of where I once begun.
C C/B Am F C C/B F F
Come baby, show me, show me you know me, tell me you're the one.
Am F C F C G G11 G
I could be learning, you could be yearning to see behind closed doors.
C C/B Am F C G11 C C
But I will always be emotionally yours.
Come baby, rock me, come baby, lock me into the shadows of your heart.
Come baby, teach me, come baby, reach me, let the music start.
I could be dreaming but I keep believing you're the one I'm living for.
And I will always be emotionally yours.
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C C
It's like my whole life never happened,
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C C
When I see you, it's as if I never had a thought.
E7 E7 Am Am
I know this dream, it might be crazy,
D7 D7 G11 G
But it's the only one I've got.
Come baby, shake me, come baby, take me, I would be satisfied.
Come baby, hold me, come baby, help me, my arms are open wide.
I could be unraveling wherever I'm traveling, even to foreign shores.
But I will always be emotionally yours.
_________
(note: G11= 3x3211)
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From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
EVERYTHING IS BROKEN- Bob Dylan
E7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
A7 E7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
B7 A7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
E7
Everything is broken
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken
E7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
A7
Something else has just hit the ground
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
Everything is broken
E7
Every time you leave and go off some place
A7
Things fall to pieces in my face
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
Everything is broken
(from Oh Mercy!, 1989)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
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From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
FOREVER YOUNG- Bob Dylan
G
May God bless and keep you always
C G
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
A A/G D
And let others do for you
G
May you build a ladder to the stars
C Am
And climb on every rung
G D C
And may you stay forever young
G D C G
May you stay forever young
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
And may you stay forever young
May you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
May you stay forever young
(originally from Planet Waves, 1973. I listened to the
version on Biograph to get these chords)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
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From: larpe@oden.nts.mh.se (Petter Larsson)
Fourth Time Around - Bob Dylan
--------------------------------
('Blonde on Blonde' album)
F Bb F Bb
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
When she said, "Don't waste your words, they're just lies," I cried she was deaf.
Bb F Bb F Bb F
And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes, Then said, "What else you got left?"
Am Gm
It was then that I got up to leave But she said, "Don't forget,
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
Ev'rybody must give something back For something they get."
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum and asked her how come.
Bb F Bb F Bb F
And she buttoned her boot, And straightened her suit, Then she said, "Don't get cute."
Am Gm
So I forced my hands in my pockets And felt with my thumbs,
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
And gallantly handed her My very last peice of gum.
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
She threw me outside, I stood in the dirt where ev'ry-one walked.
Bb F Bb F Bb F
And after finding I'd Forgotten my shirt, I went back and knocked.
Am Gm
I waited in the hallway, she went to get it, And I tried to make sense,
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair That leaned up against...
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
Her Jamaican rum And when she did come, I asked her for some.
Bb F Bb F Bb F
She said, "No, dear." I said, "Your words aren't clear, You'd better spit out your gum."
Am Gm
She screamed till her face got so red, Then she fell on the floor,
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
And I covered her up and then Thought I'd go look through her drawer.
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
And when I was through, I filled up my shoe And brought it to you.
Bb F Bb F Bb F
And you, you took me in, You loved me then, You didn't waste time.
Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb F
And I, I never took much, I never asked for your crutch, Now don't ask for mine.
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Typed by Petter Larsson , larpe@nts.mh.se
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From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Sat Sep 10 14:13:40 1994
From: steevess@shore.net (Scott E. Steeves)
Date: 9 Sep 1994 22:05:17 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Dylan's "Froggie went..."
This is Dylan's version of "Froggie went a courtin"
I tried to get all the words corrected, but trying to figure
out what Dylan is saying at any given time is not an easy task.
I just hope I got them all right, if not well sorry.
Have fun.
C
1) Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride, ah hah
G7
Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride, ah hah
C
Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride,
F C G7 C
With a sword and a pistol by his side, ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
2) He road right up to Miss Mousie's door, ah hah, (repeat)
Gave three loud raps, and a bad big roar, ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
3) Said Miss Mouse, are you within' ah hah, (repeat)
Yes I am, I sit and spin' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
4) Took Miss Mousie on his knee' ah hah (repeat)
Said Miss Mousie, will you marry me' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
5) Without my Uncle Rat's concent' ah hah (repeat)
I wouldn't marry the president' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
6) Uncle Rat laughed, and he shook his fat sides' ah hah (repeat)
To think his niece, would be a bride' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
7) Uncle Rat went runnin, down town' ah hah (repeat)
To buy his niece, a wedding gown' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
8) Where shall the wedding supper be' ah hah (repeat)
Way down yonder, in the hollow tree' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
9) What shall the wedding supper be' ah hah (repeat)
Fried Msquito, and a Black Eyed pea, ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
10) First to come in was a Flyin Moth' ah hah (repeat)
She layed out, the table cloth' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
11) Next to come in was a Juney Bug' ah hah (repeat)
She brought, the water jug' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
12) Next to come in was a Bumbly Bee' ah hah (repeat)
Sat Ms,Qutio on his Knee' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
13) Next to come in was a Broken Back Flea' ah hah (repeat)
Danced a jig, with the Bumbly bee' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
14) Next to come in was Mrs. Cow' ah hah (repeat)
She tried to dance, but she didn't know how' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
15) Next to come in was a Little Black Tic' ah hah (repeat)
She ate so much, made her sick ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
16) Next to come in was the Big Black Snack' ah hah (repeat)
Ate up all of the wedding cake' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
17) Next to come in was the Old Gray Cat' ah hah (repeat)
Swallowed the mouse, and ate up the rat' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
18) Mr.Frog went a-hoppin, up over the broke' ah hah (repeat)
A Lily White Dove, came and swallowed him up' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
19) Little piece of Corn Bread, layin on the shelf' ah hah (repeat)
If you want anymore, you can sing it yourself' ah hah, ah hah, ah hah
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George Jackson
By Bob Dyaln
G D
I woke up this morning,
C Am
There were tears in my bed.
G D
They killed a man I really loved,
C Am
Shot him through the head.
G D C Am
Lord, Lord they cut George Jackson down.
G D C G
Lord, Lord they laid him in the ground.
Sent him off to prison,
For a seventy dollar robbery.
Closed the door behind him,
And they threw away the key.
Lord, Lord they cut George Jackson down.
Lord, Lord they laid him in the ground
He wouldn't take shit from noone,
He wouldn't bow down or kneel.
The authorities they hated him,
Beacuse he was just too real.
Lord Lord so they cut George Jackson down.
Lord Lord they laid him in the ground.
The prison guards they cursed him,
As they watched him from above.
But they were frightened of his power,
They were scared of his love.
Lord, Lord they cut George Jackson down.
Lord, Lord they laid him in the ground.
Sometimes I think this whole world,
Is one big prison yard.
Some of us are prisoners,
The rest of us are guards.
Lord Lord they cut George Jackson down.
Lord Lord they laid him in the ground.
Be seeing you,
Kelwyn.
_________
He said that's alright babe,
I love you too.
But we were Tangled Up In Blue.
- Bob Dylan
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From: jgoffin@acs.ucalgary.ca (Jeffrey Goffin)
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY by Bob Dylan
G C D G
Well, if you're travellin' in the north country fair,
G
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
C G
Remember me to one who lives there
G C D G
She once was a true love of mine.
Well, if you go in the snowflake storm
When the rivers freeze and summer ends
Please see she has a coat so warm
To keep her from the howlin' winds.
Please see for me if her hair hangs long
If it rolls and flows all down her breast,
Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
That's the way I remember her best.
I'm a wonderin' if she remembers me at all
Many times I've often prayed
In the darkness of my night
In the brightness of my day.
So if you're travellin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to one who lives there,
She once was a true love of mine.
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 16:08:58 -0500 (EST)
From: "Kelvin W. Sherlock" <ksherloc@gnu.uvm.edu>
Subject: CRD. Bob Dylan-Girl from the North Country
Girl from the North Country, from the 30th anniversary concert and 'Real
Live'
C/G Dsus4 (C moved up two frets)
e-3----x-
B-1----3-
G-0----0-
D-2----4-
A-x----5-
E-3------
Dsus4 C G C/G G
If you're travellin' in the north country fair
Dsus4 C G C/G G
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Em C G C/G G
Remember me to one who lives there
Dsus4 C G C/G G
She once was a true love of mine
If you go when the snowflakes storm
Where the rivers freeze and summer ends
See for me if she's wearing a coat so warm
To keep her from the howling winds
See for me if her hair is hangin' long
If it rolls and flows all down her breast
See for me if her hair is hangin' long
That's the way I remember her best
Wonderin' if she remembers me at all
Many times, I've often prayed
In the darkness of my night
In the brightness of my day
instrumental
So if you're travellin' in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine
doubly long instrumental
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Subject: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan
"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan
Oh where have you been my blue eyed-son
G
Where have you been my darling young one
D
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains...
C G
CHORUS: And it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's a hard
G D G C
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall
G D G C G
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Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 12:09:02 -0400
From: gw222@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kelvin W. Sherlock)
House of the Risin' Sun (1961)
Bob Dylan
Play it kind of like this:
Am C
E---------------------------------------------
B----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-
G----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-
D----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-
A-0----------0----------3----------3----------
E---------------------------------------------
Dm F
E---------------------------------------------
B----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-
G----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-
D-0----------0----------3----------3----------
A---------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------
Am C
E---------------------------------------------
B----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1-
G----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-
D----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-
A-0----------0----------3----------3----------
E---------------------------------------------
Em
E-----------------------
B----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-
G----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-
D----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-
A-----------------------
E-0----------0----------
Intro: Am C Dm F Am Em Am
Am C Dm F
There is a house down in New Orleans
Am C Em
They call the Risin' Sun
Am C Dm F
And it's been the ruin of many poor girl
Am Em Am C Dm F Em
And me, oh God, I'm a-one
2)
My mother was a taylor
She sewed these new blue jeans
My sweetheart was a gambler, Lord
Down in New Orleans
3)
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
4)
He fills his glasses up to the brim
And he'll pace the cards around
And the only pleasure he gets out of life
Is ramblin' from town to town
5)
Oh tell my baby sister
Not to do as I have done
But to shun that house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
6)
Well, it's one foot on the platform
And the other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
7)
I'm a-goin' back to New Orleans
My race is almost run
I'm goin' back to end my life
Down in the Risin' Sun
8)
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Risin' Sun
It's been the ruin of many poor girl
And me, oh God, Im a-one
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From: Steve Vetter <vetters@vax1.elon.edu>
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
CRDs by Steve Vetter & TSOBD
Am F Am F
Am F
Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
Am F
enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall
Am F
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood
Am F
Cries out "My God they killed them all!"
C F
Here comes the story of the Hurricane,
C F
The man the authorities came to blame
Dm C
for something that he never done
Dm C
Put in a prison cell but one time
Em Am F C G Am F Am F
he could have been the champion of the world
Three bodied lying there does Patty see
and another man named Bello moving mysteriously
"I didn't do it" he says, and he throws up his hands
"I was only robbin the register, I hope you understand
I saw them leavin," he says and he stops
One of us had better call the cops
so Patty calls the cops
and they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin
in the hot New Jersey night
Meanwhile somewhere in another part of town
Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around
number one contender for the middleweight crown
had no idea what kind of shit was about to go down
when a cop pulled him over on the side of the road
just like the time before and the time before that
in Paterson that just the ways things go
If you black you might as well not show up on the streets
Less you wanna draw the heat
Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops
Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin around
He said "I saw two men runnin out, they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car with out of state plates"
And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
Cop said "Wait a minute boys, this one's not dead"
so they took him to the infirmary
and although this man could hardly see
they told him that he could identify the guilty men
Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in
Take him to the hospital and bring him upstairs
the wounded man looks up though his one dying eye
says "why'd you bring him here for? he ain't the guy!"
Yes, here the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
for something that he never done
put in a prison cell but one time he could've been
the champion of the world
Four months later the ghetto's in flame
Rubin's in South America fightin for his name
while Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game
and the cops are puttin the screw to him looking for somebody to blame
"Remember that murder that happened in a bar?"
"Remember you said you saw the getaway car?"
"You think you'd like to play ball with the law?"
"Think it might have been that fighter that you saw running that night?"
"Don't forget that you are white"
Arthur Dexter Bradley said "I'm really not sure"
Cops said "A poor boy like you could really use a break
We got you for the motel job and were talking to your friend Bello
Now you don't want to ave to go back to jail, be a nice fellow
You'll be doin' society a favor
That son of a bitch is brave and getting braver
We want to put his ass in the stir
We want to pin this trip murder on him
He ain't ne Gentleman Jim"
Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
he never did like to talk about it all that much
It's my work he'd say, I do it for pay