* SONGS WITH CHORDS AND TABS *



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From: Harlan L Thompson

A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL- Bob Dylan

E A E
Oh, where have you been, my blue eyed son?
E B
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
A E
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
A E
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
A E
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
A E
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
A E
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
E B E A
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
E B E A E
And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall

Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son?
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a bleedin'
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall

And what did you hear, my blue eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin'
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a blazin'
Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall

Oh, who did you meet, my blue eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded with hatred
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a gonna fall

Oh, what'll you do now, my blue eyed son?
Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a fallin'
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a gonna fall


(from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)



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I have downloaded the song of Bob Dylan A hard rain's gonna fall,
and I think it has a problem
I send you the (I think so) good one.

Ibon
ibongz@arrakis.es



A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL- Bob Dylan

E A E
Oh, where have you been, my blue eyed son?
E B
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
A B E
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
A B E
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
A B E
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
A B E
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
A B E
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
E B E A
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
E B E A E
And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall

And so on ....




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From: erndog@leland.stanford.edu (Ernest Lee)

Date: 30 Jun 1995 17:29:12 GMT

I was right, I missed a verse. Here's a corrected version.



Abandoned Love by Bob Dylan (from Biograph collection)





Intro:



G D G

My heart is telling me, I love you still





Verses:



G Em

I can see the turning of the key

C D

I've been deceived by the clown inside of me

Bm C

I thought that he was righteous but he's vain

G D G

Something's telling me, I wear the ball and chain





(same chords throughout)



My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost

He's always off somewhere when I need him most

The Spanish moon is rising on the hill

But something's telling me, I love you still



I come back to the town from the flaming ruins

But when I see you in the street I begin to swoon

I love to see you dress before the mirror

Won't you let me in your room one time, before I finally disappear



Everybody's wearing a disguise

To hide what they've got left behind their eyes

But me I can't cover what I am

Wherever their children go, I'll follow them



I'm marching the parade of liberty

But as long as I love you I'm not free

How long must I suffer such abuse

Won't you let me see you smile, before I turn you loose



I've given up the game I've got to leave

The pot of gold is only make believe

The treasure can't be found by men who search

Who's gods are dead and whose queens are in the church



We sat in an empty theater and we kissed

I asked you please to cross me off your list

My head tells me it's time to make a change

But my heart is telling me, I love you but you're strange



(Harmonica solo, same chords as verse)



So one more time at midnight near the wall

Take off your heavy makeup and your shawl

Won't you descend from the throne from whence you sit

And let me feel your love one more time, before I finally abandon it



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-ern.




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From: larpe@oden.nts.mh.se (Petter Larsson)



Absolutely Sweet Marie - Bob Dylan

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('Blonde on Blonde' album)





D



D G A7 D

Well, your railroadgate, you know I just can't jump it.

G D A7

Sometimes it gets so hard, you see.

D G A7 D Bm

I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet,

F#m D A7

with all these promises you left for me.

G A7 D

But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?



D G A7 D

Well, I waited for you when I was half sick.

G D A7

Yes I waited for you when you hated me.

D G A7 D Bm

Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic

F#m D A7

When you knew I had some other place to be.

G A7 D

Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?



Bb D

Well, anybody can be just like me, obviosly,

Bb D A7

But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.

D G A7 D

Well, six white horses that you did promise me

G D A7

Where finaly delivered down to the penitentiary.

D G A7 D Bm

But to live outside the law, you must be honest.

F#m D A7

I know you always say that you agree,

G A7 D

But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?



D G A7 D

Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed

G D A7

That a man can't give his address out to bad company,

D G A7 D Bm

And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad

F#m D A7

In the ruins of your balcony,

G A7 D

Wond'ring where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?



Bb D

Well I don't know how it happened,But the riverboat captain,he knows my fate

Bb D A7

But ev'rybody else, even yourself, they're just gonna have to wait.

D G A7 D

Well, I got the fever down in my pockets,

G D A7

The Persian drunkard, he follows me.

D G A7 D Bm

Yes, I can take him to your house, but I can't unlock it.

F#m D A7

You see, you forgot to leave me with the key.

G A7 D

Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?





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Typed by Petter Larsson , larpe@nts.mh.se




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Subject: Bob Dylan - You Ain't Going Nowhere (chords)







You ain't going nowhere

Bob Dylan



G Am

Clouds so swift, the rain won't lift

C G

The gates won't close, the railings froze

Am

Get your mind off wintertime

C G

You ain't going nowhere



Ooo-wee, ride me high

Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come

Ooh, ooh, are we gonna fly

Down in the easy chair



I don't care how many letters they sent

The morning came and the morning went

Pick up your money, pack up your tent,

You ain't going nowhere



Ooo-wee...



Buy me a flute and a gun that shoots

Tailgates and substitutes

Strap yourself to the tree with roots

You ain't going nowhere



Ooo-wee...



Gengis Khan he could not keep

All his kings supplied with sleep

We'll climb that hill no matter how steep

When we get up to it



Ooo-wee...





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Ugo Piomelli "Teachers, are my lessons done?

Associate Professor I cannot do another one"

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering They laughed and laughed and said

University of Maryland "Child, are your lessons done?"

College Park, MD 20742 Leonard Cohen

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From stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca (Steve Portigal)

Subject: CRD: Watchtower (Dylan) & REQ: Watchtowr (Jimi)

Date: 27 Feb 1993 20:39:42 -0600





here's the chords for Dylan's All Along the Watchtower. Could someone

please substitute the Hendrix chords instead? Personally, that's my

favourite version.



Steve





Title: ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER (Bob

Dylan)



Am G F G Am

(play it forever)

There must be some kind of way out of here



Said the joker to the thief



There's too much confusion



I can't get no relief



Buisness men they drink my wine



Plowmen dig my earth



None would ever compromise



Nobody of this world





No reason to get excited



The thief he kindly spoke



There are many here among us



Who feel that life is but a joke



But you and I we've been through that



And this is not our place



So let us stop talking falsely now



The hour's getting late





All along the watchtower



Princess kept the view



While all the women came and went



Barefoot servants too



Outside in the cold distance



A wildcat did growl



Two riders were approaching



And the wind began to howl





All along the watchtower



All along the watchtower



All along the watchtower







From: larpe@oden.nts.mh.se (Petter Larsson)



ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER - Bob Dylan

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('John Wesley Harding' album)





Bm/A G A Bm

There must be some way out of here,

Bm/A G A Bm

said the joker to the thief,



etc etc


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>From: davies@ils.nwu.edu (Brian Davies)
>Subject: CRD: Dylan's "Baby Ain't That Fine"
>Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 16:58:42 -0600

Here's guitar tablature for another outtake from "The Basement Tapes".
For those of you scoring at home, this is piece number 5, not including a
newer version of Rock Salt And Nails, which should supplant the previous
version.

Question marks indicate lyrics that I'm unsure of. Any help on that front
would be greatly appreciated. (I'm also still missing pieces of "One
Single River" and "I Don't Hurt Anymore", if there are any good samaritans
out there.)

I you find this useful, please drop me a line.

- Brian


BABY AIN'T THAT FINE by Bob Dylan (?)

Transcribed by Brian Davies
Comments and corrections to davies@ils.nwu.edu

[Bb] . . . ???
[Bb] The bells are golden chimes
[Bb] The sun is going to shine
[Bb] Before this ???

Baby ain't that [F] fine.
Baby ain't that [Bb] fine.
Baby ain't that [F] fine.
Baby ain't that [Bb] fine.

[Bb]
[Bb]
[Bb]
[Bb] Hey, la la la

Baby ain't that [F] fine.
Baby ain't that [Bb] fine.

[Eb] I get a little ? tingle up and down my [Bb] spine.
[C] I ??? every time you say you're [F] mine.

[Bb] You're gonna be my baby,
[Bb] I'm a-gonna be your guy.
[Bb] We're gonna cook some lovin'.
[Bb] It's a-gonna sizzle and fry.

Chorus


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From: Andrew Mullins

Subject: CRD: Baby I'm in the Mood for You



Baby I'm in the Mood for You Bob Dylan



from the album Biograph (previously unreleased song)



G

Sometimes I'm in the mood I wanna milk my milk cow low

C G

Sometimes I'm in the mood I wanna leave my lonesome home

G B7 C

Sometimes I'm in the mood I wanna hit that highway road

G D G C

But then again and again I said oh oh oh

G D G

Oh Babe I'm in the mood for you



Sometimes I'm in the mood I wanna turn my back to the wall

Sometimes I'm in the mood I wanna live in my pony stall

Sometimes I'm in the mood I ain't gonna do nothin at all

But then again and again I said oh I said oh I said

Oh babe, I'm in the mood for you



Sometimes I'm in the mood I wanna change my house around

Sometimes I'm in the mood I wanna change the things in the town

Sometimes I'm in the mood I wanna change the whole world around

But then again and again I said oh I said oh I said

Oh babe, I'm in the mood for you



Sometimes I'm in the mood I'm gonna give away all my sins

Sometimes I'm in the mood I wanna walk the road again

Sometimes I'm in the mood and I'm bound to lose again

But then again and again I said oh I said oh I said

Oh babe, sometimes I'm in the mood for you





The intro if I remember is a hammering/picking thing

between G, G6, G/B.



The harmonica part is a riot (it's the only reason I play this fairly

silly tune), if you have a G harp.





mullins@artsci.concordia.ca




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From: Harlan L Thompson



BLIND WILLIE McTELL- Bob Dylan



Dm A Dm

Seen the arrow on the doorpost

Dm A Dm

Saying this land is condemned

A C G Bb C Dm

All the way from New Orleans to Jeruselem

Dm A Dm

I travelled to East Texas

Dm A Dm

Where many martyrs fell

A C G

And I know no one can sing the blues

Bb C Dm

Like Blind Willie McTell



Well I heard that hooter singing

As they were taking down the tents

The stars above the barren trees

Were his only audience

Them charcoal gypsy maidens

Can strut their feathers well

But nobody can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell



See them big plantations burning

Hear the cracking of the whips

Smell that sweet magnolia blooming

See the ghosts of slavery ships

I can hear them tribes a moaning

Hear that undertaker's bell

Nobody can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell



There's a woman by the river

With some fine young handsome man

He's dressed up like a squire

Bootleg whiskey in his hand

There's a chain gang on a highway

I can hear them rebels yell

But I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell



Well God is up in Heaven

And we are what was his

But power,greed and corruptable seed

Seem to be all that there is

I'm gazing out the window

of the St. James Hotel

And I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell





(originally done around 1983, released as part of The Bootleg

Series, 1-3)

(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)






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From: HCHA8904593X@lust1.latrobe.edu.au (PERRETT, ANDREW)





Blowing in the wind; Bob dylan



D G D G

How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a

A4 A D G D

man ? Yes n how many seas must a white dove sail before she

C A4 A D G D

sleeps in the sand Yes n ahow many times must the cannon

G A4 A

balls fly before they're forever banned





Chorus



G A D F# Bm G

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind the answer is

A D

blowing in the wind





D G D G A4

How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky

A D G D G

Yes n how many ears must one man have before he can hear

A4 D G D

people cry Yes n how many deaths will it take till he know

G A4 A

that too many people have died





Chorus





D G D G

How many years can a mountain exist before its washed to the

A4 A D G D

sea Yes n how many years can some people exist before

G A4 A D G D

they're allowed to be free? Yes n how many times can a man

G A4 A

turn his head pretending he just didnt see?





Chorus





slowly



G A D

The answer is blowing in the wind



(yup here it is!)





From: "Dag Rambraut,o92a"



Blowing in the wind

Bob Dylan



Verse 1

C F C Am

How many roads must a man walk down

C F G7

Before you can call him a man?

C F C Am

How many seas must a white dove sail

C F G7

Before she sleeps in the sand?

C F C Am

And how many times must the cannonballs fly

C F G7

Before they've forever banned?





Chorus

F G7 C E7 Am

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind

F G7 C

The answer is blowing in the wind.





(The 2. and 3. verse goes just the same as the 1.)



Verse 2

How many times must a man look up

Before ha can see the sky?

How many tears must hehave shed

Before he vcan hear the peopla cry?

How many wars will it take till he learns

that too many peopla have died.



(Repeat Chorus)



Verse 3

How many years can a mountain exist

Before it is washed to the sea?

How many years can some people exist

Before they're allowed to be free?

And how many times can a man turn his head

Pretending he just doesn't see?



(Repeat Chorus)

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From: jgoffin@acs.ucalgary.ca (Jeffrey Goffin)



BLOWIN' IN THE WIND by Bob Dylan



C F C

How many roads must a man walk down

C F G

Before you call him a man

C F C

Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail

F G

Before she sleeps in the sand?

C F C

Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannonballs fly

F G

Before they are forever banned?



F G

The answer my friend

C

Is blowin' in the wind

F G C

The answer is blowin' in the wind.



How many times must a man look up

Before he can see the sky?

Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry?

Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows

That too many people have died?



How many years can a mountain exist

Before it is washed to the sea?

Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist

Before they're allowed to be free?

Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head

Pretending he just doesn't see?



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From: pjoe@charon.muc.de (Peter Eybert)



Buckets of rain (Bob Dylan, Blood on the tracks)

---------------



G6 D G6 D

Buckets of rain, buckets of tears,

G6 D G6 D

got all them buckets comin' out of my ears.

G D

Buckets of moonbeams in my hand,

A G F#m A7/E D

I got all the love, honey baby, you can stand.





I been meek and hard like an oak,

I seen pretty people disappear like smoke.

Friends will arrive, friends will disappear,

if you want me, honey baby, I'll be here.



Like your smile and your fingertips,

like the way that you move your lips.

I like the cool way you look at me,

everything about you is bringing me misery.



Little red wagon, little red bike,

I ain't no monkey but I know what I like.

I like the way you love me strong and slow,

I'm taking you with me, honey baby, when I go.



Life is sad, life is a bust,

all you can do is do what you must.

You do what you must do and you do it well,

I'll do it for you, honey baby, can't you tell.



Hope this helps, Peter.

--

____________________________________________________________

Peter Eybert pjoe@charon.muc.de (NeXTMail welcome)

--



From: Harlan L Thompson



BUCKETS OF RAIN- Bob Dylan



TUNING: D A D F# A D or E B E G# B E



E Esus E2 Esus E

Buckets of rain, buckets of tears

E Esus E2 Esus E

Got all them buckets coming out of my ears

A E A/E E

Buckets of moonbeams in my hand

B A G#m11 F#m11 E A/E E

You got all the love honey baby I can stand



I've been meek, and hard like an oak

I've seen pretty people disappear like smoke

Friends will arrive, friends will disappear

If you want me, honey baby I'll be here



I like the smile in your fingertips

I like the way that you move your hips

I like the cool way you look at me

Everything about you is bringing me misery



Little red wagon, little red bike

I ain't no monkey but I know what I like

I like the way you love me strong and slow

I'm taking you with me honey baby when I go



Life is sad, life is a bust

All you can do is do what you must

You do what you must do, and you do it well

I'll do it for you, honey baby can't you tell?



CHORDS:

E Esus E2 A A6 B C#m11 F#m11 D6+9 Abm7+5

E 0 2 4 5 5 7 4 2 10 12

B 0 0 0 5 7 7 0 0 7 9

G# 0 1 3 5 5 7 3 1 9 10

E 0 0 0 5 5 7 4 2 0 0

B 0 0 0 5 5 7 0 0

E 0 0 0 5 5 7 0 0





NOTE: I'm not really that sure about this one, I just know it sounds

much better than playing it in standard version. This is just a general

outline- listen to the record to really get it. Also, it's hard to

explain, but you need to slide on and off the 000102 and 000304 shapes

when they appear.



FROM: Blood on the Tracks, 1975.




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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 15:33:49 EST

From: Winston Campbell

Subject: CHANGING OF THE GUARDS by Bob Dylan





Intro: Ab



Fm

Sixteen years,

Ab Eb Fm

Sixteen banners united over the fields

Db Eb

While the good shepherd grieves

Fm Ab Eb

Desperate men, desperate women divided,

Fm Db Eb Ab

Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.



Fm

Fortune calls.

Ab Eb Fm

I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,

Db Eb Fm

Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.

Ab Eb Fm

She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,

Db Eb Ab

On midsummer's eve, near the tower.





(Interlude)



Fm

The cold-blooded moon.

Ab Eb

The captain waits above the celebration

Fm Db Eb

Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid

Fm Ab Eb

Whose ebony face is beyond communication.

Fm Db Eb Ab

The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.



Fm

They shaved her head.

Ab Eb

She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.

Fm Db Eb

A messenger arrived with a black nightingale.

Fm Ab Eb

I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,

Fm Db Eb Ab

Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.





(Interlude)



Fm

I stumbled to my feet.

Ab Eb

I rode past destruction in the ditches

Fm Db Eb

With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.

Fm Ab Eb

Renegade priests and treacherous young witches

Fm Db Eb Ab

Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.



Fm

The palace of mirrors

Ab Eb

Where dog soldiers are reflected,

Fm Db Eb

The endless road and the wailing of chimes,

Fm Ab Eb

The empty rooms where her memory is protected,

Fm Db Eb Ab

Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.





(Interlude)



Fm

She wakes him up

Ab Eb

Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking

Fm Db Eb

Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.

Fm Ab Eb

She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking

Fm Db Eb Ab

He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.



Fm

Gentlemen, he said,

Ab Eb Fm

I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,

Db Eb

I've moved your mountains and marked your cards

Fm Ab Eb

But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination

Fm Db Eb Ab

Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.





(Interlude)



Fm

Peace will come

Ab Eb Fm

With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire

Db Eb Fm

But will offer no reward when her false idols fall

Ab Eb Fm

And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating

Db Eb Ab

Between the King and the Queen of Swords.





Fm Ab Eb

Fm...





The "Interlude" (that the sax plays) is:



Ab Eb Db Ab



E -6-8-9-8-8~----6-6~----4-4~--(repeat 3 times)---||-6p4-4---4~--||

B ------------------------------------------------||-------6-----||

G ------------------------------------------------||-------------||

D ------------------------------------------------||-------------||

A ------------------------------------------------||-------------||

E ------------------------------------------------||-------------||





One word of note: It is much easier to play this song with a capo on the

first fret (i.e. play Em G D Em C D... while the 1st fret is fretted). This

makes it more easier and does not make the guitar sound too choppy.





Also:

(DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THOSE LYRICS)






    chimes_o.crd



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From: Len Moskowitz

Subject: CRD: "Chimes of Freedom" (Dylan/Byrds version, full lyrics)





Chimes of Freedom

(Bob Dylan)



Lyrics are from Dylan's "Another Side of Bob Dylan." This version is

from Roger McGuinn's latest (5/23/95) live shows, per my recollection.

The 12-string guitar is tuned down 1/2 step. The variations between

Dylan and The Byrds are shown in brackets -- square for Dylan's lyrics

that The Byrds/McGuinn left out and pointy for those they added.



Chord Tab:



G C9 C9/B C D Am



E 3 3 3 0 2 0

B 3 3 3 1 3 1

G 0 0 0 0 2 2

D 0 2 0 2 0 2

A 2 3 2 3 x 0

E 3 x x x x x



Intro: G C C/B D Dsus4

C D G (notes: B C D G...)



G C9

Far between the sundown's finish

G C9

and midnights broken toll

G

we ducked inside

C9 D G (notes: B C D G...)

the doorway [as] thunder [went] crashing





G C9

As majestic bells of bolts

G C9

struck shadows in the sounds

G C9 D G

seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing



(notes on low E string and open D: G F# E D...)





D

Flashing for the warriors

G C9 G

whose strength is not to fight

C9 C9/B

flashing for the refugees

Am D

of the unarmed road of flight

G C9

and for each and every underdog

G C9

soldier in the night

G C9 D G (notes: B C D G...)

and we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing



[The Byrds skipped the next few verses]



There are cities melted furnace

unexpectedly we watched

with faces hidden as the walls were tightening



As the echo of the wedding bells

before the blowing rain

dissolved into the bells of the lightning



Tolling for the rebel

tolling for the rake

tolling for the luckless

they are bound and damned forsaked

tolling for the outcasts

burning constantly at stake

and we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing



Through the mad mystic hammering

and the wild ripping hail

the sky cracked its farms in naked wonder



As the clanging of the church bells

blew far into the breeze

leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder



Striking for the gentle

striking for the kind

striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind

and the poet and painter

far behind his rightful time

and we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing



In the wild cathedral evening

the rain unravelled tales

for a disrobed faceless farms of no position



Tolling for the tongues

with no place to bring their thoughts

all down and taken for granted situations



Tolling for the deaf and blind

tolling for the mute

for a mistreated maidless mother, a mistitled prostitute

for the misdemeanor outlaw

chained and cheated by pursuit

and we gaze upon the chimes of freedom flashing



[The Byrds pick it up here]



Even though the cloud's white curtain

in a far off corner [flowered]

and the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting



Electric light<s> still struck like arrows

fired but [further ones] <for the ones>

condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting



Tolling for the searching ones

on their speechless seeking trail

for the lonesome hearted lovers with too personal a tale

and for each unharmful gentle soul

misplaced inside a jail

and we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing



[Byrds/McGuinn:

C C9/B D

dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee

C C9/B D G

dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee-duh]



Starry eyes and laughing

as I recall when we were caught

[trapped] <can't find> no track [for] <of> ours for they hang suspended



As we listened one last time

and we watched with one last look

spellbound and swallowed 'til the tolling ended



Tolling for the aching <ones>

whose wounds cannot be nursed

or the countless confused accused misused

strung out ones and worse

and for every hung up person

in the whole wide universe

and we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing



[Byrds: dee dee...]






    dear_lan.crd



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From: zeroy@netcom.com (Roy M. Randall)



DEAR LANDLORD

Bob Dylan, 1968



C E7

Dear Landlord, please don't put a price on my soul,

Am Am/G F Em Dm

My burden is heavy, my dreams are beyond control.

F F7

When that steamboat whistle blows,

Bb

I'm gonna give you all I got to give,

C Dm7 C C7

And I do hope you receive it well,

F Gm Dm F G

Depending on the way you feel that you live.





Dear Landlord, please heed these words that I speak,

I know you've suffered much, but in this you are not so unique.

All of us at times we might work too hard

To have it too fast and too much,

And anyone can fill his life up with things he can see

But he just cannot touch.



Dear Landlord, please don't dismiss my case,

I'm not about to argue, I'm not about to move to no other place.

Now each of us has his own special gift,

And you know this was meant to be true,

And if don't underestimate me,

I won't underestimate you.







--

Roy M. Randall, FG |

Inconsequential Systems, Inc. | MORONS! I've got MORONS on my team!

zeroy@netcom.com |




    desolati.crd



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From: cctr128@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (Mr K Osborn)



Desolation Row

words and music by Bob Dylan



D

They're selling postcards of the hanging.



G D

They're painting the passports brown.



A7

The beauty parlour's filled with sailors.



G D

The circus is in town.





Here comes the blind commissoner.



G D

They've got him in a trance.



A7

One hand's tied to the tightrope walker.



G D

The other is in his pants.



G

And the riot squad they're restless



D

They need some where to go.



D A7

As lady and I look out tonight



G D

On Desolation Row.





Cinderella she seem so easy.

It takes on to know one she smiles.

Then puts her hand in her back pocket,

Betty davis style.

Then in comes Romeo he's moaning.

You Belong to me I believe.

And someone says your in the wrong place my friend

You better leave.

And the only sound that's left

After the ambulances go.

Is Cinderella sweeping up

On Desolation Row.



Now the moon is almost hidden

The stars are beginning to hide

The fortune telling lady

Has already taken all her things inside.

All except for Cane and Able

And the Hunch Back of Notre Dame

Everyone is making love

Or else expecting rain

And the good samaritan he's dressing

He's gettin ready for the show.

He's going to the carinval

Tonight on Desolation Row.



Now Ophelia she's 'neath the window.

For her I feel so afraid.

On her twenty-second birthday

She already is an old maid.

To her death is quite romantic.

She wears an iron vest.

Her profession's her religion,

Her sin is her lifelessness.

And though her eyes are fixed upon

Noah's great rainbow

She spends her time peeking

Into Desolation Row.



Einstien disguised as Robin Hood

With his memories in a trunk

Passed this way an hour ago

With his friend a jealous monk.

He looked so frightful

As he bummed a cigarette

Then went off sniffing drain pipes

And reciting the alphabet.

No you would not think to look at him

That he was famous long ago

For playing electric violin

On Desolation Row.



Doctor filth he keeps his word

Inside a leather cup

But all his sexless patients

Are trying to blow it up.

Now his nurse a local looser

She's in charge of the cyanaide hole