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Tangled Up in Blue
Bob Dylan
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123 A: x02220 |
123 Asus4: x02230 |
3 4 G: 3x0003 |
132 D: xx0232 |
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134111 F#m: 244222 |
231 E: 022100 |
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Strum: D d D DUDUDU UDU
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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A G
Early one morning the sun was shining
A G
I was laying in bed
A G
Wondering if she'd changed at all
D (2)
If her hair was still red
A G
Her folks, they said our lives together
A G
Sure was gonna be rough
A G
They never did like mama's homemade dress
D (2)
Papa's bank book wasn't big enough
E F#m
And I was standing on the side of the road
A D
Rain falling on my shoes
E F#m
Heading out for the East coast
A D E (2)
Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through
G (½) D (½)
Tangled up in blue
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A G
She was married when we first met
A G
Soon to be divorced
A G
I helped her out of a jam, I guess
D (2)
But I used a little too much force
A G
We drove that car as far as we could
A G
Abandoned it out West
A G
Split up on a dark sad night
D (2)
Both agreeing it was best
E F#m
She turned around to look at me
A D
As I was walking away
E F#m
I heard her say over my shoulder
A D E (2)
"We'll meet again someday on the avenue"
G (½) D (½)
Tangled up in blue
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A G
I had a job in the great north woods
A G
Working as a cook for a spell
A G
But I never did like it all that much
D (2)
And one day the axe just fell
A G
So I drifted down to New Orleans
A G
Where I was lucky enough to be employed
A G
Working for a while on a fishing boat
D (2)
Right outside of Delacroix
E F#m
But all the while I was alone
A D
The past was close behind
E F#m
I seen a lot of women
A D E (2)
But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew
G (½) D (½)
Tangled up in blue
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A G
She was working in a topless place
A G
I stopped in for a beer
A G
I just kept looking at the side of her face
D (2)
In the spotlight so clear
A G
Later on when the crowd thinned out
A G
I was just about to do the same
A G
She was standing there in back of my chair
D (2)
Sayin', "Tell me, don't I know your name?"
E F#m
I muttered something underneath my breath
A D
She studied the lines on my face
E F#m
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
A D E (2)
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoes
G (½) D (½)
Tangled up in blue
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A G
She lit a burner on the stove
A G
And offered me a pipe
A G
"I thought you'd never say hello," she said
D (2)
"You look like the silent type"
A G
And then she opened up a book of poems
A G
And handed it to me
A G
Written by an Italian poet
D (2)
From the 13th century
E F#m
And every one of them words rang true
A D
And glowed like burning coals
E F#m
Pouring off every page
A D E (2)
Like it was written in my soul from me to you
G (½) D (½)
Tangled up in blue
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A G
I lived with them on Montague street
A G
In a basement down the stairs
A G
There was music in the cafés at night
D (2)
And revolution in the air
A G
And then he started into dealing with slaves
A G
And something inside of him died
A G
She had to sell everything she owned
D (2)
And froze up inside
E F#m
And when one day the bottom fell out
A D
I became withdrawn
E F#m
The only thing I knew how to do
A D E (2)
Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew
G (½) D (½)
Tangled up in blue
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A G
So now I'm going back again
A G
I got to get to her somehow
A G
All the people we used to know
D (2)
They're an illusion to me now
A G
Some are mathematicians
A G
Some are carpenter's wives
A G
Don't know how it all got started
D (2)
I don't know what they're doing with their lives
E F#m
Me, I'm still on the road
A D
Headed for another joint
E F#m
We always did feel the same
A D E (2)
We just saw it from a different point of view
G (½) D (½)
Tangled up in blue
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/ A (hold) /
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
