Intro
| Gm | % | % | % |
| Gm | % | % | % |
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
Love don't have any place
Gm
We're living in times where men commit crimes
Gm | Gm | % | % | % |
And crime don't have any face.
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
Icicles hanging down
Gm
Wedding bells ring and angels sing
Gm | Gm | % |
And clouds cover up the ground.
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
Wisdom is thrown in jail
Gm
It rots in a cell, misguided as hell
Gm | Gm | % |
Leaving no one to pick up a trail.
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
Where mercy walks the plank
Gm
Life is in mirrors, death disappears
Gm | Gm | % | % | % |
Up the steps into the nearest bank.
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
Where courage is a thing of the past
Gm
Houses are haunted, children are unwanted
Gm
The next day could be your last.
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
The one we can see and feel
Gm
But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck
Gm | Gm | % | % | % |
We all know for sure that it's real.
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
In the cities of lonesome fear
Gm
Little by little you turn in the middle
Gm | Gm | % |
But you're never sure why you're here.
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
Under the microscope
Gm
You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there
Gm | Gm | % |
You always got more than enough rope.
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
Turning and trashing about
Gm
As soon as you're awake you're trained to take
Gm | Gm | % | % | % |
What looks like the easy way out.
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
Where peace is not welcome at all
Gm
It's turned away from the door to wonder some more
Gm | Gm | % | % | % |
Or put up against the wall.
[Verse]
Gm
We live in a political world
Gm
Everything is hers and his
Gm
Climb into the frame and shout God's name
Gm
But you're not even sure what it is.
[Outro]
| Gm | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)
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2. Where Teardrops Fall - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
Fb6 x-3-2-2-1-x
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[Intro] (slide)
| G# | % | % | C# Fb6 |
| G# | % | G# D#sus4 | G# |
[Verse]
G#
Far away where the soft winds blow
G# C# Fb6
Far away from it all
G#
There is a place you go
G# D#sus4 G#
Where teardrops fall
[Verse]
G#
Far away in the stormy night
G# C# Fb6
Far away and over the wall
G#
You are there in the flickering light
G# D#sus4 G#
Where teardrops fall
[Middle 8]
C#
We banged the drum slowly
C#
And played the fife lowly
G#
You know the song in my heart
C#
In the turning of twilight
C#
In the shadows of moonlight
Fb6 D#
You can show me a new place to start
[Verse]
G#
I've torn my clothes and I've drained the cup
G# C# Fb6
Strippin' away at it all
G#
Thinking of you when the sun comes up
G# D#sus4 G#
Where teardrops fall
[Solo] (slide)
| G# | % | % | C# Fb6 |
| G# | % | G# D#sus4 | G# |
[Middle 8]
C#
By rivers of blindness
C#
In love and with kindness
G#
We could hold up a toast if we meet
C#
To the cuttin' of fences
C#
To sharpen the senses
Fb6 D#
That linger in the fireball heat
[Verse]
G#
Roses are red, violets are blue
G# C# Fb6
And time is beginning to crawl
G#
I just might have to come see you
G# D#sus4 G#
Where teardrops fall
[Coda] (sax)
| G# | % | % | C# Fb6 |
| G# | % | G# D#sus4 | G#
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3. Everything is Broken - Bob Dylan
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Riff (guitar/bass)
F7 A#7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------| |----------------|
B|----------------| |----------------|
G|----------------| |----------------|
D|----------------| |----------------|
A|----------------| |0-0-4-5-6-7-6-7-|
E|0-0-4-5-6-7-6-7-| |----------------|
[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
F7 0-2-2-4-3-4
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[Intro]
| F7 | % | % | % |
(riff)
| F7 | % | % | % |
[Verse]
F7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
A#7 F7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
C7 A#7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
F7 | F7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Verse]
F7
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
A#7 F7
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
C7 A#7
Broken words never meant to be spoken
F7 | F7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Middle 8]
C7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
A#7
Something else has just hit the ground
[Verse]
F7
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
A#7 F7
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
C7 A#7
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
F7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| F7 | % | % | % |
| A#7 | % | F7 | % |
| C7 | A#7 | F7 | % |
[Middle 8]
C7
Every time you leave and go off some place
A#7
Things fall to pieces in my face
[Verse]
F7
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
A#7 F7
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
C7 A#7
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
F7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| F7 | % | % | % |
| A#7 | % | F7 | % |
| C7 | A#7 | F7 | % |
(repeat verse pattern and fade)
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4. Ring them Bells - Bob Dylan
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Following the main vocal line, Dylan plays a lot of changes on the piano on
his recording that are hard to do on a guitar. I skipped most of them for
this tab and kept to the underlying chord (mostly C).
capo: 1st fret
play: C#
key: D/D
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[Chords]
F-A-D-G-B-E
F#/A# x-0-3-2-1-1
G#/C x-2-0-0-3-3
F#/G# 3-x-3-2-1-1
Aaug 4-x-2-1-1-x
C#/G# 3-x-2-0-1-0
D#9/G 2-x-0-2-1-0
F#maj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
C#/F 0(3)2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| C# | C# G# | A#m | A#m F#/A# G#/C | C# | % |
[Verse] 1
C#
Ring them bells, ye heathen
F#/A# C#
From the city that dreams
C#
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
F#/G#
’Cross the valleys and streams
F# C#
For they’re deep and they’re wide
C# F#
And the world’s on its side
C#
And time is running backwards
F#/G# C#
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
| F#/A# F#/A# G#/C | C# | % |
[Verse] 2
C#
Ring them bells St. Peter
F#/A# C#
Where the four winds blow
C#
Ring them bells with an iron hand
F#/G#
So the people will know
F# C#
Oh it’s rush hour now
C# F#
On the wheel and the plow
C#
And the sun is going down
F#/G# C#
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
| F#/A# F#/A# G#/C | C# | % |
[Verse] 3
C#
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
F#/G# C#
For the poor man’s son
C#
Ring them bells so the world will know
G#
That God is one
F# C#
Oh the shepherd is asleep
C# F#
Where the willows weep
C#
And the mountains are filled
F#/G# C#
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
A#m C#
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
A#m C#
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
A#m Aaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
C#/G# D#9/G
Who will judge the many when the game is through
F#maj7 C#/F
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
D#m7
For the child that cries
F#/G#
When innocence dies
[Verse] 4
C#
Ring them bells St. Catherine
F#/G# C#
From the top of the room
C#
Ring them from the fortress
F#/G#
For the lilies that bloom
F# C#
Oh the lines are long
C# F#
And the fighting is strong
C#
And they’re breaking down the distance
F#/G# C#
Between right and wrong
[Coda]
| G# | F# | G# | F# |
| C# | % | F#/G# C#
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5. Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| Gm |
freely
time signature: 6/8
| F#m| % |
| Gm A# | F Dm | Gm A# | F Gm |
| Gm A# | F Dm | Gm A# |3/4 F | Gm | % |
| F | % | Gm A# |3/4 F | Gm | % |
[Verse] 1
Gm A# F Dm
Crickets are chirpin’, the water is high
Gm A# F Gm
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
Gm A# F Dm
Window wide open, African trees
Gm A# F Gm
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
F F
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
Gm A#
She gone with the man
F Gm
In the long black coat
[Verse]2
Gm A# F Dm
Somebody seen him hanging around
Gm A# F Gm
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
Gm A# F Dm
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
Gm A# F Gm
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
F F
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
Gm A#
There was dust on the man
F Gm
In the long black coat
[Verse] 3
Gm A# F Dm
Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
Gm A# F Gm
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
Gm A# F Dm
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
Gm A# F Gm
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
F F
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
Gm A#
She gave her heart to the man
F Gm
In the long black coat
[Middle 8]
D# A#
There are no mistakes in life some people say
Gm F Gm
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
D# A#
But people don't live or die, people just float
Gm A#
She went with the man
F Gm
In the long black coat
[Verse] 4
Gm A# F Dm
There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June
Gm A# F Gm
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
Gm A# F Dm
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
Gm A# F Gm
Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse
F F
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
Gm A#
She gone with the man
F Gm
In the long black coat
[Outro]
| Gm | % | % | % |
| Gm F | Gm |
| Gm F | Gm |
| Gm F | Gm | Gm
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6. Most of the Time - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
F#/G# 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro]
| F# | % |
(freely)
| C# | F# | C# | F# |
[Verse]
C#
Most of the time
F#
I’m clear focused all around
C#
Most of the time
F#
I can keep both feet on the ground
A#m G# F#
I can follow the path, I can read the signs
A#m G# F#
Stay right with it when the road unwinds
C# F#
I can handle whatever I stumble upon
A#m G# F#
I don’t even notice she’s gone
[ C# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| C# | F# | C# | F# |
[Verse]
C#
Most of the time
F#
It’s well understood
C#
Most of the time
F#
I wouldn’t change it if I could
A#m G# F#
I can make it all match up, I can hold my own
A#m G# F#
I can deal with the situation right down to the bone
C# F#
I can survive, I can endure
A#m G# F#
And I don’t even think about her
[ C# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| C# | F# | C# | F# |
[Verse]
C#
Most of the time
F#
My head is on straight
C#
Most of the time
F#
I’m strong enough not to hate
A#m G# F#
I don’t build up illusion ’til it makes me sick
A#m G# F#
I ain’t afraid of confusion no matter how thick
C# F#
I can smile in the face of mankind
A#m G# F#
Don’t even remember what her lips felt like on mine
[ C# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| C# | F# | C# | F# |
[Middle 8]
G# A#m
Most of the time
G# C#
She ain’t even in my mind
G# A#m
I wouldn’t know her if I saw her
G# C#
She’s that far behind
F
Most of the time
A#m
I can’t even be sure
F
If she was ever with me
A#m F#/G#
Or if I was with her
[Verse]
C#
Most of the time
F#
I’m halfway content
C#
Most of the time
F#
I know exactly where it went
A#m G# F#
I don’t cheat on myself, I don’t run and hide
A#m G# F#
Hide from the feelings that are buried inside
C# F#
I don’t compromise and I don’t pretend
A#m G# F#
I don’t even care if I ever see her again
[ C# ]
Most of the time
[Outro]
| C# | F# | C# | F# |
| C# | F# | C# | F# |
(repeat and fade)
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7. What Good A#m I? - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| A# F | A# F | F A# | F |
[Verse 1]
F A# | F A# | F |
What good am I if I'm like all the rest?
F A# | F A# | F |
If I just turn away, when I see how you're dressed
Dm | Am | % |
If I shut myself off so, I can't hear you cry
A# F A# | F A# | F |
What good am I?
[Verse 2]
A# F A# | F A# | F |
What good am I if I know and don't do?
F A# | F A# | F |
If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
Dm | Am | % |
If I turn a deaf ear, to the thundering sky
A# F A# | F A# | F |
What good am I?
[Verse]
A# F A# | F A# | F |
What good am I while you softly weep?
F A# | F A# | F |
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep
Dm | Am | % |
And I freeze in the moment, like the rest who don't try
A# F A# | F A# | F |
What good am I?
[Middle 8]
Dm
What good am I then, to others and me?
Dm Am
If I've had every chance, and yet still fail to see?
Dm
If my hands are tied, must I not wonder within
Dm Am | Gm | % |
Who tied them and why and where must I have been?
[Verse]
F A# | F A# | F |
What good am I if I say foolish things?
F A# | F A# | F |
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings
Dm | Am | % |
And I just turn my back, while you silently die
A# F A# | F A# | F |
What good am I?
[Verse] instrumental
2/4
| F | A# | F A# | F |
2/4
| F | A# | F A# | F |
2/4
| Dm | Dm | Am | % |
2/4
| A# F | A# | F A# |
[Coda]
| F A# |
| F A# |
| F A# | F A# | F
(freely)
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8. The Disease of Conceit - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: C#
Key: D/D
[Chords]
F-A-D-G-B-E
C#/F 0(3)2-0-1-0
D#7/G 2-x-0-2-1-0
D#m7/G# 3-x-0-2-1-1
A#m/G# 3-x-2-2-1-0
F#/G# 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro] (slide)
| C# C#/F | F# C/E| F# D#7/G | D#m7/G# |
[Verse] 1
C# C#/F
There's a whole lot of people suffering tonight
F#
From the disease of conceit
C#/F F# D#7/G
Whole lot of people struggling tonight
D#m7/G#
From the disease of conceit
A#m A#m/G#
Comes right down the highway
F# C#
Straight down the line
A#m A#m/G#
Rips into your senses
F# C#
Through your body and your mind
F# D#7/G C#/G#
Nothing about it that's sweet
F#/G# C#
The disease of conceit
[Verse] 2
C# C#/F
There's a whole lot of hearts breaking tonight
F#
From the disease of conceit
C#/F F# D#7/G
Whole lot of hearts shaking tonight
D#m7/G#
From the disease of conceit
A#m A#m/G#
Steps into your room
F# C#
Eats your soul
A#m A#m/G#
Over your senses
F# C#
You have no control
F# D#7/G C#/G#
Ain't nothing too discreet
F#/G# C#
About the disease of conceit
[Verse] 3
C# C#/F
There's a whole lot of people dying tonight
F#
From the disease of conceit
C#/F F# D#7/G
Whole lot of people crying tonight
D#m7/G#
From the disease of conceit
A#m A#m/G#
Comes right out of nowhere
F# C#
And you're down for the count
A#m A#m/G#
From the outside world
F# C#
The pressure will mount
F# D#7/G C#/G#
Turn you into a piece of meat
F#/G# C#
The disease of conceit
[Middlle 8]
A#m A#m/G#
Conceit is a disease
F# C#
But the doctors got no cure
A#m A#m/G#
They've done a lot of research on it
D# F#/G#
But what it is, they're still not sure
[Verse] 4
C# C#/F
There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight
F#
From the disease of conceit
C#/F F# D#7/G
Whole lot of people seeing double tonight
D#m7/G#
From the disease of conceit
A#m A#m/G#
Give ya delusions of grandeur
F# C#
And an evil eye
A#m A#m/G#
Give you the idea that
F# C#
You're too good to die
F# D#7/G C#/G#
Then they bury you from your head to your feet
F#/G# C#
From the disease of conceit
[Coda] (guitar solo)
| C# C#/F | F# C/E| F# D#7/G | D#m7/G# |
| A#m A#m/G# | F# C# | A#m A#m/G# | F# C# |
| F# D#7/G | C#/G# D#m7/G# | C#
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9. What was it you wanted? - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: A#m
Key: Dm
[Chords]
F-A-D-G-B-E
D#m/A# x-0-3-2-3-x
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[Intro]
| D#m7 | D#m/A# | A#m | % |
[Verse]
A#m
What was it you wanted?
A#m
Tell me again so I'll know
A#m
What's happening in there
A#m
What's going on in your show
D#m7
What was it you wanted
D#m/A#
Could you say it again?
A#m
I'll be back in a minute
A#m
You can get it together by then
[Interlude]
| F# | Fm | A#m | % |
[Verse]
A#m
What was it you wanted
A#m
You can tell me, I'm back
A#m
We can start it all over
A#m
Get it back on the track
D#m7
You got my attention
D#m/A#
Go ahead, speak
A#m
What was it you wanted
A#m
When you were kissing my cheek?
[Interlude]
| F# | Fm | A#m | % |
[Verse]
A#m
Was there somebody looking
A#m
When you gave me that kiss
A#m
Someone there in the shadows
A#m
Someone that I might have missed?
D#m7
Is there something you needed
D#m/A#
Something I don't understand
A#m
What was it you wanted
A#m
Do I have it here in my hand?
[Interlude]
| C# | Fm | A#m | % |
[Middle 8]
Fm
Whatever you wanted
Fm
Slipped out of my mind
Fm
Would you remind me again
Fm
If you'd be so kind
Fm
Has the record been breaking
Fm
Did the needle just skip
Fm
Is there somebody waiting
Fm
Was there a slip of the lip?
[Verse]
A#m
What was it you wanted
A#m
I ain't keeping score
A#m
Are you the same person
A#m
That was here before?
D#m7
Is it something important?
D#m/A#
Maybe not
A#m
What was it you wanted?
A#m
Tell me again I forgot
[Interlude]
| C# | Fm | A#m | % |
[Solo]
| A#m | % | % | % |
| D#m7 | D#m/A# | A#m | % |
| C# | Fm | A#m | % |
[Middle 8]
Fm
Whatever you wanted
Fm
What could it be
Fm
Did somebody tell you
Fm
That you could get it from me
Fm
Is it something that comes natural
Fm
Is it easy to say
Fm
Why do you want it
Fm
Who are you anyway?
[Verse]
A#m
Is the scenery changing
A#m
A#m I getting it wrong
A#m
Is the whole thing going backwards
A#m
Are they playing our song?
D#m7
Where were you when it started
D#m/A#
Do you want it for free
A#m
What was it you wanted
A#m
Are you talking to me?
[Outro]
| C# | Fm | A#m | % |
| F# | Fm | A#m | % |
| C# | Fm | A#m | % | A#m
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10. Shooting Star - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: C#
Key: F
[Chords]
F-A-D-G-B-E
C#/F 0(3)2-0-1-0
Aaug 4-x-2-1-1(0)
A#m7/G# 3-x-2-0-1-0
A#m/G 2-x-2-2-1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
| C# | C#/F | F# | C# |
| C# | C#/F | F# | F# |
| F# | G# | C# | F# |
| C# | C#/F | F# | C# |
[Verse]
C# C#/F
Seen a shooting star tonight
F# C#
And I thought of you
C# C#/F
You were trying to break into another world
F#
A# world I never knew
F# G# C# F#
I always kind of wondered if you ever made it through
C# C#/F
Seen a shooting star tonight
F# C#
And I thought of you
[Verse]
C# C#/F
Seen a shooting star tonight
F# C#
And I thought of me
C#
If I was still the same
C#/F F#
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
F# G# C# F#
Did I miss the mark or overstep the line that only you could see
C# C#/F
Seen a shooting star tonight
F# C#
And I thought of me
[Middle 8]
A#m Aaug
Listen to the engine listen to the bell
A#m7/G# A#m/G F#
As the last fire truck from hell goes rolling by
G# C# F# C#
All good people are praying
A#m Aaug
It's the last temptation the last account
A#m7/G# A#m/G
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
F# F#/G#
The last radio is playing.
[Verse]
C# C#/F F# C#
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
C# C#/F F#
Tomorrow will be another day
F# G#
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
C# F#
That you needed to hear me say
C# C#/F F# C#
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
[Coda] (Harp)
| C# | C#/F | F# | C# |
| C# | C#/F | F# | F# |
| F# | G# | C# | F# |
| C# | C#/F | F# | C