Intro
| Fm | % | % | % |
| Fm | % | % | % |
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
Love don't have any place
Fm
We're living in times where men commit crimes
Fm | Fm | % | % | % |
And crime don't have any face.
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
Icicles hanging down
Fm
Wedding bells ring and angels sing
Fm | Fm | % |
And clouds cover up the ground.
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
Wisdom is thrown in jail
Fm
It rots in a cell, misguided as hell
Fm | Fm | % |
Leaving no one to pick up a trail.
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
Where mercy walks the plank
Fm
Life is in mirrors, death disappears
Fm | Fm | % | % | % |
Up the steps into the nearest bank.
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
Where courage is a thing of the past
Fm
Houses are haunted, children are unwanted
Fm
The next day could be your last.
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
The one we can see and feel
Fm
But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck
Fm | Fm | % | % | % |
We all know for sure that it's real.
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
In the cities of lonesome fear
Fm
Little by little you turn in the middle
Fm | Fm | % |
But you're never sure why you're here.
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
Under the microscope
Fm
You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there
Fm | Fm | % |
You always got more than enough rope.
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
Turning and trashing about
Fm
As soon as you're awake you're trained to take
Fm | Fm | % | % | % |
What looks like the easy way out.
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
Where peace is not welcome at all
Fm
It's turned away from the door to wonder some more
Fm | Fm | % | % | % |
Or put up against the wall.
[Verse]
Fm
We live in a political world
Fm
Everything is hers and his
Fm
Climb into the frame and shout God's name
Fm
But you're not even sure what it is.
[Outro]
| Fm | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)
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2. Where Teardrops Fall - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
D6 x-3-2-2-1-x
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[Intro] (slide)
| F# | % | % | B D6 |
| F# | % | F# C#sus4 | F# |
[Verse]
F#
Far away where the soft winds blow
F# B D6
Far away from it all
F#
There is a place you go
F# C#sus4 F#
Where teardrops fall
[Verse]
F#
Far away in the stormy night
F# B D6
Far away and over the wall
F#
You are there in the flickering light
F# C#sus4 F#
Where teardrops fall
[Middle 8]
B
We banged the drum slowly
B
And played the fife lowly
F#
You know the song in my heart
B
In the turning of twilight
B
In the shadows of moonlight
D6 C#
You can show me a new place to start
[Verse]
F#
I've torn my clothes and I've drained the cup
F# B D6
Strippin' away at it all
F#
Thinking of you when the sun comes up
F# C#sus4 F#
Where teardrops fall
[Solo] (slide)
| F# | % | % | B D6 |
| F# | % | F# C#sus4 | F# |
[Middle 8]
B
By rivers of blindness
B
In love and with kindness
F#
We could hold up a toast if we meet
B
To the cuttin' of fences
B
To sharpen the senses
D6 C#
That linger in the fireball heat
[Verse]
F#
Roses are red, violets are blue
F# B D6
And time is beginning to crawl
F#
I just might have to come see you
F# C#sus4 F#
Where teardrops fall
[Coda] (sax)
| F# | % | % | B D6 |
| F# | % | F# C#sus4 | F#
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3. Everything is Broken - Bob Dylan
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Riff (guitar/bass)
D#7 G#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
D#7 0-2-2-4-3-4
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[Intro]
| D#7 | % | % | % |
(riff)
| D#7 | % | % | % |
[Verse]
D#7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
G#7 D#7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
A#7 G#7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
D#7 | D#7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Verse]
D#7
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
G#7 D#7
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
A#7 G#7
Broken words never meant to be spoken
D#7 | D#7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Middle 8]
A#7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
G#7
Something else has just hit the ground
[Verse]
D#7
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
G#7 D#7
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
A#7 G#7
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
D#7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| D#7 | % | % | % |
| G#7 | % | D#7 | % |
| A#7 | G#7 | D#7 | % |
[Middle 8]
A#7
Every time you leave and go off some place
G#7
Things fall to pieces in my face
[Verse]
D#7
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
G#7 D#7
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
A#7 G#7
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
D#7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| D#7 | % | % | % |
| G#7 | % | D#7 | % |
| A#7 | G#7 | D#7 | % |
(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: B
key: C/C
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[Chords]
D#-A-D-G-B-E
E/G# x-0-3-2-1-1
F#/A# x-2-0-0-3-3
E/F# 3-x-3-2-1-1
Gaug 4-x-2-1-1-x
B/F# 3-x-2-0-1-0
C#9/F 2-x-0-2-1-0
Emaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
B/D# 0(3)2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| B | B F# | G#m | G#m E/G# F#/A# | B | % |
[Verse] 1
B
Ring them bells, ye heathen
E/G# B
From the city that dreams
B
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
E/F#
’Cross the valleys and streams
E B
For they’re deep and they’re wide
B E
And the world’s on its side
B
And time is running backwards
E/F# B
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
| E/G# E/G# F#/A# | B | % |
[Verse] 2
B
Ring them bells St. Peter
E/G# B
Where the four winds blow
B
Ring them bells with an iron hand
E/F#
So the people will know
E B
Oh it’s rush hour now
B E
On the wheel and the plow
B
And the sun is going down
E/F# B
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
| E/G# E/G# F#/A# | B | % |
[Verse] 3
B
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
E/F# B
For the poor man’s son
B
Ring them bells so the world will know
F#
That God is one
E B
Oh the shepherd is asleep
B E
Where the willows weep
B
And the mountains are filled
E/F# B
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
G#m B
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
G#m B
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
G#m Gaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
B/F# C#9/F
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Emaj7 B/D#
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
C#m7
For the child that cries
E/F#
When innocence dies
[Verse] 4
B
Ring them bells St. Catherine
E/F# B
From the top of the room
B
Ring them from the fortress
E/F#
For the lilies that bloom
E B
Oh the lines are long
B E
And the fighting is strong
B
And they’re breaking down the distance
E/F# B
Between right and wrong
[Coda]
| F# | E | F# | E |
| B | % | E/F# B
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5. Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| Fm |
freely
time signature: 6/8
| F#m| % |
| Fm G# | D# Cm | Fm G# | D# Fm |
| Fm G# | D# Cm | Fm G# |3/4 D# | Fm | % |
| D# | % | Fm G# |3/4 D# | Fm | % |
[Verse] 1
Fm G# D# Cm
Crickets are chirpin’, the water is high
Fm G# D# Fm
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
Fm G# D# Cm
Window wide open, African trees
Fm G# D# Fm
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
D# D#
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
Fm G#
She gone with the man
D# Fm
In the long black coat
[Verse]2
Fm G# D# Cm
Somebody seen him hanging around
Fm G# D# Fm
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
Fm G# D# Cm
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
Fm G# D# Fm
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
D# D#
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
Fm G#
There was dust on the man
D# Fm
In the long black coat
[Verse] 3
Fm G# D# Cm
Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
Fm G# D# Fm
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
Fm G# D# Cm
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
Fm G# D# Fm
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
D# D#
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
Fm G#
She gave her heart to the man
D# Fm
In the long black coat
[Middle 8]
C# G#
There are no mistakes in life some people say
Fm D# Fm
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
C# G#
But people don't live or die, people just float
Fm G#
She went with the man
D# Fm
In the long black coat
[Verse] 4
Fm G# D# Cm
There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June
Fm G# D# Fm
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
Fm G# D# Cm
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
Fm G# D# Fm
Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse
D# D#
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
Fm G#
She gone with the man
D# Fm
In the long black coat
[Outro]
| Fm | % | % | % |
| Fm D# | Fm |
| Fm D# | Fm |
| Fm D# | Fm | Fm
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6. Most of the Time - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
E/F# 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro]
| E | % |
(freely)
| B | E | B | E |
[Verse]
B
Most of the time
E
I’m clear focused all around
B
Most of the time
E
I can keep both feet on the ground
G#m F# E
I can follow the path, I can read the signs
G#m F# E
Stay right with it when the road unwinds
B E
I can handle whatever I stumble upon
G#m F# E
I don’t even notice she’s gone
[ B ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| B | E | B | E |
[Verse]
B
Most of the time
E
It’s well understood
B
Most of the time
E
I wouldn’t change it if I could
G#m F# E
I can make it all match up, I can hold my own
G#m F# E
I can deal with the situation right down to the bone
B E
I can survive, I can endure
G#m F# E
And I don’t even think about her
[ B ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| B | E | B | E |
[Verse]
B
Most of the time
E
My head is on straight
B
Most of the time
E
I’m strong enough not to hate
G#m F# E
I don’t build up illusion ’til it makes me sick
G#m F# E
I ain’t afraid of confusion no matter how thick
B E
I can smile in the face of mankind
G#m F# E
Don’t even remember what her lips felt like on mine
[ B ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| B | E | B | E |
[Middle 8]
F# G#m
Most of the time
F# B
She ain’t even in my mind
F# G#m
I wouldn’t know her if I saw her
F# B
She’s that far behind
D#
Most of the time
G#m
I can’t even be sure
D#
If she was ever with me
G#m E/F#
Or if I was with her
[Verse]
B
Most of the time
E
I’m halfway content
B
Most of the time
E
I know exactly where it went
G#m F# E
I don’t cheat on myself, I don’t run and hide
G#m F# E
Hide from the feelings that are buried inside
B E
I don’t compromise and I don’t pretend
G#m F# E
I don’t even care if I ever see her again
[ B ]
Most of the time
[Outro]
| B | E | B | E |
| B | E | B | E |
(repeat and fade)
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7. What Good G#m I? - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| G# D# | G# D# | D# G# | D# |
[Verse 1]
D# G# | D# G# | D# |
What good am I if I'm like all the rest?
D# G# | D# G# | D# |
If I just turn away, when I see how you're dressed
Cm | Gm | % |
If I shut myself off so, I can't hear you cry
G# D# G# | D# G# | D# |
What good am I?
[Verse 2]
G# D# G# | D# G# | D# |
What good am I if I know and don't do?
D# G# | D# G# | D# |
If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
Cm | Gm | % |
If I turn a deaf ear, to the thundering sky
G# D# G# | D# G# | D# |
What good am I?
[Verse]
G# D# G# | D# G# | D# |
What good am I while you softly weep?
D# G# | D# G# | D# |
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep
Cm | Gm | % |
And I freeze in the moment, like the rest who don't try
G# D# G# | D# G# | D# |
What good am I?
[Middle 8]
Cm
What good am I then, to others and me?
Cm Gm
If I've had every chance, and yet still fail to see?
Cm
If my hands are tied, must I not wonder within
Cm Gm | Fm | % |
Who tied them and why and where must I have been?
[Verse]
D# G# | D# G# | D# |
What good am I if I say foolish things?
D# G# | D# G# | D# |
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings
Cm | Gm | % |
And I just turn my back, while you silently die
G# D# G# | D# G# | D# |
What good am I?
[Verse] instrumental
2/4
| D# | G# | D# G# | D# |
2/4
| D# | G# | D# G# | D# |
2/4
| Cm | Cm | Gm | % |
2/4
| G# D# | G# | D# G# |
[Coda]
| D# G# |
| D# G# |
| D# G# | D# G# | D#
(freely)
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8. The Disease of Conceit - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: B
Key: C/C
[Chords]
D#-A-D-G-B-E
B/D# 0(3)2-0-1-0
C#7/F 2-x-0-2-1-0
C#m7/F# 3-x-0-2-1-1
G#m/F# 3-x-2-2-1-0
E/F# 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro] (slide)
| B B/D# | E C/E| E C#7/F | C#m7/F# |
[Verse] 1
B B/D#
There's a whole lot of people suffering tonight
E
From the disease of conceit
B/D# E C#7/F
Whole lot of people struggling tonight
C#m7/F#
From the disease of conceit
G#m G#m/F#
Comes right down the highway
E B
Straight down the line
G#m G#m/F#
Rips into your senses
E B
Through your body and your mind
E C#7/F B/F#
Nothing about it that's sweet
E/F# B
The disease of conceit
[Verse] 2
B B/D#
There's a whole lot of hearts breaking tonight
E
From the disease of conceit
B/D# E C#7/F
Whole lot of hearts shaking tonight
C#m7/F#
From the disease of conceit
G#m G#m/F#
Steps into your room
E B
Eats your soul
G#m G#m/F#
Over your senses
E B
You have no control
E C#7/F B/F#
Ain't nothing too discreet
E/F# B
About the disease of conceit
[Verse] 3
B B/D#
There's a whole lot of people dying tonight
E
From the disease of conceit
B/D# E C#7/F
Whole lot of people crying tonight
C#m7/F#
From the disease of conceit
G#m G#m/F#
Comes right out of nowhere
E B
And you're down for the count
G#m G#m/F#
From the outside world
E B
The pressure will mount
E C#7/F B/F#
Turn you into a piece of meat
E/F# B
The disease of conceit
[Middlle 8]
G#m G#m/F#
Conceit is a disease
E B
But the doctors got no cure
G#m G#m/F#
They've done a lot of research on it
C# E/F#
But what it is, they're still not sure
[Verse] 4
B B/D#
There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight
E
From the disease of conceit
B/D# E C#7/F
Whole lot of people seeing double tonight
C#m7/F#
From the disease of conceit
G#m G#m/F#
Give ya delusions of grandeur
E B
And an evil eye
G#m G#m/F#
Give you the idea that
E B
You're too good to die
E C#7/F B/F#
Then they bury you from your head to your feet
E/F# B
From the disease of conceit
[Coda] (guitar solo)
| B B/D# | E C/E| E C#7/F | C#m7/F# |
| G#m G#m/F# | E B | G#m G#m/F# | E B |
| E C#7/F | B/F# C#m7/F# | B
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9. What was it you wanted? - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: G#m
Key: Cm
[Chords]
D#-A-D-G-B-E
C#m/G# x-0-3-2-3-x
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| C#m7 | C#m/G# | G#m | % |
[Verse]
G#m
What was it you wanted?
G#m
Tell me again so I'll know
G#m
What's happening in there
G#m
What's going on in your show
C#m7
What was it you wanted
C#m/G#
Could you say it again?
G#m
I'll be back in a minute
G#m
You can get it together by then
[Interlude]
| E | D#m | G#m | % |
[Verse]
G#m
What was it you wanted
G#m
You can tell me, I'm back
G#m
We can start it all over
G#m
Get it back on the track
C#m7
You got my attention
C#m/G#
Go ahead, speak
G#m
What was it you wanted
G#m
When you were kissing my cheek?
[Interlude]
| E | D#m | G#m | % |
[Verse]
G#m
Was there somebody looking
G#m
When you gave me that kiss
G#m
Someone there in the shadows
G#m
Someone that I might have missed?
C#m7
Is there something you needed
C#m/G#
Something I don't understand
G#m
What was it you wanted
G#m
Do I have it here in my hand?
[Interlude]
| B | D#m | G#m | % |
[Middle 8]
D#m
Whatever you wanted
D#m
Slipped out of my mind
D#m
Would you remind me again
D#m
If you'd be so kind
D#m
Has the record been breaking
D#m
Did the needle just skip
D#m
Is there somebody waiting
D#m
Was there a slip of the lip?
[Verse]
G#m
What was it you wanted
G#m
I ain't keeping score
G#m
Are you the same person
G#m
That was here before?
C#m7
Is it something important?
C#m/G#
Maybe not
G#m
What was it you wanted?
G#m
Tell me again I forgot
[Interlude]
| B | D#m | G#m | % |
[Solo]
| G#m | % | % | % |
| C#m7 | C#m/G# | G#m | % |
| B | D#m | G#m | % |
[Middle 8]
D#m
Whatever you wanted
D#m
What could it be
D#m
Did somebody tell you
D#m
That you could get it from me
D#m
Is it something that comes natural
D#m
Is it easy to say
D#m
Why do you want it
D#m
Who are you anyway?
[Verse]
G#m
Is the scenery changing
G#m
G#m I getting it wrong
G#m
Is the whole thing going backwards
G#m
Are they playing our song?
C#m7
Where were you when it started
C#m/G#
Do you want it for free
G#m
What was it you wanted
G#m
Are you talking to me?
[Outro]
| B | D#m | G#m | % |
| E | D#m | G#m | % |
| B | D#m | G#m | % | G#m
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10. Shooting Star - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: B
Key: D#
[Chords]
D#-A-D-G-B-E
B/D# 0(3)2-0-1-0
Gaug 4-x-2-1-1(0)
G#m7/F# 3-x-2-0-1-0
G#m/F 2-x-2-2-1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
| B | B/D# | E | B |
| B | B/D# | E | E |
| E | F# | B | E |
| B | B/D# | E | B |
[Verse]
B B/D#
Seen a shooting star tonight
E B
And I thought of you
B B/D#
You were trying to break into another world
E
G# world I never knew
E F# B E
I always kind of wondered if you ever made it through
B B/D#
Seen a shooting star tonight
E B
And I thought of you
[Verse]
B B/D#
Seen a shooting star tonight
E B
And I thought of me
B
If I was still the same
B/D# E
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
E F# B E
Did I miss the mark or overstep the line that only you could see
B B/D#
Seen a shooting star tonight
E B
And I thought of me
[Middle 8]
G#m Gaug
Listen to the engine listen to the bell
G#m7/F# G#m/F E
As the last fire truck from hell goes rolling by
F# B E B
All good people are praying
G#m Gaug
It's the last temptation the last account
G#m7/F# G#m/F
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
E E/F#
The last radio is playing.
[Verse]
B B/D# E B
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
B B/D# E
Tomorrow will be another day
E F#
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
B E
That you needed to hear me say
B B/D# E B
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
[Coda] (Harp)
| B | B/D# | E | B |
| B | B/D# | E | E |
| E | F# | B | E |
| B | B/D# | E | C