Intro
| Em | % | % | % |
| Em | % | % | % |
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
Love don't have any place
Em
We're living in times where men commit crimes
Em | Em | % | % | % |
And crime don't have any face.
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
Icicles hanging down
Em
Wedding bells ring and angels sing
Em | Em | % |
And clouds cover up the ground.
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
Wisdom is thrown in jail
Em
It rots in a cell, misguided as hell
Em | Em | % |
Leaving no one to pick up a trail.
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
Where mercy walks the plank
Em
Life is in mirrors, death disappears
Em | Em | % | % | % |
Up the steps into the nearest bank.
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
Where courage is a thing of the past
Em
Houses are haunted, children are unwanted
Em
The next day could be your last.
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
The one we can see and feel
Em
But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck
Em | Em | % | % | % |
We all know for sure that it's real.
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
In the cities of lonesome fear
Em
Little by little you turn in the middle
Em | Em | % |
But you're never sure why you're here.
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
Under the microscope
Em
You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there
Em | Em | % |
You always got more than enough rope.
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
Turning and trashing about
Em
As soon as you're awake you're trained to take
Em | Em | % | % | % |
What looks like the easy way out.
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
Where peace is not welcome at all
Em
It's turned away from the door to wonder some more
Em | Em | % | % | % |
Or put up against the wall.
[Verse]
Em
We live in a political world
Em
Everything is hers and his
Em
Climb into the frame and shout God's name
Em
But you're not even sure what it is.
[Outro]
| Em | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)
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2. Where Teardrops Fall - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
Db6 x-3-2-2-1-x
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[Intro] (slide)
| F | % | % | A# Db6 |
| F | % | F Csus4 | F |
[Verse]
F
Far away where the soft winds blow
F A# Db6
Far away from it all
F
There is a place you go
F Csus4 F
Where teardrops fall
[Verse]
F
Far away in the stormy night
F A# Db6
Far away and over the wall
F
You are there in the flickering light
F Csus4 F
Where teardrops fall
[Middle 8]
A#
We banged the drum slowly
A#
And played the fife lowly
F
You know the song in my heart
A#
In the turning of twilight
A#
In the shadows of moonlight
Db6 C
You can show me a new place to start
[Verse]
F
I've torn my clothes and I've drained the cup
F A# Db6
Strippin' away at it all
F
Thinking of you when the sun comes up
F Csus4 F
Where teardrops fall
[Solo] (slide)
| F | % | % | A# Db6 |
| F | % | F Csus4 | F |
[Middle 8]
A#
By rivers of blindness
A#
In love and with kindness
F
We could hold up a toast if we meet
A#
To the cuttin' of fences
A#
To sharpen the senses
Db6 C
That linger in the fireball heat
[Verse]
F
Roses are red, violets are blue
F A# Db6
And time is beginning to crawl
F
I just might have to come see you
F Csus4 F
Where teardrops fall
[Coda] (sax)
| F | % | % | A# Db6 |
| F | % | F Csus4 | F
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3. Everything is Broken - Bob Dylan
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Riff (guitar/bass)
D7 G7
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
D7 0-2-2-4-3-4
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[Intro]
| D7 | % | % | % |
(riff)
| D7 | % | % | % |
[Verse]
D7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
G7 D7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
A7 G7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
D7 | D7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Verse]
D7
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
G7 D7
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
A7 G7
Broken words never meant to be spoken
D7 | D7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Middle 8]
A7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
G7
Something else has just hit the ground
[Verse]
D7
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
G7 D7
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
A7 G7
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
D7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| D7 | % | % | % |
| G7 | % | D7 | % |
| A7 | G7 | D7 | % |
[Middle 8]
A7
Every time you leave and go off some place
G7
Things fall to pieces in my face
[Verse]
D7
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
G7 D7
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
A7 G7
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
D7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| D7 | % | % | % |
| G7 | % | D7 | % |
| A7 | G7 | D7 | % |
(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: A#
key: B/Cb
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[Chords]
D-A-D-G-B-E
D#/G x-0-3-2-1-1
F/A x-2-0-0-3-3
D#/F 3-x-3-2-1-1
Gbaug 4-x-2-1-1-x
A#/F 3-x-2-0-1-0
C9/E 2-x-0-2-1-0
D#maj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
A#/D 0(3)2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| A# | A# F | Gm | Gm D#/G F/A | A# | % |
[Verse] 1
A#
Ring them bells, ye heathen
D#/G A#
From the city that dreams
A#
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
D#/F
’Cross the valleys and streams
D# A#
For they’re deep and they’re wide
A# D#
And the world’s on its side
A#
And time is running backwards
D#/F A#
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
| D#/G D#/G F/A | A# | % |
[Verse] 2
A#
Ring them bells St. Peter
D#/G A#
Where the four winds blow
A#
Ring them bells with an iron hand
D#/F
So the people will know
D# A#
Oh it’s rush hour now
A# D#
On the wheel and the plow
A#
And the sun is going down
D#/F A#
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
| D#/G D#/G F/A | A# | % |
[Verse] 3
A#
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
D#/F A#
For the poor man’s son
A#
Ring them bells so the world will know
F
That God is one
D# A#
Oh the shepherd is asleep
A# D#
Where the willows weep
A#
And the mountains are filled
D#/F A#
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
Gm A#
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Gm A#
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Gm Gbaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
A#/F C9/E
Who will judge the many when the game is through
D#maj7 A#/D
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
Cm7
For the child that cries
D#/F
When innocence dies
[Verse] 4
A#
Ring them bells St. Catherine
D#/F A#
From the top of the room
A#
Ring them from the fortress
D#/F
For the lilies that bloom
D# A#
Oh the lines are long
A# D#
And the fighting is strong
A#
And they’re breaking down the distance
D#/F A#
Between right and wrong
[Coda]
| F | D# | F | D# |
| A# | % | D#/F A#
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5. Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| Em |
freely
time signature: 6/8
| F#m| % |
| Em G | D Bm | Em G | D Em |
| Em G | D Bm | Em G |3/4 D | Em | % |
| D | % | Em G |3/4 D | Em | % |
[Verse] 1
Em G D Bm
Crickets are chirpin’, the water is high
Em G D Em
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
Em G D Bm
Window wide open, African trees
Em G D Em
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
D D
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
Em G
She gone with the man
D Em
In the long black coat
[Verse]2
Em G D Bm
Somebody seen him hanging around
Em G D Em
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
Em G D Bm
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
Em G D Em
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
D D
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
Em G
There was dust on the man
D Em
In the long black coat
[Verse] 3
Em G D Bm
Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
Em G D Em
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
Em G D Bm
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
Em G D Em
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
D D
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
Em G
She gave her heart to the man
D Em
In the long black coat
[Middle 8]
C G
There are no mistakes in life some people say
Em D Em
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
C G
But people don't live or die, people just float
Em G
She went with the man
D Em
In the long black coat
[Verse] 4
Em G D Bm
There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June
Em G D Em
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
Em G D Bm
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
Em G D Em
Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse
D D
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
Em G
She gone with the man
D Em
In the long black coat
[Outro]
| Em | % | % | % |
| Em D | Em |
| Em D | Em |
| Em D | Em | Em
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6. Most of the Time - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
D#/F 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro]
| D# | % |
(freely)
| A# | D# | A# | D# |
[Verse]
A#
Most of the time
D#
I’m clear focused all around
A#
Most of the time
D#
I can keep both feet on the ground
Gm F D#
I can follow the path, I can read the signs
Gm F D#
Stay right with it when the road unwinds
A# D#
I can handle whatever I stumble upon
Gm F D#
I don’t even notice she’s gone
[ A# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| A# | D# | A# | D# |
[Verse]
A#
Most of the time
D#
It’s well understood
A#
Most of the time
D#
I wouldn’t change it if I could
Gm F D#
I can make it all match up, I can hold my own
Gm F D#
I can deal with the situation right down to the bone
A# D#
I can survive, I can endure
Gm F D#
And I don’t even think about her
[ A# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| A# | D# | A# | D# |
[Verse]
A#
Most of the time
D#
My head is on straight
A#
Most of the time
D#
I’m strong enough not to hate
Gm F D#
I don’t build up illusion ’til it makes me sick
Gm F D#
I ain’t afraid of confusion no matter how thick
A# D#
I can smile in the face of mankind
Gm F D#
Don’t even remember what her lips felt like on mine
[ A# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| A# | D# | A# | D# |
[Middle 8]
F Gm
Most of the time
F A#
She ain’t even in my mind
F Gm
I wouldn’t know her if I saw her
F A#
She’s that far behind
D
Most of the time
Gm
I can’t even be sure
D
If she was ever with me
Gm D#/F
Or if I was with her
[Verse]
A#
Most of the time
D#
I’m halfway content
A#
Most of the time
D#
I know exactly where it went
Gm F D#
I don’t cheat on myself, I don’t run and hide
Gm F D#
Hide from the feelings that are buried inside
A# D#
I don’t compromise and I don’t pretend
Gm F D#
I don’t even care if I ever see her again
[ A# ]
Most of the time
[Outro]
| A# | D# | A# | D# |
| A# | D# | A# | D# |
(repeat and fade)
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7. What Good Gm 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
Bm | F#m | % |
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
Bm | F#m | % |
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
Bm | F#m | % |
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]
Bm
What good am I then, to others and me?
Bm F#m
If I've had every chance, and yet still fail to see?
Bm
If my hands are tied, must I not wonder within
Bm F#m | Em | % |
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
Bm | F#m | % |
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
| Bm | Bm | F#m | % |
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: A#
Key: B/Cb
[Chords]
D-A-D-G-B-E
A#/D 0(3)2-0-1-0
C7/E 2-x-0-2-1-0
Cm7/F 3-x-0-2-1-1
Gm/F 3-x-2-2-1-0
D#/F 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro] (slide)
| A# A#/D | D# C/E| D# C7/E | Cm7/F |
[Verse] 1
A# A#/D
There's a whole lot of people suffering tonight
D#
From the disease of conceit
A#/D D# C7/E
Whole lot of people struggling tonight
Cm7/F
From the disease of conceit
Gm Gm/F
Comes right down the highway
D# A#
Straight down the line
Gm Gm/F
Rips into your senses
D# A#
Through your body and your mind
D# C7/E A#/F
Nothing about it that's sweet
D#/F A#
The disease of conceit
[Verse] 2
A# A#/D
There's a whole lot of hearts breaking tonight
D#
From the disease of conceit
A#/D D# C7/E
Whole lot of hearts shaking tonight
Cm7/F
From the disease of conceit
Gm Gm/F
Steps into your room
D# A#
Eats your soul
Gm Gm/F
Over your senses
D# A#
You have no control
D# C7/E A#/F
Ain't nothing too discreet
D#/F A#
About the disease of conceit
[Verse] 3
A# A#/D
There's a whole lot of people dying tonight
D#
From the disease of conceit
A#/D D# C7/E
Whole lot of people crying tonight
Cm7/F
From the disease of conceit
Gm Gm/F
Comes right out of nowhere
D# A#
And you're down for the count
Gm Gm/F
From the outside world
D# A#
The pressure will mount
D# C7/E A#/F
Turn you into a piece of meat
D#/F A#
The disease of conceit
[Middlle 8]
Gm Gm/F
Conceit is a disease
D# A#
But the doctors got no cure
Gm Gm/F
They've done a lot of research on it
C D#/F
But what it is, they're still not sure
[Verse] 4
A# A#/D
There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight
D#
From the disease of conceit
A#/D D# C7/E
Whole lot of people seeing double tonight
Cm7/F
From the disease of conceit
Gm Gm/F
Give ya delusions of grandeur
D# A#
And an evil eye
Gm Gm/F
Give you the idea that
D# A#
You're too good to die
D# C7/E A#/F
Then they bury you from your head to your feet
D#/F A#
From the disease of conceit
[Coda] (guitar solo)
| A# A#/D | D# C/E| D# C7/E | Cm7/F |
| Gm Gm/F | D# A# | Gm Gm/F | D# A# |
| D# C7/E | A#/F Cm7/F | A#
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9. What was it you wanted? - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: Gm
Key: Bm
[Chords]
D-A-D-G-B-E
Cm/G x-0-3-2-3-x
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[Intro]
| Cm7 | Cm/G | Gm | % |
[Verse]
Gm
What was it you wanted?
Gm
Tell me again so I'll know
Gm
What's happening in there
Gm
What's going on in your show
Cm7
What was it you wanted
Cm/G
Could you say it again?
Gm
I'll be back in a minute
Gm
You can get it together by then
[Interlude]
| D# | Dm | Gm | % |
[Verse]
Gm
What was it you wanted
Gm
You can tell me, I'm back
Gm
We can start it all over
Gm
Get it back on the track
Cm7
You got my attention
Cm/G
Go ahead, speak
Gm
What was it you wanted
Gm
When you were kissing my cheek?
[Interlude]
| D# | Dm | Gm | % |
[Verse]
Gm
Was there somebody looking
Gm
When you gave me that kiss
Gm
Someone there in the shadows
Gm
Someone that I might have missed?
Cm7
Is there something you needed
Cm/G
Something I don't understand
Gm
What was it you wanted
Gm
Do I have it here in my hand?
[Interlude]
| A# | Dm | Gm | % |
[Middle 8]
Dm
Whatever you wanted
Dm
Slipped out of my mind
Dm
Would you remind me again
Dm
If you'd be so kind
Dm
Has the record been breaking
Dm
Did the needle just skip
Dm
Is there somebody waiting
Dm
Was there a slip of the lip?
[Verse]
Gm
What was it you wanted
Gm
I ain't keeping score
Gm
Are you the same person
Gm
That was here before?
Cm7
Is it something important?
Cm/G
Maybe not
Gm
What was it you wanted?
Gm
Tell me again I forgot
[Interlude]
| A# | Dm | Gm | % |
[Solo]
| Gm | % | % | % |
| Cm7 | Cm/G | Gm | % |
| A# | Dm | Gm | % |
[Middle 8]
Dm
Whatever you wanted
Dm
What could it be
Dm
Did somebody tell you
Dm
That you could get it from me
Dm
Is it something that comes natural
Dm
Is it easy to say
Dm
Why do you want it
Dm
Who are you anyway?
[Verse]
Gm
Is the scenery changing
Gm
Gm I getting it wrong
Gm
Is the whole thing going backwards
Gm
Are they playing our song?
Cm7
Where were you when it started
Cm/G
Do you want it for free
Gm
What was it you wanted
Gm
Are you talking to me?
[Outro]
| A# | Dm | Gm | % |
| D# | Dm | Gm | % |
| A# | Dm | Gm | % | Gm
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10. Shooting Star - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: A#
Key: D
[Chords]
D-A-D-G-B-E
A#/D 0(3)2-0-1-0
Gbaug 4-x-2-1-1(0)
Gm7/F 3-x-2-0-1-0
Gm/E 2-x-2-2-1-0
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Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
| A# | A#/D | D# | A# |
| A# | A#/D | D# | D# |
| D# | F | A# | D# |
| A# | A#/D | D# | A# |
[Verse]
A# A#/D
Seen a shooting star tonight
D# A#
And I thought of you
A# A#/D
You were trying to break into another world
D#
G world I never knew
D# F A# D#
I always kind of wondered if you ever made it through
A# A#/D
Seen a shooting star tonight
D# A#
And I thought of you
[Verse]
A# A#/D
Seen a shooting star tonight
D# A#
And I thought of me
A#
If I was still the same
A#/D D#
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
D# F A# D#
Did I miss the mark or overstep the line that only you could see
A# A#/D
Seen a shooting star tonight
D# A#
And I thought of me
[Middle 8]
Gm Gbaug
Listen to the engine listen to the bell
Gm7/F Gm/E D#
As the last fire truck from hell goes rolling by
F A# D# A#
All good people are praying
Gm Gbaug
It's the last temptation the last account
Gm7/F Gm/E
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
D# D#/F
The last radio is playing.
[Verse]
A# A#/D D# A#
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
A# A#/D D#
Tomorrow will be another day
D# F
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
A# D#
That you needed to hear me say
A# A#/D D# A#
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
[Coda] (Harp)
| A# | A#/D | D# | A# |
| A# | A#/D | D# | D# |
| D# | F | A# | D# |
| A# | A#/D | D# | C