Intro
| D#m | % | % | % |
| D#m | % | % | % |
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
Love don't have any place
D#m
We're living in times where men commit crimes
D#m | D#m | % | % | % |
And crime don't have any face.
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
Icicles hanging down
D#m
Wedding bells ring and angels sing
D#m | D#m | % |
And clouds cover up the ground.
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
Wisdom is thrown in jail
D#m
It rots in a cell, misguided as hell
D#m | D#m | % |
Leaving no one to pick up a trail.
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
Where mercy walks the plank
D#m
Life is in mirrors, death disappears
D#m | D#m | % | % | % |
Up the steps into the nearest bank.
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
Where courage is a thing of the past
D#m
Houses are haunted, children are unwanted
D#m
The next day could be your last.
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
The one we can see and feel
D#m
But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck
D#m | D#m | % | % | % |
We all know for sure that it's real.
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
In the cities of lonesome fear
D#m
Little by little you turn in the middle
D#m | D#m | % |
But you're never sure why you're here.
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
Under the microscope
D#m
You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there
D#m | D#m | % |
You always got more than enough rope.
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
Turning and trashing about
D#m
As soon as you're awake you're trained to take
D#m | D#m | % | % | % |
What looks like the easy way out.
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
Where peace is not welcome at all
D#m
It's turned away from the door to wonder some more
D#m | D#m | % | % | % |
Or put up against the wall.
[Verse]
D#m
We live in a political world
D#m
Everything is hers and his
D#m
Climb into the frame and shout God's name
D#m
But you're not even sure what it is.
[Outro]
| D#m | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)
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2. Where Teardrops Fall - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
C6 x-3-2-2-1-x
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[Intro] (slide)
| E | % | % | A C6 |
| E | % | E Bsus4 | E |
[Verse]
E
Far away where the soft winds blow
E A C6
Far away from it all
E
There is a place you go
E Bsus4 E
Where teardrops fall
[Verse]
E
Far away in the stormy night
E A C6
Far away and over the wall
E
You are there in the flickering light
E Bsus4 E
Where teardrops fall
[Middle 8]
A
We banged the drum slowly
A
And played the fife lowly
E
You know the song in my heart
A
In the turning of twilight
A
In the shadows of moonlight
C6 B
You can show me a new place to start
[Verse]
E
I've torn my clothes and I've drained the cup
E A C6
Strippin' away at it all
E
Thinking of you when the sun comes up
E Bsus4 E
Where teardrops fall
[Solo] (slide)
| E | % | % | A C6 |
| E | % | E Bsus4 | E |
[Middle 8]
A
By rivers of blindness
A
In love and with kindness
E
We could hold up a toast if we meet
A
To the cuttin' of fences
A
To sharpen the senses
C6 B
That linger in the fireball heat
[Verse]
E
Roses are red, violets are blue
E A C6
And time is beginning to crawl
E
I just might have to come see you
E Bsus4 E
Where teardrops fall
[Coda] (sax)
| E | % | % | A C6 |
| E | % | E Bsus4 | E
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3. Everything is Broken - Bob Dylan
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Riff (guitar/bass)
C#7 F#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
C#7 0-2-2-4-3-4
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[Intro]
| C#7 | % | % | % |
(riff)
| C#7 | % | % | % |
[Verse]
C#7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
F#7 C#7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
G#7 F#7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
C#7 | C#7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Verse]
C#7
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
F#7 C#7
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
G#7 F#7
Broken words never meant to be spoken
C#7 | C#7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Middle 8]
G#7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
F#7
Something else has just hit the ground
[Verse]
C#7
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
F#7 C#7
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
G#7 F#7
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
C#7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| C#7 | % | % | % |
| F#7 | % | C#7 | % |
| G#7 | F#7 | C#7 | % |
[Middle 8]
G#7
Every time you leave and go off some place
F#7
Things fall to pieces in my face
[Verse]
C#7
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
F#7 C#7
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
G#7 F#7
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
C#7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| C#7 | % | % | % |
| F#7 | % | C#7 | % |
| G#7 | F#7 | C#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: A
key: A#/A#
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[Chords]
C#-A-D-G-B-E
D/F# x-0-3-2-1-1
E/G# x-2-0-0-3-3
D/E 3-x-3-2-1-1
Faug 4-x-2-1-1-x
A/E 3-x-2-0-1-0
B9/D# 2-x-0-2-1-0
Dmaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
A/C# 0(3)2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| A | A E | F#m | F#m D/F# E/G# | A | % |
[Verse] 1
A
Ring them bells, ye heathen
D/F# A
From the city that dreams
A
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
D/E
’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/E A
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
| D/F# D/F# E/G# | A | % |
[Verse] 2
A
Ring them bells St. Peter
D/F# A
Where the four winds blow
A
Ring them bells with an iron hand
D/E
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/E A
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
| D/F# D/F# E/G# | A | % |
[Verse] 3
A
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
D/E A
For the poor man’s son
A
Ring them bells so the world will know
E
That God is one
D A
Oh the shepherd is asleep
A D
Where the willows weep
A
And the mountains are filled
D/E A
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
F#m A
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
F#m A
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
F#m Faug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
A/E B9/D#
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Dmaj7 A/C#
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
Bm7
For the child that cries
D/E
When innocence dies
[Verse] 4
A
Ring them bells St. Catherine
D/E A
From the top of the room
A
Ring them from the fortress
D/E
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/E A
Between right and wrong
[Coda]
| E | D | E | D |
| A | % | D/E A
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5. Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| D#m |
freely
time signature: 6/8
| F#m| % |
| D#m F# | C# A#m | D#m F# | C# D#m |
| D#m F# | C# A#m | D#m F# |3/4 C# | D#m | % |
| C# | % | D#m F# |3/4 C# | D#m | % |
[Verse] 1
D#m F# C# A#m
Crickets are chirpin’, the water is high
D#m F# C# D#m
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
D#m F# C# A#m
Window wide open, African trees
D#m F# C# D#m
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
C# C#
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
D#m F#
She gone with the man
C# D#m
In the long black coat
[Verse]2
D#m F# C# A#m
Somebody seen him hanging around
D#m F# C# D#m
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
D#m F# C# A#m
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
D#m F# C# D#m
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
C# C#
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
D#m F#
There was dust on the man
C# D#m
In the long black coat
[Verse] 3
D#m F# C# A#m
Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
D#m F# C# D#m
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
D#m F# C# A#m
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
D#m F# C# D#m
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
C# C#
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
D#m F#
She gave her heart to the man
C# D#m
In the long black coat
[Middle 8]
B F#
There are no mistakes in life some people say
D#m C# D#m
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
B F#
But people don't live or die, people just float
D#m F#
She went with the man
C# D#m
In the long black coat
[Verse] 4
D#m F# C# A#m
There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June
D#m F# C# D#m
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
D#m F# C# A#m
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
D#m F# C# D#m
Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse
C# C#
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
D#m F#
She gone with the man
C# D#m
In the long black coat
[Outro]
| D#m | % | % | % |
| D#m C# | D#m |
| D#m C# | D#m |
| D#m C# | D#m | D#m
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6. Most of the Time - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
D/E 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
F#m E D
I can follow the path, I can read the signs
F#m E D
Stay right with it when the road unwinds
A D
I can handle whatever I stumble upon
F#m E 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
F#m E D
I can make it all match up, I can hold my own
F#m E D
I can deal with the situation right down to the bone
A D
I can survive, I can endure
F#m E 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
F#m E D
I don’t build up illusion ’til it makes me sick
F#m E D
I ain’t afraid of confusion no matter how thick
A D
I can smile in the face of mankind
F#m E D
Don’t even remember what her lips felt like on mine
[ A ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| A | D | A | D |
[Middle 8]
E F#m
Most of the time
E A
She ain’t even in my mind
E F#m
I wouldn’t know her if I saw her
E A
She’s that far behind
C#
Most of the time
F#m
I can’t even be sure
C#
If she was ever with me
F#m D/E
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
F#m E D
I don’t cheat on myself, I don’t run and hide
F#m E D
Hide from the feelings that are buried inside
A D
I don’t compromise and I don’t pretend
F#m E 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 F#m I? - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| F# C# | F# C# | C# F# | C# |
[Verse 1]
C# F# | C# F# | C# |
What good am I if I'm like all the rest?
C# F# | C# F# | C# |
If I just turn away, when I see how you're dressed
A#m | Fm | % |
If I shut myself off so, I can't hear you cry
F# C# F# | C# F# | C# |
What good am I?
[Verse 2]
F# C# F# | C# F# | C# |
What good am I if I know and don't do?
C# F# | C# F# | C# |
If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
A#m | Fm | % |
If I turn a deaf ear, to the thundering sky
F# C# F# | C# F# | C# |
What good am I?
[Verse]
F# C# F# | C# F# | C# |
What good am I while you softly weep?
C# F# | C# F# | C# |
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep
A#m | Fm | % |
And I freeze in the moment, like the rest who don't try
F# C# F# | C# F# | C# |
What good am I?
[Middle 8]
A#m
What good am I then, to others and me?
A#m Fm
If I've had every chance, and yet still fail to see?
A#m
If my hands are tied, must I not wonder within
A#m Fm | D#m | % |
Who tied them and why and where must I have been?
[Verse]
C# F# | C# F# | C# |
What good am I if I say foolish things?
C# F# | C# F# | C# |
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings
A#m | Fm | % |
And I just turn my back, while you silently die
F# C# F# | C# F# | C# |
What good am I?
[Verse] instrumental
2/4
| C# | F# | C# F# | C# |
2/4
| C# | F# | C# F# | C# |
2/4
| A#m | A#m | Fm | % |
2/4
| F# C# | F# | C# F# |
[Coda]
| C# F# |
| C# F# |
| C# F# | C# F# | C#
(freely)
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8. The Disease of Conceit - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: A
Key: A#/A#
[Chords]
C#-A-D-G-B-E
A/C# 0(3)2-0-1-0
B7/D# 2-x-0-2-1-0
Bm7/E 3-x-0-2-1-1
F#m/E 3-x-2-2-1-0
D/E 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro] (slide)
| A A/C# | D C/E| D B7/D# | Bm7/E |
[Verse] 1
A A/C#
There's a whole lot of people suffering tonight
D
From the disease of conceit
A/C# D B7/D#
Whole lot of people struggling tonight
Bm7/E
From the disease of conceit
F#m F#m/E
Comes right down the highway
D A
Straight down the line
F#m F#m/E
Rips into your senses
D A
Through your body and your mind
D B7/D# A/E
Nothing about it that's sweet
D/E A
The disease of conceit
[Verse] 2
A A/C#
There's a whole lot of hearts breaking tonight
D
From the disease of conceit
A/C# D B7/D#
Whole lot of hearts shaking tonight
Bm7/E
From the disease of conceit
F#m F#m/E
Steps into your room
D A
Eats your soul
F#m F#m/E
Over your senses
D A
You have no control
D B7/D# A/E
Ain't nothing too discreet
D/E A
About the disease of conceit
[Verse] 3
A A/C#
There's a whole lot of people dying tonight
D
From the disease of conceit
A/C# D B7/D#
Whole lot of people crying tonight
Bm7/E
From the disease of conceit
F#m F#m/E
Comes right out of nowhere
D A
And you're down for the count
F#m F#m/E
From the outside world
D A
The pressure will mount
D B7/D# A/E
Turn you into a piece of meat
D/E A
The disease of conceit
[Middlle 8]
F#m F#m/E
Conceit is a disease
D A
But the doctors got no cure
F#m F#m/E
They've done a lot of research on it
B D/E
But what it is, they're still not sure
[Verse] 4
A A/C#
There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight
D
From the disease of conceit
A/C# D B7/D#
Whole lot of people seeing double tonight
Bm7/E
From the disease of conceit
F#m F#m/E
Give ya delusions of grandeur
D A
And an evil eye
F#m F#m/E
Give you the idea that
D A
You're too good to die
D B7/D# A/E
Then they bury you from your head to your feet
D/E A
From the disease of conceit
[Coda] (guitar solo)
| A A/C# | D C/E| D B7/D# | Bm7/E |
| F#m F#m/E | D A | F#m F#m/E | D A |
| D B7/D# | A/E Bm7/E | A
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9. What was it you wanted? - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: F#m
Key: A#m
[Chords]
C#-A-D-G-B-E
Bm/F# x-0-3-2-3-x
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| Bm7 | Bm/F# | F#m | % |
[Verse]
F#m
What was it you wanted?
F#m
Tell me again so I'll know
F#m
What's happening in there
F#m
What's going on in your show
Bm7
What was it you wanted
Bm/F#
Could you say it again?
F#m
I'll be back in a minute
F#m
You can get it together by then
[Interlude]
| D | C#m | F#m | % |
[Verse]
F#m
What was it you wanted
F#m
You can tell me, I'm back
F#m
We can start it all over
F#m
Get it back on the track
Bm7
You got my attention
Bm/F#
Go ahead, speak
F#m
What was it you wanted
F#m
When you were kissing my cheek?
[Interlude]
| D | C#m | F#m | % |
[Verse]
F#m
Was there somebody looking
F#m
When you gave me that kiss
F#m
Someone there in the shadows
F#m
Someone that I might have missed?
Bm7
Is there something you needed
Bm/F#
Something I don't understand
F#m
What was it you wanted
F#m
Do I have it here in my hand?
[Interlude]
| A | C#m | F#m | % |
[Middle 8]
C#m
Whatever you wanted
C#m
Slipped out of my mind
C#m
Would you remind me again
C#m
If you'd be so kind
C#m
Has the record been breaking
C#m
Did the needle just skip
C#m
Is there somebody waiting
C#m
Was there a slip of the lip?
[Verse]
F#m
What was it you wanted
F#m
I ain't keeping score
F#m
Are you the same person
F#m
That was here before?
Bm7
Is it something important?
Bm/F#
Maybe not
F#m
What was it you wanted?
F#m
Tell me again I forgot
[Interlude]
| A | C#m | F#m | % |
[Solo]
| F#m | % | % | % |
| Bm7 | Bm/F# | F#m | % |
| A | C#m | F#m | % |
[Middle 8]
C#m
Whatever you wanted
C#m
What could it be
C#m
Did somebody tell you
C#m
That you could get it from me
C#m
Is it something that comes natural
C#m
Is it easy to say
C#m
Why do you want it
C#m
Who are you anyway?
[Verse]
F#m
Is the scenery changing
F#m
F#m I getting it wrong
F#m
Is the whole thing going backwards
F#m
Are they playing our song?
Bm7
Where were you when it started
Bm/F#
Do you want it for free
F#m
What was it you wanted
F#m
Are you talking to me?
[Outro]
| A | C#m | F#m | % |
| D | C#m | F#m | % |
| A | C#m | F#m | % | F#m
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10. Shooting Star - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: A
Key: C#
[Chords]
C#-A-D-G-B-E
A/C# 0(3)2-0-1-0
Faug 4-x-2-1-1(0)
F#m7/E 3-x-2-0-1-0
F#m/D# 2-x-2-2-1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
| A | A/C# | D | A |
| A | A/C# | D | D |
| D | E | A | D |
| A | A/C# | D | A |
[Verse]
A A/C#
Seen a shooting star tonight
D A
And I thought of you
A A/C#
You were trying to break into another world
D
F# world I never knew
D E A D
I always kind of wondered if you ever made it through
A A/C#
Seen a shooting star tonight
D A
And I thought of you
[Verse]
A A/C#
Seen a shooting star tonight
D A
And I thought of me
A
If I was still the same
A/C# D
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
D E A D
Did I miss the mark or overstep the line that only you could see
A A/C#
Seen a shooting star tonight
D A
And I thought of me
[Middle 8]
F#m Faug
Listen to the engine listen to the bell
F#m7/E F#m/D# D
As the last fire truck from hell goes rolling by
E A D A
All good people are praying
F#m Faug
It's the last temptation the last account
F#m7/E F#m/D#
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
D D/E
The last radio is playing.
[Verse]
A A/C# D A
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
A A/C# D
Tomorrow will be another day
D E
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
A D
That you needed to hear me say
A A/C# D A
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
[Coda] (Harp)
| A | A/C# | D | A |
| A | A/C# | D | D |
| D | E | A | D |
| A | A/C# | D | C