Intro
| Dm | % | % | % |
| Dm | % | % | % |
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
Love don't have any place
Dm
We're living in times where men commit crimes
Dm | Dm | % | % | % |
And crime don't have any face.
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
Icicles hanging down
Dm
Wedding bells ring and angels sing
Dm | Dm | % |
And clouds cover up the ground.
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
Wisdom is thrown in jail
Dm
It rots in a cell, misguided as hell
Dm | Dm | % |
Leaving no one to pick up a trail.
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
Where mercy walks the plank
Dm
Life is in mirrors, death disappears
Dm | Dm | % | % | % |
Up the steps into the nearest bank.
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
Where courage is a thing of the past
Dm
Houses are haunted, children are unwanted
Dm
The next day could be your last.
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
The one we can see and feel
Dm
But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck
Dm | Dm | % | % | % |
We all know for sure that it's real.
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
In the cities of lonesome fear
Dm
Little by little you turn in the middle
Dm | Dm | % |
But you're never sure why you're here.
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
Under the microscope
Dm
You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there
Dm | Dm | % |
You always got more than enough rope.
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
Turning and trashing about
Dm
As soon as you're awake you're trained to take
Dm | Dm | % | % | % |
What looks like the easy way out.
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
Where peace is not welcome at all
Dm
It's turned away from the door to wonder some more
Dm | Dm | % | % | % |
Or put up against the wall.
[Verse]
Dm
We live in a political world
Dm
Everything is hers and his
Dm
Climb into the frame and shout God's name
Dm
But you're not even sure what it is.
[Outro]
| Dm | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)
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2. Where Teardrops Fall - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
Cb6 x-3-2-2-1-x
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[Intro] (slide)
| D# | % | % | G# Cb6 |
| D# | % | D# A#sus4 | D# |
[Verse]
D#
Far away where the soft winds blow
D# G# Cb6
Far away from it all
D#
There is a place you go
D# A#sus4 D#
Where teardrops fall
[Verse]
D#
Far away in the stormy night
D# G# Cb6
Far away and over the wall
D#
You are there in the flickering light
D# A#sus4 D#
Where teardrops fall
[Middle 8]
G#
We banged the drum slowly
G#
And played the fife lowly
D#
You know the song in my heart
G#
In the turning of twilight
G#
In the shadows of moonlight
Cb6 A#
You can show me a new place to start
[Verse]
D#
I've torn my clothes and I've drained the cup
D# G# Cb6
Strippin' away at it all
D#
Thinking of you when the sun comes up
D# A#sus4 D#
Where teardrops fall
[Solo] (slide)
| D# | % | % | G# Cb6 |
| D# | % | D# A#sus4 | D# |
[Middle 8]
G#
By rivers of blindness
G#
In love and with kindness
D#
We could hold up a toast if we meet
G#
To the cuttin' of fences
G#
To sharpen the senses
Cb6 A#
That linger in the fireball heat
[Verse]
D#
Roses are red, violets are blue
D# G# Cb6
And time is beginning to crawl
D#
I just might have to come see you
D# A#sus4 D#
Where teardrops fall
[Coda] (sax)
| D# | % | % | G# Cb6 |
| D# | % | D# A#sus4 | D#
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3. Everything is Broken - Bob Dylan
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Riff (guitar/bass)
C7 F7
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
C7 0-2-2-4-3-4
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[Intro]
| C7 | % | % | % |
(riff)
| C7 | % | % | % |
[Verse]
C7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
F7 C7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
G7 F7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
C7 | C7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Verse]
C7
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
F7 C7
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
G7 F7
Broken words never meant to be spoken
C7 | C7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Middle 8]
G7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
F7
Something else has just hit the ground
[Verse]
C7
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
F7 C7
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
G7 F7
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
C7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| C7 | % | % | % |
| F7 | % | C7 | % |
| G7 | F7 | C7 | % |
[Middle 8]
G7
Every time you leave and go off some place
F7
Things fall to pieces in my face
[Verse]
C7
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
F7 C7
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
G7 F7
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
C7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| C7 | % | % | % |
| F7 | % | C7 | % |
| G7 | F7 | C7 | % |
(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: G#
key: A/A
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[Chords]
C-A-D-G-B-E
C#/F x-0-3-2-1-1
D#/G x-2-0-0-3-3
C#/D# 3-x-3-2-1-1
Fbaug 4-x-2-1-1-x
G#/D# 3-x-2-0-1-0
A#9/D 2-x-0-2-1-0
C#maj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
G#/C 0(3)2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| G# | G# D# | Fm | Fm C#/F D#/G | G# | % |
[Verse] 1
G#
Ring them bells, ye heathen
C#/F G#
From the city that dreams
G#
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
C#/D#
’Cross the valleys and streams
C# G#
For they’re deep and they’re wide
G# C#
And the world’s on its side
G#
And time is running backwards
C#/D# G#
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
| C#/F C#/F D#/G | G# | % |
[Verse] 2
G#
Ring them bells St. Peter
C#/F G#
Where the four winds blow
G#
Ring them bells with an iron hand
C#/D#
So the people will know
C# G#
Oh it’s rush hour now
G# C#
On the wheel and the plow
G#
And the sun is going down
C#/D# G#
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
| C#/F C#/F D#/G | G# | % |
[Verse] 3
G#
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
C#/D# G#
For the poor man’s son
G#
Ring them bells so the world will know
D#
That God is one
C# G#
Oh the shepherd is asleep
G# C#
Where the willows weep
G#
And the mountains are filled
C#/D# G#
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
Fm G#
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Fm G#
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Fm Fbaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
G#/D# A#9/D
Who will judge the many when the game is through
C#maj7 G#/C
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
A#m7
For the child that cries
C#/D#
When innocence dies
[Verse] 4
G#
Ring them bells St. Catherine
C#/D# G#
From the top of the room
G#
Ring them from the fortress
C#/D#
For the lilies that bloom
C# G#
Oh the lines are long
G# C#
And the fighting is strong
G#
And they’re breaking down the distance
C#/D# G#
Between right and wrong
[Coda]
| D# | C# | D# | C# |
| G# | % | C#/D# G#
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5. Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| Dm |
freely
time signature: 6/8
| F#m| % |
| Dm F | C Am | Dm F | C Dm |
| Dm F | C Am | Dm F |3/4 C | Dm | % |
| C | % | Dm F |3/4 C | Dm | % |
[Verse] 1
Dm F C Am
Crickets are chirpin’, the water is high
Dm F C Dm
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
Dm F C Am
Window wide open, African trees
Dm F C Dm
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
C C
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
Dm F
She gone with the man
C Dm
In the long black coat
[Verse]2
Dm F C Am
Somebody seen him hanging around
Dm F C Dm
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
Dm F C Am
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
Dm F C Dm
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
C C
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
Dm F
There was dust on the man
C Dm
In the long black coat
[Verse] 3
Dm F C Am
Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
Dm F C Dm
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
Dm F C Am
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
Dm F C Dm
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
C C
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
Dm F
She gave her heart to the man
C Dm
In the long black coat
[Middle 8]
A# F
There are no mistakes in life some people say
Dm C Dm
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
A# F
But people don't live or die, people just float
Dm F
She went with the man
C Dm
In the long black coat
[Verse] 4
Dm F C Am
There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June
Dm F C Dm
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
Dm F C Am
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
Dm F C Dm
Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse
C C
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
Dm F
She gone with the man
C Dm
In the long black coat
[Outro]
| Dm | % | % | % |
| Dm C | Dm |
| Dm C | Dm |
| Dm C | Dm | Dm
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6. Most of the Time - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
C#/D# 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro]
| C# | % |
(freely)
| G# | C# | G# | C# |
[Verse]
G#
Most of the time
C#
I’m clear focused all around
G#
Most of the time
C#
I can keep both feet on the ground
Fm D# C#
I can follow the path, I can read the signs
Fm D# C#
Stay right with it when the road unwinds
G# C#
I can handle whatever I stumble upon
Fm D# C#
I don’t even notice she’s gone
[ G# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| G# | C# | G# | C# |
[Verse]
G#
Most of the time
C#
It’s well understood
G#
Most of the time
C#
I wouldn’t change it if I could
Fm D# C#
I can make it all match up, I can hold my own
Fm D# C#
I can deal with the situation right down to the bone
G# C#
I can survive, I can endure
Fm D# C#
And I don’t even think about her
[ G# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| G# | C# | G# | C# |
[Verse]
G#
Most of the time
C#
My head is on straight
G#
Most of the time
C#
I’m strong enough not to hate
Fm D# C#
I don’t build up illusion ’til it makes me sick
Fm D# C#
I ain’t afraid of confusion no matter how thick
G# C#
I can smile in the face of mankind
Fm D# C#
Don’t even remember what her lips felt like on mine
[ G# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| G# | C# | G# | C# |
[Middle 8]
D# Fm
Most of the time
D# G#
She ain’t even in my mind
D# Fm
I wouldn’t know her if I saw her
D# G#
She’s that far behind
C
Most of the time
Fm
I can’t even be sure
C
If she was ever with me
Fm C#/D#
Or if I was with her
[Verse]
G#
Most of the time
C#
I’m halfway content
G#
Most of the time
C#
I know exactly where it went
Fm D# C#
I don’t cheat on myself, I don’t run and hide
Fm D# C#
Hide from the feelings that are buried inside
G# C#
I don’t compromise and I don’t pretend
Fm D# C#
I don’t even care if I ever see her again
[ G# ]
Most of the time
[Outro]
| G# | C# | G# | C# |
| G# | C# | G# | C# |
(repeat and fade)
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7. What Good Fm 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
Am | Em | % |
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
Am | Em | % |
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
Am | Em | % |
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]
Am
What good am I then, to others and me?
Am Em
If I've had every chance, and yet still fail to see?
Am
If my hands are tied, must I not wonder within
Am Em | Dm | % |
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
Am | Em | % |
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
| Am | Am | Em | % |
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: G#
Key: A/A
[Chords]
C-A-D-G-B-E
G#/C 0(3)2-0-1-0
A#7/D 2-x-0-2-1-0
A#m7/D# 3-x-0-2-1-1
Fm/D# 3-x-2-2-1-0
C#/D# 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro] (slide)
| G# G#/C | C# C/E| C# A#7/D | A#m7/D# |
[Verse] 1
G# G#/C
There's a whole lot of people suffering tonight
C#
From the disease of conceit
G#/C C# A#7/D
Whole lot of people struggling tonight
A#m7/D#
From the disease of conceit
Fm Fm/D#
Comes right down the highway
C# G#
Straight down the line
Fm Fm/D#
Rips into your senses
C# G#
Through your body and your mind
C# A#7/D G#/D#
Nothing about it that's sweet
C#/D# G#
The disease of conceit
[Verse] 2
G# G#/C
There's a whole lot of hearts breaking tonight
C#
From the disease of conceit
G#/C C# A#7/D
Whole lot of hearts shaking tonight
A#m7/D#
From the disease of conceit
Fm Fm/D#
Steps into your room
C# G#
Eats your soul
Fm Fm/D#
Over your senses
C# G#
You have no control
C# A#7/D G#/D#
Ain't nothing too discreet
C#/D# G#
About the disease of conceit
[Verse] 3
G# G#/C
There's a whole lot of people dying tonight
C#
From the disease of conceit
G#/C C# A#7/D
Whole lot of people crying tonight
A#m7/D#
From the disease of conceit
Fm Fm/D#
Comes right out of nowhere
C# G#
And you're down for the count
Fm Fm/D#
From the outside world
C# G#
The pressure will mount
C# A#7/D G#/D#
Turn you into a piece of meat
C#/D# G#
The disease of conceit
[Middlle 8]
Fm Fm/D#
Conceit is a disease
C# G#
But the doctors got no cure
Fm Fm/D#
They've done a lot of research on it
A# C#/D#
But what it is, they're still not sure
[Verse] 4
G# G#/C
There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight
C#
From the disease of conceit
G#/C C# A#7/D
Whole lot of people seeing double tonight
A#m7/D#
From the disease of conceit
Fm Fm/D#
Give ya delusions of grandeur
C# G#
And an evil eye
Fm Fm/D#
Give you the idea that
C# G#
You're too good to die
C# A#7/D G#/D#
Then they bury you from your head to your feet
C#/D# G#
From the disease of conceit
[Coda] (guitar solo)
| G# G#/C | C# C/E| C# A#7/D | A#m7/D# |
| Fm Fm/D# | C# G# | Fm Fm/D# | C# G# |
| C# A#7/D | G#/D# A#m7/D# | G#
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9. What was it you wanted? - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: Fm
Key: Am
[Chords]
C-A-D-G-B-E
A#m/F x-0-3-2-3-x
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[Intro]
| A#m7 | A#m/F | Fm | % |
[Verse]
Fm
What was it you wanted?
Fm
Tell me again so I'll know
Fm
What's happening in there
Fm
What's going on in your show
A#m7
What was it you wanted
A#m/F
Could you say it again?
Fm
I'll be back in a minute
Fm
You can get it together by then
[Interlude]
| C# | Cm | Fm | % |
[Verse]
Fm
What was it you wanted
Fm
You can tell me, I'm back
Fm
We can start it all over
Fm
Get it back on the track
A#m7
You got my attention
A#m/F
Go ahead, speak
Fm
What was it you wanted
Fm
When you were kissing my cheek?
[Interlude]
| C# | Cm | Fm | % |
[Verse]
Fm
Was there somebody looking
Fm
When you gave me that kiss
Fm
Someone there in the shadows
Fm
Someone that I might have missed?
A#m7
Is there something you needed
A#m/F
Something I don't understand
Fm
What was it you wanted
Fm
Do I have it here in my hand?
[Interlude]
| G# | Cm | Fm | % |
[Middle 8]
Cm
Whatever you wanted
Cm
Slipped out of my mind
Cm
Would you remind me again
Cm
If you'd be so kind
Cm
Has the record been breaking
Cm
Did the needle just skip
Cm
Is there somebody waiting
Cm
Was there a slip of the lip?
[Verse]
Fm
What was it you wanted
Fm
I ain't keeping score
Fm
Are you the same person
Fm
That was here before?
A#m7
Is it something important?
A#m/F
Maybe not
Fm
What was it you wanted?
Fm
Tell me again I forgot
[Interlude]
| G# | Cm | Fm | % |
[Solo]
| Fm | % | % | % |
| A#m7 | A#m/F | Fm | % |
| G# | Cm | Fm | % |
[Middle 8]
Cm
Whatever you wanted
Cm
What could it be
Cm
Did somebody tell you
Cm
That you could get it from me
Cm
Is it something that comes natural
Cm
Is it easy to say
Cm
Why do you want it
Cm
Who are you anyway?
[Verse]
Fm
Is the scenery changing
Fm
Fm I getting it wrong
Fm
Is the whole thing going backwards
Fm
Are they playing our song?
A#m7
Where were you when it started
A#m/F
Do you want it for free
Fm
What was it you wanted
Fm
Are you talking to me?
[Outro]
| G# | Cm | Fm | % |
| C# | Cm | Fm | % |
| G# | Cm | Fm | % | Fm
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10. Shooting Star - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: G#
Key: C
[Chords]
C-A-D-G-B-E
G#/C 0(3)2-0-1-0
Fbaug 4-x-2-1-1(0)
Fm7/D# 3-x-2-0-1-0
Fm/D 2-x-2-2-1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
| G# | G#/C | C# | G# |
| G# | G#/C | C# | C# |
| C# | D# | G# | C# |
| G# | G#/C | C# | G# |
[Verse]
G# G#/C
Seen a shooting star tonight
C# G#
And I thought of you
G# G#/C
You were trying to break into another world
C#
F world I never knew
C# D# G# C#
I always kind of wondered if you ever made it through
G# G#/C
Seen a shooting star tonight
C# G#
And I thought of you
[Verse]
G# G#/C
Seen a shooting star tonight
C# G#
And I thought of me
G#
If I was still the same
G#/C C#
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
C# D# G# C#
Did I miss the mark or overstep the line that only you could see
G# G#/C
Seen a shooting star tonight
C# G#
And I thought of me
[Middle 8]
Fm Fbaug
Listen to the engine listen to the bell
Fm7/D# Fm/D C#
As the last fire truck from hell goes rolling by
D# G# C# G#
All good people are praying
Fm Fbaug
It's the last temptation the last account
Fm7/D# Fm/D
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
C# C#/D#
The last radio is playing.
[Verse]
G# G#/C C# G#
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
G# G#/C C#
Tomorrow will be another day
C# D#
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
G# C#
That you needed to hear me say
G# G#/C C# G#
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
[Coda] (Harp)
| G# | G#/C | C# | G# |
| G# | G#/C | C# | C# |
| C# | D# | G# | C# |
| G# | G#/C | C# | C