Intro
| Cm | % | % | % |
| Cm | % | % | % |
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
Love don't have any place
Cm
We're living in times where men commit crimes
Cm | Cm | % | % | % |
And crime don't have any face.
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
Icicles hanging down
Cm
Wedding bells ring and angels sing
Cm | Cm | % |
And clouds cover up the ground.
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
Wisdom is thrown in jail
Cm
It rots in a cell, misguided as hell
Cm | Cm | % |
Leaving no one to pick up a trail.
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
Where mercy walks the plank
Cm
Life is in mirrors, death disappears
Cm | Cm | % | % | % |
Up the steps into the nearest bank.
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
Where courage is a thing of the past
Cm
Houses are haunted, children are unwanted
Cm
The next day could be your last.
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
The one we can see and feel
Cm
But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck
Cm | Cm | % | % | % |
We all know for sure that it's real.
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
In the cities of lonesome fear
Cm
Little by little you turn in the middle
Cm | Cm | % |
But you're never sure why you're here.
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
Under the microscope
Cm
You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there
Cm | Cm | % |
You always got more than enough rope.
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
Turning and trashing about
Cm
As soon as you're awake you're trained to take
Cm | Cm | % | % | % |
What looks like the easy way out.
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
Where peace is not welcome at all
Cm
It's turned away from the door to wonder some more
Cm | Cm | % | % | % |
Or put up against the wall.
[Verse]
Cm
We live in a political world
Cm
Everything is hers and his
Cm
Climb into the frame and shout God's name
Cm
But you're not even sure what it is.
[Outro]
| Cm | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)
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2. Where Teardrops Fall - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
A6 x-3-2-2-1-x
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[Intro] (slide)
| C# | % | % | F# A6 |
| C# | % | C# G#sus4 | C# |
[Verse]
C#
Far away where the soft winds blow
C# F# A6
Far away from it all
C#
There is a place you go
C# G#sus4 C#
Where teardrops fall
[Verse]
C#
Far away in the stormy night
C# F# A6
Far away and over the wall
C#
You are there in the flickering light
C# G#sus4 C#
Where teardrops fall
[Middle 8]
F#
We banged the drum slowly
F#
And played the fife lowly
C#
You know the song in my heart
F#
In the turning of twilight
F#
In the shadows of moonlight
A6 G#
You can show me a new place to start
[Verse]
C#
I've torn my clothes and I've drained the cup
C# F# A6
Strippin' away at it all
C#
Thinking of you when the sun comes up
C# G#sus4 C#
Where teardrops fall
[Solo] (slide)
| C# | % | % | F# A6 |
| C# | % | C# G#sus4 | C# |
[Middle 8]
F#
By rivers of blindness
F#
In love and with kindness
C#
We could hold up a toast if we meet
F#
To the cuttin' of fences
F#
To sharpen the senses
A6 G#
That linger in the fireball heat
[Verse]
C#
Roses are red, violets are blue
C# F# A6
And time is beginning to crawl
C#
I just might have to come see you
C# G#sus4 C#
Where teardrops fall
[Coda] (sax)
| C# | % | % | F# A6 |
| C# | % | C# G#sus4 | C#
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3. Everything is Broken - Bob Dylan
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Riff (guitar/bass)
A#7 D#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
A#7 0-2-2-4-3-4
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[Intro]
| A#7 | % | % | % |
(riff)
| A#7 | % | % | % |
[Verse]
A#7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
D#7 A#7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
F7 D#7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
A#7 | A#7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Verse]
A#7
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
D#7 A#7
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
F7 D#7
Broken words never meant to be spoken
A#7 | A#7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Middle 8]
F7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
D#7
Something else has just hit the ground
[Verse]
A#7
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
D#7 A#7
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
F7 D#7
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
A#7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| A#7 | % | % | % |
| D#7 | % | A#7 | % |
| F7 | D#7 | A#7 | % |
[Middle 8]
F7
Every time you leave and go off some place
D#7
Things fall to pieces in my face
[Verse]
A#7
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
D#7 A#7
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
F7 D#7
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
A#7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| A#7 | % | % | % |
| D#7 | % | A#7 | % |
| F7 | D#7 | A#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: F#
key: G/G
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[Chords]
A#-A-D-G-B-E
B/D# x-0-3-2-1-1
C#/F x-2-0-0-3-3
B/C# 3-x-3-2-1-1
Daug 4-x-2-1-1-x
F#/C# 3-x-2-0-1-0
G#9/C 2-x-0-2-1-0
Bmaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
F#/A# 0(3)2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| F# | F# C# | D#m | D#m B/D# C#/F | F# | % |
[Verse] 1
F#
Ring them bells, ye heathen
B/D# F#
From the city that dreams
F#
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
B/C#
’Cross the valleys and streams
B F#
For they’re deep and they’re wide
F# B
And the world’s on its side
F#
And time is running backwards
B/C# F#
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
| B/D# B/D# C#/F | F# | % |
[Verse] 2
F#
Ring them bells St. Peter
B/D# F#
Where the four winds blow
F#
Ring them bells with an iron hand
B/C#
So the people will know
B F#
Oh it’s rush hour now
F# B
On the wheel and the plow
F#
And the sun is going down
B/C# F#
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
| B/D# B/D# C#/F | F# | % |
[Verse] 3
F#
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
B/C# F#
For the poor man’s son
F#
Ring them bells so the world will know
C#
That God is one
B F#
Oh the shepherd is asleep
F# B
Where the willows weep
F#
And the mountains are filled
B/C# F#
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
D#m F#
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
D#m F#
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
D#m Daug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
F#/C# G#9/C
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Bmaj7 F#/A#
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
G#m7
For the child that cries
B/C#
When innocence dies
[Verse] 4
F#
Ring them bells St. Catherine
B/C# F#
From the top of the room
F#
Ring them from the fortress
B/C#
For the lilies that bloom
B F#
Oh the lines are long
F# B
And the fighting is strong
F#
And they’re breaking down the distance
B/C# F#
Between right and wrong
[Coda]
| C# | B | C# | B |
| F# | % | B/C# F#
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5. Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| Cm |
freely
time signature: 6/8
| F#m| % |
| Cm D# | A# Gm | Cm D# | A# Cm |
| Cm D# | A# Gm | Cm D# |3/4 A# | Cm | % |
| A# | % | Cm D# |3/4 A# | Cm | % |
[Verse] 1
Cm D# A# Gm
Crickets are chirpin’, the water is high
Cm D# A# Cm
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
Cm D# A# Gm
Window wide open, African trees
Cm D# A# Cm
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
A# A#
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
Cm D#
She gone with the man
A# Cm
In the long black coat
[Verse]2
Cm D# A# Gm
Somebody seen him hanging around
Cm D# A# Cm
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
Cm D# A# Gm
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
Cm D# A# Cm
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
A# A#
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
Cm D#
There was dust on the man
A# Cm
In the long black coat
[Verse] 3
Cm D# A# Gm
Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
Cm D# A# Cm
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
Cm D# A# Gm
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
Cm D# A# Cm
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
A# A#
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
Cm D#
She gave her heart to the man
A# Cm
In the long black coat
[Middle 8]
G# D#
There are no mistakes in life some people say
Cm A# Cm
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
G# D#
But people don't live or die, people just float
Cm D#
She went with the man
A# Cm
In the long black coat
[Verse] 4
Cm D# A# Gm
There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June
Cm D# A# Cm
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
Cm D# A# Gm
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
Cm D# A# Cm
Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse
A# A#
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
Cm D#
She gone with the man
A# Cm
In the long black coat
[Outro]
| Cm | % | % | % |
| Cm A# | Cm |
| Cm A# | Cm |
| Cm A# | Cm | Cm
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6. Most of the Time - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
B/C# 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro]
| B | % |
(freely)
| F# | B | F# | B |
[Verse]
F#
Most of the time
B
I’m clear focused all around
F#
Most of the time
B
I can keep both feet on the ground
D#m C# B
I can follow the path, I can read the signs
D#m C# B
Stay right with it when the road unwinds
F# B
I can handle whatever I stumble upon
D#m C# B
I don’t even notice she’s gone
[ F# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| F# | B | F# | B |
[Verse]
F#
Most of the time
B
It’s well understood
F#
Most of the time
B
I wouldn’t change it if I could
D#m C# B
I can make it all match up, I can hold my own
D#m C# B
I can deal with the situation right down to the bone
F# B
I can survive, I can endure
D#m C# B
And I don’t even think about her
[ F# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| F# | B | F# | B |
[Verse]
F#
Most of the time
B
My head is on straight
F#
Most of the time
B
I’m strong enough not to hate
D#m C# B
I don’t build up illusion ’til it makes me sick
D#m C# B
I ain’t afraid of confusion no matter how thick
F# B
I can smile in the face of mankind
D#m C# B
Don’t even remember what her lips felt like on mine
[ F# ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| F# | B | F# | B |
[Middle 8]
C# D#m
Most of the time
C# F#
She ain’t even in my mind
C# D#m
I wouldn’t know her if I saw her
C# F#
She’s that far behind
A#
Most of the time
D#m
I can’t even be sure
A#
If she was ever with me
D#m B/C#
Or if I was with her
[Verse]
F#
Most of the time
B
I’m halfway content
F#
Most of the time
B
I know exactly where it went
D#m C# B
I don’t cheat on myself, I don’t run and hide
D#m C# B
Hide from the feelings that are buried inside
F# B
I don’t compromise and I don’t pretend
D#m C# B
I don’t even care if I ever see her again
[ F# ]
Most of the time
[Outro]
| F# | B | F# | B |
| F# | B | F# | B |
(repeat and fade)
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7. What Good D#m I? - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| D# A# | D# A# | A# D# | A# |
[Verse 1]
A# D# | A# D# | A# |
What good am I if I'm like all the rest?
A# D# | A# D# | A# |
If I just turn away, when I see how you're dressed
Gm | Dm | % |
If I shut myself off so, I can't hear you cry
D# A# D# | A# D# | A# |
What good am I?
[Verse 2]
D# A# D# | A# D# | A# |
What good am I if I know and don't do?
A# D# | A# D# | A# |
If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
Gm | Dm | % |
If I turn a deaf ear, to the thundering sky
D# A# D# | A# D# | A# |
What good am I?
[Verse]
D# A# D# | A# D# | A# |
What good am I while you softly weep?
A# D# | A# D# | A# |
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep
Gm | Dm | % |
And I freeze in the moment, like the rest who don't try
D# A# D# | A# D# | A# |
What good am I?
[Middle 8]
Gm
What good am I then, to others and me?
Gm Dm
If I've had every chance, and yet still fail to see?
Gm
If my hands are tied, must I not wonder within
Gm Dm | Cm | % |
Who tied them and why and where must I have been?
[Verse]
A# D# | A# D# | A# |
What good am I if I say foolish things?
A# D# | A# D# | A# |
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings
Gm | Dm | % |
And I just turn my back, while you silently die
D# A# D# | A# D# | A# |
What good am I?
[Verse] instrumental
2/4
| A# | D# | A# D# | A# |
2/4
| A# | D# | A# D# | A# |
2/4
| Gm | Gm | Dm | % |
2/4
| D# A# | D# | A# D# |
[Coda]
| A# D# |
| A# D# |
| A# D# | A# D# | A#
(freely)
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8. The Disease of Conceit - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: F#
Key: G/G
[Chords]
A#-A-D-G-B-E
F#/A# 0(3)2-0-1-0
G#7/C 2-x-0-2-1-0
G#m7/C# 3-x-0-2-1-1
D#m/C# 3-x-2-2-1-0
B/C# 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro] (slide)
| F# F#/A# | B C/E| B G#7/C | G#m7/C# |
[Verse] 1
F# F#/A#
There's a whole lot of people suffering tonight
B
From the disease of conceit
F#/A# B G#7/C
Whole lot of people struggling tonight
G#m7/C#
From the disease of conceit
D#m D#m/C#
Comes right down the highway
B F#
Straight down the line
D#m D#m/C#
Rips into your senses
B F#
Through your body and your mind
B G#7/C F#/C#
Nothing about it that's sweet
B/C# F#
The disease of conceit
[Verse] 2
F# F#/A#
There's a whole lot of hearts breaking tonight
B
From the disease of conceit
F#/A# B G#7/C
Whole lot of hearts shaking tonight
G#m7/C#
From the disease of conceit
D#m D#m/C#
Steps into your room
B F#
Eats your soul
D#m D#m/C#
Over your senses
B F#
You have no control
B G#7/C F#/C#
Ain't nothing too discreet
B/C# F#
About the disease of conceit
[Verse] 3
F# F#/A#
There's a whole lot of people dying tonight
B
From the disease of conceit
F#/A# B G#7/C
Whole lot of people crying tonight
G#m7/C#
From the disease of conceit
D#m D#m/C#
Comes right out of nowhere
B F#
And you're down for the count
D#m D#m/C#
From the outside world
B F#
The pressure will mount
B G#7/C F#/C#
Turn you into a piece of meat
B/C# F#
The disease of conceit
[Middlle 8]
D#m D#m/C#
Conceit is a disease
B F#
But the doctors got no cure
D#m D#m/C#
They've done a lot of research on it
G# B/C#
But what it is, they're still not sure
[Verse] 4
F# F#/A#
There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight
B
From the disease of conceit
F#/A# B G#7/C
Whole lot of people seeing double tonight
G#m7/C#
From the disease of conceit
D#m D#m/C#
Give ya delusions of grandeur
B F#
And an evil eye
D#m D#m/C#
Give you the idea that
B F#
You're too good to die
B G#7/C F#/C#
Then they bury you from your head to your feet
B/C# F#
From the disease of conceit
[Coda] (guitar solo)
| F# F#/A# | B C/E| B G#7/C | G#m7/C# |
| D#m D#m/C# | B F# | D#m D#m/C# | B F# |
| B G#7/C | F#/C# G#m7/C# | F#
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9. What was it you wanted? - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: D#m
Key: Gm
[Chords]
A#-A-D-G-B-E
G#m/D# x-0-3-2-3-x
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| G#m7 | G#m/D# | D#m | % |
[Verse]
D#m
What was it you wanted?
D#m
Tell me again so I'll know
D#m
What's happening in there
D#m
What's going on in your show
G#m7
What was it you wanted
G#m/D#
Could you say it again?
D#m
I'll be back in a minute
D#m
You can get it together by then
[Interlude]
| B | A#m | D#m | % |
[Verse]
D#m
What was it you wanted
D#m
You can tell me, I'm back
D#m
We can start it all over
D#m
Get it back on the track
G#m7
You got my attention
G#m/D#
Go ahead, speak
D#m
What was it you wanted
D#m
When you were kissing my cheek?
[Interlude]
| B | A#m | D#m | % |
[Verse]
D#m
Was there somebody looking
D#m
When you gave me that kiss
D#m
Someone there in the shadows
D#m
Someone that I might have missed?
G#m7
Is there something you needed
G#m/D#
Something I don't understand
D#m
What was it you wanted
D#m
Do I have it here in my hand?
[Interlude]
| F# | A#m | D#m | % |
[Middle 8]
A#m
Whatever you wanted
A#m
Slipped out of my mind
A#m
Would you remind me again
A#m
If you'd be so kind
A#m
Has the record been breaking
A#m
Did the needle just skip
A#m
Is there somebody waiting
A#m
Was there a slip of the lip?
[Verse]
D#m
What was it you wanted
D#m
I ain't keeping score
D#m
Are you the same person
D#m
That was here before?
G#m7
Is it something important?
G#m/D#
Maybe not
D#m
What was it you wanted?
D#m
Tell me again I forgot
[Interlude]
| F# | A#m | D#m | % |
[Solo]
| D#m | % | % | % |
| G#m7 | G#m/D# | D#m | % |
| F# | A#m | D#m | % |
[Middle 8]
A#m
Whatever you wanted
A#m
What could it be
A#m
Did somebody tell you
A#m
That you could get it from me
A#m
Is it something that comes natural
A#m
Is it easy to say
A#m
Why do you want it
A#m
Who are you anyway?
[Verse]
D#m
Is the scenery changing
D#m
D#m I getting it wrong
D#m
Is the whole thing going backwards
D#m
Are they playing our song?
G#m7
Where were you when it started
G#m/D#
Do you want it for free
D#m
What was it you wanted
D#m
Are you talking to me?
[Outro]
| F# | A#m | D#m | % |
| B | A#m | D#m | % |
| F# | A#m | D#m | % | D#m
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10. Shooting Star - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: F#
Key: A#
[Chords]
A#-A-D-G-B-E
F#/A# 0(3)2-0-1-0
Daug 4-x-2-1-1(0)
D#m7/C# 3-x-2-0-1-0
D#m/C 2-x-2-2-1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
| F# | F#/A# | B | F# |
| F# | F#/A# | B | B |
| B | C# | F# | B |
| F# | F#/A# | B | F# |
[Verse]
F# F#/A#
Seen a shooting star tonight
B F#
And I thought of you
F# F#/A#
You were trying to break into another world
B
D# world I never knew
B C# F# B
I always kind of wondered if you ever made it through
F# F#/A#
Seen a shooting star tonight
B F#
And I thought of you
[Verse]
F# F#/A#
Seen a shooting star tonight
B F#
And I thought of me
F#
If I was still the same
F#/A# B
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
B C# F# B
Did I miss the mark or overstep the line that only you could see
F# F#/A#
Seen a shooting star tonight
B F#
And I thought of me
[Middle 8]
D#m Daug
Listen to the engine listen to the bell
D#m7/C# D#m/C B
As the last fire truck from hell goes rolling by
C# F# B F#
All good people are praying
D#m Daug
It's the last temptation the last account
D#m7/C# D#m/C
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
B B/C#
The last radio is playing.
[Verse]
F# F#/A# B F#
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
F# F#/A# B
Tomorrow will be another day
B C#
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
F# B
That you needed to hear me say
F# F#/A# B F#
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
[Coda] (Harp)
| F# | F#/A# | B | F# |
| F# | F#/A# | B | B |
| B | C# | F# | B |
| F# | F#/A# | B | C