Intro
| A#m | % | % | % |
| A#m | % | % | % |
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
Love don't have any place
A#m
We're living in times where men commit crimes
A#m | A#m | % | % | % |
And crime don't have any face.
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
Icicles hanging down
A#m
Wedding bells ring and angels sing
A#m | A#m | % |
And clouds cover up the ground.
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
Wisdom is thrown in jail
A#m
It rots in a cell, misguided as hell
A#m | A#m | % |
Leaving no one to pick up a trail.
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
Where mercy walks the plank
A#m
Life is in mirrors, death disappears
A#m | A#m | % | % | % |
Up the steps into the nearest bank.
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
Where courage is a thing of the past
A#m
Houses are haunted, children are unwanted
A#m
The next day could be your last.
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
The one we can see and feel
A#m
But there's no one to check, it's all a stacked deck
A#m | A#m | % | % | % |
We all know for sure that it's real.
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
In the cities of lonesome fear
A#m
Little by little you turn in the middle
A#m | A#m | % |
But you're never sure why you're here.
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
Under the microscope
A#m
You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there
A#m | A#m | % |
You always got more than enough rope.
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
Turning and trashing about
A#m
As soon as you're awake you're trained to take
A#m | A#m | % | % | % |
What looks like the easy way out.
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
Where peace is not welcome at all
A#m
It's turned away from the door to wonder some more
A#m | A#m | % | % | % |
Or put up against the wall.
[Verse]
A#m
We live in a political world
A#m
Everything is hers and his
A#m
Climb into the frame and shout God's name
A#m
But you're not even sure what it is.
[Outro]
| A#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
G6 x-3-2-2-1-x
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[Intro] (slide)
| B | % | % | E G6 |
| B | % | B F#sus4 | B |
[Verse]
B
Far away where the soft winds blow
B E G6
Far away from it all
B
There is a place you go
B F#sus4 B
Where teardrops fall
[Verse]
B
Far away in the stormy night
B E G6
Far away and over the wall
B
You are there in the flickering light
B F#sus4 B
Where teardrops fall
[Middle 8]
E
We banged the drum slowly
E
And played the fife lowly
B
You know the song in my heart
E
In the turning of twilight
E
In the shadows of moonlight
G6 F#
You can show me a new place to start
[Verse]
B
I've torn my clothes and I've drained the cup
B E G6
Strippin' away at it all
B
Thinking of you when the sun comes up
B F#sus4 B
Where teardrops fall
[Solo] (slide)
| B | % | % | E G6 |
| B | % | B F#sus4 | B |
[Middle 8]
E
By rivers of blindness
E
In love and with kindness
B
We could hold up a toast if we meet
E
To the cuttin' of fences
E
To sharpen the senses
G6 F#
That linger in the fireball heat
[Verse]
B
Roses are red, violets are blue
B E G6
And time is beginning to crawl
B
I just might have to come see you
B F#sus4 B
Where teardrops fall
[Coda] (sax)
| B | % | % | E G6 |
| B | % | B F#sus4 | B
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3. Everything is Broken - Bob Dylan
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Riff (guitar/bass)
G#7 C#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
G#7 0-2-2-4-3-4
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[Intro]
| G#7 | % | % | % |
(riff)
| G#7 | % | % | % |
[Verse]
G#7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
C#7 G#7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
D#7 C#7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
G#7 | G#7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Verse]
G#7
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
C#7 G#7
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
D#7 C#7
Broken words never meant to be spoken
G#7 | G#7 | % | % | % |
Everything is broken
[Middle 8]
D#7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
C#7
Something else has just hit the ground
[Verse]
G#7
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
C#7 G#7
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
D#7 C#7
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
G#7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| G#7 | % | % | % |
| C#7 | % | G#7 | % |
| D#7 | C#7 | G#7 | % |
[Middle 8]
D#7
Every time you leave and go off some place
C#7
Things fall to pieces in my face
[Verse]
G#7
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
C#7 G#7
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
D#7 C#7
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
G#7
Everything is broken
[Solo] (harp]
| G#7 | % | % | % |
| C#7 | % | G#7 | % |
| D#7 | C#7 | G#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: E
key: F/F
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[Chords]
G#-A-D-G-B-E
A/C# x-0-3-2-1-1
B/D# x-2-0-0-3-3
A/B 3-x-3-2-1-1
Caug 4-x-2-1-1-x
E/B 3-x-2-0-1-0
F#9/A# 2-x-0-2-1-0
Amaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
E/G# 0(3)2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| E | E B | C#m | C#m A/C# B/D# | E | % |
[Verse] 1
E
Ring them bells, ye heathen
A/C# E
From the city that dreams
E
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
A/B
’Cross the valleys and streams
A E
For they’re deep and they’re wide
E A
And the world’s on its side
E
And time is running backwards
A/B E
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
| A/C# A/C# B/D# | E | % |
[Verse] 2
E
Ring them bells St. Peter
A/C# E
Where the four winds blow
E
Ring them bells with an iron hand
A/B
So the people will know
A E
Oh it’s rush hour now
E A
On the wheel and the plow
E
And the sun is going down
A/B E
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
| A/C# A/C# B/D# | E | % |
[Verse] 3
E
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
A/B E
For the poor man’s son
E
Ring them bells so the world will know
B
That God is one
A E
Oh the shepherd is asleep
E A
Where the willows weep
E
And the mountains are filled
A/B E
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
C#m E
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
C#m E
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
C#m Caug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
E/B F#9/A#
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Amaj7 E/G#
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
F#m7
For the child that cries
A/B
When innocence dies
[Verse] 4
E
Ring them bells St. Catherine
A/B E
From the top of the room
E
Ring them from the fortress
A/B
For the lilies that bloom
A E
Oh the lines are long
E A
And the fighting is strong
E
And they’re breaking down the distance
A/B E
Between right and wrong
[Coda]
| B | A | B | A |
| E | % | A/B E
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5. Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| A#m |
freely
time signature: 6/8
| F#m| % |
| A#m C# | G# Fm | A#m C# | G# A#m |
| A#m C# | G# Fm | A#m C# |3/4 G# | A#m | % |
| G# | % | A#m C# |3/4 G# | A#m | % |
[Verse] 1
A#m C# G# Fm
Crickets are chirpin’, the water is high
A#m C# G# A#m
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
A#m C# G# Fm
Window wide open, African trees
A#m C# G# A#m
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
G# G#
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
A#m C#
She gone with the man
G# A#m
In the long black coat
[Verse]2
A#m C# G# Fm
Somebody seen him hanging around
A#m C# G# A#m
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
A#m C# G# Fm
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
A#m C# G# A#m
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
G# G#
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
A#m C#
There was dust on the man
G# A#m
In the long black coat
[Verse] 3
A#m C# G# Fm
Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
A#m C# G# A#m
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
A#m C# G# Fm
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
A#m C# G# A#m
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
G# G#
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
A#m C#
She gave her heart to the man
G# A#m
In the long black coat
[Middle 8]
F# C#
There are no mistakes in life some people say
A#m G# A#m
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
F# C#
But people don't live or die, people just float
A#m C#
She went with the man
G# A#m
In the long black coat
[Verse] 4
A#m C# G# Fm
There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June
A#m C# G# A#m
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
A#m C# G# Fm
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
A#m C# G# A#m
Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse
G# G#
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
A#m C#
She gone with the man
G# A#m
In the long black coat
[Outro]
| A#m | % | % | % |
| A#m G# | A#m |
| A#m G# | A#m |
| A#m G# | A#m | A#m
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6. Most of the Time - Bob Dylan
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-e
A/B 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro]
| A | % |
(freely)
| E | A | E | A |
[Verse]
E
Most of the time
A
I’m clear focused all around
E
Most of the time
A
I can keep both feet on the ground
C#m B A
I can follow the path, I can read the signs
C#m B A
Stay right with it when the road unwinds
E A
I can handle whatever I stumble upon
C#m B A
I don’t even notice she’s gone
[ E ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| E | A | E | A |
[Verse]
E
Most of the time
A
It’s well understood
E
Most of the time
A
I wouldn’t change it if I could
C#m B A
I can make it all match up, I can hold my own
C#m B A
I can deal with the situation right down to the bone
E A
I can survive, I can endure
C#m B A
And I don’t even think about her
[ E ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| E | A | E | A |
[Verse]
E
Most of the time
A
My head is on straight
E
Most of the time
A
I’m strong enough not to hate
C#m B A
I don’t build up illusion ’til it makes me sick
C#m B A
I ain’t afraid of confusion no matter how thick
E A
I can smile in the face of mankind
C#m B A
Don’t even remember what her lips felt like on mine
[ E ]
Most of the time
[Interlude]
| E | A | E | A |
[Middle 8]
B C#m
Most of the time
B E
She ain’t even in my mind
B C#m
I wouldn’t know her if I saw her
B E
She’s that far behind
G#
Most of the time
C#m
I can’t even be sure
G#
If she was ever with me
C#m A/B
Or if I was with her
[Verse]
E
Most of the time
A
I’m halfway content
E
Most of the time
A
I know exactly where it went
C#m B A
I don’t cheat on myself, I don’t run and hide
C#m B A
Hide from the feelings that are buried inside
E A
I don’t compromise and I don’t pretend
C#m B A
I don’t even care if I ever see her again
[ E ]
Most of the time
[Outro]
| E | A | E | A |
| E | A | E | A |
(repeat and fade)
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7. What Good C#m I? - Bob Dylan
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[Intro]
| C# G# | C# G# | G# C# | G# |
[Verse 1]
G# C# | G# C# | G# |
What good am I if I'm like all the rest?
G# C# | G# C# | G# |
If I just turn away, when I see how you're dressed
Fm | Cm | % |
If I shut myself off so, I can't hear you cry
C# G# C# | G# C# | G# |
What good am I?
[Verse 2]
C# G# C# | G# C# | G# |
What good am I if I know and don't do?
G# C# | G# C# | G# |
If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
Fm | Cm | % |
If I turn a deaf ear, to the thundering sky
C# G# C# | G# C# | G# |
What good am I?
[Verse]
C# G# C# | G# C# | G# |
What good am I while you softly weep?
G# C# | G# C# | G# |
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep
Fm | Cm | % |
And I freeze in the moment, like the rest who don't try
C# G# C# | G# C# | G# |
What good am I?
[Middle 8]
Fm
What good am I then, to others and me?
Fm Cm
If I've had every chance, and yet still fail to see?
Fm
If my hands are tied, must I not wonder within
Fm Cm | A#m | % |
Who tied them and why and where must I have been?
[Verse]
G# C# | G# C# | G# |
What good am I if I say foolish things?
G# C# | G# C# | G# |
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings
Fm | Cm | % |
And I just turn my back, while you silently die
C# G# C# | G# C# | G# |
What good am I?
[Verse] instrumental
2/4
| G# | C# | G# C# | G# |
2/4
| G# | C# | G# C# | G# |
2/4
| Fm | Fm | Cm | % |
2/4
| C# G# | C# | G# C# |
[Coda]
| G# C# |
| G# C# |
| G# C# | G# C# | G#
(freely)
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8. The Disease of Conceit - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: E
Key: F/F
[Chords]
G#-A-D-G-B-E
E/G# 0(3)2-0-1-0
F#7/A# 2-x-0-2-1-0
F#m7/B 3-x-0-2-1-1
C#m/B 3-x-2-2-1-0
A/B 3-x-3-2-1-1
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[Intro] (slide)
| E E/G# | A C/E| A F#7/A# | F#m7/B |
[Verse] 1
E E/G#
There's a whole lot of people suffering tonight
A
From the disease of conceit
E/G# A F#7/A#
Whole lot of people struggling tonight
F#m7/B
From the disease of conceit
C#m C#m/B
Comes right down the highway
A E
Straight down the line
C#m C#m/B
Rips into your senses
A E
Through your body and your mind
A F#7/A# E/B
Nothing about it that's sweet
A/B E
The disease of conceit
[Verse] 2
E E/G#
There's a whole lot of hearts breaking tonight
A
From the disease of conceit
E/G# A F#7/A#
Whole lot of hearts shaking tonight
F#m7/B
From the disease of conceit
C#m C#m/B
Steps into your room
A E
Eats your soul
C#m C#m/B
Over your senses
A E
You have no control
A F#7/A# E/B
Ain't nothing too discreet
A/B E
About the disease of conceit
[Verse] 3
E E/G#
There's a whole lot of people dying tonight
A
From the disease of conceit
E/G# A F#7/A#
Whole lot of people crying tonight
F#m7/B
From the disease of conceit
C#m C#m/B
Comes right out of nowhere
A E
And you're down for the count
C#m C#m/B
From the outside world
A E
The pressure will mount
A F#7/A# E/B
Turn you into a piece of meat
A/B E
The disease of conceit
[Middlle 8]
C#m C#m/B
Conceit is a disease
A E
But the doctors got no cure
C#m C#m/B
They've done a lot of research on it
F# A/B
But what it is, they're still not sure
[Verse] 4
E E/G#
There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight
A
From the disease of conceit
E/G# A F#7/A#
Whole lot of people seeing double tonight
F#m7/B
From the disease of conceit
C#m C#m/B
Give ya delusions of grandeur
A E
And an evil eye
C#m C#m/B
Give you the idea that
A E
You're too good to die
A F#7/A# E/B
Then they bury you from your head to your feet
A/B E
From the disease of conceit
[Coda] (guitar solo)
| E E/G# | A C/E| A F#7/A# | F#m7/B |
| C#m C#m/B | A E | C#m C#m/B | A E |
| A F#7/A# | E/B F#m7/B | E
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9. What was it you wanted? - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: C#m
Key: Fm
[Chords]
G#-A-D-G-B-E
F#m/C# x-0-3-2-3-x
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[Intro]
| F#m7 | F#m/C# | C#m | % |
[Verse]
C#m
What was it you wanted?
C#m
Tell me again so I'll know
C#m
What's happening in there
C#m
What's going on in your show
F#m7
What was it you wanted
F#m/C#
Could you say it again?
C#m
I'll be back in a minute
C#m
You can get it together by then
[Interlude]
| A | G#m | C#m | % |
[Verse]
C#m
What was it you wanted
C#m
You can tell me, I'm back
C#m
We can start it all over
C#m
Get it back on the track
F#m7
You got my attention
F#m/C#
Go ahead, speak
C#m
What was it you wanted
C#m
When you were kissing my cheek?
[Interlude]
| A | G#m | C#m | % |
[Verse]
C#m
Was there somebody looking
C#m
When you gave me that kiss
C#m
Someone there in the shadows
C#m
Someone that I might have missed?
F#m7
Is there something you needed
F#m/C#
Something I don't understand
C#m
What was it you wanted
C#m
Do I have it here in my hand?
[Interlude]
| E | G#m | C#m | % |
[Middle 8]
G#m
Whatever you wanted
G#m
Slipped out of my mind
G#m
Would you remind me again
G#m
If you'd be so kind
G#m
Has the record been breaking
G#m
Did the needle just skip
G#m
Is there somebody waiting
G#m
Was there a slip of the lip?
[Verse]
C#m
What was it you wanted
C#m
I ain't keeping score
C#m
Are you the same person
C#m
That was here before?
F#m7
Is it something important?
F#m/C#
Maybe not
C#m
What was it you wanted?
C#m
Tell me again I forgot
[Interlude]
| E | G#m | C#m | % |
[Solo]
| C#m | % | % | % |
| F#m7 | F#m/C# | C#m | % |
| E | G#m | C#m | % |
[Middle 8]
G#m
Whatever you wanted
G#m
What could it be
G#m
Did somebody tell you
G#m
That you could get it from me
G#m
Is it something that comes natural
G#m
Is it easy to say
G#m
Why do you want it
G#m
Who are you anyway?
[Verse]
C#m
Is the scenery changing
C#m
C#m I getting it wrong
C#m
Is the whole thing going backwards
C#m
Are they playing our song?
F#m7
Where were you when it started
F#m/C#
Do you want it for free
C#m
What was it you wanted
C#m
Are you talking to me?
[Outro]
| E | G#m | C#m | % |
| A | G#m | C#m | % |
| E | G#m | C#m | % | C#m
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10. Shooting Star - Bob Dylan
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: E
Key: G#
[Chords]
G#-A-D-G-B-E
E/G# 0(3)2-0-1-0
Caug 4-x-2-1-1(0)
C#m7/B 3-x-2-0-1-0
C#m/A# 2-x-2-2-1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
| E | E/G# | A | E |
| E | E/G# | A | A |
| A | B | E | A |
| E | E/G# | A | E |
[Verse]
E E/G#
Seen a shooting star tonight
A E
And I thought of you
E E/G#
You were trying to break into another world
A
C# world I never knew
A B E A
I always kind of wondered if you ever made it through
E E/G#
Seen a shooting star tonight
A E
And I thought of you
[Verse]
E E/G#
Seen a shooting star tonight
A E
And I thought of me
E
If I was still the same
E/G# A
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
A B E A
Did I miss the mark or overstep the line that only you could see
E E/G#
Seen a shooting star tonight
A E
And I thought of me
[Middle 8]
C#m Caug
Listen to the engine listen to the bell
C#m7/B C#m/A# A
As the last fire truck from hell goes rolling by
B E A E
All good people are praying
C#m Caug
It's the last temptation the last account
C#m7/B C#m/A#
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
A A/B
The last radio is playing.
[Verse]
E E/G# A E
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
E E/G# A
Tomorrow will be another day
A B
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
E A
That you needed to hear me say
E E/G# A E
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
[Coda] (Harp)
| E | E/G# | A | E |
| E | E/G# | A | A |
| A | B | E | A |
| E | E/G# | A | C