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Ballad of a Thin Man – Bob Dylan
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Bob Dylan
Ballad of a Thin Man (1965)
(Bob Dylan)
From: "Highway 61 Revisited"
Listen to this tab:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4277470/AUDIOS/BobDylan_BalladOfAThinMan_Demo.mp3
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capo 2nd fret
E-A-D-G-B-E
Am x-0-2-2-1-0
Asus4addb13 x-0-2-2-3-1
INTRO / OUTRO
Asus4addb13 Asus4addb13
Am Am Am Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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B|----1-1-3-1-----|----1-1-3-1-----|
G|2---2-2-2-2-----|2---2-2-2-2-----|
D|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|
A|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E|--------------0-|--------------03|
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CHORDS (capo 2nd fret)
E-A-D-G-B-E
Abaug 4-x-2-1-1-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
D[/F#] [2]x-0-2-1-0
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capo 2nd fret
INTRO
| Am | % | % | % |
(see above)
VERSE 1
Am
You walk into the room
Abaug
With your pencil in your hand
C/G
You see somebody naked
D9
And you say, “Who is that man?”
F
You try so hard
Dm
But you don’t understand
C Em
Just what you’ll say
Am
When you get home
C Em
Because something is happening here
Am C/G
And you don't know what it is,
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Am | % |
(see above)
VERSE 2
Am
You raise up your head
Abaug
And you ask, “Is this where it is?”
C/G
And somebody points to you and says
D9
“It’s his”
F
And you say, “What’s mine?”
Dm
And somebody else says, “Where what is?”
C
And you say, “Oh my God
Em Am
Am I here all alone?”
C Em
But something is happening
Am C/G
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Am | % |
(see above)
VERSE 3
Am
You hand in your ticket
Abaug
And you go watch the geek
C/G
Who immediately walks up to you
D9
When he hears you speak
F
And says, “How does it feel
Dm
To be such a freak?”
C
And you say, “Impossible”
Em Am
As he hands you a bone
C Em
And something is happening here
Am C/G
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Am | % |
(see above)
MIDDLE 8
Am
You have many contacts
C
Among the lumberjacks
F
To get you facts
Am
When someone attacks your imagination
Am
But nobody has any respect
C
Anyway they already expect you
F
To just give a check
Dm G [G7]
To tax-deductible charity organizations
VERSE 4
Am
You’ve been with the professors
Abaug
And they’ve all liked your looks
C/G
With great lawyers you have
D9
Discussed lepers and crooks
F
You’ve been through all of
Dm
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books
C Em
You’re very well read
Am
It’s well known
C Em
But something is happening here
Am C/G
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Am | % |
(see above)
VERSE 5
Am Abaug
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
[Abaug]
And then he kneels
C/G
He crosses himself
D9
And then he clicks his high heels
F
And without further notice
Dm
He asks you how it feels
C Em
And he says, “Here is your throat back
Am
Thanks for the loan”
C Em
And you know something is happening
Am C
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Am | % |
(see above)
VERSE 6
Am
Now you see this one-eyed midget
Abaug
Shouting the word “NOW”
C/G
And you say, “For what reason?”
D9
And he says, “How?”
F
And you say, “What does this mean?”
Dm
And he screams back, “You’re a cow
C Em
Give me some milk
Am
Or else go home”
C Em
And you know something is happening
Am C
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones
INTERLUDE
| Am | % |
(see above)
VERSE 7
Am
Well, you walk into the room
Abaug
Like a camel and then you frown
C/G
You put your eyes in your pocket
D9
And your nose on the ground
F
There ought to be a law
Dm
Against you comin’ around
C
You should be made
Em Am
To wear earphones
C Em
‘Cause something is happening
Am C
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones
OUTRO
| Am | % |
(see above)
(repeat and fade)
