xThis is the sixth song off of Dylan~s underrated -Street Legal- album. I
happen to love the song (and some of the album, itself) to death. Anyway,
what one should remember about this is that there are a lot of bass walk-
downs in this song, and they are slow, as is the song. What I mean, for
example, is that, say the song moves from C to Am, the bass goes C, B, A
(like with what any normal bassist would do). I know you may be thinking,
what does this have to do with chord progression that he is about to
transcribe. Well, sometimes there is a feeling in the song that more than
one chord is being played and that is normally the bass walking down. I may
seem silly stating this but trust me... Or you could just ignore this whole
paragraph (as would what I would do if I were reading it). Another thing
about this transcription is that I had a very hard time understanding Mr.
Dylan~s lyrics especially in the bridges. So the lyrics are not exactly what
they appear to be. For a more better interpretation of the lyrics, one
should buy or take out of the library the Bob Dylan lyric book (which was
featured in that awful movie, you know what I~m talking about). Anyway:
[Verse 1]
Am
Senor,
Em
Senor,
F C
Can you tell me where we heading?
Am
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?
G F
Seems like I been down this way before
Dm Am
Is there any truth in that, Senor?
[Verse 2]
Am
Senor,
Em
Senor,
F C
Do you know where she~s hiding?
Am
How long are we gonna be riding?
G F
How long must I keep my eyes glued to the door?
Dm Am
Will there be any comfort here, Senor?
[Verse 3]
C Em
There~s a wicked wind still blowing on that upper deck
F Am*
There~s an iron cross still hanging down from around her neck
C Em
There~s a marching band still playing in their vacant lot
F Am*
Where she held me in her arms one time and said -forget what we got-
[Verse 4]
Am
Senor,
Em
Senor,
F C
I can see the painted wagon
Am
Smell the tail of a dragon
G F
Can~t stand the suspense anymore
Dm Am
Can you tell me who to contact here, Senor?
[Instrumental] all of the verse chords with the cool mandolin
Am Em F C Am G F Dm Am
[Verse 5]
C Em
Well the last thing I remember before they stripped and kneeled
F Am*
Was a train load of fools born down in a Maganatic(?) field
C Em
The gypsy, where he broke a pike and a flashing ring
F Am*
He say, -Son this ain~t a dream no more, it~s the real thing-
[Verse 6]
Am
Senor,
Em
Senor,
F C
You know their hearts here are hard as leather
Am
Well give me a minute, let me get it together
G F
Just gotta pick myself up off the floor
Dm Am
I~m ready when you are, Senor?
Another Instrumental like the First Instrumental
[Verse 7]
Am
Senor,
Em
Senor,
F C
Let~s overturn these tables
Am
Disconnect these cables
G F
This place don~t make sense to me no more
Dm Am
Can you tell me what we~re waiting for, Senor?
The song fades out and ends on the verse chords and that is about it.
The Am* chords are played by striking the Am chord, then you release all your
fingers so that you strike all open strings (except for the low E and A
strings), then you strike back on the Am chord. It may not be accurate but
that is how I make sense out of that part of the song).
