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Melancholy Mood – Bob Dylan
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Bob Dylan
Melancholy Mood (2016)
(Walter Schumann/Vick R. Knight, Sr.)
From: "Fallen Angels"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2xBaX5awlc
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CHORDS and SPECIAL VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Dm/C x-3-x-2-3-1
Dm7-5 x-5-6-5-6-x
Am7-5 5-x-5-5-4-x
Gm7-5 3-x-3-3-2-x
The C in the verses can also be played as Cmaj7.
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INTRO
| Dm Bb | Dm | Gm | Dm/A Bb A7 |
| Dm Dm/C | Bb A7 |
| Dm Dm/C | Bb A7 |
| D | Em Em/Eb | Dm | Bb7 A7 |
| Dm Dm/C | Bb A7 |
| Dm Dm/C | Bb A7 |
| D | Em Em/Eb | Dm | Bb7 Dm |
| Gm | Dm | Bb A7 | Dm |
| Fm | Cm | Ab G7 | Cm |
VERSE
Cm Dm7-5 G7
Melancholy mood forever haunts me
Cm
Steals upon me in the night
Dm7-5 G7
Forever taunts me
C
Oh, what a lonely soul am I
Dm7 G7
Stranded high and dry
Cm | Ab7 G7 |
By a melancholy mood
VERSE
Cm Dm7-5 G7
Gone is every joy and inspiration
Cm
Tears are all I have to show
Dm7-5 G7
No consolation
C
All I can see is grief and gloom
Dm7 G7
Till the crack of doom
Cm | Ab7 G7 Cm |
Oh, melancholy mood
MIDDLE 8
Fm
Deep in the night
Fm Bb7
I search for a trace
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7
Of a lingering kiss, a warm embrace
Ab
But love is a whimsy
Ab
And as flimsy as lace
Am7-5 Ab7 G7
And my arms embrace an empty space
VERSE
Cm Dm7-5 G7
Melancholy mood, why must you blind me
C
Pity me and break the chains
Dm7-5 G7
The chains that bind me
C
Won't you release me, set me free
Dm7
Bring him back to me
[ Dbm7 ] Cm Fm Cm
Oh, melancholy mood
OUTRO (+ coda)
| Fm | Gm7-5 C7 | Fm | Gm7-5 C7 |
1 + 2 +
| F | Db7 C7 | Fm | Fm Fm
