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Bob Dylan's 115th Dream – Bob Dylan
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (1965)
(Dylan)
From: "Bringing It All back Home"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
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FALSE START
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G C/G G
I was riding on the Mayflower
G
When I thought I spied some land ...
INTRO
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VERSE 1
G
I was riding on the Mayflower
G
When I thought I spied some land
G
I yelled for Captain Arab
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I have yuh understand
C
Who came running to the deck
C
Said, “Boys, forget the whale
G
Look on over yonder
G
Cut the engines, change the sail
D
Haul on the bowline”
D
We sang that melody
G
Like all tough sailors do
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When they are far away at sea
VERSE 2
G
“I think I’ll call it America”
G
I said as we hit land
G
I took a deep breath
G
I fell down, I could not stand
C
Captain Arab he started
C
Writing up some deeds
G
He said, “Let’s set up a fort
G
And start buying the place with beads”
D
Just then this cop comes down the street
D
Crazy as a loon
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He throws us all in jail
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For carryin’ harpoons
VERSE 3
G
Ah me I busted out
G
Don’t even ask me how
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I went to get some help
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I walked by a Guernsey cow
C
Who directed me down
C
To the Bowery slums
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Where people carried signs around
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Saying, “Ban the bums”
D
I jumped right into line
D
Sayin’, “I hope that I’m not late”
G
When I realized I hadn’t eaten
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For five days straight
VERSE 4
G
I went into a restaurant
G
Lookin’ for the cook
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I told them I was the editor
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Of a famous etiquette book
C
The waitress he was handsome
C
He wore a powder blue cape
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I ordered some suzette, I said
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“Could you please make that crepe”
D
Just then the whole kitchen exploded
D
From boilin’ fat
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Food was flying everywhere
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And I left without my hat
VERSE 5
G
Now, I didn’t mean to be nosy
G
But I went into a bank
G
To get some bail for Arab
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And all the boys back in the tank
C
They asked me for some collateral
C
And I pulled down my pants
G
They threw me in the alley
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When up comes this girl from France
D
Who invited me to her house
D
I went, but she had a friend
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Who knocked me out and robbed my boots
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And I was on the street again
VERSE 6
G
Well, I rapped upon a house
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With the U.S. flag upon display
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I said, “Could you help me out
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I got some friends down the way”
C
The man says, “Get out of here
C
I’ll tear you limb from limb”
G
I said, “You know they refused Jesus, too”
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He said, “You’re not Him
D
Get out of here before I break your bones
D
I ain’t your pop”
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I decided to have him arrested
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And I went looking for a cop
INTERLUDE (harmonica)
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VERSE 7
G
I ran right outside
G
And I hopped inside a cab
G
I went out the other door
G
This Englishman said, “Fab”
C
As he saw me leap a hot dog stand
C
And a chariot that stood
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Parked across from a building
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Advertising brotherhood
D
I ran right through the front door
D
Like a hobo sailor does
G
But it was just a funeral parlor
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And the man asked me who I was
VERSE 8
G
I repeated that my friends
G
Were all in jail, with a sigh
G
He gave me his card
G
He said, “Call me if they die”
C
I shook his hand and said goodbye
C
Ran out to the street
G
When a bowling ball came down the road
G
And knocked me off my feet
D
A pay phone was ringing
D
It just about blew my mind
G
When I picked it up and said hello
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This foot came through the line
VERSE 9
G
Well, by this time I was fed up
G
At tryin’ to make a stab
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At bringin’ back any help
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For my friends and Captain Arab
C
I decided to flip a coin
C
Like either heads or tails
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Would let me know if I should go
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Back to ship or back to jail
D
So I hocked my sailor suit
D
And I got a coin to flip
G
It came up tails, it rhymed with sails
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So I made it back to the ship
VERSE 10
G
Well, I got back and took
G
The parkin’ ticket off the mast
G
I was ripping it to shreds
G
When this coastguard boat went past
C
They asked me my name
C
And I said, “Captain Kidd”
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They believed me but
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They wanted to know
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What exactly that I did
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I said for the Pope of Eruke I was employed
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They let me go right away
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They were very paranoid
INTERLUDE (harmonica)
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VERSE 11
G
Well, the last I heard of Arab
G
He was stuck on a whale
G
That was married to the deputy
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Sheriff of the jail
C
But the funniest thing was
C
When I was leavin’ the bay
G
I saw three ships a-sailin’
G
They were all heading my way
D
I asked the captain what his name was
D
And how come he didn’t drive a truck
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He said his name was Columbus
G
I just said, “Good luck”
OUTRO (harmonica)
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(repeat and fade)
