Bob Dylan – Ballad Of A Thin Man chords ver. 5

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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"

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capo 2nd fret

            E-A-D-G-B-E
Am          x-0-2-2-1-0Asus4addb13 x-0-2-2-3-1


INTRO / OUTRO
       Asus4addb13        Asus4addb13
  Am        Am     Am        Am  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----0-0-1-0-----|----0-0-1-0-----|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
D9[/F#]    [2]x-0-1-2-0

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capo 2nd fret

INTRO
| Am | % | % | % | (see above)

Am You walk into the room
Abaug With your pencil in your hand
C/G You see somebody naked
       D9[/F#]And you say, “Who is that man?”
F You try so hard
       DmBut you don’t understand
C                EmJust what you’ll say
             AmWhen 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


INTRO
| Am | % | (see above)


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[/F#]     “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/GBut you don’t know what it is
F              [Am]Do you, Mister Jones


INTRO
| Am | % | (see above)


Am You hand in your ticket
Abaug And you go watch the geek
C/G Who immediately walks up to you
D9[/F#]  When he hears you speak
F                                     And says, “How does it feel
  DmTo be such a freak?”
                CAnd you say, “Impossible”
      Em          AmAs he hands you a bone

   C             Em    And something is happening here
        Am                 C/GBut you don’t know what it is
F              [Am]Do you, Mister Jones


INTRO
| Am | % | (see above)


Am  You have many contacts
C  Among the lumberjacks
   FTo get you facts
                               AmWhen 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


Am You’ve been with the professors
    AbaugAnd they’ve all liked your looks
C/G With great lawyers you have
   D9[/F#]Discussed lepers and crooks
F You’ve been through all of
             DmF. Scott Fitzgerald’s books
C                 Em You’re very well read
          AmIt’s well known

   C             Em    But something is happening here
        Am                 C/GBut you don’t know what it is
F              [Am]Do you, Mister Jones


INTRO
| Am | % | (see above)


         Am                               AbaugWell, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
[Abaug]   And then he kneels
C/G He crosses himself
           D9[/F#]And then he clicks his high heels
        FAnd without further notice
           DmHe asks you how it feels
              C                   EmAnd he says, “Here is your throat back
               AmThanks for the loan”

C                          Em     And you know something is happening 
        Am                 CBut you don’t know what it is
F              [Am]Do you, Mister Jones


INTRO
| Am | % | (see above)


Am Now you see this one-eyed midget
Abaug  Shouting the word “NOW”
C/G And you say, “For what reason?”
D9[/F#] And he says, “How?”
F And you say, “What does this mean?”
               DmAnd he screams back, “You’re a cow
C            EmGive me some milk
           AmOr else go home”

C                          Em     And you know something is happening 
        Am                 CBut you don’t know what it is
F               [Am] Do you, Mister Jones


INTRO
| Am | % | (see above)


          AmWell, you walk into the room
       Abaug Like a camel and then you frown
C/G You put your eyes in your pocket
         D9[/F#]And your nose on the ground
F There ought to be a law
 DmAgainst you comin’ around
    CYou should be made
   Em      AmTo wear earphones

C                    Em     ‘Cause something is happening
        Am But you don’t know what it is
F              [Am]Do you, Mister Jones


OUTRO
| Am | % | (see above)
(repeat and fade)