Bob Dylan – Floater Too Much To Ask chords

[Intro]
F7      F#o      F#7     F7

[Verse 1]
F7        Fo   F7Down over the window
Bb              Eb7       BbCome the dazzling sunlit rays
            F7            Fo           F7Through the back alleys, through the blinds,
           Bb            Ebm  BbAnother one of them endless days

[Verse 2]

F7        Fo   F7Honey bees are buzzing
Bb      Eb7       BbLeaves begin to stir
F7            Fo           F7I'm in love with my second cousin
           Bb              Ebm             Bb   A7I tell myself I could be happy forever with her.

[Bridge 1]

Dm                 A7I keep listening for footsteps,
Dm                        Bb   A7But I ain't ever hearing any
Dm                         A7From the boat, I fish for bullheads
Dm            C/E             F   FoI catch a lot, sometimes too many

[Verse 3]

F7            Fo   F7A summer breeze is blowin',
Bb        Eb7       BbA squall is setting in.
F7            Fo           F7Sometimes it's just plain stupid
Bb              Ebm       BbTo get into any kind of wind.

[Interlude 1]
F7      F#o      F#7     F7

[Verse 4]
F7                           Fo                F7Well, the old men 'round here sometimes they get on
Bb              Eb7       Bbbad terms with the younger men,
F7                Fo           F7Old, young - age don't carry weight
Bb              Ebm       BbIt doesn't matter in the end

[Verse 5]
F7                         Fo                   F7One of the bosses' hangers-on sometimes comes to call
Bb           Eb7       BbAt times you least expect,
F7                        Fo                         F7Tryin' to bully you, strong-arm you, inspire you with fear.
Bb           Ebm       Bb   A7It has the opposite effect

[Bridge 2]
Dm                                       A7There's a new grove of trees on the outskirts of town
Dm                  Bb   A7The old one - long gone.
Dm                       A7Timber, two foot six across,
Dm            C/E        F   FoBurns with the bark still on.

[Verse 6]
F7        Fo      F7They say times are hard,
Bb                            Eb7       BbIf you don't believe it you can follow your nose.
F7                Fo                 F7It don't bother me, times are hard everywhere,
Bb                Ebm           BbWe will just have to see how it goes.

[Interlude 2]
F7      F#o      F#7     F7

[Verse 7]
F7                Fo             F7My old man he's like some feudal lord,
Bb          Eb7       BbGot more lives than a cat.
F7                       Fo                      F7I've never seen him quarrel with my mother even once.
Bb              Ebm             BbThings come alive or they fall flat.

[Verse 8]
F7             Fo          F7You can smell the pine wood burnin'
Bb                Eb7       BbYou can hear the school-bell ring.
F7               Fo                 F7Got to get up near the teacher, if you can
Bb              Ebm       Bb   A7If you wanna learn anything.

[Bridge 3]
Dm                                       A7Romeo, he said to Juliet, "You got a poor complexion
Dm                                              Bb   A7It don't give you an appearance of a youthful touch."
Dm                                       A7Juliet said back to Romeo, "Why don't you just shove off
Dm         C/E        F   FoIf it bothers you so much."

[Verse 9]
F7                     Fo              F7They all got out of here any way they could -
Bb              Eb7       BbCold rain can give you the shivers.
F7                      Fo                     F7They went down the Ohio, the Cumberland, the Tennessee,
Bb              Ebm          BbAll the rest of them rebel rivers.

[Interlude 3]
F7      F#o      F#7     F7

[[Verse 10]
F7                              Fo                 F7If you ever try to interfere with me, or cross my path again,
Bb                    Eb7       BbYou do so at the peril of your own life.
F7               Fo                   F7I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound,
Bb                Ebm            BbI've seen enough heartache and strife.

[Verse 11]
F7           Fo            F7My grandfather was a duck trapper
Bb                    Eb7            BbHe could do it with just dragnets and ropes
F7                      Fo                      F7My grandmother could sew new dresses out of old cloth,
Bb                 Ebm                  Bb   A7I don't know if they had any dreams or hopes.

[Bridge 4]
Dm                        A7I had 'em once though I suppose
DmTo go along with all the ring dancing,
                            Bb            A7Christmas Carols on all the Christmas Eves
Dm                        A7I left all my dreams and hopes
Dm            C/E        F   FoBuried under tobacco leaves

[Verse 12]
F7               Fo             F7Not always easy kicking someone out,
Bb                  Eb7                BbGot to wait awhile, it can be an unpleasant task.
F7                     Fo                  F7Sometimes somebody wants you to give something up
Bb                   Ebm            BbAnd, tears or not, it's too much to ask.

[Outro]
F7      F#o      F#7     F7 Bb6