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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1092234,"song":"Desolation Row","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11242404-desolation-row-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1092234?type=chord","rating":4.96659,"votes":383,"content":"Desolation Row chords *\r\nBob Dylan\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] 2x\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey're selling postcards of the hanging,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthey're painting the passports brown;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nthe beauty parlor is filled with sailors,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe circus is in town[/tab]\r\n\r\nHere comes the blind commissioner,\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthey've got him in a trance;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\none hand is tied to the tight-rope walker,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe other is in his pants[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the riot squad they're restless,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthey need somewhere to go;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nas lady and I look out tonight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] 3x\r\nfrom Desolation Row[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCinderella, she seems so easy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"it takes one to know one,\" she smiles;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nand puts her hands in her back pockets,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBette Davis style[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd in comes Romeo, he's moaning,\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"you belong to me I believe\";[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nand someone says,\" you're in the wrong place, my friend,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nyou better leave\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the only sound that's left,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nafter the ambulances go;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nis Cinderella sweeping up,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] 3x\r\non Desolation Row[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow the moon is almost hidden,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe stars are beginning to hide;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nthe fortunetelling lady,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nhas even taken all her things inside[/tab]\r\n\r\nAll except for Cain and Abel,\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand the hunchback of Notre Dame;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\neverybody is making love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nor else expecting rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the Good Samaritan, he's dressing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nhe's getting ready for the show;[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nhe's going to the carnival tonight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] 3x\r\non Desolation Row[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow Ophelia, she's 'neath the window,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nfor her I feel so afraid;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\non her twenty-second birthday,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nshe already is an old maid[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo her, death is quite romantic,\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nshe wears an iron vest;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nher profession's her religion,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nher sin is her lifelessness[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd though her eyes are fixed upon,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNoah's great rainbow;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nshe spends her time peeking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] 3x\r\ninto Desolation Row[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEinstein, disguised as Robin Hood[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith his memories in a trunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nPassed this way an hour ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith his friend, a jealous monk[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe looked so immaculately frightful\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs he bummed a cigarette[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThen he went off sniffing drainpipes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd reciting the alphabet[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow you would not think to look at him[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut he was famous long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nFor playing the electric violin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  3x\r\nOn Desolation Row[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDr. Filth, he keeps his world[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nInside of a leather cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBut all his sexless patients[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey're trying to blow it up[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow his nurse, some local loser\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe's in charge of the cyanide hole[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd she also keeps the cards that read[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Have Mercy on His Soul\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey all play on penny whistles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can hear them blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIf you lean your head out far enough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  3x\r\nFrom Desolation Row[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAcross the street they've nailed the curtains[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey're getting ready for the feast[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe Phantom of the Opera[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA perfect image of a priest[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey're spoon feeding Casanova\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo get him to feel more assured[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThen they'll kill him with self-confidence[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAfter poisoning him with words[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Get Outa Here If You Don't Know[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nCasanova is just being punished for going[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  3x\r\nTo Desolation Row\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow at midnight all the agents[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the superhuman crew[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nCome out and round up everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat knows more than they do[/tab]\r\n\r\nThen they bring them to the factory\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere the heart-attack machine[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIs strapped across their shoulders[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd then the kerosene[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIs brought down from the castles[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBy insurance men who go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nCheck to see that nobody is escaping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  3x\r\nTo Desolation Row[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPraise be to Nero's Neptune[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe Titanic sails at dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody's shouting[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Which Side Are You On?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFighting in the captain's tower[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhile calypso singers laugh at them[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd fishermen hold flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBetween the windows of the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere lovely mermaids flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd nobody has to think too much[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] 3x\r\nAbout Desolation Row[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYes, I received your letter yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n(About the time the door knob broke)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhen you asked how I was doing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas that some kind of joke?[/tab]\r\n\r\nAll these people that you mention\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYes, I know them, they're quite lame[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI had to rearrange their faces[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd give them all another name[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRight now I can't read too good[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon't send me no more letters no[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNot unless you mail them[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] 2x\r\nFrom Desolation Row[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n* Alternate:\r\n\r\nCapo II\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]     = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]     = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]B7[/ch]    = [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Esus4[/ch] = [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\n\r\nSet8","plain_text":"Desolation Row chords *\nBob Dylan\n\nE E E Esus4 E 2x\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere comes the blind commissioner,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd in comes Romeo, he's moaning,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll except for Cain and Abel,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo her, death is quite romantic,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe looked so immaculately frightful\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow his nurse, some local loser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThey're spoon feeding Casanova\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThen they bring them to the factory\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE A E B7 A E A E B7 A E A E A E B7 A E\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll these people that you mention\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE A E B7 A E A E B7 A E A E A E B7 A E\n\n* Alternate:\n\nCapo II\n\nE     = D\nA     = G\nB7    = A7\nEsus4 = Dsus4\n\nSet8","chords":["E","Esus4","A","B7","D","G","A7","Dsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}