{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":14887,"song":"Jokerman","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/14887-jokerman-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/14887?type=chord","rating":4.7768,"votes":26,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nFrom uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!cantua!cctr128 Fri Sep  4 16:02:05 PDT 1992\r\nArticle: 2020 of alt.guitar.tab\r\nPath: nevada.edu!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!cantua!cctr128\r\nNewsgroups: alt.guitar.tab\r\nSubject: Tab : Jokerman - Dylan\r\nMessage-ID: <1992Sep4.183018.655@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>\r\nFrom: cctr128@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (Mr K Osborn)\r\nDate: 4 Sep 92 18:30:16 +1200\r\nReply-To: k.osborn@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz\r\nOrganization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.\r\nNntp-Posting-Host: cantua.canterbury.ac.nz\r\nX-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3\r\nLines: 99\r\n\r\nJokerman\r\nBy Bob Dylan\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]BbM7[/ch]\r\nStandin' on the water casting your bread,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]                               [ch]F/Bb[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Eb/Bb[/ch]  \r\nWhile the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]BbM7[/ch]\r\nDistant ships sailin' into the mist,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cm[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]                             [ch]F/Bb[/ch]\r\nYou were born with a snake in both of your fists,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhile a hurricane was blowing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFreedom, just around the corner for you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Cm7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBut with truth so far off, what good would it do?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nJokerman dance to the nightingale's tune.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F/A[/ch]         [ch]Eb/G[/ch]         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBird fly high by the light of the moon.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb/D[/ch]    [ch]Eb6[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOh, oh, oh      Jokerman.[/tab]\r\n\r\nSo swiftly the sun sets in the sky,\r\nYou rise up and say goodbye to no one.\r\nFools rush in where angels fear to tread,\r\nBoth of their futures so full of dread,\r\nYou don't show one.\r\nShedding off one more layer of skin.\r\nKeeping one step ahead of the persecutor within.\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nYou're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds,\r\nManipulator of crowds,\r\nYou're a dream twister.\r\nYou go to Sodom and Gomorrah, but what do you care?\r\nAin't nobody there would want to marry your sister.\r\nA friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame.\r\nYou look into the fiery furnace - see the rich man without any name.\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nWell the book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy,\r\nThe law of the jungle and the sea,\r\nAre your only teachers.\r\nIn the smoke of the twilight --- on a milk-white steed,\r\nMichelangelo indeed could have carved out your features.\r\nResting in the fields far from the turbulent space.\r\nHalf asleep neath the stars with a small dog licking your face.\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nWell the (mafia?) man stalkin' the sick and the lame,\r\nPreacher man seeks the same,\r\nWho'll get there first is uncertain.\r\nMatchsticks and water cannons --- teargas, padlocks,\r\nMolotav cocktails and rocks,\r\nBehind every curtain.\r\nFalse-hearted judges dyin' in the webs that they spin.\r\nOnly a matter of time til night comes steppin' in.\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nIt's a shadowy world - skies are slippery grey,\r\nA woman just gave birth to a prince today,\r\nAnd dressed him in scarlet.\r\nHe'll put the priest in his pocket - put the blade to the heat,\r\nTake the motherless children off the street,\r\nAnd place them at the feet of a harlot.\r\nOh Jokerman you know what he wants.\r\nOh Jokerman you don't show any response.\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\n\r\nBe seeing you,\r\nKelwyn.\r\n_________\r\n\r\nHe said that's alright babe,\r\nI love you too.\r\nBut we were Tangled Up In Blue.\r\n       - Bob Dylan","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nFrom uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!cantua!cctr128 Fri Sep  4 16:02:05 PDT 1992\nArticle: 2020 of alt.guitar.tab\nPath: nevada.edu!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!cantua!cctr128\nNewsgroups: alt.guitar.tab\nSubject: Tab : Jokerman - Dylan\nMessage-ID: \nFrom: cctr128@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (Mr K Osborn)\nDate: 4 Sep 92 18:30:16 +1200\nReply-To: k.osborn@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz\nOrganization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.\nNntp-Posting-Host: cantua.canterbury.ac.nz\nX-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3\nLines: 99\n\nJokerman\nBy Bob Dylan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSo swiftly the sun sets in the sky,\nYou rise up and say goodbye to no one.\nFools rush in where angels fear to tread,\nBoth of their futures so full of dread,\nYou don't show one.\nShedding off one more layer of skin.\nKeeping one step ahead of the persecutor within.\n\nChorus\n\nYou're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds,\nManipulator of crowds,\nYou're a dream twister.\nYou go to Sodom and Gomorrah, but what do you care?\nAin't nobody there would want to marry your sister.\nA friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame.\nYou look into the fiery furnace - see the rich man without any name.\n\nChorus\n\nWell the book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy,\nThe law of the jungle and the sea,\nAre your only teachers.\nIn the smoke of the twilight --- on a milk-white steed,\nMichelangelo indeed could have carved out your features.\nResting in the fields far from the turbulent space.\nHalf asleep neath the stars with a small dog licking your face.\n\nChorus\n\nWell the (mafia?) man stalkin' the sick and the lame,\nPreacher man seeks the same,\nWho'll get there first is uncertain.\nMatchsticks and water cannons --- teargas, padlocks,\nMolotav cocktails and rocks,\nBehind every curtain.\nFalse-hearted judges dyin' in the webs that they spin.\nOnly a matter of time til night comes steppin' in.\n\nChorus\n\nIt's a shadowy world - skies are slippery grey,\nA woman just gave birth to a prince today,\nAnd dressed him in scarlet.\nHe'll put the priest in his pocket - put the blade to the heat,\nTake the motherless children off the street,\nAnd place them at the feet of a harlot.\nOh Jokerman you know what he wants.\nOh Jokerman you don't show any response.\n\nChorus\n\n\nBe seeing you,\nKelwyn.\n_________\n\nHe said that's alright babe,\nI love you too.\nBut we were Tangled Up In Blue.\n       - Bob Dylan","chords":["Bb","BbM7","Cm","F/Bb","Eb/Bb","Cm7","F","Eb","F/A","Eb/G","Bb/D","Eb6","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}