{"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":1758397,"song":"Scarlet Town","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1758397-scarlet-town-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1758397?type=chord","rating":4.82133,"votes":10,"content":"\"Scarlet Town\"\r\nChords used: [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] or capo 3: [ch]Am[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn Scarlet Town, where I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's ivy leaf and silver thorn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe streets have names that you can't pronounce[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nGold is down to a quarter of an ounce[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe music starts and the people sway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEverybody says, \"Are you going my way? \"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUncle Tom still workin' for Uncle Bill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]        \r\nScarlet Town is under the hill.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nScarlet Town in the month of May[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSweet William Holme on his deathbed lay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMistress Mary by the side of the bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKissin' his face and heapin' prayers on his head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo brave, so true, so gentle is he[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll weep for him as he would weep for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLittle Boy Blue come your blow horn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn Scarlet Town, where I was born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nScarlet Town, in the hot noon hours,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's palm-leaf shadows and scattered flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBeggars crouching at the gate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHelp comes, but it comes too late[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy marble slabs and in fields of stone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou make your humble wishes known[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI touched the garment, but the hem was torn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn Scarlet Town, where I was born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn Scarlet Town, the end is near[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe Seven Wonders of the World are here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe evil and the good livin' side by side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll human forms seem glorified[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPut your heart on a platter and see who will bite[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSee who will hold you and kiss you good night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's walnut groves and maplewood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn Scarlet Town cryin' won't do no good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn Scarlet Town, you fight your father's foes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUp on the hill, a chilly wind blows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou fight 'em on high and you fight 'em down in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou fight 'em with whiskey, morphine and gin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou've got legs that can drive men mad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA lot of things we didn't do that I wish we had[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn Scarlet Town, the sky is clear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou'll wish to God that you stayed right here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSet 'em Joe, play \"Walkin' the Floor\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPlay it for my flat-chested junkie whore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm staying up late, I'm making amends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile we smile, all heaven descends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf love is a sin, then beauty is a crime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll things are beautiful in their time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe black and the white, the yellow and the brown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's all right there in front of you in Scarlet Town[/tab]","plain_text":"\"Scarlet Town\"\nChords used: Cm Bb G or capo 3: Am, G, E","chords":["Cm","Bb","G","Am","E","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}