{"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":1866121,"song":"Neighborhood Bully","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1866121-neighborhood-bully-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1866121?type=chord","rating":4.75144,"votes":18,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis enemies say he's on their land.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey got him outnumbered about a million to one,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe got no place to escape to, no place to run.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the neighborhood bully.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe neighborhood bully just lives to survive,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe's criticized and condemned for being alive.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the neighborhood bully.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe neighborhood bully been driven out of every land,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe's wandered the earth an exiled man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSeen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's always on trial for just being born.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the neighborhood bully.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOld women condemned him, said he should apologize.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe bombs were meant for him. He was supposed to feel bad.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the neighborhood bully.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, the chances are against it and the odds are slim[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause there's a noose at his neck and a gun at his back[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a license to kill him is given out to every maniac.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the neighborhood bully.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe got no allies to really speak of.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of love.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe buys obsolete weapons and he won't be denied[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the neighborhood bully.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, he's surrounded by pacifists who all want peace,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow, they wouldn't hurt a fly. To hurt one they would weep.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the neighborhood bully.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEvery empire that's enslaved him is gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEgypt and Rome, even the great Babylon.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's made a garden of paradise in the desert sand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn bed with nobody, under no one's command.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the neighborhood bully.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow his holiest books have been trampled upon,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNo contract he signed was worth what it was written on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTook sickness and disease and he turned it into health.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the neighborhood bully.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat's anybody indebted to him for?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNothin', they say. He just likes to cause war.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPride and prejudice and superstition indeed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's the neighborhood bully.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat has he done to wear so many scars?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDoes he change the course of rivers? Does he pollute the moon and stars?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNeighborhood bully, standing on the hill,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRunning out the clock, time standing still,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNeighborhood bully.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]","chords":["E","D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}