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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2691501,"song":"Tombstone Blues","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2691501-tombstone-blues-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2691501?type=chord","rating":4.85344,"votes":75,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe sweet pretty things are in bed now of course[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe city fathers they're trying to endorse[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut the town has no need to be nervous[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo Jezebel the nun she violently knits[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAt the head of the chamber of commerce[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDaddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI am in the kitchen with the tombstone blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe hysterical bride in the penny arcade[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nScreaming she moans, \"I've just been made\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd says, \"My advice is to not let the boys in\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe walks with a swagger and he says to the bride[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou will not die, it's not poison\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDaddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI am in the kitchen with the tombstone blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, John the Baptist after torturing a thief[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLooks up at his hero, the Commander-in-Chief[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSaying, \"Tell me great hero, but please make it brief[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIs there a hole for me to get sick in?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSaying, \"Death to all those who would whimper and cry\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd dropping a barbell he points to the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSaying, \"The sun's not yellow, it's chicken\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDaddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI am in the kitchen with the tombstone blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe king of the Philistines his soldiers to save[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPuts jawbones on their tombstones and flatters their graves[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPuts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen sends them out to the jungle[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith a fantastic collection of stamps[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo win friends and influence his uncle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDaddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI am in troube with the tombstone blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe geometry of innocent flesh on the bone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCauses Galileo's math book to get thrown[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAt Delilah who's sitting worthlessly alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut the tears on her cheeks are from laughter[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow, I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI would set him in chains at the top of the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe could die happily ever after[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDaddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI am in the kitchen with the tombstone blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere Ma Rainey and Beethoven once unwrapped their bedroll[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTuba players now rehearse around the flagpole[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the National Bank at a profit sells road maps for the soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo the old folks home and the college[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow, I wish I could write you a melody so plain[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat could hold you dear lady from going insane[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat could ease you and cool you and cease the pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf your useless and pointless knowledge[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDaddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI am in the kitchen with the tombstone blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAlright[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nE\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nE\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nE\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nE\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nE\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["E","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}