{"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":518390,"song":"Tell Ol Bill","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/518390-tell-ol-bill-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/518390?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[So, this is the first time I publish on this site, so tell me about any problems. \r\nthis is not the original Dylan tune, 'caus I wasn't able to find it. If anyone can, please \r\nme. Thanx end enjoy!]\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe river whispers in my ear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've hardly a penny to my name[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe heavens have never seemed so near[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll my body glows with flame.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n The tempest struggles in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And to myself alone I sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt could sink me then and there[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can hear the echoes ring.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I tried to find one smilin' face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n To drive the shadow from my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm stranded in this nameless place[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLyin' restless in a heavy bed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n--> [Repeat in the same verse order as above]\r\n\r\nTell me straight out if you will\r\nWhy must you torture me within?\r\nWhy must you come down off your high hill?\r\nThrow my fate to the clouds and wind.\r\n\r\nFar away in a silent land\r\nSecret thoughts are hard to bear\r\nRemember me you'll understand\r\nEmotions we can never share.\r\n\r\nYou trampled on me as you passed\r\nLeft the coldest kiss upon my brow\r\nAll my doubts and fears have gone at last\r\nI've nothing more to tell you now.\r\n\r\nI walk by tranquil lakes and streams\r\nAs each new season's dawn awaits\r\nI lay awake at night with troubled dreams\r\nThe enemy is at the gate.\r\n\r\nBeneath the thunder-blasted trees\r\nThe words are ringin' off your tongue\r\nThe ground is hard in times like these\r\nStars are cold, the night is young.\r\n\r\nThe rocks are bleak, the trees are bare\r\nIron clouds go floatin' by\r\nSnowflakes falling in my hair\r\nBeneath the gray and stormy sky.\r\n\r\nThe evenin' sun is sinking low\r\nThe woods are dark, the town is too\r\nThey''ll drag you down, they run the show\r\nAin't no tellin' what they'll do.\r\n\r\nTell Ol' Bill when he comes home\r\nAnything is worth a try\r\nTell him that I'm not alone\r\nThat the hour has come to do or die.\r\n\r\nAll the world I would defy\r\nLet me make it plain as day\r\nI look at you now and I sigh\r\nHow could it be any other way?","plain_text":"[So, this is the first time I publish on this site, so tell me about any problems. \nthis is not the original Dylan tune, 'caus I wasn't able to find it. If anyone can, please \nme. Thanx end enjoy!]\n\nIntro: G D G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--> [Repeat in the same verse order as above]\n\nTell me straight out if you will\nWhy must you torture me within?\nWhy must you come down off your high hill?\nThrow my fate to the clouds and wind.\n\nFar away in a silent land\nSecret thoughts are hard to bear\nRemember me you'll understand\nEmotions we can never share.\n\nYou trampled on me as you passed\nLeft the coldest kiss upon my brow\nAll my doubts and fears have gone at last\nI've nothing more to tell you now.\n\nI walk by tranquil lakes and streams\nAs each new season's dawn awaits\nI lay awake at night with troubled dreams\nThe enemy is at the gate.\n\nBeneath the thunder-blasted trees\nThe words are ringin' off your tongue\nThe ground is hard in times like these\nStars are cold, the night is young.\n\nThe rocks are bleak, the trees are bare\nIron clouds go floatin' by\nSnowflakes falling in my hair\nBeneath the gray and stormy sky.\n\nThe evenin' sun is sinking low\nThe woods are dark, the town is too\nThey''ll drag you down, they run the show\nAin't no tellin' what they'll do.\n\nTell Ol' Bill when he comes home\nAnything is worth a try\nTell him that I'm not alone\nThat the hour has come to do or die.\n\nAll the world I would defy\nLet me make it plain as day\nI look at you now and I sigh\nHow could it be any other way?","chords":["G","D","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}