{"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":613713,"song":"Music From Big Pink","artist":"The Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/613713-music-from-big-pink-chords-by-the-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/613713?type=chord","rating":4.60191,"votes":13,"content":"The Band\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nAlbum: Music from Big Pink\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTracks\r\n1. Tears of Rage\r\n2. To Kingdom Come\r\n3. In a Station\r\n4. Caledonia Mission\r\n5. The Weight\r\n6. We Can Talk\r\n7. Long Black Veil\r\n8. Chest Fever\r\n9. Lonesome Suzie\r\n10. This Wheel's on Fire\r\n11. I Shall Be Released\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 1. Tears of Rage\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n© 1967, 1970 Dwarf Music\r\n\r\nSee Peter Viney's article on \"Tears of Rage\" for more about this song.\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe carried you in our arms on Independence Day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And now you'd throw us all aside and put us all away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh, what dear daughter 'neath the sun could treat a father so?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n To wait upon him hand and foot and always tell him \"No\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus:)\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Tears of rage, tears of grief[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Why must I always be the thief?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Come to me now, you know we're so low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And life is brief[/tab]\r\n\r\nIt was all very painless\r\nWhen you went out to receive\r\nAll that false instruction\r\nWhich we never could believe\r\nAnd now the heart is filled with gold\r\nAs if it was a purse\r\nBut, oh, what kind of love is this\r\nWhich goes from bad to worse?\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\nWe pointed you the way to go\r\nAnd scratched your name in sand\r\nThough you just thought it was nothing more\r\nThan a place for you to stand\r\nI want you to know that while we watched\r\nYou discovered no one would be true\r\nAnd I myself was among\r\nThe ones who thought\r\nIt was just a childish thing to do\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 2. To Kingdom Come\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\r\n\r\nThe \"Robbie Lick\" for the end of every fourth line in a verse is an E chord, and then an \r\nD7 chord, and then that D7 chord slid up two frets. Robbie also does this in \"Caledonia \r\nbut in G instead of E. Also, the piano puts in chords that the guitar doesn't play.\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nForefather pointed to kingdom come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSadly told his only son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust be careful what you do[/tab]\r\n\"Robbie Lick\"\r\nIt all comes back on you.\r\n\r\n\r\nFalse witness spread the news\r\nSomebody's gonna lose\r\nEither she or me or you,\r\nNothing we can do.\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDon't you say a word[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOr reveal a thing you've learned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nTime will tell you well[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf you truly, truly fell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nTarred and feathered, yea!\r\nThistles and thorns,\r\nOne or the other\r\nHe kindly warns.\r\n\r\nNow you look out the window tell me\r\nWhat do you see?\r\nI see a golden calf pointing\r\nBack at me.\r\n\r\nI been sitting in here for so darn long\r\nWaitin' for the end to come along.\r\nHoly roaster on the brink\r\nTake a chance, swim or sink.\r\n\r\nFalse witness, cast an evil eye\r\nsaid I cannot tell a lie,\r\nHaints and saints don't bother me\r\nI'm not alone you see.\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n\r\nhaints: dialect word for haunts i.e. ghosts.\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 3. In A Station\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby Richard Manuel. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Once I walked through the halls of a station[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n Someone called your name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n In the street I heard children laughing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n They all sound the same[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Wonder, could you ever know me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Know the reason why I live[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Is there nothing you can show me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]F/G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLife seems so little to give[/tab]\r\n\r\nOnce I climbed up the face of a mountain\r\nAnd ate the wild fruit there\r\nFell asleep until the moonlight woke me\r\nAnd I could taste your hair\r\nIsn't everybody dreaming!\r\nThen the voice I hear is real\r\nOut of all the idle scheming\r\nCan't we have something to feel\r\n\r\nOnce upon a time leaves me empty\r\nTomorrow never comes\r\nI could sing the sound of your laughter\r\nStill I don't know your name\r\nMust be some way to repay you\r\nOut of all the good you gave\r\nIf a rumour should delay you\r\nLove seems so little to save\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 4. Caledonia Mission\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R. Robertson. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\r\n\r\nFor an analysis of the lyrics, and more, see Peter Viney's article on \"Caledonia Mission\".\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe reads the leaves and she leads the life[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat she learned so well from the old wives[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's so strange to arrange it, you know I wouldn't change it[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut hear me if you're near me, can I just rearrange it?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\n The watchman covers me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWith his remedy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI can't see and it's hard to feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I think his magic might be real[/tab]\r\n\r\nI can't get to you from your garden gate\r\nYou know it's always locked by the magistrate\r\nNow he don't care why you cry, he thinks it's just a lie\r\nTo get out, I don't doubt that you'd make a try\r\nIf the good times get you through\r\nI know the dogs won't bother you\r\nWe'll be gone in moonshine time\r\nI've got a place they'll never find\r\n\r\nYou know I do believe in your hexagram\r\nBut can you tell me how they all knew the plan?\r\nDid you trip or slip on their gifts, you know you were just a con?\r\nYou knew it, why d'you do it, I've been hiding in the dark\r\nNow I must be on my way\r\nI guess you really have to stay\r\nInside the mission law\r\nDown in Modock, Arkansas\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 5. The Weight\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\r\n\r\nFor an analysis of the lyrics, and more, see Peter Viney's article on \"The Weight\".\r\nBass tablature also avalable\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI just need some place where I can lay my head.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C#m[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe just grinned and shook my hand, and \"No!\", was all he said.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Chorus:)\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Take a load off Fanny, take a load for free;[/tab]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                                            \r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Take a load off Fanny, And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nI picked up my bag, I went lookin' for a place to hide;\r\nWhen I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side.\r\nI said, \"Hey, Carmen, come on, let's go downtown.\"\r\nShe said, \"I gotta go, but m'friend can stick around.\"\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\nGo down, Miss Moses, there's nothin' you can say\r\nIt's just ol' Luke, and Luke's waitin' on the Judgement Day.\r\n\"Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?\"\r\nHe said, \"Do me a favor, son, woncha stay an' keep Anna Lee company?\"\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\nCrazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog.\r\nHe said, \"I will fix your rack, if you'll take Jack, my dog.\"\r\nI said, \"Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man.\"\r\nHe said, \"That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can.\"\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\nCatch a cannon ball now, t'take me down the line\r\nMy bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time.\r\nTo get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one.\r\nWho sent me here with her regards for everyone.\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 6. We Can Talk\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby Richard Manuel. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\r\n\r\nFor more about this song, see Peter Viney's article on \"We Can Talk\".\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe can talk about it now[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's that same old riddle only starting from the middle[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd fix it but I don't know how[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, we could try to reason but you might think it's treason[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  One voice for all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Echoing across the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't give up on father clock[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe can talk about it now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome, let me show you how[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo keep the wheels turnin' you've got to keep the engine churnin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDid you ever milk a cow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI had the chance one day but I was all dressed up for Sunday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Everybody, everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDo you really care[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPick up your heads and walk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWe can talk about it now[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt seems to me we've been holding something underneath our tongues[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm afraid if you ever got a pat on the back[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt would likely burst your lungs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWoh, stop me, if I should sound kinda down in the mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I'd rather be burned in Canada than to freeze here in the south[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPulling that eternal plough[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe've got to find a sharper blade or have a new one made[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRest awhile and cool your brow[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon't need it, no need to slave, the whip is in the grave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\n No salt, no trance[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's safe now to take a backward glance[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe leaves have turned to chalk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe can talk about it now,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe can talk about it now[/tab]\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 6. Long Black Veil\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby M.J.Wilkin and D.Dill. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTen years ago on a cool dark night[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was someone killed 'neath the town hall light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were few at the scene and they all did agree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat the man who ran looked a lot like me[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe judge said \"Son, what is your alibi?\r\nIf you were somewhere else then you won't have to die\"\r\nI spoke not a word although it meant my life\r\nI had been in the arms of my best friend's wife\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe walks these hills in a long black veil[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe visits my grave where the night winds wail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, no, and nobody sees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNobody knows but me[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe scaffold was high and eternity neared\r\nShe stood in the crowd and shed not a tear\r\nBut sometimes at night when the cold wind moans\r\nIn a long black veil she cries over my bones\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 7. Chest Fever\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R. Robertson. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\r\n\r\nFor more about this song, see Peter Viney's notes on \"Chest Fever\".\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]D/E[/ch] [ch]A/E[/ch]\r\n\r\n  [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D/E[/ch] [ch]A/E[/ch]                      \r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]\r\nI know she's a tracker,       any scarlet would back her[/tab]\r\n[ch]A/E[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D/E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]                    \r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   They say she's a chooser,     but I just can't refuse her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A/E[/ch]\r\n She was just there, but then she can't be here no more[/tab]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]      \r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n And as my mind unweaves, I feel the freeze down in my knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut just before she leaves, she receives[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe's been down in the dunes and she's dealt with the goons\r\nNow she drinks from the bitter cup, I'm trying to get her to give it up\r\nShe was just here, I fear she can't be here no more\r\nAnd as my mind unweaves, I feel the freeze down in my knees\r\nBut just before she leaves, she receives\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#[/ch]                            [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nIt's long, long when she's gone, I get weary holding on[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m7[/ch] ([ch]F#7[/ch]?)              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNow I'm coldly fading fast, I don't think I'm gonna last[/tab]\r\nVery much longer\r\n\r\n\"She's stoned\" said the Swede, and the moon calf agreed\r\nI'm like a viper in shock with my eyes in the clock\r\nShe was just there somewhere and here I am again\r\nAnd as my mind unweaves, I feel the freeze down in my knees\r\nBut just before she leaves, she receives\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 9.Lonesome Suzie\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby Richard Manuel. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLonesome Suzie, never got the breaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's always losing so she sits and cries and shakes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n It's so hard just to watch her, and if I touch her[/tab]\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  \r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Oh, poor Suzie,    I'm wondrin' what to do[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe just sits there, hoping for a friend\r\nI don't fit here, but I may have a friend to lend\r\nMaybe I mistook her, but I can't overlook her\r\nMust be someone who can pull her through\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnyone who's felt that bad could tell me what to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEven if she'd just get mad, she might be better off that way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n And where is all the understanding[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Her problems can't be that demanding[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Why is it she looks that way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Gsus4[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEvery time she starts to cry?[/tab]\r\n\r\nLonesome Suzie, I can't watch you cry no longer\r\nIf you can use me until you feel a little stronger\r\nI guess just watching you has made me lonesome too\r\nWhy don't we get together,\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n What else can we do?[/tab]\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 10.This Wheel's On Fire\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------by Bob Dylan \r\nRick Danko. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n© 1967,1970 Dwarf Music\r\n\r\nSee Peter Viney's article for more about this song.\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf your memory serves you well[/tab]\r\n                Bo7\r\nWe're going to meet again and wait\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I'm going to unpack all my things[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd sit before it gets too late[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo man alive will come to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith another tale to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you know that we shall meet again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf your memory serves you well[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThis wheel's on fire, rolling down the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBest notify my next of kin[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis wheel shall explode![/tab]\r\n\r\nIf your memory serves you well, I was going to confiscate your lace\r\nAnd wrap it up in a sailor's knot and hide it in your case\r\nIf I knew for sure that it was yours, and it was oh so hard to tell\r\nAnd you know that we shall meet again if your memory serves you well\r\n\r\n(CHORUS)\r\n\r\nIf your memory serves you well, you'll remember that you're the one\r\nWho called on them to call on me to get you your favours done\r\nAnd after every plan had failed and there was nothing more to tell\r\nAnd you know that we shall meet again if your memory serves you well\r\n\r\n(CHORUS)\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 11. I Shall Be Released\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby Bob Dylan. Album: Music from Big Pink\r\n© 1967,1970 Dwarf Music\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n They say everything can be replaced[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n They say every distance is not near[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSo I remember every face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\n Of every man who put me here[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus:)\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n I see my light come shinin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n From the west unto the east[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAny day now, any day now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n I  shall be released[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey say ev'ry man needs protection\r\nThey say that ev'ry man must fall\r\nYet I swear I see my reflection\r\nSomewhere so high above this wall\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\nNow yonder standing there in this lonely crowd\r\nA man who swears he's not to blame\r\nAll day long I hear him shouting so loud\r\nJust crying out that he was framed\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nMusic from Big Pink - The Band - (41:35) - 1968 - Capitol SKAO-2955\r\nGatefold sleeve LP\r\nOriginal Master Recording released on vinyl in 1980 (Mobile Fidelity MFSL-1-039)\r\nCompact Disc: Capitol 46069-2 (1986)\r\nUltra Disc released in 198? (Mobile Fidelity UDCD-527)\r\nLimited Edition CD: Capitol Japan M57626 (1998)\r\nRemastered CD with bonus tracks: Capitol/EMI 50837 (2000)\r\nDVD-Audio w/complete lyrics on screen, photo gallery and discography: Capitol/EMI \r\nProducts (2003)\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------","plain_text":"The Band\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAlbum: Music from Big Pink\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTracks\n1. Tears of Rage\n2. To Kingdom Come\n3. In a Station\n4. Caledonia Mission\n5. The Weight\n6. We Can Talk\n7. Long Black Veil\n8. Chest Fever\n9. Lonesome Suzie\n10. This Wheel's on Fire\n11. I Shall Be Released\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 1. Tears of Rage\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel. Album: Music from Big Pink\n© 1967, 1970 Dwarf Music\n\nSee Peter Viney's article on \"Tears of Rage\" for more about this song.\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus:)\n\n\n\n\n\nIt was all very painless\nWhen you went out to receive\nAll that false instruction\nWhich we never could believe\nAnd now the heart is filled with gold\nAs if it was a purse\nBut, oh, what kind of love is this\nWhich goes from bad to worse?\n\n(Chorus)\n\nWe pointed you the way to go\nAnd scratched your name in sand\nThough you just thought it was nothing more\nThan a place for you to stand\nI want you to know that while we watched\nYou discovered no one would be true\nAnd I myself was among\nThe ones who thought\nIt was just a childish thing to do\n\n(Chorus)\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 2. To Kingdom Come\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Music from Big Pink\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\n\nThe \"Robbie Lick\" for the end of every fourth line in a verse is an E chord, and then an \nD7 chord, and then that D7 chord slid up two frets. Robbie also does this in \"Caledonia \nbut in G instead of E. Also, the piano puts in chords that the guitar doesn't play.\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\"Robbie Lick\"\nIt all comes back on you.\n\n\nFalse witness spread the news\nSomebody's gonna lose\nEither she or me or you,\nNothing we can do.\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTarred and feathered, yea!\nThistles and thorns,\nOne or the other\nHe kindly warns.\n\nNow you look out the window tell me\nWhat do you see?\nI see a golden calf pointing\nBack at me.\n\nI been sitting in here for so darn long\nWaitin' for the end to come along.\nHoly roaster on the brink\nTake a chance, swim or sink.\n\nFalse witness, cast an evil eye\nsaid I cannot tell a lie,\nHaints and saints don't bother me\nI'm not alone you see.\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\nhaints: dialect word for haunts i.e. ghosts.\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 3. In A Station\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby Richard Manuel. Album: Music from Big Pink\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOnce I climbed up the face of a mountain\nAnd ate the wild fruit there\nFell asleep until the moonlight woke me\nAnd I could taste your hair\nIsn't everybody dreaming!\nThen the voice I hear is real\nOut of all the idle scheming\nCan't we have something to feel\n\nOnce upon a time leaves me empty\nTomorrow never comes\nI could sing the sound of your laughter\nStill I don't know your name\nMust be some way to repay you\nOut of all the good you gave\nIf a rumour should delay you\nLove seems so little to save\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 4. Caledonia Mission\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R. Robertson. Album: Music from Big Pink\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\n\nFor an analysis of the lyrics, and more, see Peter Viney's article on \"Caledonia Mission\".\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI can't get to you from your garden gate\nYou know it's always locked by the magistrate\nNow he don't care why you cry, he thinks it's just a lie\nTo get out, I don't doubt that you'd make a try\nIf the good times get you through\nI know the dogs won't bother you\nWe'll be gone in moonshine time\nI've got a place they'll never find\n\nYou know I do believe in your hexagram\nBut can you tell me how they all knew the plan?\nDid you trip or slip on their gifts, you know you were just a con?\nYou knew it, why d'you do it, I've been hiding in the dark\nNow I must be on my way\nI guess you really have to stay\nInside the mission law\nDown in Modock, Arkansas\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 5. The Weight\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Music from Big Pink\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\n\nFor an analysis of the lyrics, and more, see Peter Viney's article on \"The Weight\".\nBass tablature also avalable\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus:)\n\nA       E        D                                            \n\n\nA E D A D\n\nI picked up my bag, I went lookin' for a place to hide;\nWhen I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side.\nI said, \"Hey, Carmen, come on, let's go downtown.\"\nShe said, \"I gotta go, but m'friend can stick around.\"\n\n(Chorus)\n\nGo down, Miss Moses, there's nothin' you can say\nIt's just ol' Luke, and Luke's waitin' on the Judgement Day.\n\"Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?\"\nHe said, \"Do me a favor, son, woncha stay an' keep Anna Lee company?\"\n\n(Chorus)\n\nCrazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog.\nHe said, \"I will fix your rack, if you'll take Jack, my dog.\"\nI said, \"Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man.\"\nHe said, \"That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can.\"\n\n(Chorus)\n\nCatch a cannon ball now, t'take me down the line\nMy bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time.\nTo get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one.\nWho sent me here with her regards for everyone.\n\n(Chorus)\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 6. We Can Talk\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby Richard Manuel. Album: Music from Big Pink\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\n\nFor more about this song, see Peter Viney's article on \"We Can Talk\".\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 6. Long Black Veil\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby M.J.Wilkin and D.Dill. Album: Music from Big Pink\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe judge said \"Son, what is your alibi?\nIf you were somewhere else then you won't have to die\"\nI spoke not a word although it meant my life\nI had been in the arms of my best friend's wife\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe scaffold was high and eternity neared\nShe stood in the crowd and shed not a tear\nBut sometimes at night when the cold wind moans\nIn a long black veil she cries over my bones\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 7. Chest Fever\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R. Robertson. Album: Music from Big Pink\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\n\nFor more about this song, see Peter Viney's notes on \"Chest Fever\".\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nE D/E A/E\n\n  E                    D/E A/E                      \n\nA/E     E                   D/E A                    \n\n\nE    B     D      E                  B      \n\n\n\nShe's been down in the dunes and she's dealt with the goons\nNow she drinks from the bitter cup, I'm trying to get her to give it up\nShe was just here, I fear she can't be here no more\nAnd as my mind unweaves, I feel the freeze down in my knees\nBut just before she leaves, she receives\n\n\n\nVery much longer\n\n\"She's stoned\" said the Swede, and the moon calf agreed\nI'm like a viper in shock with my eyes in the clock\nShe was just there somewhere and here I am again\nAnd as my mind unweaves, I feel the freeze down in my knees\nBut just before she leaves, she receives\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 9.Lonesome Suzie\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby Richard Manuel. Album: Music from Big Pink\n© 1968, 1970 Dwarf Music\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\nEb  Bb    C     Am C            G  \n\n\nShe just sits there, hoping for a friend\nI don't fit here, but I may have a friend to lend\nMaybe I mistook her, but I can't overlook her\nMust be someone who can pull her through\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLonesome Suzie, I can't watch you cry no longer\nIf you can use me until you feel a little stronger\nI guess just watching you has made me lonesome too\nWhy don't we get together,\n\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 10.This Wheel's On Fire\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------by Bob Dylan \nRick Danko. Album: Music from Big Pink\n© 1967,1970 Dwarf Music\n\nSee Peter Viney's article for more about this song.\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n                Bo7\nWe're going to meet again and wait\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\nIf your memory serves you well, I was going to confiscate your lace\nAnd wrap it up in a sailor's knot and hide it in your case\nIf I knew for sure that it was yours, and it was oh so hard to tell\nAnd you know that we shall meet again if your memory serves you well\n\n(CHORUS)\n\nIf your memory serves you well, you'll remember that you're the one\nWho called on them to call on me to get you your favours done\nAnd after every plan had failed and there was nothing more to tell\nAnd you know that we shall meet again if your memory serves you well\n\n(CHORUS)\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 11. I Shall Be Released\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby Bob Dylan. Album: Music from Big Pink\n© 1967,1970 Dwarf Music\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus:)\n\n\n\n\n\nThey say ev'ry man needs protection\nThey say that ev'ry man must fall\nYet I swear I see my reflection\nSomewhere so high above this wall\n\n(Chorus)\n\nNow yonder standing there in this lonely crowd\nA man who swears he's not to blame\nAll day long I hear him shouting so loud\nJust crying out that he was framed\n\n(Chorus)\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nMusic from Big Pink - The Band - (41:35) - 1968 - Capitol SKAO-2955\nGatefold sleeve LP\nOriginal Master Recording released on vinyl in 1980 (Mobile Fidelity MFSL-1-039)\nCompact Disc: Capitol 46069-2 (1986)\nUltra Disc released in 198? (Mobile Fidelity UDCD-527)\nLimited Edition CD: Capitol Japan M57626 (1998)\nRemastered CD with bonus tracks: Capitol/EMI 50837 (2000)\nDVD-Audio w/complete lyrics on screen, photo gallery and discography: Capitol/EMI \nProducts (2003)\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------","chords":["C","Am","F","Dm","Bb","E7","C7","Fmaj7","E","D7","G","B","F#","A","G#m","C#m","F#m","Em","Eb","F/G","D","G7","Em7","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}