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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":66597,"song":"High Water For Charley Patton","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/66597-high-water-for-charley-patton-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/66597?type=chord","rating":4.85936,"votes":11,"content":"HIGHWATER (FOR CHARLEY PATTON)\r\nby Bob Dylan\r\n\r\nReleased on \"Love And Theft\"\r\nsubmitted by Andrea Baroni (baroni_andrea@hotmail.com)\r\n\r\n\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F5[/ch]  [ch]F#5[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                        ([ch]C[/ch])\r\n   .       :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .[/tab]\r\n[tab]e|-------|-------3-/(7)7---|-----------------|-3---------------|----------------|\r\nB|-------|-------3-/(8)8---|*----------------|-3--------------*|----------------|\r\nG|-------|-------4-/(7)7---|-----------------|-4---------------|----------------|\r\nD|-3h0---|-5---------------|-----------------|-5----(3-5)------|----------------|\r\nA|----1b-|-5---------------|*--------3---4---|-5--------------*|----------------|\r\nE|-------|-3---------------|---------1---2---|-3---------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHigh water rising, rising night and day[/tab]\r\n\r\nAll the gold and silver are being stolen away\r\n\r\nBig Joe Turner looking east and west from the dark room of his mind\r\n\r\nHe made it to Kansas City, Twelfth Street and Vine\r\n[tab][ch]F5[/ch]      [ch]F#5[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNothing standing there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F5[/ch]    [ch]F#5[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHigh water everywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHigh water rising, the shacks are sliding down[/tab]\r\nFolks lose their possessions and folks are leaving town\r\nBertha Mae she shook it, broke it, and she hung it on the wall\r\nSay: \"You dancin' with whom they tell you to, or you don't dance at all\"\r\n[tab][ch]F5[/ch]   [ch]F#5[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's tough out there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F5[/ch]    [ch]F#5[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHigh water everywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got a craving love for blazing speed, got a hopped up Mustang Ford[/tab]\r\n\r\nJump into the wagon, Love, throw your panties overboard\r\nI can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind\r\nI'm no pig without a wig I hope you treat me kind\r\n[tab]       [ch]F5[/ch]           [ch]F#5[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThings are breaking up out there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F5[/ch]    [ch]F#5[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHigh water everywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHigh water rising, six inches 'bove my head[/tab]\r\nCoffins dropping in the street, like balloons made out of lead\r\nWater poured into Vicksburg, don't know what I'm gonna do\r\n\"Don't reach out for me,\" she said, \"Can't you see I'm drowning too\"\r\n[tab][ch]F5[/ch]   [ch]F#5[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's rough out there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F5[/ch]    [ch]F#5[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHigh water everywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, George Lewes told the Englishman, the Italian and the Jew,[/tab]\r\n\"You can't open up your mind, boys, to any conceivable point of view,\r\nThey got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway 5\"\r\nJudge says to the High Sheriff, \"I want him dead or alive,\r\n[tab][ch]F5[/ch]     [ch]F#5[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEither one, I don't care\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F5[/ch]    [ch]F#5[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHigh water everywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, the cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies[/tab]\r\nI'm preaching the word of God, I'm putting out your eyes\r\nI asked fat Nancy for something t' eat, she said, \"Take it off the shelf\r\nAs great as you are, man, you'll never be greater than yourself.\"\r\n[tab]             [ch]F5[/ch]     [ch]F#5[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI told her I didn't really care[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F5[/ch]    [ch]F#5[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHigh water everywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gettin' up in the morning, I believe I'll dust my broom[/tab]\r\nKeeping away from the women, I'm giving them lots of room\r\nThunder rollin' over Clarksdale, everything a-lookin' blue\r\nI just can't be happy, love, unless you're happy too\r\n[tab]     [ch]F5[/ch]  [ch]F#5[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's bad out there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F5[/ch]    [ch]F#5[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHigh water everywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F5[/ch] [ch]F#5[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F5[/ch] [ch]F#5[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"HIGHWATER (FOR CHARLEY PATTON)\nby Bob Dylan\n\nReleased on \"Love And Theft\"\nsubmitted by Andrea Baroni (baroni_andrea@hotmail.com)\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\nAll the gold and silver are being stolen away\n\nBig Joe Turner looking east and west from the dark room of his mind\n\nHe made it to Kansas City, Twelfth Street and Vine\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\nFolks lose their possessions and folks are leaving town\nBertha Mae she shook it, broke it, and she hung it on the wall\nSay: \"You dancin' with whom they tell you to, or you don't dance at all\"\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nJump into the wagon, Love, throw your panties overboard\nI can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind\nI'm no pig without a wig I hope you treat me kind\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\nCoffins dropping in the street, like balloons made out of lead\nWater poured into Vicksburg, don't know what I'm gonna do\n\"Don't reach out for me,\" she said, \"Can't you see I'm drowning too\"\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\"You can't open up your mind, boys, to any conceivable point of view,\nThey got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway 5\"\nJudge says to the High Sheriff, \"I want him dead or alive,\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\nI'm preaching the word of God, I'm putting out your eyes\nI asked fat Nancy for something t' eat, she said, \"Take it off the shelf\nAs great as you are, man, you'll never be greater than yourself.\"\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\nKeeping away from the women, I'm giving them lots of room\nThunder rollin' over Clarksdale, everything a-lookin' blue\nI just can't be happy, love, unless you're happy too\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG\nF5 F#5 G\nF5 F#5 G","chords":["G","F5","F#5","C","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}