{"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":765307,"song":"Talkin World War Iii Blues","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/765307-talkin-world-war-iii-blues-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/765307?type=chord","rating":4.6108,"votes":28,"content":"Artist: Bob Dylan\r\nAlbum: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan\r\nSong: Talkin' World War III Blues\r\nTabbed by Aceroth\r\n\r\nListen to the song a lot to figure out the strumming patterns. Some of them \r\nare tricky, especially during the harmonica parts, but the same basic \r\npattern repeats the whole song, so once you get it down you're good. And \r\nwhenever I say \"harmonica\", I'm showing the guitar chords that he plays under\r\nthe harmonica part.\r\n\r\nstandard tuning, capo 3rd fret\r\n\r\n[tab]intro\r\nC|--3--1------0-0-----0-0----0-0----0-0------0-0-0-0----0-0------------|\r\nA|-------0-3-------1---------0-0----0-0------0-0-0-0----0-0------------|\r\nP|-----------------0------3------2------0---------------------------0--|\r\nO|----------------------------------------3----------2------0----------|\r\n*|------------------------------------------------------------1-1h2----|\r\n3|---------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]C|---------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------------0--0-0--|\r\nP|-----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0------0----0-0--|\r\nO|-----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-0-2------------|\r\n*|---------2------3------4---------------------|\r\n3|--3------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome time ago a crazy dream came to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI dreamt I was walkin' into World War Three,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went to the doctor the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo see what kinda words he could say.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said it was a bad dream.[/tab]\r\n\r\nI wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though,\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThem old dreams 're only in your head.[/tab]\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI said, \"Hold it, Doc, a World War passed through my brain.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Nurse, get your pad, the boy's insane,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe grabbed my arm, I said \"Ouch!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs I landed on the psychiatric couch,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Tell me about it.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, the whole thing started at 3 o'clock fast,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was all over by quarter past.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was down in the sewer with some little lover[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I peeked out from a manhole cover[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               \r\nWondering who turned the lights on us.[/tab]\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I got up and I walked around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nUp and down the lonesome town.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stood a-wondering which way to go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI lit a cigarette on a parking meter[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd walked on down the road.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was a normal day.[/tab]\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I rung the fallout shelter bell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I leaned my head and I gave a yell,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA shotgun fired and away I ran.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI don't blame 'im too much though,[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe didn't know me.\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown at the corner by a hot-dog stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI seen a man, I said, \"Howdy friend,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI guess there's just us two.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe screamed a bit and away he flew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThought I was a Communist.[/tab]\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I spied me a girl and before she could leave,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI said \"Let's go and play Adam and Eve.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said, \"Hey man, you crazy or somethin',[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou seen what happened last time they started.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I seen your Cadillac window uptown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there was nobody aroun',[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI got into the driver's seat[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I drove down 42nd Street[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my Cadillac.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGood car to drive after a war.[/tab]\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I remember seein' some ad,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I turned on my Conelrad.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I didn't pay the Con Ed bill,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo the radio didn't work so well.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTurned on my record player[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was Rock-A-Day, Johnny singin',[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa,\r\n\r\nOur Loves A-Gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah.\"\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI needed somebody to talk to.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I called up the operator of time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust to hear a voice of some kind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"When you hear the beep\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt will be three o'clock,\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe said that for over an hour\r\n\r\nAnd I hung up.\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, the doctor interrupted me just about then,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSayin, \"Hey I've been havin' the same old dreams,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut mine was a little different you see.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI dreamt the only person left after the war was me.[/tab]\r\n\r\nI didn't see you around.\"\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, now time passed and now it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nEverybody's having them dreams.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverybody sees themselves walkin' around with no one else.[/tab]\r\n\r\nHalf of the people can be part right all of the time,\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome of the people can be all right part of the time.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut all of the people can't be all right all of the time.\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI think Abraham Lincoln said that.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours,\"\r\n\r\nI said that.\r\n\r\nharmonica:\r\n[ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\nend on [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Artist: Bob Dylan\nAlbum: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan\nSong: Talkin' World War III Blues\nTabbed by Aceroth\n\nListen to the song a lot to figure out the strumming patterns. Some of them \nare tricky, especially during the harmonica parts, but the same basic \npattern repeats the whole song, so once you get it down you're good. And \nwhenever I say \"harmonica\", I'm showing the guitar chords that he plays under\nthe harmonica part.\n\nstandard tuning, capo 3rd fret\n\n\n\n\n\nharmonica:\nD, G, C, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though,\n\n\nharmonica:\nG, C, D, G, C, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nharmonica:\nC, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nharmonica:\nD, G, C, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nharmonica:\nD, G, C, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe didn't know me.\n\nharmonica:\nD, G, C, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nharmonica:\nD, G, C, D, G, C, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nharmonica:\nD, G, C, D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nharmonica:\nG, C, D, G, C, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa,\n\nOur Loves A-Gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah.\"\n\nharmonica:\nG, C, D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"When you hear the beep\n\n\nShe said that for over an hour\n\nAnd I hung up.\n\nharmonica:\nG, C, D, G, C, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI didn't see you around.\"\n\nharmonica:\nC, D, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHalf of the people can be part right all of the time,\n\n\nBut all of the people can't be all right all of the time.\n\n\n\"I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours,\"\n\nI said that.\n\nharmonica:\nD, G, C, D, G, C, D, G\n\nend on A G","chords":["C","A","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}