{"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":812703,"song":"Ballad Of A Thin Man","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/812703-ballad-of-a-thin-man-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/812703?type=chord","rating":4.88929,"votes":372,"content":"Bob Dylan - Ballad of a Thin Man\r\nArr. Jack Davis \r\njack_davis104@hotmail.com\r\n\r\nChords are arranged to simulate the bass line and guitar chords when playing\r\nsolo guitar. Suggested chord fingerings:\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#aug/Bb[/ch] [ch]D/A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E7/G#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n1| 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 0[/tab]\r\n2| 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2\r\n3| 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 0\r\n4| 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2\r\n5| 2 1 0 X 2 X 2 4 0\r\n6| X X X X 4 3 0 2 X\r\n\r\n\r\nTo simplify, you can substitue with \"normal\" chord fingerings\r\n([ch]F#aug/Bb[/ch] for [ch]F#aug[/ch], [ch]D/A[/ch] for plain [ch]D[/ch], [ch]E7/G#[/ch] for plain [ch]E7[/ch])\r\n\r\nIn 4, slow swing beat\r\n\r\n 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 \r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]F#aug/Bb[/ch] |\r\n You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D/A[/ch] |[ch]E7/G#[/ch] |\r\n You see somebody naked and you you say who is that man?[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\n You try so hard but you Don't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Just what you will say when you get home Be-[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n-cause something is happening here but you don't know what it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Do you? Mister Jones[/tab]\r\n\r\n|[ch]Bm[/ch] | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]F#aug/Bb[/ch] |\r\n You raise up your head and you ask \"is this where it is?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D/A[/ch] |[ch]E7/G#[/ch] |\r\n And somebody points to you and Says, \"It's his\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\n And you say \"what's mine\" and somebody else says \"well, what is?\" and you[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Say, \"Oh my god am I here all a - lone?\" But[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Something is happening and you don't know what it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Do you? Mister Jones[/tab]\r\n\r\n|[ch]Bm[/ch] | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]F#aug/Bb[/ch] |\r\n You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D/A[/ch] |[ch]E7/G#[/ch] |\r\n Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\n and says, \"how does it feel to be such a freak?\" and you say \"im-[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n -possible\" as he hands you a bone And[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n something is happening here but you don't know what it is [/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n do you? Mister Jones[/tab]\r\n\r\n|[ch]Bm[/ch] | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]D/A[/ch] |\r\n You have many contacts Among the lumberjacks to[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Get you facts when someone attacks your imagination [/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]D/A[/ch] |\r\n But nobody has any respect Anyway they already expect you[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\n To all give a check to Tax-deductible charity organi-[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]A7[/ch] |[ch]A7[/ch] |\r\n-zations Ahhhhhh..........[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]F#aug/Bb[/ch] |\r\n You've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D/A[/ch] |[ch]E7/G#[/ch] |\r\n With great lawyers you have dis - cussed lepers and crooks[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\n You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n You're very well read it's well known But[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n something is happening here and ya don't know what it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n do you? Mister Jones[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)\r\n Well the[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]F#aug/Bb[/ch] |\r\n sword swallower he comes up to you and then he kneels[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D/A[/ch] |[ch]E7/G#[/ch] |\r\n He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels and [/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\nwithout further notice he asks you how it feels and he says[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Here is your throat back thanks for the loan[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n and you know something is happening but you don't know what it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n do you? Mister Jones[/tab]\r\n\r\n|[ch]Bm[/ch] Now..... | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]F#aug/Bb[/ch] |\r\n you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word \"now\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D/A[/ch] |[ch]E7/G#[/ch] |\r\n and you say \"for what reason\" and he says \"how?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\n and you say \"what does this mean?\" and he screams back \"you're a cow\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Give me some milk or else go home and you[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\nknow something's happening but you don't know what it is [/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n do you? Mister Jones [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)\r\n Well...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] |[ch]F#aug/Bb[/ch] |\r\n You walk into the room like a camel and then you frown [/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D/A[/ch] |[ch]E7/G#[/ch] |\r\n You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground [/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\n There oughtta be a law a - gainst you comin' around You[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Should be made to wear ear phones[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n do you? Mister Jones [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n|[ch]Bm[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] |\r\n Whoaaaaaoooooh![/tab]","plain_text":"Bob Dylan - Ballad of a Thin Man\nArr. Jack Davis \njack_davis104@hotmail.com\n\nChords are arranged to simulate the bass line and guitar chords when playing\nsolo guitar. Suggested chord fingerings:\n \n\n2| 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2\n3| 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 0\n4| 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2\n5| 2 1 0 X 2 X 2 4 0\n6| X X X X 4 3 0 2 X\n\n\nTo simplify, you can substitue with \"normal\" chord fingerings\n(F#aug/Bb for F#aug, D/A for plain D, E7/G# for plain E7)\n\nIn 4, slow swing beat\n\n 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 \n\n\n[Intro]\n\n|Bm |Bm |\n|Bm |Bm |\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n|Bm | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n|Bm | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n|Bm | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n|Bm Now..... | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n|Bm | Bm |","chords":["Bm","F#aug/Bb","D/A","D","E7/G#","G","Em","F#m","A7","F#aug","E7","A","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}