{"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":919091,"song":"Blind Willie Mctell","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/919091-blind-willie-mctell-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/919091?type=chord","rating":4.8801,"votes":333,"content":"Capo 1\r\n\r\n[Intro] \r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSeen the arrow on the doorpost[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSaying, \"This land is condemned[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the way from New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo Jerusalem.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI traveled through East Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhere many martyrs fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I know no one can sing the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike Blind Willie McTell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell, I heard that hoot owl singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs they were taking down the tents[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe stars above the barren trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWere his only audience[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThem charcoal gypsy maidens[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCan strut their feathers well[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut nobody can sing the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike Blind Willie McTell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSee them big plantations burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHear the cracking of the whips[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSmell that sweet magnolia blooming[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n(And) see the ghosts of slavery ships[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI can hear them tribes a-moaning[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n(I can) hear the undertaker's bell[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(Yeah), nobody can sing the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike Blind Willie McTell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere's a woman by the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith some fine young handsome man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's dressed up like a squire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBootlegged whiskey in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere's a chain gang on the highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI can hear them rebels yell[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I know no one can sing the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike Blind Willie McTell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell, God is in heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd we all want what's his[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut power and greed and corruptible seed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSeem to be all that there is[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm gazing out the window[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOf the St. James Hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I know no one can sing the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike Blind Willie McTell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Coda] \r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]","plain_text":"Capo 1\n\n[Intro] \nDm  Dm A7  Dm  Dm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Coda] \nDm A7  Dm Am Dm  Dm A7  Dm Am Dm \nDm A7  C G  Bb C  Dm Am Dm \nDm A7  Dm Am Dm  Dm A7  Dm Am Dm\nDm A7  C G Bb C  Dm","chords":["Dm","A7","Am","C","G","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}