Mr Tambourine Man

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Mr. Tambourine Man chords
Bob Dylan 1965
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Tambourine_Man
Capo III **
[Intro]
D D Dsus2 D
[Chorus]
G A D G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D G A Asus4 A
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
G A D G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D G A D Dsus2 D
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.
[Verse]
G A D G
Though I know that evenings empire has returned into sand,
D G
Vanished from my hand,
D G A Asus4 A
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
G A D G
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
D G
I have no one to meet
D G A Asus4 A
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.
[Chorus]
G A D G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D G A Asus4 A
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
G A D G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D G A D Dsus2 D
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.
[Verse]
G A D G
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship,
D G D G
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
D G D G
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
A Asus4 A
To be wandering.
G A D G
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
D G D G
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
A Asus4 A
I promise to go under it.
[Chorus]
G A D G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D G A Asus4 A
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
G A D G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D G A D Dsus2 D
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.
[Verse]
G A D G
Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun,
D G D G
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escaping on the run
D G A Asus4 A
And but for the sky there are no fences facing.
G A D G
And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme
D G D G
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
D G D
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
G A Asus4 A
Seeing that he's chasing.
[Chorus]
G A D G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D G A Asus4 A
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
G A D G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D G A D Dsus2 D
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.
[Bridge]
G A D G
Then take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind,
D G D G
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
D G D G
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
D G A Asus4 A
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
G A D G
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
D G D G
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
D G D G
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
D G A Asus4 A
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
[Chorus]
G A D G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D G A Asus4 A
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
G A D G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D G A D
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you.
DD Dsus2D
( ) *
* optional
** Alternates:
Capo I
G A
=
A B
=
D E
=
Dsus2Esus2
=
Asus4Bsus4
=
Capo V
G F
=
A G
=
D C
=
Dsus2Csus2
=
Asus4Gsus4
=
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
G D
=
A E
=
D A
=
Dsus2Asus2
=
Asus4Esus4
=
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Mr. Tambourine Man chords
Bob Dylan 1965  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Tambourine_Man
Capo III **
[Intro]
D D  Dsus2 D 
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
(D D  Dsus2 D) *
*  optional
** Alternates:
Capo I
G     = A
A     = B
D     = E
Dsus2 = Esus2
Asus4 = Bsus4
Capo V
G     = F
A     = G
D     = C
Dsus2 = Csus2
Asus4 = Gsus4
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
G     = D
A     = E
D     = A
Dsus2 = Asus2
Asus4 = Esus4
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Mr Tambourine Man Chords by Bob Dylan

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