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Mr Tambourine Man

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 26Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Mr. Tambourine Man chords
e|---5-2-7-5-3-2-0---0---0-|
B|-3---------------3---3---|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------| 2x
Or
  D    G   A2x
GHey! Mr. ATambourine Man, Dplay a song for Gme,
                        D          G  Em*       A  
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to.
GHey! Mr. ATambourine Man, Dplay a song for Gme,
In the Djingle jangle Gmorning I'll come Afollowin' Dyou.
GTake me on a Atrip upon your Dmagic swirlin' Gship,
My Dsenses have been Gstripped, my Dhands can't feel to Ggrip,
My Dtoes too numb to Gstep, wait Donly for my Gboot heels
Em*   A  
To be wanderin'.
I'm Gready to go Aanywhere, I'm Dready for to Gfade
InDto my own Gparade, cast your Ddancing spell my Gway,
  Em*           A  
I promise to go under it.
GHey! Mr. ATambourine Man, Dplay a song for Gme,
                        D       G  Em*       A  
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
GHey! Mr. ATambourine Man, Dplay a song for Gme,
                    D         G  Em*                A  D  
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
e|---5-2-7-5-3-2-0---0---0-|
B|-3---------------3---3---|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------| . . . .
Or 
  D    G   A. . . .
*  Some people prefer to not use Em here
Capo II
  G= F  
  A= G  
  D= C  
 Em= Dm  
Capo V
  G= D  
  A= E  
  D= A  
 Em= Bm  

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Mr Tambourine Man

by The Byrds

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Mr. Tambourine Man chords

e|---5-2-7-5-3-2-0---0---0-|

B|-3---------------3---3---|

G|-------------------------|

D|-------------------------|

A|-------------------------|

E|-------------------------| 2x

D G A

G A D G

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,

D G Em A

I'm not sleepy and there ain't 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 followin' you.

G A D G

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' 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

Em A

To be wanderin'.

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,

Em A

I promise to go under it.

G A D G

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,

D G Em 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 Em A D

In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

e|---5-2-7-5-3-2-0---0---0-|

B|-3---------------3---3---|

G|-------------------------|

D|-------------------------|

A|-------------------------|

E|-------------------------| . . . .

D G A

. . . .

* Some people prefer to not use Em here

Capo II

G F

A G

D C

Em Dm

Capo V

G D

A E

D A

Em Bm

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