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6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
DHow many rGoads must a mAan walk doDwn before you cGall him a mDan?
How many sGeas must a wAhite dove sDail before she slGeeps in the sAand?
Yes and hDow many tGimes must the cAannon balls fDly before they're fGorever bDanned?
[Chorus]
The Ganswer my fAriend is Dblowing in the Bmwind
The Ganswer is blAowing in the wDind
[Harmonica's Solo]
G A D Bm G A D
[Verse 2]
DHow many yGears can a moAuntain exDist before it is waGshed to the sDea?
Yes and how many yGears can some pAeople exDist before they're allGowed to be frAee?
Yes and hDow many tGimes can a mAan turn his hDead pretending that he jGust didn't sDee?
[Chorus]
The Ganswer my fAriend is Dblowing in the Bmwind
The Ganswer is blAowing in the wDind
[Harmonica's Solo]
G A D Bm G A D
[Verse 3]
Yes and Dhow many tGimes must a mAan look Dup before he can sGee the sDky?
Yes and how many eGars must oAne man hDave before he can hGear people cAry?
Yes and Dhow many dGeaths will it tAake till he knDows that too many pGeople have diDed?
[Chorus]
The Ganswer my fAriend is Dblowing in the Bmwind
The Ganswer is blAowing in the wDind
[Harmonica's Solo]
G A D Bm G A D
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
WGell, if you're traCvellinD' in the Gnorth country fair,
GWhere the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me Cto one who lives Gthere
GShe once was a Ctrue Dlove of Gmine.
[Verse 2]
WGell, if you go in the sCnowflakDe sGtorm
GWhen the rivers freeze and summer ends
Please see she has a Ccoat so waGrm
GTo keep her from the ChowliDn' Gwinds.
[Verse 3]
GPlease see for me if heCr hair hDangs lGong
GIf it rolls and flows all down her breast,
Please see for mCe if her hair hangs lGong,
GThat's the way I Cremember Dher bGest.
[Verse 4]
GI'm a wonderin' if she rCemembers mDe at aGll
GMany times I've often prayed
In the darkness of Cmy niGght
GIn the brightness of Cmy DdaGy.
[Solo]
[Verse 5]
GSo if you're travellin' in the nCorth coDuntry Gfair,
GWhere the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to oCne who lives theGre,
GShe once was a true lCove of DmineG.
[Intro]
Am Am7 Am
[Verse 1]
AmCome you masters Amof Am7war, you tAmhat build the big gunsAm7 Am
AmYou that build the death AmplAm7anesAm, you that build all the bombsAm7 Am
AmYou that hide behind waAmllsAm7, yoAmu that hide behind desksAm7 Am
AmI just Cwant you to Gknow I can Fsee through your AmmasksAm7 Am
[Verse 2]
AmYou that never haAmve Am7done nAmothin' but build to destroyAm7 Am
AmYou play AmwitAm7h my Amworld like it's your liAm7ttle Amtoy
AmYou put a gun in Ammy Am7hand Amthen you hide from my eyesAm7 Am
AmThen yoCu turn and rGun farther Fwhen the fast bulAmlets flAm7yAm
[Verse 3]
AmLike JuAmdas Am7of Amold you lie and Am7deceAmive
AmA world war can't Ambe Am7wonAm, and you want me to believeAm7 Am
AmBut I see through yAmour Am7eyeAms and I see through your brainAm7 Am
AmLike I Csee through Gthe water tFhat runs down my AmdrainAm7 Am
[Verse 4]
AmYou that fasten aAmll Am7the Amtriggers for the others to Am7fireAm
AmThen you sit back aAmnd Am7watcAmh while the death count gets higherAm7 Am
AmYou hide in your maAmnsiAm7ons Amwhile the young people's bloodAm7 Am
AmFlows oCut of theiGr bodies Fand gets buried Amin the Am7mudAm
[Verse 5]
AmYou've thrown the AmwoAm7rst Amfear that can ever be hurledAm7 Am
AmFear tAmo bAm7ring Amchildren into the Am7worAmld
AmFor threateAmninAm7g my Ambaby, unborn and unnamedAm7 Am
AmYou ainC't wortGh the blood Fthat runs iAmn your Am7veinAms
[Verse 6]
AmHow much Amdo Am7I kAmnow to talk out of tAm7urnAm
AmYou might say thaAmt IAm7'm yAmoung, you might say I'm unlearnedAm7 Am
AmBut there's one tAmhinAm7g I Amknow, though I'm younger than youAm7 Am
AmEven JeCsus woulGd never Fforgive whaAmt you dAm7oAm
[Verse 7]
AmLet me ask you onAme qAm7uestAmion: is your money that good?Am7 Am
AmWill it buy you fAmorgAm7ivenAmess? Do you think that it couAm7ld?Am
AmI think you will AmfinAm7d whAmen your death takes its toAm7llAm
AmAll the Cmoney you mGade won't eFver buy back your AmsoulAm7 Am
[Verse 8]
AmAnd I hope that yAmou Am7die Amand your death will come soonAm7 Am
AmI'll follow yAmour Am7casAmket through the pale afterAm7noonAm
AmAnd I'll watch whAmile Am7youAm're lowered into your death bedAm7 Am
AmThen I'Cll stand over Gyour grave tFill I'm sure that yoAmu're deAm7adAm
[Intro]
D7
[Verse 1]
D7Well I'm walkin' down the highway with a suitcase inmy hand
G D7(Riff)
Yes I'm walkin' down the highway with a suitcase in my hand
A D7(Riff)
Lord I really miss my baby she's in some far-off land
D7With my suitcase in my hand.
Lord, I really miss my baby,
She's in some far-off land.
[Verse 2]
D7Well, your streets are gettin' empty,
G D7(Riff)
Lord, your highway's gettin' filled.
A D7(Riff)
And your streets are gettin' empty
D7And your highway's gettin' filled.
Well, the way I love that woman,
I swear it's bound to get me killed.
[Verse 3]
D7Well, I been gamblin' so long,
G D7( Riff(
Lord, I ain't got much more to lose.
A D7(Riff)
Yes, I been gamblin' so long,
D7Lord, I ain't got much more to lose.
Right now I'm havin' trouble,
Please don't take away my highway shoes.
[Verse 4]
D7Well, I'm bound to get lucky, baby,
G D7(Riff)
Or I'm bound to die tryin'.
A D7(Riff)
Yes, I'm a-bound to get lucky, baby,
D7Lord, Lord I'm a-bound to die tryin'.
Well, meet me in the middle of the ocean
And we'll leave this ol' highway behind.
[Verse 5]
D7Well, the ocean took my baby,
G D7(Riff)
My baby stole my heart from me.
A D7(Riff)
Yes, the ocean took my baby,
D7My baby took my heart from me.
She packed it all up in a suitcase,
Lord, she took it away to Italy, Italy.
[Verse 6]
D7So, I'm a-walkin' down your highway
G D7(Riff)
Just as far as my poor eyes can see.
A D7(Riff)
Yes, I'm a-walkin' down your highway
D7Just as far as my eyes can see.
From the Golden Gate Bridge
All the way to the Statue of Liberty.
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
AWell, the Lone Ranger and Tonto
They are ridin' down the line
EFixin' ev'rybody's troubles
Ev'rybody's 'cept mine
Somebody musta tol' 'em
That I was doin' fine
[Instrumental]
A D E A
[Verse 2]
AOh you five and ten cent women
With nothin' in your heads
EI got a real gal I'm lovin'
And Lord I'll love her till I'm dead
Go away from my door and my window too
Right now
[Instrumental]
A D E A
[Verse 3]
ALord, I ain't goin' down to no race track
See no sports car run
EI don't have no sports car
And I don't even care to have one
I can walk anytime around the block
[Instrumental]
A D E A
[Verse 4]
AWell, the wind keeps a-blowin' me
Up and down the street
EWith my hat in my hand
And my boots on my feet
Watch out so you don't step on me
A D E A
[Verse 5]
AWell, lookit here buddy
You want to be like me
Pull out your six-shooter
EAnd rob every bank you can see
Tell the judge I said it was all right
Yes!
Finish off with instrumental solo
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall:
[Verse 1]
EOh, where have you been, my blAue eyed sEon?
Oh, whEere have you been, my darBling young one?
I've stAumbled on the side of twEelve misty mountains
I've wAalked and I've crawled on sEix crooked highways
I've stAepped in the middle of sEeven sad forests
I've been oAut in front of a dozEen dead oceans
I've been tAen thousand miles in the Emouth of a graveyard
And it's a hEard, and it's a haBrd, it's a hEard, and it's a Ahard
And it's a haErd rBain's a gonna fEallA E
[Verse 2]
Oh, whEat did you see, my blue eyAed son?E
Oh, whEat did you see, my darlinBg young one?
I saw a Anewborn baby with wild Ewolves all around it
I saw a Ahighway of diamonds witEh nobody on it
I saw a Ablack branch with blood Ethat kept drippin'
I saw a Aroom full of men with tEheir hammers a bleedin'
I saw a Awhite ladder all covereEd with water
I saw tAen thousand talkers whosEe tongues were all broken
I saw gAuns and sharp swords in Ethe hands of young children
And it's a hEard, and it's a haBrd, it's a hEard, and it's a Ahard
And it's a haErd rBain's a gonna fEallA E
[Verse 3]
And whEat did you hear, my blue Aeyed sonE?
And whEat did you hear, my darliBng young one?
I heard Athe sound of a thunder, Eit roared out a warnin'
Heard tAhe roar of a wave that cEould drown the whole world
Heard oAne hundred drummers whosEe hands were a blazin'
Heard tAen thousand whisperin' aEnd nobody listenin'
Heard oAne person starve, I hearEd many people laughin'
Heard tAhe song of a poet who diEed in the gutter
Heard tAhe sound of a clown who Ecried in the alley
And it's a hEard, and it's a haBrd, it's a hEard, and it's a Ahard
And it's a haErd rBain's a gonna fEallA E
[Verse 4]
Oh, whEo did you meet, my blue Aeyed son?E
Who diEd you meet, my darling yoBung one?
I met a Ayoung child beside a deEad pony
I met a Awhite man who walked a Eblack dog
I met a Ayoung woman whose body Ewas burning
I met a Ayoung girl, she gave me Ea rainbow
I met oAne man who was wounded iEn love
I met aAnother man who was woundEed with hatred
And it's a hEard, and it's a haBrd, it's a hEard, and it's a Ahard
And it's a haErd rBain's a gonna fEallA E
[Verse 5]
Oh, whEat'll you do now, my bluAe eyed soEn?
Oh, whEat'll you do now, my darlBing young one?
I'm a gAoin' back out 'fore the Erain starts a fallin'
I'll waAlk to the depths of the Edeepest black forest
Where tAhe people are many and tEheir hands are all empty
Where tAhe pellets of poison are Eflooding their waters
Where tAhe home in the valley meEets the damp dirty prison
Where tAhe executioner's face is Ealways well hidden
Where hAunger is ugly, where souEls are forgotten
Where bAlack is the color, where Enone is the number
And I'lAl tell it and think it aEnd speak it and breathe it
And refAlect it from the mountaiEn so all souls can see it
Then I'All stand on the ocean unEtil I start sinkin'
But I'lAl know my song well befoEre I start singin'
And it's a hEard, and it's a haBrd, it's a hEard, and it's a Ahard
And it's a haErd rBain's a gonna fEallA E
[Intro]
E B C#m A E B E
[Verse 1]
Well it Eain't no use to Bsit and wonder C#mwhy, babe
AIf you don't know by Enow B
An' it Eain't no use to Bsit and wonder C#mwhy, babe
F#7It'lA7l never do someBhow
When your Erooster crows at the E7break of dawn
ALook out your window and F#7I'lA7l be gone
EYou're the Breason I'm C#mtrav'lin' on A
But Edon't think Btwice, it's all Eright
[Instrumental]
E B C#m A E
[Verse 2]
An' it Eain't no use in Bturnin' on your C#mlight, babe
The Alight I never Eknowed B
An' it Eain't no use in Bturnin' on your C#mlight, babe
F#7I'm A7on the dark side of the Broad
But I Ewish there was somethin' you would E7do or say
To Atry and make me change my F#7mind A7and stay
EWe never Bdid too much C#mtalkin' anyAway
But Edon't think Btwice, it's all Eright
[Instrumental]
E B C#m A E
[Verse 3]
So it Eain't no use in Bcallin' out my C#mname, gal
ALike you never done beEfore B
An' it Eain't no use in Bcallin' out my C#mname, gal
F#7I caA7n't hear you any mBore
I'm a-Ethinkin' and a-wonderin' E7walkin' down the road
I Aonce loved a woman, a F#7chilA7d I'm told
I Egive her my Bheart but she C#mwanted my Asoul
But Edon't think Btwice, it's all Eright
[Instrumental]
E B C#m A E
[Verse 4]
So ElonBg honey-C#mbabe
Where I'm Abound, I can't Etell B
EGoodbye's Btoo good a C#mword, babe
F#7So I A7just say fare thee Bwell
I Eain't sayin' you treated E7me unkind
AYou could have done better but F#7I dA7on't mind
EYou just kinda Bwasted my C#mprecious Atime
But Edon't think Btwice, it's all Eright
Capo on 6th fret
[Intro]
D3 G D G D(x2)
[Verse 1]
D3Oxford Town, GOxford DTownG D
EvG'rybody's got their heaDds bowed downG D
D3The sun don't Gshine Dabove Gthe groundD
GAin't a-goin' down to ODxford TownG D
[Instrumental]
D3 G D G D(x2)
[Verse 2]
D3He went down Gto OxfoDrd TowGnD
GGuns and clubs followed Dhim downG D
D3All because hGis face Dwas bGrownD
GBetter get away from OxDford TownG D
[Instrumental]
D3 G D G D(x2)
[Verse 3]
D3Oxford Town aGround tDhe benGdD
GHe come in to the door, Dhe couldn't Gget inD
D3All because oGf the cDolor oGf his skinD
GWhat do you think about Dthat, my friGen'?D
[Instrumental]
D3 G D G D(x2)
[Verse 4]
D3Me and my galG, my gaDl's soGnD
GWe got met with a tear Dgas bombG D
D3I don't even Gknow whDy we cGomeD
GGoin' back where we comDe fromG D
[Instrumental]
D3 G D G D(x2)
[Verse 5]
D3Oxford Town iGn the aDfternoGonD
GEv'rybody singin' a sorDrowful tuneG D
D3Two men died G'neath Dthe MiGssissippi moonD
GSomebody better investiDgate soonG D
[Instrumental]
D3 G D G D(x2)
[Verse 6]
D3Oxford Town, GOxford DTownG D
GEv'rybody's got their hDeads bowed doGwnD
D3The sun don't Gshine Dabove Gthe groundD
GAin't a-goin' down to ODxford TownG D
This song is written after Bob Dylan experienced a bad dream about World War III. Very
that there will be a 3rd one anyway so don't worry.
[Intro]
D, G, E, G.
[Verse 1]
GSome time ago a crazy dream came to me,
I dreamt I was waDlkin' into World War EThreGe,
DI went to the doctor the very next day
To see what kinda words he could say.
GHe said it was a bad dream.
DI wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though,
They were my own dreams and they're only in my head.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 2]
GI said, "Hold it, Doc, a World War passed through my brain."
He said, D"Nurse, get your pad, this boy's insane,"E G
DHe grabbed my arm, I said "Ouch!"
As I landed on the psychiatric couch,
He said, "Tell Gme about it."
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 3]
GWell, the whole thing started at 3 o'clock fast,
It was all over by Dquarter past.E G
DI was down in the sewer with some little lover
When I peeked out from a manhole coverE G
DWondering who turned the lights on.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 4]
GWell, I got up and walked around
And up Dand down the lonesome town.E G
DI stood a-wondering which way to go,
I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
And walked on down the rEoad.G
DIt was a normal day.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 5]
GWell, I rung the fallout shelter bell
And I leaned my head and I gave a yell,
D"Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man."
A shotgun fired and away I ran.
I don't blame them too much though,
GI know I look funny.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 6]
GDown at the corner by a hot-dog stand
I seen a man, I said, "Howdy friend,
I guess there's just us two."
He screamed a bit and away he fleEw.G
DThought I was a Communist.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 7]
GWell, I spied a girl and before she could leave,
D"Let's go and play Adam and Eve."E G
DI took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'
When she said, "Hey man, you crazy or sumpin',E G
DYou see what happened last time they started."
[Instrumental]
E G D E G(x3)
[Verse 8]
GWell, I seen a Cadillac window uptown
DAnd there was nobody aroun'E,G
DI got into the driver's seat
And I drove 42nd Street
DIn my Cadillac.
Good car to drive after a war.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G(x3)
[Verse 9]
GWell, I remember seein' some ad,
DSo I turned on my Conelrad.E G
DBut I didn't pay my Con Ed bill,E G
So the radio didn't work so well.
DTurned on my player-
It was Rock-A-Day, Johnny singin',
"Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa,
Our Loves Are Gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah."
[Instrumental]
E G D E G(x3)
[Verse 10]
GI was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue,
DI needed somebody to talk to.E G
DSo I called up the operator of time
Just to hear a voice of some kind.E G
D"When you hear the beep
It will be three o'clock,"
She said that for over an hour
And I hung it up.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G(x3)
[Verse 11]
GWell, the doctor interrupted me just about then,
DSayin, "Hey I've been havin' the same old dreams,E G
DBut mine was a little different you see.
I dreamt that the only person left after the war was meE.G
DI didn't see you around."
[Instrumental]
E G D E G(x3)
[Verse 12]
GWell, now time passed and now it seems
DEverybody's having them dreams.E G
DEverybody sees themselves walkin' around with no one else.
Half of the people can be part right all of the time,
Some of the people can be all right part of the time.
But all the people can't be all right all the time
I think Abraham Lincoln said that.
D"I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours,"E G
I said that.
[Outro]
E G D E G(x3)
[Harmonica Intro]
G C G
[Verse 1]
GHoney, just allow me one more chance
To gCet along with yGou.
Honey, just allow me one more chance,
Ah'll A7do anything with yDou.
GWell, I'm a-walkin' down the road
With my hG7ead in my hand,
I'm lCookin' for a woman
Needs a wA7orried man.
GJust-a one kind fDavor I aGsk yCou,
G'Low me just-a oDne more cGhance.
[Verse 2]
GHoney, just allow me one more chance
CTo ride your aeroGplane.
Honey, just allow A7me one more chDance
GTo ride your passenger train.
Well, I've been G7lookin' all over
CFor a gal like you,
I can't find A7nobody
GSo youD'll havGe to Cdo.
GJust-a one kind fDavor I ask yGou,
'Low me just-a one more chance.
[Verse 3]
GHoney, just allow me one more chance
To get Calong with yGou.
Honey, just allow A7me one more chDance,
GAh'll do anything with you.
Well, looG7kin' for a woman
CThat ain't got no man,
Is just lookA7in' for a needle
That is lost in the sand.
GJust-a one kDind favor GI ask youC,
'Low me jGust-a one more Dchance.G
[Intro]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 1]
DWell, I took me a woman late last night,
I's three-fourths drunk, she looked uptight.
She took off her wheel, took off her bell,
Took off her wig, said, "How do I smell?"
I hot-footed it . . . bare-naked . . .
Out the window!
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 2]
GWell, sometimes I might get drunk,
Walk like a duck and stomp like a skunk.
Don't hurt me none, don't hurt my pride
'Cause I got my little lady right by my side.
(Right there
Proud as can be)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 3]
DI's out there paintin' on the old woodshed
When a can a black paint it fell on my head.
I went down to scrub and rub
But I had to sit in back of the tub.
(Cost a quarter
And I had to get out quick . . .
Someone wanted to come in and take a sauna)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 4]
GWell, my telephone rang it would not stop,
It's President Kennedy callin' me up.
He said, "My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?"
I said, "My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot,
Anita Ekberg,
Sophia Loren."
(Put 'em all in the same room with Ernest Borgnine!)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 5]
DWell, I got a woman sleeps on a cot,
She yells and hollers and squeals a lot.
Licks my face and tickles my ear,
Bends me over and buys me beer.
(She's a honeymooner
A June crooner
A spoon feeder
And a natural leader)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 6]
GOh, there ain't no use in me workin' so heavy,
I got a woman who works on the levee.
Pumping that water up to her neck,
Every week she sends me a monthly check.
(She's a humdinger
Folk singer
Dead ringer
For Athing - A- muh jigger)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 7]
DLate one day in the middle of the week,
Eyes were closed I was half asleep.
I chased me a woman up the hill,
Right in the middle of an air raid drill.
It was Little Bo Peep!
(I jumped a fallout shelter
I jumped a bean stalk
I jumped a ferris wheel)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 8]
GNow, the man on the stand he wants my vote,
He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note.
He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple,
Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people.
(He's eatin' bagels
He's eatin' pizza
He's eatin' chitlins
He's eatin' bullshit!)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 9]
DOh, set me down on a television floor,
I'll flip the channel to number four.
Out of the shower comes a grown-up man
With a bottle of hair oil in his hand.
(It's that greasy kid stuff.
What I want to know, Mr. Football Man, is
What do you do about Willy Mays and Yul Brynner,
Charles de Gaulle
And Robert Louis Stevenson?)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 10]
GWell, the funniest woman I ever seen
Was the great-granddaughter of Mr. Clean.
She takes about fifteen baths a day,
Wants me to grow a cigar on my face.
(She's a little bit heavy!)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G(x2)
[Verse 11]
DWell, ask me why I'm drunk alla time,
It levels my head and eases my mind.
I just walk along and stroll and sing,
I see better days and I do better things.
(I catch dinosaurs
I make love to Elizabeth Taylor . . .
Catch hell from Richard Burton!)
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The story behind the song
This song is the title track from Bob Dylan's breakthrough 1963 album, which expanded on his folk and blues roots. As an artist, Dylan is celebrated for bringing sophisticated lyrical techniques to folk music, weaving in political, social, and philosophical themes that resonated with the counterculture. Playing this song connects you to the foundational work of a songwriter known for infusing his music with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry. It embodies the spirit of an artist who defied pop music conventions while becoming a major figure in popular culture.
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The Freewheelin Bob Dylan
by Bob Dylan
Chords in this song · guitar
D
G
A
Bm
C
Am
Am7
F
D7
E
B
C#m
F#7
A7
E7
D3
G7
6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D G A D G D
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
G A D G A
How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand?
D G A D G D
Yes and how many times must the cannon balls fly before they're forever banned?
[Chorus]
G A D Bm
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
G A D
The answer is blowing in the wind
[Harmonica's Solo]
G A D Bm G A D
[Verse 2]
D G A D G D
How many years can a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea?
G A D G A
Yes and how many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free?
D G A D G D
Yes and how many times can a man turn his head pretending that he just didn't see?
[Chorus]
G A D Bm
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
G A D
The answer is blowing in the wind
[Harmonica's Solo]
G A D Bm G A D
[Verse 3]
D G A D G D
Yes and how many times must a man look up before he can see the sky?
G A D G A
Yes and how many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry?
D G A D G D
Yes and how many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?
[Chorus]
G A D Bm
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
G A D
The answer is blowing in the wind
[Harmonica's Solo]
G A D Bm G A D
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G C D G
Well, if you're travellin' in the north country fair,
G
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
C G
Remember me to one who lives there
G C D G
She once was a true love of mine.
[Verse 2]
G C D G
Well, if you go in the snowflake storm
G
When the rivers freeze and summer ends
C G
Please see she has a coat so warm
G C D G
To keep her from the howlin' winds.
[Verse 3]
G C D G
Please see for me if her hair hangs long
G
If it rolls and flows all down her breast,
C G
Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
G C D G
That's the way I remember her best.
[Verse 4]
G C D G
I'm a wonderin' if she remembers me at all
G
Many times I've often prayed
C G
In the darkness of my night
G C D G
In the brightness of my day.
[Solo]
[Verse 5]
G C D G
So if you're travellin' in the north country fair,
G
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
C G
Remember me to one who lives there,
G C D G
She once was a true love of mine.
[Intro]
Am Am7 Am
[Verse 1]
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
Come you masters of war, you that build the big guns
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
You that build the death planes, you that build all the bombs
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
You that hide behind walls, you that hide behind desks
Am C G F Am Am7 Am
I just want you to know I can see through your masks
[Verse 2]
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
You that never have done nothin' but build to destroy
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
You play with my world like it's your little toy
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
You put a gun in my hand then you hide from my eyes
Am C G F Am Am7 Am
Then you turn and run farther when the fast bullets fly
[Verse 3]
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
Like Judas of old you lie and deceive
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
A world war can't be won, and you want me to believe
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
But I see through your eyes and I see through your brain
Am C G F Am Am7 Am
Like I see through the water that runs down my drain
[Verse 4]
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
You that fasten all the triggers for the others to fire
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
Then you sit back and watch while the death count gets higher
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
You hide in your mansions while the young people's blood
Am C G F Am Am7 Am
Flows out of their bodies and gets buried in the mud
[Verse 5]
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
You've thrown the worst fear that can ever be hurled
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
Fear to bring children into the world
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
For threatening my baby, unborn and unnamed
Am C G F Am Am7 Am
You ain't worth the blood that runs in your veins
[Verse 6]
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
How much do I know to talk out of turn
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
You might say that I'm young, you might say I'm unlearned
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
But there's one thing I know, though I'm younger than you
Am C G F Am Am7 Am
Even Jesus would never forgive what you do
[Verse 7]
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
Let me ask you one question: is your money that good?
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
Will it buy you forgiveness? Do you think that it could?
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
I think you will find when your death takes its toll
Am C G F Am Am7 Am
All the money you made won't ever buy back your soul
[Verse 8]
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
And I hope that you die and your death will come soon
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
I'll follow your casket through the pale afternoon
Am Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
And I'll watch while you're lowered into your death bed
Am C G F Am Am7 Am
Then I'll stand over your grave till I'm sure that you're dead
[Intro]
D7
[Verse 1]
D7
Well I'm walkin' down the highway with a suitcase inmy hand
G D7
(Riff)
Yes I'm walkin' down the highway with a suitcase in my hand
A D7
(Riff)
Lord I really miss my baby she's in some far-off land
D7
With my suitcase in my hand.
Lord, I really miss my baby,
She's in some far-off land.
[Verse 2]
D7
Well, your streets are gettin' empty,
G D7
(Riff)
Lord, your highway's gettin' filled.
A D7
(Riff)
And your streets are gettin' empty
D7
And your highway's gettin' filled.
Well, the way I love that woman,
I swear it's bound to get me killed.
[Verse 3]
D7
Well, I been gamblin' so long,
G D7
( Riff(
Lord, I ain't got much more to lose.
A D7
(Riff)
Yes, I been gamblin' so long,
D7
Lord, I ain't got much more to lose.
Right now I'm havin' trouble,
Please don't take away my highway shoes.
[Verse 4]
D7
Well, I'm bound to get lucky, baby,
G D7
(Riff)
Or I'm bound to die tryin'.
A D7
(Riff)
Yes, I'm a-bound to get lucky, baby,
D7
Lord, Lord I'm a-bound to die tryin'.
Well, meet me in the middle of the ocean
And we'll leave this ol' highway behind.
[Verse 5]
D7
Well, the ocean took my baby,
G D7
(Riff)
My baby stole my heart from me.
A D7
(Riff)
Yes, the ocean took my baby,
D7
My baby took my heart from me.
She packed it all up in a suitcase,
Lord, she took it away to Italy, Italy.
[Verse 6]
D7
So, I'm a-walkin' down your highway
G D7
(Riff)
Just as far as my poor eyes can see.
A D7
(Riff)
Yes, I'm a-walkin' down your highway
D7
Just as far as my eyes can see.
From the Golden Gate Bridge
All the way to the Statue of Liberty.
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A
Well, the Lone Ranger and Tonto
They are ridin' down the line
E
Fixin' ev'rybody's troubles
Ev'rybody's 'cept mine
Somebody musta tol' 'em
That I was doin' fine
[Instrumental]
A D E A
[Verse 2]
A
Oh you five and ten cent women
With nothin' in your heads
E
I got a real gal I'm lovin'
And Lord I'll love her till I'm dead
Go away from my door and my window too
Right now
[Instrumental]
A D E A
[Verse 3]
A
Lord, I ain't goin' down to no race track
See no sports car run
E
I don't have no sports car
And I don't even care to have one
I can walk anytime around the block
[Instrumental]
A D E A
[Verse 4]
A
Well, the wind keeps a-blowin' me
Up and down the street
E
With my hat in my hand
And my boots on my feet
Watch out so you don't step on me
A D E A
[Verse 5]
A
Well, lookit here buddy
You want to be like me
Pull out your six-shooter
E
And rob every bank you can see
Tell the judge I said it was all right
Yes!
Finish off with instrumental solo
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall:
[Verse 1]
E A E
Oh, where have you been, my blue eyed son?
E B
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
A E
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
A E
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
A E
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
A E
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
A E
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
E B E A
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
E B E A E
And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall
[Verse 2]
E A E
Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son?
E B
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
A E
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
A E
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
A E
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'
A E
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a bleedin'
A E
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
A E
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
A E
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
E B E A
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
E B E A E
And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall
[Verse 3]
E A E
And what did you hear, my blue eyed son?
E B
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
A E
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin'
A E
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
A E
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a blazin'
A E
Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'
A E
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
A E
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
A E
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
E B E A
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
E B E A E
And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall
[Verse 4]
E A E
Oh, who did you meet, my blue eyed son?
E B
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
A E
I met a young child beside a dead pony
A E
I met a white man who walked a black dog
A E
I met a young woman whose body was burning
A E
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
A E
I met one man who was wounded in love
A E
I met another man who was wounded with hatred
E B E A
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
E B E A E
And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall
[Verse 5]
E A E
Oh, what'll you do now, my blue eyed son?
E B
Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
A E
I'm a goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a fallin'
A E
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
A E
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
A E
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
A E
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
A E
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden
A E
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
A E
Where black is the color, where none is the number
A E
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
A E
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
A E
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
A E
But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
E B E A
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
E B E A E
And it's a hard rain's a gonna fall
[Intro]
E B C#m A E B E
[Verse 1]
E B C#m
Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
A E B
If you don't know by now
E B C#m
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
F#7 A7 B
It'll never do somehow
E E7
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
A F#7 A7
Look out your window and I'll be gone
E B C#m A
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
E B E
But don't think twice, it's all right
[Instrumental]
E B C#m A E
[Verse 2]
E B C#m
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
A E B
The light I never knowed
E B C#m
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
F#7 A7 B
I'm on the dark side of the road
E E7
But I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
A F#7 A7
To try and make me change my mind and stay
E B C#m A
We never did too much talkin' anyway
E B E
But don't think twice, it's all right
[Instrumental]
E B C#m A E
[Verse 3]
E B C#m
So it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
A E B
Like you never done before
E B C#m
An' it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
F#7 A7 B
I can't hear you any more
E E7
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wonderin' walkin' down the road
A F#7 A7
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
E B C#m A
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
E B E
But don't think twice, it's all right
[Instrumental]
E B C#m A E
[Verse 4]
E B C#m
So long honey-babe
A E B
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
E B C#m
Goodbye's too good a word, babe
F#7 A7 B
So I just say fare thee well
E E7
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
A F#7 A7
You could have done better but I don't mind
E B C#m A
You just kinda wasted my precious time
E B E
But don't think twice, it's all right
Capo on 6th fret
[Intro]
D3 G D G D
(x2)
[Verse 1]
D3 G D G D
Oxford Town, Oxford Town
G D G D
Ev'rybody's got their heads bowed down
D3 G D G D
The sun don't shine above the ground
G D G D
Ain't a-goin' down to Oxford Town
[Instrumental]
D3 G D G D
(x2)
[Verse 2]
D3 G D G D
He went down to Oxford Town
G D G D
Guns and clubs followed him down
D3 G D G D
All because his face was brown
G D G D
Better get away from Oxford Town
[Instrumental]
D3 G D G D
(x2)
[Verse 3]
D3 G D G D
Oxford Town around the bend
G D G D
He come in to the door, he couldn't get in
D3 G D G D
All because of the color of his skin
G D G D
What do you think about that, my frien'?
[Instrumental]
D3 G D G D
(x2)
[Verse 4]
D3 G D G D
Me and my gal, my gal's son
G D G D
We got met with a tear gas bomb
D3 G D G D
I don't even know why we come
G D G D
Goin' back where we come from
[Instrumental]
D3 G D G D
(x2)
[Verse 5]
D3 G D G D
Oxford Town in the afternoon
G D G D
Ev'rybody singin' a sorrowful tune
D3 G D G D
Two men died 'neath the Mississippi moon
G D G D
Somebody better investigate soon
[Instrumental]
D3 G D G D
(x2)
[Verse 6]
D3 G D G D
Oxford Town, Oxford Town
G D G D
Ev'rybody's got their heads bowed down
D3 G D G D
The sun don't shine above the ground
G D G D
Ain't a-goin' down to Oxford Town
This song is written after Bob Dylan experienced a bad dream about World War III. Very
that there will be a 3rd one anyway so don't worry.
[Intro]
D G E G
, , , .
[Verse 1]
G
Some time ago a crazy dream came to me,
D E G
I dreamt I was walkin' into World War Three,
D
I went to the doctor the very next day
To see what kinda words he could say.
G
He said it was a bad dream.
D
I wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though,
They were my own dreams and they're only in my head.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 2]
G
I said, "Hold it, Doc, a World War passed through my brain."
D E G
He said, "Nurse, get your pad, this boy's insane,"
D
He grabbed my arm, I said "Ouch!"
As I landed on the psychiatric couch,
G
He said, "Tell me about it."
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 3]
G
Well, the whole thing started at 3 o'clock fast,
D E G
It was all over by quarter past.
D
I was down in the sewer with some little lover
E G
When I peeked out from a manhole cover
D
Wondering who turned the lights on.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 4]
G
Well, I got up and walked around
D E G
And up and down the lonesome town.
D
I stood a-wondering which way to go,
I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
E G
And walked on down the road.
D
It was a normal day.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 5]
G
Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell
And I leaned my head and I gave a yell,
D
"Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man."
A shotgun fired and away I ran.
I don't blame them too much though,
G
I know I look funny.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 6]
G
Down at the corner by a hot-dog stand
I seen a man, I said, "Howdy friend,
I guess there's just us two."
E G
He screamed a bit and away he flew.
D
Thought I was a Communist.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
[Verse 7]
G
Well, I spied a girl and before she could leave,
D E G
"Let's go and play Adam and Eve."
D
I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'
E G
When she said, "Hey man, you crazy or sumpin',
D
You see what happened last time they started."
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
(x3)
[Verse 8]
G
Well, I seen a Cadillac window uptown
D E G
And there was nobody aroun',
D
I got into the driver's seat
And I drove 42nd Street
D
In my Cadillac.
Good car to drive after a war.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
(x3)
[Verse 9]
G
Well, I remember seein' some ad,
D E G
So I turned on my Conelrad.
D E G
But I didn't pay my Con Ed bill,
So the radio didn't work so well.
D
Turned on my player-
It was Rock-A-Day, Johnny singin',
"Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa,
Our Loves Are Gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah."
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
(x3)
[Verse 10]
G
I was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue,
D E G
I needed somebody to talk to.
D
So I called up the operator of time
E G
Just to hear a voice of some kind.
D
"When you hear the beep
It will be three o'clock,"
She said that for over an hour
And I hung it up.
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
(x3)
[Verse 11]
G
Well, the doctor interrupted me just about then,
D E G
Sayin, "Hey I've been havin' the same old dreams,
D
But mine was a little different you see.
E G
I dreamt that the only person left after the war was me.
D
I didn't see you around."
[Instrumental]
E G D E G
(x3)
[Verse 12]
G
Well, now time passed and now it seems
D E G
Everybody's having them dreams.
D
Everybody sees themselves walkin' around with no one else.
Half of the people can be part right all of the time,
Some of the people can be all right part of the time.
But all the people can't be all right all the time
I think Abraham Lincoln said that.
D E G
"I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours,"
I said that.
[Outro]
E G D E G
(x3)
[Harmonica Intro]
G C G
[Verse 1]
G
Honey, just allow me one more chance
C G
To get along with you.
Honey, just allow me one more chance,
A7 D
Ah'll do anything with you.
G
Well, I'm a-walkin' down the road
G7
With my head in my hand,
C
I'm lookin' for a woman
A7
Needs a worried man.
G D G C
Just-a one kind favor I ask you,
G D G
'Low me just-a one more chance.
[Verse 2]
G
Honey, just allow me one more chance
C G
To ride your aeroplane.
A7 D
Honey, just allow me one more chance
G
To ride your passenger train.
G7
Well, I've been lookin' all over
C
For a gal like you,
A7
I can't find nobody
G D G C
So you'll have to do.
G D G
Just-a one kind favor I ask you,
'Low me just-a one more chance.
[Verse 3]
G
Honey, just allow me one more chance
C G
To get along with you.
A7 D
Honey, just allow me one more chance,
G
Ah'll do anything with you.
G7
Well, lookin' for a woman
C
That ain't got no man,
A7
Is just lookin' for a needle
That is lost in the sand.
G D G C
Just-a one kind favor I ask you,
G D G
'Low me just-a one more chance.
[Intro]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 1]
D
Well, I took me a woman late last night,
I's three-fourths drunk, she looked uptight.
She took off her wheel, took off her bell,
Took off her wig, said, "How do I smell?"
I hot-footed it . . . bare-naked . . .
Out the window!
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 2]
G
Well, sometimes I might get drunk,
Walk like a duck and stomp like a skunk.
Don't hurt me none, don't hurt my pride
'Cause I got my little lady right by my side.
(Right there
Proud as can be)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 3]
D
I's out there paintin' on the old woodshed
When a can a black paint it fell on my head.
I went down to scrub and rub
But I had to sit in back of the tub.
(Cost a quarter
And I had to get out quick . . .
Someone wanted to come in and take a sauna)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 4]
G
Well, my telephone rang it would not stop,
It's President Kennedy callin' me up.
He said, "My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?"
I said, "My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot,
Anita Ekberg,
Sophia Loren."
(Put 'em all in the same room with Ernest Borgnine!)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 5]
D
Well, I got a woman sleeps on a cot,
She yells and hollers and squeals a lot.
Licks my face and tickles my ear,
Bends me over and buys me beer.
(She's a honeymooner
A June crooner
A spoon feeder
And a natural leader)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 6]
G
Oh, there ain't no use in me workin' so heavy,
I got a woman who works on the levee.
Pumping that water up to her neck,
Every week she sends me a monthly check.
(She's a humdinger
Folk singer
Dead ringer
A A
For thing - - muh jigger)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 7]
D
Late one day in the middle of the week,
Eyes were closed I was half asleep.
I chased me a woman up the hill,
Right in the middle of an air raid drill.
It was Little Bo Peep!
(I jumped a fallout shelter
I jumped a bean stalk
I jumped a ferris wheel)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 8]
G
Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote,
He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note.
He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple,
Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people.
(He's eatin' bagels
He's eatin' pizza
He's eatin' chitlins
He's eatin' bullshit!)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 9]
D
Oh, set me down on a television floor,
I'll flip the channel to number four.
Out of the shower comes a grown-up man
With a bottle of hair oil in his hand.
(It's that greasy kid stuff.
What I want to know, Mr. Football Man, is
What do you do about Willy Mays and Yul Brynner,
Charles de Gaulle
And Robert Louis Stevenson?)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 10]
G
Well, the funniest woman I ever seen
Was the great-granddaughter of Mr. Clean.
She takes about fifteen baths a day,
Wants me to grow a cigar on my face.
(She's a little bit heavy!)
[Interlude]
G G G G C G C C G
(x2)
[Verse 11]
D
Well, ask me why I'm drunk alla time,
It levels my head and eases my mind.
I just walk along and stroll and sing,
I see better days and I do better things.
(I catch dinosaurs
I make love to Elizabeth Taylor . . .
Catch hell from Richard Burton!)
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