Clean Cut Kid

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Clean Cut Kid – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Empire Burlesque" (1985)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Intro]
D7
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A7 D7
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(break)
[Verse 1]
D7
Everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust
D7
Adjust to what, a dream that bust?
A7
He was a clean-cut kid
D7
Well, they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)
D7
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A7 D7
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(break)
[Verse 2]
D7
They said what’s up is down, they said what isn’t is
D7
They put ideas in his head he thought were his
A7
He was a clean-cut kid
D7
But they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)
D7
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A7 D7
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(break)
[Verse 3]
D7
He was on the baseball team, he was in the marching band
D7
When he was ten years old he had a watermelon stand
A7
He was a clean-cut kid
D7
They made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)
D7
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A7 D7
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(break)
[Bridge 1]
G
They said, “Listen boy, you’re just a pup”
D7
They sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up
E7
They gave him dope to smoke, drinks and pills
A7
A jeep to drive, blood to spill
(break)
[Verse 4]
D7
They said “Congratulations, you got what it takes”
D7
They sent him back into the rat race without any brakes
A7
He was a clean-cut kid
D7
They made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)
D7
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A7 D7
| | % | | % |
(break)
[Bridge 2]
G
He bought the American dream but it put him in debt
D7
The only game he could play was Russian roulette
E7
He drank Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread
A7
Ate Burger Kings, he was well fed
(break)
[Verse 5]
D7
He went to Hollywood to see Peter O’Toole
D7
He stole a Rolls-Royce and drove it in a swimming pool
A7
They took a clean-cut kid
D7
And they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)
D7
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A7 D7
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(break)
[Bridge 3]
G
He could’ve sold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar
D7
Could’ve been an accountant or a tennis star
E7
He was wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day
A7
Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay
(break)
[Verse 6]
D7
His mama walks the floor, his daddy weeps and moans
D7
They gotta sleep together in a home they don’t own
A7
They took a clean-cut kid
D7
And they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)
D7
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A7 D7
| | % | | % |
(break)
[Bridge 4]
G
Well, everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust
D7
All he ever wanted was somebody to trust
E7
They took his head and turned it inside out
A7
He never did know what it was all about
(break)
[Verse 7] + coda
D7
He had a steady job, he joined the choir
D7
He never did plan to walk the high wire
A7
They took a clean-cut kid
D7 D7
And they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)

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          Clean Cut Kid – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Empire Burlesque" (1985)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| D7 | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
      (break)
| D7 | % | % | % |
[Verse 2]
      (break)
| D7 | % | % | % |
[Verse 3]
      (break)
| D7 | % | % | % |
[Bridge 1]
(break)
[Verse 4]
      (break)
| D7 | % | % | % |
[Bridge 2]
  (break)
 [Verse 5]
      (break)
| D7 | % | % | % |
[Bridge 3]
      (break)
 [Verse 6]
      (break)
| D7 | % | % | % |
[Bridge 4]
 (break)
[Verse 7] + coda
      (break)

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