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Capo: 2
Tuning: G C E A
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Ballad of a Thin Man – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Highway 61 Revisited" (1965)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C
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INTRO / OUTRO
Bm Em Bm Bm Em Bm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|2---------------|2---------------|
E|2---2-2-3-2-----|2---2-2-3-2-----|
C|2---2-2-4-2-----|2---2-2-4-2-----|
g|4---------------|4---------------|
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CHORDS
g-C-E-A
Bbaug 3-2-2-1
E9 1-2-2-2
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INTRO
| Bm | % | % | % |
(see above)
VERSE 1
Bm You walk into the room
Bbaug With your pencil in your hand
D You see somebody naked
And youE9 say, “Who is that man?”
G You try so hard
But youEm don’t understand
DJust what you’ll F#msay
When you get Bmhome
D Because something is F#mhappening here
And you Bmdon't know what it Dis,
GDo you, Mister BmJones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % |
(see above)
VERSE 2
Bm You raise up your head
Bbaug And you ask, “Is this where it is?”
D And somebody points to you and says
E9 “It’s his”
G And you say, “What’s mine?”
And somebody Emelse says, “Where what is?”
And you say,D “Oh my God
Am I F#mhere all alBmone?”
ButD something is F#mhappening
But you Bmdon’t know what it Dis
GDo you, Mister BmJones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % |
(see above)
VERSE 3
Bm You hand in your ticket
Bbaug And you go watch the geek
D Who immediately walks up to you
E9 When he hears you speak
G And says, “How does it feel
ToEm be such a freak?”
And you say, “ImDpossible”
As he F#mhands you a bBmone
AndD something is F#mhappening here
But you Bmdon’t know what it Dis
GDo you, Mister BmJones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % |
(see above)
MIDDLE 8
Bm You have many contacts
D Among the lumberjacks
To Gget you facts
When someone attacks your imagiBmnation
Bm But nobody has any respect
D Anyway they already expect you
G To just give a check
To Emtax-deductible charity organiAzations
VERSE 4
Bm You’ve been with the professors
And Bbaugthey’ve all liked your looks
D With great lawyers you have
DisE9cussed lepers and crooks
G You’ve been through all of
F. Scott FitzEmgerald’s books
D You’re very well F#mread
It’s well Bmknown
ButD something is F#mhappening here
But you Bmdon’t know what it Dis
GDo you, Mister BmJones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % |
(see above)
VERSE 5
Well, theBm sword swallower, he comes up to Bbaugyou
Abaug
And then he kneels
D He crosses himself
And then heE9 clicks his high heels
And withGout further notice
He asks youEm how it feels
And he says, “DHere is your throat F#mback
Thanks for the Bmloan”
D And you know something is F#mhappening
But you Bmdon’t know what it Dis
GDo you, Mister BmJones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % |
(see above)
VERSE 6
Bm Now you see this one-eyed midget
Bbaug Shouting the word “NOW”
D And you say, “For what reason?”
E9 And he says, “How?”
G And you say, “What does this mean?”
And he screams Emback, “You’re a cow
DGive me some F#mmilk
Or else go Bmhome”
D And you know something is F#mhappening
But you Bmdon’t know what it Dis
G Do you, Mister BmJones
INTERLUDE
| Bm | % |
(see above)
VERSE 7
Well, you Bmwalk into the room
Like a Bbaugcamel and then you frown
D You put your eyes in your pocket
And your E9nose on the ground
G There ought to be a law
AEmgainst you comin’ around
You Dshould be made
To F#mwear earpBmhones
D ‘Cause something is F#mhappening
But you Bmdon’t know what it isD
GDo you, Mister BmJones
OUTRO
| Bm | % |
(see above)
(repeat and fade)