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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean Cut Kid – Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: "Empire Burlesque" (1985) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | D7 | % | % | % | | A7 | % | D7 | % | (break) [Verse 1]
D7Everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust AdD7just to what, a dream that bust? He was a A7clean-cut kid Well, they D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did (break)
| D7 | % | % | % | | A7 | % | D7 | % | (break) [Verse 2]
They said what’s D7up is down, they said what isn’t is They put iD7deas in his head he thought were his He was a A7clean-cut kid But they D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did (break)
| D7 | % | % | % | | A7 | % | D7 | % | (break) [Verse 3]
He was on the D7baseball team, he was in the marching band When he was D7ten years old he had a watermelon stand He was a A7clean-cut kid They D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did (break)
| D7 | % | % | % | | A7 | % | D7 | % | (break) [Bridge 1]
They said, “GListen boy, you’re just a pup” They sent him to a D7napalm health spa to shape up They gave him E7dope to smoke, drinks and pills A A7jeep to drive, blood to spill (break)
[Verse 4]
They said “ConD7gratulations, you got what it takes” They sent him D7back into the rat race without any brakes He was a A7clean-cut kid They D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did (break)
| D7 | % | % | % | | A7 | % | D7 | % | (break) [Bridge 2]
He bought the AGmerican dream but it put him in debt The only D7game he could play was Russian roulette He drank E7Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread Ate A7Burger Kings, he was well fed (break)
[Verse 5]
He went to D7Hollywood to see Peter O’Toole He stole a D7Rolls-Royce and drove it in a swimming pool They took a A7clean-cut kid And they D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did (break)
| D7 | % | % | % | | A7 | % | D7 | % | (break) [Bridge 3]
He could’ve Gsold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar Could’ve D7been an accountant or a tennis star He was E7wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day Off the A7Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay (break)
[Verse 6]
His mama D7walks the floor, his daddy weeps and moans They gotta D7sleep together in a home they don’t own They took a A7clean-cut kid And they D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did (break)
| D7 | % | % | % | | A7 | % | D7 | % | (break) [Bridge 4]
Well, Geverybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust D7All he ever wanted was somebody to trust They E7took his head and turned it inside out He A7never did know what it was all about (break)
[Verse 7] + coda
He had a D7steady job, he joined the choir He D7never did plan to walk the high wire They took a A7clean-cut kid And they D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they D7did (break)