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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- You Gotta Serve Somebody – Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Bob Dylan You Gotta Serve Somebody (Dylan) From: “Slow Train Coming” (1979) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Lick (originally E-piano) Am Am7 D/A 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + A|3p0---0---------|------------3h5-| C|0-----0---------|------------2---| C|0-----0---------|------------2---| g|2-----2---------|------------2---| The chords in square brackets indicate prominent e-piano licks. Leave them out when playing alone or use them with a second player. The bass mostly plays an e on the word "Lord" in the turnaround section. I wouldn't reflect this in the ukulele accompaniment, though. CHORDS Am 2-0-0-0 Dm 2-2-1-0 E7 1-2-0-2 D7 2-0-2-0 or 2-2-2-3 optional chords Am7 2-0-3-0 Am6 2-0-2-0 Em 0-4-3-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Am | % | % | % | (main riff) (main riff) [Verse 1]
AmYou may be an ambassador to England or France AmYou may like to gamble, you might like to dance Am You may be the heavyweight champion of the world AmYou may be a socialite with a long string of pearls D7 [ G D7 ] But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to Amserve somebody Well, E7it may be the devil or D7it may be the Lord But you're D7gonna have to sAmerve somebody
[Verse 2]
You Ammight be a Rock'n'Roll addict prancing on the stage You Ammight have drugs at your command, women in a cage AmYou may be a business man or some high degree thief AmThey may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief But you're gonna have to D7serve somebody, yes, you are You're gonna have to Amserve somebody (serve somebody) Well, E7it may be the devil or it D7may be the Lord But you're D7gonna have to Amserve somebody (serve somebody)
[Verse 3] Am [ Am7 ] You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk
Am You may be the head of some big TV network Am You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame Am [ Am7 D7 Am ] May be living in another country under another name [ Am7 ] D7 But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, you are You're gonna have to Amserve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it E7may be the devil or it D7may be the Lord But you're D7gonna have to Amserve somebody (serve somebody)
[Verse 4]
You Ammay be a construction worker working on a home AmMight be living in a mansion, you might live in a dome Am You may own guns and you may even own tanks You may be Amsomebody's landlord, you may even own banks But you're gonna have to D7serve somebody, yes (serve somebody) You're gonna have to Amserve somebody (serve somebody) Well, E7it may be the devil or itD7 may be the Lord But you're D7gonna have to Amserve somebody (serve somebody)
[Verse 5]
AmYou may be a preacher with your spiritual pride AmYou may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side Am May be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair Am7 [ Am G Am ] You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir | Em ] D7 But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes You're gonna have to Amserve somebody (serve somebody) Well, E7it may be the devil or it D7may be the Lord But you're D7gonna have to Amserve somebody (serve somebody)
[Verse 6]
AmMight like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk AmMight like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk AmMight like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread Am [ Am7 D7 Am ] May be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed [ Am7 ] D7 But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed (serve somebody) You're gonna have to Amserve somebody (serve somebody) Well, E7it may be the devil or D7it may be the Lord But you're D7gonna have to Amserve somebody (serve somebody)
[Verse 7] Am7 [ Am6 Am ] [ Am6 ] You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy Am7 [ Am6 Am ] [ Am6 ] You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy Am7 [ Am6 Am ] [ Am6 ] You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray Am7 [ Am6 Am Am6 Am7 ] You may call me anything no matter what you say [ A7 ] D7 But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed (serve somebody)
You're gonna have to sAmerve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it E7may be the devil or it D7may be the Lord But you're D7gonna have to Amserve somebody
[Outro] | Am | % | % | % | (oh yeah ...) | Am | % | % | % | (Serve somebody ...) (fade out)