Ballad of a Thin Man (Live at Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK - May 17, 1966) Chords

[Bm] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ I'm a [Em] man, [B] _ [Bm] I'm _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _ a man
I'm a man
Put _ _ [Bb] your pencil in your hand
_ _ [D] See somebody naked
_ _ _ [Ab] Say who's that man?
_ _ _ [G] He drives you _ wild
_ [Em] But you don't understand
_ _ [D] Just what you wanna [Gbm] say
When you get [B] home
[Bm] _ _ _
Yes, because he [D] knows [Gbm] something is happening
_ But [Bm] you don't know what it _ is
[D] _ [G] When you _ _ _ say it's [B] not
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
[Bm] _ _ You're walking through the light and he
_ _ [Bb] Says it's where he is
_ _ [D] And somebody points to you
_ [Ab] And says it's his
_ _ [G] And you say what's that? _
_ _ _ [Em] Somebody else in for what he is
And you say [D] oh my God
[Gbm] Am I here all [B] alone?
[Bm] _ _ _
Yes, but you [D] know something is [Gbm]
happening
But [B] you don't know what it [Bm] is
_ [D] When [G] you _ _ say it's not
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Bm] _ _ You're handing over money
_ [B] _ _ [Bb] Bigger locks than keys
_ _ [D] The sun just woke up to you
_ _ [Ab] When he hears you speak
_ [G] He's saying how does it feel to
_ [Em] You need such a speech
And you say [D] it's impossible
But [Gbm] I am here [B] as well
_ [D] _
Yes, but you know something is [Gbm]
happening
_ [Bm] It's just that you don't know what it is
[D] When _ _ [G] you say it's not
_ [B] _ [Bm] You're _
[Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ at a man in _ context
_ [D] _ Out there hungin' from a chest
[G] You got your back, I kinda wanna pass [Bm] you on like today
You _ [Em] got [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ nobody hands, never _ _ [D] spanked
You're a man, I don't like what you say
[G] You don't even give a damn, don't even check too
[Em] You got no charity, walkin' out
_ [A] _ _ _ You're
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ like [B] a peasant _
_ [Eb] Playin' all [Bb] out your flute _
[Bm] _ _ [D] When they run you to town
_ [Ab] You can stop and finish a twos
_ [G] You can do all of them
You [Em] can stop and finish a threes
_ [D] You'll wear a red
_ [Gbm] And wear a [Bm] _ long
_ Come here, you'll see [D] _ something's happening
[Gbm] _
And you don't [B] know what it is _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
[Bm] _ _ _ He saw a flower, _ _ _ [Bb] and walked up to you and it healed you.
[D] _ He walked still, _ _ [Ab] and he fixed his high heels,
_ _ [G] and he turned out to the lotus, _ _ [E] and [Em] he flung him out of the field,
and said, [D] here's your flower, come [Gbm] back, _ great, [Bm] grow.
_ [B] _ _
Oh, yes, _ [D] _ great, such a man.
[Gbm] _ _ [Bm] Well, don't know what he did.
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] He looked _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ at [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] [Bm] you, _ and [B] he said,
here's what I need you to do.
_ [Bm] [Bb] So he moved on, _ _ [A] _ and you said, well, what did [D] he say?
_ _ _ _ [Ab] He says, come, _ _ _ [G] and he said, oh my God, who's that being?
_ [Em] That spins like your palm, [D] give me some milk, [Gbm] of your _ _ _ [Bm] palm. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] And he did so [Gbm] carefully, and he [B] wished you knew a [Bm] word.
He said, _ _ _ [G] thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] [B] He _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _ walked out of the lotus, _ _ _ [Bb] and by the time he found you,
[D] _ he was riding and walking, _ _ _ [Abm] and he knows you're strong.
[Ab] _ _ [G] _
You ought to be a rock, _ _ [Em] he's been coming around.
_ He's shown [D] me, _ _ [Gbm] he's wearing your crowns of [Bm]
tarot.
_ Oh, _ that's [D] a _ righteous [Gbm] man, _ [Bm] I know who he is.
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He's [Bm] a rock.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _