Chords for Blind Willie McTell - Bob Dylan cover by Dave Bright
Tempo:
75.325 bpm
Chords used:
Em
D
Bm
B
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [Em] [Em]
seen the arrow [B] on the [Em]
[G] doorpost
[Em] saying [Bm] this land [Em] is condemned
[Bm] away from [D] New [A] Orleans [C] to [D] [Em] Jerusalem
I [Bm] traveled through East [Em] Texas
[G] where [Em] [Bm] many [Em] martyrs fell
I [Bm] know no one [D] can [Am] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
[Bm] Heard that hoot owl [Em]
singing
[G] while [Em] they [D] were taking down [Em] the tent
Stars [Bm] above [D] the [Am] barren trees
[C] The only [D] [Em] audience
Them [B] charcoal gypsy [Em] [D] maidens
[Em] can strut [Bm] their [Em] feathers well
[B] Nobody [G] can [D] sing the [Am]
blues [C] like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
See [Bm] them big [Em] plantations burning
[B] Hear the cracking of [Em] the whips
[Bm] Smell that sweet [D] magnolia [A] blooming
[C] See the ghost [G] [D] of [Em] slavery's ships
I can hear them [B]
tribes [Em] moaning
[G] [Em] Hear [Bm] that [Em] undertaker's bell
[Bm] Nobody [D] can sing the [Em] [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
There's a woman [B] [Em] by the river
with [Bm] some fine young [Em] handsome man
[B] dressed up like [D] a [A] squire
[C] But [D] every skin is [Em] hand
[G]
[Em] There's that chain [Bm] gang on [Em] the highway
I [B] can hear them [Em] rippling yell
And I know [Bm] no [D] one can [A] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
[Bm]
[Em] [Bm]
[Em]
[Dm] [Am] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [G]
[Em] Our [Bm] God is in [Em] his heaven
[Bm] We are all [Em] but kids
The [B] power [Em] and [D] greed and corruptible [Am] seed
[C]
[G] seem to [D] be all at [Em] the [G] [Em] ears
[B] I'm gazing out [Em] the window
of [B] the St.
James [Em] Hotel
And I know [B] no [D] one can [A] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
[G]
[Em] [N]
seen the arrow [B] on the [Em]
[G] doorpost
[Em] saying [Bm] this land [Em] is condemned
[Bm] away from [D] New [A] Orleans [C] to [D] [Em] Jerusalem
I [Bm] traveled through East [Em] Texas
[G] where [Em] [Bm] many [Em] martyrs fell
I [Bm] know no one [D] can [Am] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
[Bm] Heard that hoot owl [Em]
singing
[G] while [Em] they [D] were taking down [Em] the tent
Stars [Bm] above [D] the [Am] barren trees
[C] The only [D] [Em] audience
Them [B] charcoal gypsy [Em] [D] maidens
[Em] can strut [Bm] their [Em] feathers well
[B] Nobody [G] can [D] sing the [Am]
blues [C] like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
See [Bm] them big [Em] plantations burning
[B] Hear the cracking of [Em] the whips
[Bm] Smell that sweet [D] magnolia [A] blooming
[C] See the ghost [G] [D] of [Em] slavery's ships
I can hear them [B]
tribes [Em] moaning
[G] [Em] Hear [Bm] that [Em] undertaker's bell
[Bm] Nobody [D] can sing the [Em] [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
There's a woman [B] [Em] by the river
with [Bm] some fine young [Em] handsome man
[B] dressed up like [D] a [A] squire
[C] But [D] every skin is [Em] hand
[G]
[Em] There's that chain [Bm] gang on [Em] the highway
I [B] can hear them [Em] rippling yell
And I know [Bm] no [D] one can [A] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
[Bm]
[Em] [Bm]
[Em]
[Dm] [Am] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [G]
[Em] Our [Bm] God is in [Em] his heaven
[Bm] We are all [Em] but kids
The [B] power [Em] and [D] greed and corruptible [Am] seed
[C]
[G] seem to [D] be all at [Em] the [G] [Em] ears
[B] I'm gazing out [Em] the window
of [B] the St.
James [Em] Hotel
And I know [B] no [D] one can [A] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
[G]
[Em] [N]
Key:
Em
D
Bm
B
G
Em
D
Bm
_ [Em] _ [Em] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ seen the arrow [B] on the [Em]
[G] doorpost
_ [Em] saying [Bm] this land [Em] is condemned
_ _ _ _ [Bm] away from [D] New [A] Orleans [C] to [D] _ [Em] Jerusalem _
_ I [Bm] traveled through East [Em] Texas
[G] where _ [Em] _ [Bm] many [Em] martyrs fell
I [Bm] know no one [D] can [Am] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Heard that hoot owl [Em]
singing
[G] while [Em] they [D] were taking down [Em] the tent
_ Stars _ _ [Bm] above [D] the [Am] barren trees
[C] The only [D] _ [Em] audience _
_ Them [B] charcoal gypsy [Em] [D] maidens
[Em] _ _ can strut [Bm] their [Em] feathers well _
_ _ [B] Nobody [G] can [D] sing the [Am]
blues [C] like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
See _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] them big [Em] plantations burning
_ _ [B] Hear the cracking of [Em] the whips
_ _ [Bm] Smell that sweet [D] magnolia [A] blooming
[C] See the ghost [G] [D] of [Em] slavery's ships
_ I can hear them [B]
tribes [Em] moaning
[G] [Em] Hear _ [Bm] that _ [Em] undertaker's bell
_ _ [Bm] Nobody [D] can sing the [Em] _ [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
_ There's _ _ a woman [B] _ [Em] by the river
with _ [Bm] some fine young [Em] handsome man
_ _ [B] dressed up like [D] a [A] squire
[C] But [D] every skin is [Em] hand
[G] _
[Em] There's that chain [Bm] gang on [Em] the highway _
I [B] can hear them [Em] rippling yell
And I know [Bm] no [D] one can [A] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ Our [Bm] God is in [Em] his heaven _ _ _
[Bm] We are all [Em] but kids
_ The [B] power [Em] and [D] greed and corruptible [Am] seed
[C]
[G] seem to [D] be all at [Em] the [G] _ [Em] ears _
[B] I'm gazing out [Em] the window
of [B] the St.
James [Em] Hotel
_ And I know [B] no [D] one can [A] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ seen the arrow [B] on the [Em]
[G] doorpost
_ [Em] saying [Bm] this land [Em] is condemned
_ _ _ _ [Bm] away from [D] New [A] Orleans [C] to [D] _ [Em] Jerusalem _
_ I [Bm] traveled through East [Em] Texas
[G] where _ [Em] _ [Bm] many [Em] martyrs fell
I [Bm] know no one [D] can [Am] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Heard that hoot owl [Em]
singing
[G] while [Em] they [D] were taking down [Em] the tent
_ Stars _ _ [Bm] above [D] the [Am] barren trees
[C] The only [D] _ [Em] audience _
_ Them [B] charcoal gypsy [Em] [D] maidens
[Em] _ _ can strut [Bm] their [Em] feathers well _
_ _ [B] Nobody [G] can [D] sing the [Am]
blues [C] like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
See _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] them big [Em] plantations burning
_ _ [B] Hear the cracking of [Em] the whips
_ _ [Bm] Smell that sweet [D] magnolia [A] blooming
[C] See the ghost [G] [D] of [Em] slavery's ships
_ I can hear them [B]
tribes [Em] moaning
[G] [Em] Hear _ [Bm] that _ [Em] undertaker's bell
_ _ [Bm] Nobody [D] can sing the [Em] _ [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell
_ There's _ _ a woman [B] _ [Em] by the river
with _ [Bm] some fine young [Em] handsome man
_ _ [B] dressed up like [D] a [A] squire
[C] But [D] every skin is [Em] hand
[G] _
[Em] There's that chain [Bm] gang on [Em] the highway _
I [B] can hear them [Em] rippling yell
And I know [Bm] no [D] one can [A] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ Our [Bm] God is in [Em] his heaven _ _ _
[Bm] We are all [Em] but kids
_ The [B] power [Em] and [D] greed and corruptible [Am] seed
[C]
[G] seem to [D] be all at [Em] the [G] _ [Em] ears _
[B] I'm gazing out [Em] the window
of [B] the St.
James [Em] Hotel
_ And I know [B] no [D] one can [A] sing the [C] blues like [D] Blind Willie [Em] McTell _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _