Jokerman Bob Dylan Cover by John Cruz | Playing For Change | Live Outside Chords

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_ Standing at the water, casting your bread, [Bbm] while the eyes of the idol [Eb] with the iron head are [Ab] glowing.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] Distant ships sailing into the mist, [Bbm] you were born with a snake in [Eb] both of your fists while a [Ab] hurricane was blowing.
[Fm] _ [Bbm] With freedom [Eb] just around the corner [Ab] from you, _ but with [Bbm] truth so far off, [Eb] what good will [Ab] it do? _
[Db] _ [Eb] Joker man dance [Db] to the nightingale tune, [Ab] the birds fly [Fm] high by the light of the moon.
[Bbm] Whoa, _ [Eb] _ [Ab] whoa, Joker man.
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] So swiftly the sun sets in the sky, [Bbm] you rise [Eb] up and say goodbye [Ab] to no one.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] Fools rest in where angels fear to [Bbm] tread, both of their futures [Eb] so full of dread, and you [Ab] don't show one.
[Db] _ _ [Bbm] Shedding [Bb] off one more [Ab] layer of skin, _ [Bbm] keeping one step ahead from the persecutor [Ab] within.
_ [Db] _ _ [Eb] Joker man [Db] dance to the nightingale [Ab] tune, the birds fly [F] high by the light of the [Bbm] moon.
Whoa, _ whoa, [Ab] Joker man. _ _ _ _
_ Well you're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the [Bbm] clouds, manipulator of crowds.
You're a [Ab] dream twister.
_ You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah, but what do you [Bbm] care?
Ain't nobody there who'd want to marry your sister.
_ You're a friend to the martyr, a [Eb] friend to the women of shame.
_ [Ab] Look into a [Bbm] fiery furnace, [Eb] see the rich man without [Ab] any name.
[Db] _ [Eb] Joker man [Db] dance to the nightingale tune, the birds [Fm] fly high by the light of the [Bbm] moon.
Whoa, whoa, [Db] [Ab] Joker man.
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ab] Well a book of Leviticus and [Bbm] Deuteronomy, the law of the jungle and the sea are your [Ab] only teachers.
_ In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white [Bbm] steed, Michelangelo indeed, he could have carved [Ab] out your features.
_ [Bbm] You're resting in the fields far from the turbulence [Ab] phase.
Half [Bbm] asleep meet the stars with the small dog [Bb] licking your face.
[Db] _ _ [Eb] Joker man [Db] dance to the nightingale [Bb] tune, the birds fly [Fm] high by the light of the moon.
[Bbm] Whoa, [Eb] whoa, [Ab] Joker man.
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You know the rifle man's stalking, the sick in the lane, [Bbm] the preacher man seeks the same.
Who'll get there first is [Ab] uncertain.
_ _ Matchsticks, water canisters, tear gas, [Bbm] padlocks, Molotov cocktails [Bb] and rocks behind [Ab] every curtain.
And [Bbm] the false-hearted judge is [Bb] dying in the [Ab] webs that they spin.
It's [Bbm] only a matter of time till night [Bb] comes stepping in.
_ [Eb] Joker man [Db] dance to the nightingale [Ab] tune, the birds fly [Fm] high by the light of the [Bbm] moon.
Whoa, [Bb] whoa, [Ab] Joker man.
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_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Fm] Yes, [Ab] it's a shadowy world, [Eb] skies are thickening day.
[Fm] A woman just gave birth to a prince today, [Bb] dressed him [Ab] in scarlet.
He'll take the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat.
[Bbm] Take the motherless children off the streets and [Ab] place them at the feet of a harlot.
_ [Bbm] Oh, Joker man, you know what he [Ab] wants.
_ _ [Bbm] Oh, Joker man, you don't show any [Ab] response.
_ [Db] _ _ [Eb] Joker man [Db] dance to the nightingale [Ab] tune, the birds fly [Fm] high by the light of the moon.
[Bbm] Whoa, _
[Eb] _ [Ab] whoa, Joker man.
Whoa, [Bbm] _ _
_ [Ab] whoa, Joker man.
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ Joke's on you.
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