Chords for Tangled Up In Blue

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_ [D] Early [C] one morning the sun was [D] shining, I was [C] lying in bed
[C] Wondering if she had changed at [G] all, if her hair was still red
And her folks, [C] they said our lives together, [D] it sure was gonna [C] be rough
They never did like mama's homemade dress, [G] papa's bank book wasn't big enough
[A] And she was [Bm] standing on the [D] side of the road, there's rain [G] falling on my shoes
[B] I'm heading out for the old [D] east coast, lord knows [G] I've paid some dues
[A] Getting through, _ [C] tangled [D] up in blue
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_ [D] And she [C] was married when we first [D] met, soon to be [C] divorced
[D] I helped [C] her out of the jam I [G] guess, but I used a little too much force
[D] So we drove that [C] car as far as we [D] could, abandoned it out west
Split [C] up on a dark sat night [G] for three and it was best
[A] Then she turned [Bm] around and looked [D] at me as I was [G] walking away
[A] I heard her say over my [D] shoulder, we're gonna meet [G] again someday on a [A] avenue
We [C] got tangled up in blue
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_ [D] So I had [C] a job in the bay north [D] woods, working as a cook [C] for a [D] spell
But I never did [C] like it all that [G] much and one day the ash just fell
[D] So I drifted [C] down to New Orleans [D] where I was lucky [C] enough to be employed
[D] Working for a while on a [G] fishing boat right outside of Delacroix
[A]
But all the [Bm] while I was [D] alone, the past was [G] close behind me
I've [Bm] seen a lot of women, [D] but she never [G] escaped my mind
Yeah I [A] just grew, _ [C] tangled [D] up in blue
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She [D] was [C] working in a topless [D] place and I just stopped in [C] for a beer
[D] I just [C] kept looking at the side of her [G] face in the spotlight so clear
[D] Then later [C] on as the car thinned [D] out I was just [C] about to do the same
[D] She was standing there at the back [G] of my chair singing tell me don't I know your name
[A] I noticed something [Bm] underneath [D] the breath, she stuttered [G] the lines on my face
I [Bm] must admit I felt a little [D] uneasy when she went to [G] dye the lace on [A] my shoe
[C] We got tangled up in blue
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_ [D] So she let [C] me burn all the stove [D] and [C] offered me a pipe
[D] I thought that you would [C] never say hello, she said [G] you looked like a silent [D] type
Then she opened [C] up a book of poems, [D] handed [C] it to me
[D] Read it by an [G] Italian poet in the 13th century
[A] And every one [Bm] of those words [D] rang true, flowed [G] like burning coal
[Bm] It's poured off of every [D] page like it's retaining [G] my soul
[A] Pardon me, do you?
[C] Tangled up in blue
So [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] now now now now I live with [C] her on Montague [D] Street in a basement down [C] the [D] stairs
There was music [C] in the cafes and I heard [G] a revolution in the air
[D] Till she shot an [C] interdict and we're [D] slaves, something [C] inside of him died
[D] She had said everything [G] they owned and froze up inside
[A]
Finally [Bm] as the bar [D] fell out, I [G] became withdrawn
The [Bm] only thing I knew how to [D] do was to keep on [G] keeping [A] on
Like a bird that flew, [C] we got tangled up in blue
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[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Dm] Now [C] I'm going back again, [Dm] gotta get to her somehow
[C] _ [D] All the [C] people that we used to know, [G] they're an illusion to me now
[D] Some are [C]
mathematicians, [D] some are [G] carpenter's wives
[Dm] We don't know how this got started, [G] don't know what we do with our lives
[A]
Me, I'm [Bm] still on [D] the road, heading for [G] another joint
We [Bm] didn't always see the [D] same and we started [G] from a different [A] point of view _ _
_ [G] Tangled up in [D] blue _ _ _ _
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