Tangled up in Blue Chords by Bob Dylan

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[D] [A] Early one morning the [G] sun was shining, [A] I was laying [G] in bed.
[A] Wondering if [G] she'd changed at [D] all if her hair was still red.
[A] The folks that set [G] our lives together [A] sure was gonna [G] be rough.
[A] They never did [G] like mama's homemade [D] dress, papa's bank book wasn't big enough.
[E] And I was standing [F#m] on the side of the road, [A] rain falling on [D] my shoes.
[E] Heading [F#m] up for the east [A] coast, lord knows I [D] played some [E] dukes.
Getting through, [G] [D] tangled up [A] in blue.
[D] She .
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was [G] married when we first met, [A] [G] soon to be divorced.
[A] I helped her out [G] of a jam I [D] guess, but I used a little too much force.
[A] We drove that [G] car as far as we could, [A] abandoned [G] it out west.
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Split up [G] on the docks that night, [D] but the green it was best.
[E] She turned [F#m] around to look at [A] me as I was [D] walking away.
[E] I heard her say, over [F#m] my shoulder we'll [A] meet again [D] someday on the [E] avenue.
[G] Tangled [D] [A] up in blue.
I .
had a job [G] in the great north [A] woods, working as a cook [G] for a still.
[A] But I never did [G] like it all that much and one [D] day the ax just fell.
[A] So I drifted [G] down to New Orleans, [A] where I lucked out [G] with a B employed.
[A] Working [G] for a while on a fishing boat [D] right outside of Delacroix.
[E] But all the [F#m] while I was [A] alone, the past was [D] close behind.
[E] I seen [F#m] a lot of women, but she [A] never escaped my [D] mind.
And I just [E] grew, [G] [D] tangled up [A] in blue.
She .
[G] was working in a topless [A] place and I stopped in [G] for a beer.
[A] I just kept [G] looking at the side of her face and [D] the spotlight so clear.
[A] Later [G] on when the crowd thinned out [A] I was just about to do the [G] same.
[A] She was standing [G] there in back of my chair [D] I said, Jimmy don't I know your name.
[E] I murdered [F#m] something underneath my [A] breath, she studied the [D] lines on my face.
[E] I must [F#m] admit, it felt a little [A] uneasy when she bent down [D] to tie the lace My [E] shoe.
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[D] Tangled up [A] in blue.
She .
lit a burner [G] on the stove [A] and [G] offered me a pie.
[A] I thought you'd never [G] say hello, she [D] said, you look like a silent child.
[A] And she opened [G] up a book of [A] poems and handed [G] it to me.
[A] Written [G] by an Italian poet from the [D] 15th century.
[E] And every [F#m] one of them words rang [A] true and glowed like [D] burning coal.
[E] Pouring [F#m] off of every [A] page like it was [D] written in my soul.
Thought me to [E] you.
[G] .
[D] Tangled up in [A] blue.
I .
lived with [G] him on Montague [A] Street, the basement [G] down the stairs.
There [A] was music [G] in the cafes [D] at night and revolution in the air.
[A] Then he [G] started interfering with [A] slaves and something inside of [G] him died.
[A] She [G] had to sell everything she owned [D] and froze up inside.
[E] And when it finally, [F#m] the bottom fell [A] out, I became [D] withdrawn.
[E] The only thing I [F#m] knew how to do [A] was to keep on keeping [D] on.
Like a bird [E] that flew.
[G] [D] Tangled up [A] in blue.
So .
now I'm [G] going back [A] again, I got to get the [G] herd somehow.
[A] All the [G] people you used to [D] know, they're an illusion to me now.
[A] Some of our [G] mathematicians, [A] some of our [G] conference wives.
[A] Don't know how it [G] all got started, [D] I don't know what they're doing with their lives.
[E] But me, [F#m] I'm still on the [A] road, heading for [D] another joint.
[E] We [F#m] always did feel the same, [A] we just saw it from a [D] different point [E] of view.
[G] [D] Tangled up [A] in blue.
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