Tangled up in Blue Chords by Bob Dylan

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Early one morning the [G] sun was shining, [A] I was laying in bed,
wondering if she'd changed at all if her [D] hair was still red.
The folks, they said our lives [G] together sure was gonna be [G] rough.
They [A] never did like Mama's [G] 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 [D] falling on my shoes.
[E] Heading [F#m] up for the East [A] Coast, Lord knows I played [D] some dukes,
getting [E] through, _ tangled [D] up in [A] blue. _ _ _ _
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_ She was married [G] when we first met, soon to be divorced.
[A] I helped her [G] out of a jam I [D] guess, but I used a little too much force.
[A] We drove that car [G] as far as we could, [A] abandoned it out west.
[A] Split [G] up on the docks that [D] night, but the green it was best.
[E] She turned around [F#m] to look at [A] me as I was [D] walking away.
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I heard her say, [F#m] oh my shoulder [A] will meet again [D] someday on the [E] avenue,
_ _ [G] tangled [A] up in blue. _ _
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_ _ _ I had a [G] job in the great north [A] woods, working as a [G] cook for a still.
[A] But I never did like it [G] all that much, and [D] one day the ox just fell.
[A] So I drifted [G] down to New Orleans, where I lucked out with a P.E. employee.
Working for a while on a fishing boat right [D] outside of Delacroix.
[E] But all the [F#m] while I was alone, the [A] past was close behind.
[E] I seen a [F#m] lot of women, [A] but she never escaped [D] my mind.
I [E] _ heard her say, oh my shoulder will meet again someday on the avenue,
tangled [A] up in blue. _
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_ _ _ She [G] was working in a topless place, and I stopped in for a beer.
I just kept looking at the side of her face, and the [D] spotlight so clear.
Later on, when the crowd thinned out, I [A] was just about to [G] do the same.
She was standing 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 lines [D] on my face.
[E] I must admit, it felt [F#m] a little uneasy when she bent down to [D] tie the lace of [E] my shoe.
_ _ [D] Tangled up in blue.
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_ _ _ _ She lit a [G] burner on the stove, and offered me a pipe.
I thought he'd never say hello.
She [D] said, you look like a silent type.
[A] And she opened [G] up a book of poems [A] and handed [G] it to me,
[A] written by [G] an Italian poet from [D] the 13th century.
[E] And every one of [F#m] them words rang true [A] and glows like burning [D] coal.
[E] Far [F#m] enough of every page [A] like it was written in my [D] soul, for me to use.
_ Tangled up [A] in blue. _ _
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_ _ I lived with [G] him on Montague [A] Street, the basement [G] down the stairs.
[A] There was music in the [G] cafes at night, and [D] revolution in the air.
[A] Then he [G] started interfering with slaves, and something inside of him died.
[A] She had to sell everything she owned, [D] and was froze up inside.
[E] And when it [F#m] finally, the bottom fell [E] out, and the table was drawn.
The only thing [F#m] I knew how to do [A] was to keep on keeping [D] on, like a bird that [E]
flew.
_ [G] Tangled up in [A] blue. _ _ _
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_ So now I'm [G] going back again, I got to get to her somehow.
[A] All the [G] people we used to know, [D] they're an illusion coming out.
Some are [G] mathematicians, some are a conventious wife.
[A] Don't know how it [G] all got started, I [D] don't know what they're doing with their lives.
But me, [F#m] I'm still on the [A] road, heading [D] for another joint.
[E] We [F#m] always did the same, [A] we just started from a different [D] point of [E] view. _ _
Tangled up in blue. _ _ _ _
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