Chords for The Life and Career of Bob Dylan

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_ [E] Do you think of [A#] yourself primarily as a singer or as [G] a poet?
_ _ I think of myself more as [A] a song and [G#] dance [G] man.
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This singer-songwriter brought folk to the masses.
Welcome to WatchMojo [A].com and today we're taking a look at [C#m] the life and career of Bob Dylan.
[E] I give her my [B] heart, but she [C#m]
wanted my [A] soul.
[E] I don't think twice, it's alright.
[B] Robert Allen Zimmerman was [G] born on May _ 24th, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota.
His interest in folk music began in university,
when he performed in coffeehouses under the name Bob Dylan.
After a move to New York City in _ 1961,
Dylan's harmonica skills caught the attention of Columbia Records.
His self-titled [D]
debut consisted mainly of [G] folk and blues standards, [C] and [G] sold poorly.
However, Dylan's politically inspired sophomore effort,
the freewheelin' Bob Dylan, highlighted his singing and songwriting [C] abilities.
The answer, [D] my friend, [G] is a-blowin' in [C] the wind. _
The answer [D] is blowin' in [G] the wind.
As other performers recorded his songs, Dylan's international fame grew.
His political beliefs developed as he joined the civil rights movement,
and this was reflected on the Top [D] 20 album, The Times They Are a _ _ _ _ [G] _
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-Changin'.
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[A] Disillusioned by the protest movements,
[G] he released Another Side of Bob Dylan a few months [D#] later.
These are [G] all [C#m] protest songs now, come [C] on.
The later, more [G] personal record was criticized by [C] the folk scene
that believed Dylan was moving [G] towards a more folk [C]-rock-pop style.
[F#m] Oh, boom, god, it's booing, I [G] can't stand it.
Oh, my god.
It's hard to get in [G#] tune when they're [G] booing.
On both Bringing It All Back [C#m] Home_
[A] Hey, Mr.
[B] _ _ [E] Tambourine Man, play a song [F#m] for me.
_and
Highway [E] 61 Revisited,
[F#m] Dylan coupled poetic [B] lyrics with a rock-and-roll backing [D] band.
You know something [F#m] is happening here,
_ but you [Bm] don't know what it _ is.
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[G] Do you, _ _ _ _ listen, _ _ now?
The [Bm] latter featured the pop culture milestone Like a [B] Rolling Stone
and is now [D] considered one of the most influential albums of all [G] time. _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ [F] The European [G] tour that followed the blues-rock [C] double album [F] Blonde on Blonde
was [C] his last for [F] several years.
[G] A motorcycle accident led him to reclusiveness.
But what about the motorcycle as an image in your [F#] songwriting? _
You [E] seem to like that.
Oh, we all [C#] like motorcycles [D] to some degree.
[G#] _ I do.
[C#] _ [E] _ 1967's [A] John Wesley [B] Harding was notable [C#m] for Dylan's [B] return
to [A] traditional roots and [B] acoustic music.
[C#m] Two years later, he found [E] success with the country record [B] Nashville [C#m] Skyline,
which [Bm] introduced the world [A] to his softer singing [D#] style.
Dylan then [Em] starred in the 1973 [A] film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
Who are you?
_ _ _ _ _ _ That's a good question.
_ _ _ Its [E] score featured several of his [B] compositions,
including the [Bm] often [F#m]-covered Knockin' _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] on _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ [Dm] Heaven's [F#] Door. _
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[A#] Dylan's next effort, _ _ 1974's Planet Waves, was his first number one album.
He resumed touring that year, and this resulted in the live [Cm] album Before the Flood.
Though it initially received mixed reviews,
_ _ 1975's Blood on the [D] Tracks is now [D#] considered one of his greatest [C] albums.
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The Rolling Thunder review came next,
and this was a concert tour that featured numerous performers.
Dylan then released the best-selling record Desire,
which comprised lengthy, narrative-style songs. _
In 1978, Dylan directed and starred in the poorly-reviewed film Rinaldo and Clara,
embarked on a worldwide tour, and [F] released Street Legal.
_ Despite [C] Jewish roots, Dylan [G] embraced born-again Christianity at the end [A] of the decade.
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_ _ _ _ His evangelical beliefs were reflected [Bm] in his next three [G]
records,
[A] including the Grammy-winning [D] Slow Train Coming.
[A] He returned to recording non-religious [D#] material [E] with _ 1983's Infidels.
[Am] During the _ 1980s, [D] several of Dylan's albums received mixed [Em] reviews.
[Am] However, he found some success with the [A] supergroup The Traveling [G] Wilburys,
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ and was critically praised for the [G] 1989 record Oh Mercy.
He [D] also toured with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and The Grateful [G] Dead.
In 1988, he began [D] the NeverEnding Tour, which continues to this [G] day.
The 1990 record Under the Red [D] Sky was criticized for being _ overproduced,
[A] but he received more favorable reviews [B] with the [D] folk and blues sounds
of the albums Good As I've Been to You and World [G] Gone Wrong.
He also [D] achieved commercial success with the live compilation MTV [Am] _ Unplugged.
After recovering from serious [E] health problems,
Dylan came out with the Grammy-winning record [Em] Time Out of Mind in _ 1997.
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He _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G] won his first Oscar in 2001 with the [Gm] song Things Have [Cm] Changed,
which he wrote for the film soundtrack of Wonder Boys.
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[D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ That same year, Dylan experimented with jazz, swing and rockabilly
on the well-received disc [Cm] Love and Theft.
In 2003, Dylan contributed to the [Gm] tribute album Gotta Serve Somebody,
the gospel songs of Bob Dylan, and co-wrote and starred in the film Masked and Anonymous. _ _
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His well-received 2004 [Dm] _
autobiography Chronicles, Volume [E] 1,
was followed [C] by the [G] biographical documentary No Direction [Dm] Home in [A#] 2005.
After [D#] making his DJ debut in [A#] _ [D#] [A#] 2006, Dylan had another No.
1 record
with [D#] the Grammy-winning Modern Times.
The 2007 [A#] film biography I'm Not There featured numerous Dylan [F]-inspired [Am] characters.
Two years later, the album [Dm] Together Through Life made [Cm] the [D] 67-year-old [D#] Dylan
the oldest [Am] artist to premiere at the top of the Billboard chart.
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_ [Am] _ _ This was followed by the [A] holiday charity effort Christmas in the Heart. _
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Bob Dylan is a musical [B] icon who _
[E] revolutionized pop music
and became a [A] spokesperson for the [E] counterculture generation along the [A] way.
Thanks to his lyrics, [E] music and art, he is one [C#m] of the 20th [A] century's [E] most influential _ [A] personalities.
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