Chords for Visions of Johanna (Live at Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK - May 17, 1966)
Tempo:
116.2 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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And it just likes the night to [D] play tricks [E] when you're trying to be so [A] quiet
We sit here stranded though [D] we all do [E] our best to [A] deny it
[E] And Louise holds a handful of rain tempting you to [A] defy it
[D] Lights flicker from the [A] opposite loft In [D] this room the [B] heat pipes [A] just cough
station [A] plays soft But there's nothing, really nothing to [E] turn off
Just [A] Louise and [D] her lover [E] so [A]
entwined And these [D] visions of [A] Johanna [E] that conquer my [A] mind
And it just likes the night to [D] play tricks [E] when you're trying to be so [A] quiet
We sit here stranded though [D] we all do [E] our best to [A] deny it
[E] And Louise holds a handful of rain tempting you to [A] defy it
[D] Lights flicker from the [A] opposite loft In [D] this room the [B] heat pipes [A] just cough
station [A] plays soft But there's nothing, really nothing to [E] turn off
Just [A] Louise and [D] her lover [E] so [A]
entwined And these [D] visions of [A] Johanna [E] that conquer my [A] mind
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_ _ _ _ _ And it just likes the night to [D] play tricks [E] when you're trying to be so [A] quiet _ _ _ _ _
We sit here stranded though [D] we all do [E] our best to [A] deny it _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] And Louise holds a handful of rain tempting you to [A] defy it _ _ _ _
[D] Lights flicker from the [A] opposite loft _ In [D] this room the [B] heat pipes [A] just cough
_ _ [D] The country music station [A] plays soft But there's nothing, really nothing to [E] turn off _ _ _ _
_ Just [A] Louise _ _ and [D] her lover [E] so _ [A] _
entwined _ And _ _ _ these [D] visions _ of [A] Johanna _ _ [E] that _ _ conquer my [A] _ mind _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ In the empty lot where the ladies play [D] Blind [E] men's bluff with the key chain
_ And _ _ _ the all night girls they [D] whisper of [B] escapades out on the D train _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight ask himself if it's him or them or [A] she'd be insane
But [D] Louise, she's alright, [A] she's just near _ _ _ She's delicate, [A] she seems like the mirror
_ [D] But she just makes it all too concise and [A] too clear that Johanna's not [E]
here _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] A ghost of electricity [D] _
howls in [E] the bones of her [A] _ face
Well _ _ _ _ [D] these visions _ of _ [A] Johanna _ have now [E] _ taken my [A] place
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He [D] takes himself so [E] _
[A] seriously _ He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ brags of his misery
[E] He [Em] likes to live _ [A] _ dangerously _ _ _ _ _ _ And when bringing her name up
He speaks of her farewell kiss to me _ _ _ _
_ [D] He's sure got a lot [A] of gall
To _ be so useless and all _ _ _ [D]
Smuttering small talk at [A] the wall while I'm [E] in the _ hall _ _ _
_ Oh [A] how can I explain [E] it's so [Em] hard to get [A]
on
_ And _ _ _ these [D] visions _ of [A] Johanna _ they've kept [E] me up past the dawn _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Inside the museums _ [D] _
infinity [E] is going [A] up on trial _
_ _ _ Voices echo this is what [D] _ [E] salvation must be like after [A] a while
_ But _ _ _ [E] Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues you can tell by the way she [A] _ smiles _
_ _ See [D] the primitive who [A] all flower freeze _ When [E] [D] the jelly-faced women all _ sneeze
Hear the one with the mustache say geez I can't [E] find my _ knees _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Jewels and binoculars _ hang from [B] the head of the mule
But _ _ _ _ _ [D] these visions _ _ of [A] Johanna they make [E] it all seem so cruel _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The peddler now speaks to [D] the countess who's [B] pretending to [A] care for him
_ _ _ _ _ Saying name me somebody that's not a parasite _ [D] And I'll [F#] go out and say a [A] prayer for him
But _ _ _ [E] like Louise always says you can't look at much genuineness she herself _ [A] prepares for him _
[A] And Madonna she still has not showed _ We [D] see this empty cage now _ corrode
_ Where her cape of the [A] stage once had _ flowed _ [D] The fiddler he [A] now steps to the road
He [D] writes everything's been returned which was owed
_ On the back of the [A] fish truck that loads While my conscience _ [E] explodes _ _ _
_ _ The _ harmonicas play the skeleton [E] keys [A] and the ring _ _ _ _ _ _
And these visions _ _ of _ Johanna are [E] now _ all that [A] remain _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ And it just likes the night to [D] play tricks [E] when you're trying to be so [A] quiet _ _ _ _ _
We sit here stranded though [D] we all do [E] our best to [A] deny it _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] And Louise holds a handful of rain tempting you to [A] defy it _ _ _ _
[D] Lights flicker from the [A] opposite loft _ In [D] this room the [B] heat pipes [A] just cough
_ _ [D] The country music station [A] plays soft But there's nothing, really nothing to [E] turn off _ _ _ _
_ Just [A] Louise _ _ and [D] her lover [E] so _ [A] _
entwined _ And _ _ _ these [D] visions _ of [A] Johanna _ _ [E] that _ _ conquer my [A] _ mind _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ In the empty lot where the ladies play [D] Blind [E] men's bluff with the key chain
_ And _ _ _ the all night girls they [D] whisper of [B] escapades out on the D train _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight ask himself if it's him or them or [A] she'd be insane
But [D] Louise, she's alright, [A] she's just near _ _ _ She's delicate, [A] she seems like the mirror
_ [D] But she just makes it all too concise and [A] too clear that Johanna's not [E]
here _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] A ghost of electricity [D] _
howls in [E] the bones of her [A] _ face
Well _ _ _ _ [D] these visions _ of _ [A] Johanna _ have now [E] _ taken my [A] place
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He [D] takes himself so [E] _
[A] seriously _ He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ brags of his misery
[E] He [Em] likes to live _ [A] _ dangerously _ _ _ _ _ _ And when bringing her name up
He speaks of her farewell kiss to me _ _ _ _
_ [D] He's sure got a lot [A] of gall
To _ be so useless and all _ _ _ [D]
Smuttering small talk at [A] the wall while I'm [E] in the _ hall _ _ _
_ Oh [A] how can I explain [E] it's so [Em] hard to get [A]
on
_ And _ _ _ these [D] visions _ of [A] Johanna _ they've kept [E] me up past the dawn _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Inside the museums _ [D] _
infinity [E] is going [A] up on trial _
_ _ _ Voices echo this is what [D] _ [E] salvation must be like after [A] a while
_ But _ _ _ [E] Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues you can tell by the way she [A] _ smiles _
_ _ See [D] the primitive who [A] all flower freeze _ When [E] [D] the jelly-faced women all _ sneeze
Hear the one with the mustache say geez I can't [E] find my _ knees _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Jewels and binoculars _ hang from [B] the head of the mule
But _ _ _ _ _ [D] these visions _ _ of [A] Johanna they make [E] it all seem so cruel _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The peddler now speaks to [D] the countess who's [B] pretending to [A] care for him
_ _ _ _ _ Saying name me somebody that's not a parasite _ [D] And I'll [F#] go out and say a [A] prayer for him
But _ _ _ [E] like Louise always says you can't look at much genuineness she herself _ [A] prepares for him _
[A] And Madonna she still has not showed _ We [D] see this empty cage now _ corrode
_ Where her cape of the [A] stage once had _ flowed _ [D] The fiddler he [A] now steps to the road
He [D] writes everything's been returned which was owed
_ On the back of the [A] fish truck that loads While my conscience _ [E] explodes _ _ _
_ _ The _ harmonicas play the skeleton [E] keys [A] and the ring _ _ _ _ _ _
And these visions _ _ of _ Johanna are [E] now _ all that [A] remain _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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