Ballad Of A Thin Man
by Bob DylanTranspose
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Ballad of a Thin Man – Bob Dylan
Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Highway 61 Revisited" (1965)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Listen to this tab:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b2tia4ft47njbp2/BobDylan_BalladOfAThinMan_Demo.mp3
capo: 2nd fret
play: Am
key: Bm
For original chords transpose these chords +2 to Bm.
[Intro] / [Interlude] / [Outro]
E-A-D-G-B-E
Am x-0-2-2-1-0
Dm/A x-0-2-2-3-1
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Abaug 4-x-2-1-1-x
or (easier) x-x-x-1-1-0
x-x-2-1-1-0 (= Abaug/E)
x-3-2-1-1-x (= Abaug/C)
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
D9[/F#] [2]x-0-2-1-0
Intro
(s
ee above)
Verse 1
You walk into the room
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
And you
say, “Who is that man?”
You try so hard
But you
don’t understand
Just what you&rsq
uo;ll say
When you get
home
Chorus
Because something is
happening here
And you
don't know what it
is,
Do you, Mister
Jones
Interlude
(s
ee above)
Verse 2
You raise up your head
And you ask, “Is this where it is?”
And somebody points to you and says
“It’s his”
And you say, “What’s mine?”
And somebody
else says, “Where what is?”
And you say,
“Oh my God
Am I
here all a
lone?”
Chorus
But
something is
happening
But you
don’t know wh
at it is
Do you, Mister
Jones
Interlude
(s
ee above)
Verse 3
You hand in your ticket
And you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you
When he hears you speak
And says, “How does it feel
To
be such a freak?”
And you say, &ld
quo;Impossible”
As he
hands you a
bone
Chorus
And
something is
happening here
But you
don’t know wh
at it is
Do you, Mister
Jones
Interlude
(s
ee above)
[Middle 8]
You have many contacts
Among the lumberjacks
To
get you facts
When someone attacks your imagi
nation
But nobody has any respect
Anyway they already expect you
To just give a check
To
tax-deductible charity organi
zations
Verse 4
You’ve been with the professors
And
they’ve all liked your looks
With great lawyers you have
Dis
cussed lepers and crooks
You’ve been through all of
F. Scott Fitz
gerald’s books
You’re very
well read
It’s
well known
Chorus
But
something is
happening here
But you
don’t know wh
at it is
Do you, Mister
Jones
Interlude
(s
ee above)
Verse 5
Well, the
sword swallower, he comes up to
you
[Abaug]
And then he kneels
He crosses himself
And then he
clicks his high heels
And with
out further notice
He asks you
how it feels
And he says, &
ldquo;Here is your t
hroat back
Thanks for the
loan”
Chorus
And you know something is
happening
But you
don’t know wh
at it is
Do you, Mister
Jones
Interlude
(s
ee above)
Verse 6
Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word “NOW”
And you say, “For what reason?”
And he says, “How?”
And you say, “What does this mean?”
And he screams
back, “You’re a cow
Give me some
milk
Or else go
home”
Chorus
And you know something is
happening
But you
don’t know wh
at it is
Do you, Mister
Jones
Interlude
(s
ee above)
Verse 7
Well, you
walk into the room
Like a
camel and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket
And your
nose on the ground
There ought to be a law
A
gainst you comin’ around
You
should be made
To
wear ear
phones
Chorus
‘Cause somethi
ng is happening
But you
don’t know what
it is
Do you, Mister
Jones
Outro
(s
ee above)
(repeat and fade)
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