Visions Of Johanna

by Bob Dylan

Chords

4.9 (42)

intermediate Key: B Tuning: E A D G B E Capo: 2th fret

Version:

v3 v1 v2

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Capo

None

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Visions of Johanna – bob Dylan

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Written by: Bob Dylan

From: “Blonde on Blonde” (1966)

Tabbed by: maguri

Tuning: Standard

Capo: 2nd

Play: G

Key: A

For chords in original key, transpose +2

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[Verse] part
The bass plays a downward lick at the end of the lines; you might want to
include that into your accompaniment
 [G               [C      [D       [G       [C/G [G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---------------|0-------2-------|3---------3-----|3---------------|
B|0---------------|1-------3-------|0---------1---0-|0---------------|
G|0---------------|0-------2-------|0---------0---0-|0---------------|
D|0---------------|2-------0-------|0---------2---0-|0---------------|
A|----------------|3-----------3-2-|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|----------------|3---------3-----|3---------------|

CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e

C/G 3-x-2-0-1-3

D7sus4/G 3-x-0-2-1-3

G/B x-2-0-0-0-3

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Intro

Verse 1

Ain&rsqu

o;t it just like the night to

play tricks

When you&rsq

uo;re tryin' to be

so q

uiet?

sit here stranded, though we&rsq

uo;re all doin

’ our

best

to de

ny it

And Lou

ise holds a handful of rain, temptin’ you

to d

efy it

Lights

flicker from the opposite

loft

In this

room the heat pipes just

cough

The

country music station plays

soft

But there&rs

quo;s nothing, really nothing to

turn o

Just Lou

ise and her

lover

so entwi

ned

And these

visions of Jo

hanna that

conquer my mi

Interlude

Verse 2

In the empty

lot where the ladies play

Blindman&rs

quo;s bluff wit

h the key

chain

And the

all-night girls they

whisper of esca

pades out on the &

ldquo;D&

rdquo;

train

We can

hear the night watchman click his flashlight

[bass plays C over "hear" and then corrects itself to D on "watchman"]

Ask him

self if it’s him or them tha

t&rsq

uo;s i

nsane

Louise,

she’s all right, she&r

squo;s just near

She&rs

quo;s delicate and seems lik

e the mirror

But she

just makes it all too concise and too

clear

That Johanna’s not

here

The

ghost of ’lectr

icity howls i

n the bones of

her fac

Where these

visions of Jo

hanna have now

taken my p

lace

Interlude

Verse 3

Now,

little boy lost, he

takes himself so

seriousl

brags of his misery, he

likes to live

dangerous

And when

bringing her name up

speaks of a farewell kiss to m

He&rs

quo;s sure got a

lotta gall

be so useless and

all

Muttering small talk at the

wall while I’m in

the ha

How

can I explain? Oh,

it&rsquo

;s so hard to

get on

And these

visions of Jo

hanna, they kept me

up past the d

awn

Interlude

Verse 4

side the museums,

Infinity

goes up on t

rial

Voices

echo this is what sal

vation must be

like after a w

hile

But Mona

Lisa musta had the highway blues, you can tell by the way she s

miles

See the

primitive wallflower

freeze

When the

jelly-faced women all

sneeze

Hear the

one with the mustache say, “Jeeze, I can’

t find

my knee

s”

Oh,

jewels and binoculars

hang from the

head of the m

ule

But these

visions of Jo

hanna, they make it

all seem so c

ruel

Interlude

Verse 5

The

peddler now speaks to the

countess who&rsquo

;s pretendin

g to care fo

r him

Sayin&rsq

uo;, “Name me someone that’s not a

par

asite and I&rsq

uo;ll go out a

nd say

a prayer for him”

But like Lou

ise always says

“Ya can’t look at much, can ya man?”, as

she, herself,

prepar

es for him

And Ma

donna, she still has not

showed

We see this

empty cage now cor

rode

Where her

cape of the stage once had

flowed

The fiddler, he

now steps to the

road

He writes

ev’rything’s been returne

d which was owed

On the

back of the fish truck that

loads while my conscience expl

odes

The har

monicas play the

skeleton

keys and the r

ain

And these

visions of Jo

hanna are now

all that rem

ain

Outro

ade