Tangled up in Blue Chords by Bob Dylan
- Key: D
- BPM: 100
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
TANGLED UP IN BLUE CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A Asus4 Early one morning the sun was shining A I was laying in bed Asus4 Wondering if she'd changed it all D If her hair was still red A Asus4 Her folks they said our lives together A Sure was gonna be rough G They never did like mama's homemade dress D Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough [Chorus] E F#m And I was standing on the side of the road A D Rain falling on my shoes E F#m Heading out for the East Coast A D E Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through G D A Tangled up in blue Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] A Asus4 G She was married when we first met Asus4 Soon to be divorced A G I helped her out of a jam I guess D But I used a little too much force A G We drove that car as far as we could A G Abandoned it out west [Chorus] A G Split up on a dark sad night D Both agreeing it was best E F#m She turned around to look at me A D As I was walking away E F#m I heard her say over my shoulder A D E We'll meet again someday on the avenue G A Tangled up in blue Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] A Asus4 I had a job in the great north woods A G Working as a cook for a spell A G But I never did like it all that much D And one day the axe just fell A Asus4 So I drifted down to New Orleans A Asus4 Where I's lucky for to be employed A Asus4 Working for a while on a fishing boat D Right outside of Delacroix [Chorus] E F#m But all the while I was alone A D The past was close behind E F#m I seen a lot of women A D E But she never escaped my mind and I just grew G D A Tangled up in blue Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A Esus4 Asus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] A Asus4 She was working in a topless place A Asus4 G And I stopped in for a beer ■ A G I just kept looking at the sight of her face D In the spotlight so clear A G Asus4 And later on when the crowd thinned out A Asus4 I's just about to do the same A Asus4 G She was standing there in back of my chair D Said Tell me don't I know your name E F#m I muttered something underneath my breath A D She studied the lines on my face E F#m I must admit I felt a little uneasy A D E When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe G A Tangled up in blue Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A D ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A Asus4 A Asus4 She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe A Asus4 I thought you'd never say hello she said D You look like the silent type A G A G Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me [Chorus] A G D Written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century E F#m And every one of them words rang true A D And glowed like burning coal E F#m Pouring off of every page A D E Like it was written in my soul from me to you G D A Tangled up in blue Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] A Asus4 I lived with them on Montague Street A Asus4 In a basement down the stairs G A G There was music in the cafés at night D And revolution in the air A G Then he started into dealing with slaves A G And something inside of him died A G She had to sell everything she owned D And froze up inside [Chorus] E D F#m A7 And when finally the bottom fell out D I became withdrawn E F#m The only thing I knew how to do A D E Was to keep on keeping on like a bird that flew G A Tangled up in blue Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A G So now I'm going back again A Asus4 I got to get her somehow A G All the people we used to know D They're an illusion to me now A G Some are mathematicians A G Some are carpenter's wives A Asus4 Don't know how it all got started D I don't what they do with their lives E F#m But me I'm still on the road A D Heading for another joint E F#m We always did feel the same A D E We just saw it from a different point of view G D A Tangled up in blue [Solo] Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A G Asus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A G D A Asus4 A G Asus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] D E F#m A D E F#m A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ D E G A ■ ■ ■ ■