Isis Chords by Bob Dylan

[Intro]
A G D A G D A G
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D A A7 G A
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[Verse]
          G    D                   A  
I married Isis on the fifth day of May
                        G  D          D7  
But I could not hold on to ■ her very long
A               G               D          A   
So I cut off my hair and I rode ■ straight away
                     G       D7                   A7   
For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong
A                G     D               A    
I came to a high place of darkness and light
              G   D                     A   
Dividing line ran through the center of town
                G    D                A    
I hitched up my pony to a post on the right
             G       D                  A   
Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down
             G      D                   A    
A man in the corner approached me for a match
             G    D          A       
I knew right away he was not ordinary
                A7                                 
He said are you lookin' for somethin' easy to catch
              A7                                
Said I got no money he said that ain't necessary


[Inst]
A G D A A7 G D A
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G D A G A
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[Verse]
                A                              
We set out that night for the cold in the North
              G       D              A   
I gave him my blanket he gave me his word
                    G        D                        A     
I said where are we goin' he said we'd be back by the fourth
                       G    D              A    
I said that's the best news that I've ever heard
                     G7                             D7  
I was thinkin' about turquoise I was thinkin' about gold
  A7                 G                                A7      
I was thinkin' about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace
                       D7                           A7  
As we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold
                     G                             A       
I was thinkin' about Isis how she thought I was so reckless
                         G   D                     
How she told me that one day we would meet up again
D7                  A7        D                A  
And things would be different the next time we wed
                G       D7              A     
If I only could hang on and just be her friend
              G        D                           
I still can't remember all the best things she said


[Inst]
A G A7 D7 A7 D
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A7 G A
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[Verse]
               G        D               A  
We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice
A7                D                  D7  
He said there's a body I'm tryin' to find
A7            G   D                  A    
If I carry it out it'll bring a good price
                  G    D                  A7  
'twas then that I knew what he had on his mind
                D                        A         
The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous
                       G                                D   
We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn
Asus4              D                     Am7       
When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious
D                G    A                A7
But I made up my mind that I had to go on


[Inst]
A Em7 A G A D
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A Gmaj7 D A
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[Verse]
                      G                    A    
I broke into the tomb ■ but the casket was empty
                       G       D               A  
There was no jewels no nothin' I felt I'd been had
                   G7      G              A       
When I saw that my partner was just bein' friendly
                   G     D7           A7 
When I took up his offer I musta been mad
                G                      D7    
I picked up his body and I dragged him inside
A7                    G    G7                 A7   
Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover
               D7                A7       
I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied
                                                 A       
Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her


[Inst]
D A A7 A D A
■ ■ ■  ■ ■ ■


[Verse]
                 G          D                       A7  
She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise
D          A7    D7               A7 
Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed
                   D7                      Am7 
I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes
                 G                   A    
I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead
C                      G D               A      
She said where ya been ■ I said no place special
                  G                       A    
She said you look different I said well I guess
                  G    D                  A      
She said you been gone I said that's only natural
                   G                          
She said you gonna stay I said yeah I might do


[Solo]
A7 Em7 A7 D7 A D
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A7 G D
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[Chorus]
     G       D            A    
Isis oh Isis you mystical child
               G      D                 A     
What drives me to you is what drives me insane
            G7       D                A7    
I still can remember the way that you smiled
                    A7                       
On the fifth day of May in the drizzlin' rain


[Outro]
G D A7 G A G
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A G D A
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