Isis Chords by Bob Dylan

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


[Inst]
G D A7 A G A
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G D7 G A
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[Verse]
           G                          A        
We set out that night for the cold in the North
              G                          D   
I gave him my blanket and he gave me his word
                    G                             D         
I said Where are we goin' He said we'd be back by the fourth
                  A7                       A    
I said That's the best news that I've ever heard
                     G7                             A7  
I was thinkin' about turquoise I was thinkin' about gold
                     G7                       D7              
I was thinkin' about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace
      G7                                            Am7 
As we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold
                     G7                         D7         
I was thinkin' about Isis how she thought I was so reckless
                A7                            D7   
How she told me that one day we would meet up again
                    G                          D  
And things would be different the next time we wed
          G                             A      D7
If I only could hang on and just be her friend ■ 
              G                            A7      
I still can't remember all the best things she said


[Inst]
G A7 D7 A7 G A
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[Verse]
               G        D               G7 
We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice
A7                G7   D7            A   
He said There's a body I'm tryin' to find
              G   D                  A7   
If I carry it out it'll bring a good price
                   G    G7                 A   
'twasa then that I knew what he had on his mind
                D7                       A7        
The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous
                       G7    D7                         G7  
We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn
A                  G                     D7        
When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious
A7               G7   D7               A7
But I made up my mind that I had to go on


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


[Inst]
A A7 G A A7 Gmaj7 G
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[Verse]
A7               D                                  A7  
She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise
           D                      A7 
Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed
                   D                       A7  
I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes
                 G                   A    
I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead
                       G D               A      
She said Where ya been ■ I said No place special
                  G7        G             A    
She said You look different I said Well I guess
                  G    A                  A7     
She said You been gone I said That's only natural
                   A7                               
She said You gonna stay I said If you want me to yes


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


[Outro]
D7 A G A G D7 A7 A
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