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Key West (Philospher Pirate)

Written by Bob Dylan

Released on Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

C     Am     C     Am C                           Am McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled                C                           Am Doctor said: "McKinley, death is on the wall              F                          Am Say it to me, if you got something to confess"             C                          Am I heard all about it, he was goin' down slow             C             Am I heard it on the wireless radio                 Fmaj7                      Am From down in the boondocks, way down in Key West

I'm searching for love, for inspiration On that pirate radio station Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest Radio signal's clear as can be I'm so deep in love that I can hardly see Down in the flatlands, way down in Key West

F Key West is the place to be          C                Am If you're looking for immortality C                                    Am Stay on the road, follow the highway sign F Key West is fine and fair       C                      Am If you lost your mind, you'll find it there Fmaj7                      Am Key West is on the horizon line

I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track, Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac, Like Louis, and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest. Well, it might not be the thing to do But I'm sticking with you through and through Down in the flatlands, way down in Key West

I got both my feet planted square on the ground Got my right hand high, with the thumb down. Such is life, such is happiness Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here If you wear one, put it behind your ear Down on the bottom, way down in Key West

Key West is the place to go Down by the Gulf of Mexico Beyond the sea, beyond the shifting sands Key West is the gateway key To innocence and purity Key West, Key West is the enchanted land

I've never lived in the land of Oz Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause It's hot down here, and you can't be overdressed Tiny blossoms of a toxic plant They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't Down in the flatlands, way down in Key West

Well the fishtail ponds, and the orchid trees They can give you that bleeding heart disease People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness On Newton Street, Bayview Park Walking in the shadow after dark Down under, way down in Key West

I play gumbo limbo spirituals I know all the Hindu rituals People tell me that I'm truly blessed Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring Winter here is an unknown thing Down in the flatlands, way down in Key West

Key West is under the sun Under the radar, under the gun You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right Feel the sunlight on your skin And the healing virtues of the wind Key West, Key West is the land of light

Wherever I travel, wherever I roam I'm not that far from the convent home I do what I think is right, what I think is best History Street off of Mallory Square Truman had his White House there Eastbound, Westbound, way down in Key West

Twelve years old, they put me in a suit Forced me to marry a prostitute There were gold fringes on her wedding dress That's my story, but not where it ends She's still cute, and we're still friends Down on the bottom, way down in Key West

I play both sides against the middle Trying to pick up that pirate radio signal I heard the news, I heard your last request Fly around my pretty little Miss I don't love nobody, give me a kiss Down on the bottom, way down in Key West

Key West is the place to be If you're looking for immortality Key West is paradise divine Key West is fine and fair If you lost your mind, you'll find it there Key West is on the horizon line

[bobdylandreams]

Crossing The Rubicon

Written by Bob Dylan

Released on Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

C G7 I crossed the Rubicon on the fourteenth day Of the most dangerous month of the year. At the worst time, at the worst place, That's all I seem to hear. C I got up early so I could greet the Goddess of the dawn. D7                                          C I've painted my wagon, abandoned all hope,                           G7  And I've crossed the Rubicon Well, the Rubicon is a red river, Going gently as she flows. Redder than your ruby lips And the blood that flows from the rose. Three miles north of purgatory, One step from the great beyond I prayed to the cross, I kissed the girls, And I crossed the Rubicon. One of these dark days I'll see In this world so badly bent How can I redeem the time The time so idly spent? How much longer can it last, How long can it go on? I embraced my love, put on my hat And I crossed the Rubicon I can feel the bones beneath my skin And they're trembling with rage I'll make your wife a widow You'll never see old age Show me one good man in sight That the sun shines down upon I pawned my watch, I payed my debts And I crossed the Rubicon I put my hide upon the hill, Where some happiness I learned. If I survive, then let me love, Let the hour be mine Take the high road, take the low, Take any one you're on. I poured the cup, I passed it along And I crossed the Rubicon Well you defiled the most lovely flower In all of womanhood Others can be tolerant Others can be good I'll cut you up with a crooked knife Lord, and I'll miss you when you're gone I stood between heaven and earth And I crossed the Rubicon You won't find any happiness here No happiness or joy Go back to the gutter, try your luck Find you some nice pretty boy Tell me how many men I need And who can I count upon I strapped my belt, I buttoned my coat And I crossed the Rubicon I feel the Holy Spirit inside See the light that freedom gives I believe it's in the reach of Every man who lives Keep as far away as possible It's darkest 'fore the dawn (O Lord) I turned the key and broke it off And I crossed the Rubicon Mona, baby, are you still in my mind? I truly believe that you are! Could it be anybody else but you Who's come with me this far? The killing frost is on the ground And the autumn leaves are gone I lit a torch, I looked to the east, And I crossed the Rubicon.            

[bobdylandreams]

Mother Of Muses

Written by Bob Dylan

Released on Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

The tab for the intro is a combination of what the main guitar plays throughout the verses, but numerous variations occur. The E6-E7 figure in the second line is sometimes played Em or Em7. (This figure is quite useful for songs in A major. Dylan used it for Aznavour's The Times We've Known in New York, 1998.) The C-shape barre versions of D and E can of course be replaced with simpler shapes. The rather awkward twist to the F#m towards the end can be played as a straightforward F#m.

        A       E6  E7    A   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   . -------|-----------------|-----------------|| -----0-|h2---0---2---0---|-2-------------0-|| ---2---|-2-----2-1---1---|-2-----------2---|| -------|-2-------2---0---|-2---------------|| -------|-0---------------|-0---------------|| -------|---------0-------|-----------------||                                   Mother of  A       D   Dsus2 A                 A       E6  E7    A  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   . |---------2---0---|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |h2---0---3-------|-2-------------0-|h2---0---2---0---|-2-----------2-3-| |-2-----2-2-------|-2-----------2---|-2-----2-1---1---|-2---------------| |-2---------------|-2---------2-----|-2-------2---0---|-2-----------2-4-| |-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|  mu-ses, sing for  me.  Sing of the mountains and the           Sing of the                                              deep dark sea  A       Em        Em     G/b A/c#   D       E         D  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   . |-0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-2---------------| |-5-----5-8---7---|-0-------0---2---|-3---2-3-5-------|-3---------------| |-6---6---9-------|-0-------0---2---|-2-------------4-|-2---------------| |-7-------9-------|---------0---2---|-4-----------6---|-0---------------| |-0---------------|---------2---4---|-----------7-----|-----------------| |---------0-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| lakes and the                sing your hearts          nymphs of the forest        out, all you women of the chorus. Sing of  D6      A/e       A   C#7   F#m     D         A/e     E6  E7    A  :   .   .   .     :   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   . |-7-----7-5-------|---------|-----------------|-----0-----------|-------- |-7-------5-------|-----2---|-3---2---------0-|-2-------2---0---|-------- |-7---7---6-------|-----4---|-1---2---2-------|-2-----2-1---1---|-2------ |-7-7-----7-------|-----3---|---------4-------|-2-------2---0---|-2------ |-5-------7-------|-----4---|---------5-------|-----------------|-0------ |-----------------|---------|-2---------------|---------0-------|-------- honor and faith and glory     be.       Mother of muses, sing for me.

         A     D    Dsus2  A Mother of Muses sing for    me            A                 E6  E7    A Sing of the mountains and the deep dark sea            A             Em            Em   .   G/b Sing of the lakes and the nymphs of the forest A/c#             D             E/g#         D/a Sing your hearts out, all your women of the chorus        D6        A/e      A  C#7 F#m Sing of honor and fate and glory  be          A/e   E6   E7  A Mother of Muses sing for me

Mother of Muses sing for my heart Sing of a love too soon to depart Sing of the heroes who stood alone Whose names are engraved on tablets of stone Who struggled with pain so the world could go free Mother of Muses sing for me

Sing of Sherman, Montgomery and Scott       A           Em              A And of Zhukov, and Patton, and the battles they fought Who cleared the path for Presley to sing Who carved the path for Martin Luther King Who did what they did and they went on their way Man, I could tell their stories all day

I'm falling in love with Calliope          A                         Em          A She don't belong to anyone, why not give her to me? She's speaking to me, speaking with her eyes I've grown so tired of chasing lies Mother of Muses, wherever you are I've already outlived my life by far

Mother of Muses, unleash your wrath Things I can't see, they're blocking my path Show me your wisdom, tell me my fate Put me upright, make me walk straight Forge my identity from the inside out You know what I'm talking about

Take me to the river, release your charms Let me down a while in your sweet, loving arms Wake me, shake me, free me from sin Make me invisible, like the wind Got a mind that ramble, got a mind that roam I'm travelin' light and I'm a-slow coming home

The basic tab as played by Blake Mills himself:

        A       E6  E7    A   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   . -------|-------2---------|-----------------|| -------|/2---5---2---0---|-----------------|| ---2-4-|-----------------|-2-----------2-4-|| -------|/2-------2---0---|-2---------------|| -------|-----------------|-4---------------|| -------|-0-------0-------|-5-----5-5-------||  A       D   Dsus2 A                 A       E6  E7    A  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   . |---------2---0---|-0---------------|-------2---------|-----------------| |-2-------3-------|-2---------------|/2---5---2---0---|-------------2-3-| |-2---4-2-2-------|-2-----------2-4-|-----------------|-2-----------2-4-| |-2-------4-------|-2---------------|/2-------2---0---|-2---------------| |-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-4---------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-5-----5-5-------|  A       Em        Em     G/b A/c#   D       E         Dadd9/a  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   . |-0-----0-7---5---|-5---------------|-----------------|-0---------------| |-5---5---8-------|-8-------0---2---|-3---2-3-5---5---|-3---------------| |-6---6-----------|---------0---2---|-2-------4-------|-2---------------| |-----------------|---------0---2---|-----------------|-4---------------| |-0---------------|-7-----------4---|-----------------|-----------------| |---------0-------|---------7-------|-2-------4-------|-5---------------|  D6      A/e       A   C#7   F#m     D         A/e     E6  E7    A  :   .   .   .     :   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   . |-7-----7-5-------|---------|-----------------|-------2---------|-------- |-7---7---5-----2-|-2---0---|-3---2---------0-|-2---5---2---0---|-------- |-7-------6---6---|-2---1---|-1---2---2-------|-2---------------|-2------ |-7---7---7-7-----|-2---0---|---------0-------|-2-------2---0---|-2------ |-5-------7---7---|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-4------ |-----------------|-0---1---|-2---------------|-0-------0-------|-5------

Note the fingering in the D E bar: D is played with thumb and a half-barre, E with middle, ring, and little fingers.

[bobdylandreams]

Goodbye, Jimmy Reed

Written by Bob Dylan

Released on Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

In the last verse, an A7 is played all the way through the first four lines. Thanks to Sam Banks for notifying me.

Em7add11/b    x22230            

   .     .     . |---------------------| |-----2---------0-----| |---------2---------2-| |-1/2---2---4---2-----| |-------------5-------| |---------------------|

A7 I live on a street named after a Saint Women in the churches wear powder and paint          D7 Where the Jews and Catholics and the Muslim all pray A7 I can tell they're praying from a mile away Em7add11/b          D7 Goodbye Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Reed indeed             A [riff] Give me that old time religion, it's just what I need

 .     .     .     .       :     .     .     .     .     . |-------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------2---------0-----------| |-------------------------|-------------------2-----------2-----| |-7-----5-----5-----------|-----------1/2---2---2-0-----0-2-----| |-----------7-----7-5---3-|-5---4-5---0-------------------4-----| |-------------------------|-------------------------------------|  old time religion,  it's just what I need.

For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory Go tell it down the mountain, go tell the real story Tell it in that straightforward puritanical tone In the mystic hours when a person's alone Goodbye Jimmy Reed, godspeed Thump on the bible, proclaim a creed "You won't amount to much," the people all said 'Cause I didn't play guitar behind my head Never pandered, never acted proud Never took off my shoes, throw 'em in the crowd Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye, goodnight Put a jewel in your crown and put out the lights They threw everything at me, everything in the book I had nothing to fight with but a butcher's hook They had no pity, they never lend a hand I can't sing a song that I don't understand Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye, good luck I can't play the record 'cause my needle got stuck Transparent woman in a transparent dress Suits you well, I must confess I'll break open your grapes, I'll suck out the juice I need you like my head needs a noose Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye and so long I thought I could resist her, but I was so wrong God be with you, brother, dear If you don't mind me asking, what brings you here? Oh, nothing much, I'm just looking for the man Need to see where he's lying in this lost land Goodbye Jimmy Reed, and everything within ya Can't you hear me calling from down in Virginia?            

[bobdylandreams]

Black Rider

Written by Bob Dylan

Released on Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

One of the more interesting Dylan songs, chordwise: the chords differ from verse to verse, although the basic kind of progression is the same. All the slash chords are there to capture the chromatically descending bass line; if you don't fancy that, just play the plain chords.

The chords in the first column is the shapes that Blake Mills himself plays. The other suggestions are first position chords.

A7/d     xx0220 A7       x05650 (or x02020) E7/d     xx0434 or xx0100 A7/c#    x42020 or x45250 (or x4x655) D7/c     x30232 Gm/bb    x10333 or x10033 Dm6/a    x0343x or x00201 A'       x0522x Bb6      x13333 or x1303x F/a      x03211 E7/g#    4x2430 A7/g     3x2220 Em7-5    0x2333 or 023030 Bm7-5    x03435 or x2323x Ab/a     x06544 G9/a     x03435            

Dm       A/d       Dm      A/d      Dm                 A7 Black rider, black rider, you've been living too hard     D7                    Gm Been up all night, have to stay on your guard.    E7/d                          A7/c# The path that you're walking, too narrow to walk, D7/c                    Gm/bb Every step of the way, another stumbling block. Dm/a                           A7 The road that you're on, same road that you know, Dm6/a Just not the same as it was A'         Dm       A7/d       Dm      A7/d a minute ago.            

     Dm                 A7 Black rider, black rider, you've seen it all       D7                  Gm You've seen the great world and you've seen the small    E7/d                          A7/c# You fell into the fire and you're eating the flame D7/c                    G/b Better seal up your lips if you wanna stay in the game Bb6                    F/a Be reasonable, mister, be honestly fair E/g# Let all of your earthly thoughts A    Dm       A7/d       Dm      A7/d be a prayer            

     Dm                 A7 Black rider, black rider, all dressed in black    Gm           Dm I'm walking away, you try to make me look back Bb                               F/a My heart is at rest, I'd like to keep it that way E7/g#               A7/g I don't wanna fight, at least not today D/f#                  Em7-5 Go home to your wife, stop visiting mine Bm7-5/a                   A7        Dm       A7/d       Dm      A7/d One of these days I'll forget to be kind            

     Dm                          A7 Black rider, black rider, tell me when, tell me how     D7                  Gm If there ever was a time, then let it be now E7/d               A7/c# Let me go through, open the door D7/c                    G/b My souls is distressed, my mind is at war Gm/bb                                 A Don't hug me, don't flatter me, don't turn on the charm E/g#                              A     Dm       A7/d       Dm      A7/d I'll take a sword and hack off your arm            

     Dm                 A7 Black rider, black rider, hold it right there    Gm                     Dm The size of your cock will get you nowhere Bb                           F/a I'll suffer in silence, I'll not make a sound E7/g#               A Maybe I'll take the high moral ground Ab/a                  A7 Some enchanted evening I'll sing you a song G9/a                     A                           Dm       A7/d       Dm      A7/d Black rider, black rider, you've been on the job too long            

[bobdylandreams]

I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You

Written by Bob Dylan

Released on Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

The intro can be played something like this:

 D           A                         D  :     .     .     .       .     .     -     - |-2---0-3---2-2---0-3---2-|-2---0-3---2-2----------| |-3-----------------------|-------------3----------| |-2-----4---2-2---0-4---2-|-2---0-4---2-2----------| |-0-----------------------|-------------0----------| |-------------0-----------|-0----------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|            

D                         A            D I'm sittin' on my terrace, lost in the stars, D                              A      D Listening to the sounds of the sad guitars. D7                                  G Been thinking it all over and I've thought it all through. D                A                         D I've made up my mind to give myself to you.            

Isaw the first fall of snow. I saw the flowers come and go. I don't think that anyone ever, else, ever knew. I've made up my mind to give myself to you.            

Bm                   Em I'm giving myself to you, I am     D                 G From Salt Lake City to Birmingham     Bm           Em From East L.A. to San Antone        D                           G I don't think I can bear to live my life alone            

My eye's like a shooting star, It looks at nothin' here or there, looks at nothin' near of far. No one ever told me...     - it's just something I knew. I've made up my mind to give myself to you.            

If I had the wings of a snow white dove, I'd preach the gospel, the gospel of love, A love so real, a love so true. I've made up my mind to give myself to you.            

Take me on traveling, you're a traveling man, Show me something I don't understand. I'm not what I was, things aren't what they were, I'll go far away from home with her.            

I've traveled a long road of despair, I've met no other traveler there. Lot of people gone, lot of people I knew. I've made up my mind to give myself to you.            

[Instrumental bridge]            

Well, my heart's like a river, a river that sings, Just takes me a while to realize things. I'll see you at sunrise, I'll see you at dawn, I'll lay down beside you when everyone's gone.            

I've traveled from the mountains to the sea. I hope that the gods go easy with me. I knew you'd say yes, I'm saying it too. I've made up my mind to give myself to you.            

[bobdylandreams]

My Own Version Of You

Written by Bob Dylan

Released on Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

Capo 4th fret fret (sounding key C# minor)

Am    /g    /f#      /f  -/e Am    /g    /f#      /f  -/e Am              /g            /f#  /f All through the summers, into January A#m                /g          /f#  /f I've been visiting morgues and monasteries Dm7                F/c             G7/b     Bb7 Looking for the necessary body parts Am               /g#            /g      /f# Limbs and livers and brains and hearts         F7    I'll bring someone to life, is what I wanna do                                       Am    I'm gonna create my own version of you

Well, it must be the winter of my discontent. I wish you'd have taken me with you wherever you went. They talk all night and they talk all day, But not for a minute do I believe anything they say.    I'm gon' make someone a life, someone I've never seen    You know what I mean, you know exactly what I mean

I'll take the Scarface Pacino and The Godfather Brando Mix 'em up in a tank, and get a robot commando If I do it upright and put the head on straight I'll be saved by the creature that I create

I'll get blood from a cactus, gunpowder from ice I don't gamble with cards and I don't shoot no dice Can you look in my face with your sightless eyes? Can you cross your heart and hope to die?    I'll bring someone to life, someone for real    Someone who feels the way that I feel

I study Sanskrit and Arabic to improve my mind I wanna do things for the benefit of all mankind I say to the willow tree, "Don't weep for me" I'm saying to hell with all things that used to be

Well, I get into trouble, then I hit the wall No place to turn, no place at all I'll pick a number between a-one and two And I ask myself, "What would Julius Caesar do?"    I will bring someone to life in more ways than one    Don't matter how long it takes, it'll be done when it's done

I'm gon' make you play the piano like a Leon Russell Like Liberace, like St. John the Apostle I'll play every number that I can play I'll see you maybe on Judgment Day

After midnight, if you still wanna meet I'll be at the Black Horse Tavern on Armageddon Street Two doors down, not that far a walk I'll hear your footsteps, you won't have to knock    I'll bring someone to life, balance the scales    I'm not gonna get involved in any insignificant details

You can bring it to St. Peter, You can bring it to Jerome You can bring it all the way over, Bring it all the way home Bring it to the corner where the children play You can bring it to me on a silver tray    I'll bring someone to life, spare no expense    Do it with decency and common sense

Can you tell me what it means, to be or not to be? You won't get away with fooling me Can you help me walk that good land mile? Can you give me the blessings of your smile?    I'll bring someone to life, use all of my powers    Do it in the dark in the wee, small hours

I can see the history of the whole human race It's all right there, it's carved into your face Should I break it all down? Should I fall on my knees? Is there light at the end of the tunnel, can you tell me please?

Stand over there by the cypress tree Where the Trojan women and children were sold into slavery Long before the first Crusade Way back before England or America were made

Step right into the burning hell Where some of the best-known enemies of mankind dwell Mr. Freud with his dreams, Mr. Marx with his ax See the raw hide lash rip the skin from their backs

Got the right spirit, you can feel it, you can hear it You've got what they call the immortal spirit You can feel it all night, you can feel it in the morn' It creeps in your body, the day you were born

One strike of lightning is all that I need And a blast of electricity that runs at top speed Shimmy your ribs, I'll stick in the knife Gonna jump-start my creation to life    I wanna bring someone to life, turn back the years    Do it with laughter and do it with tears.            

The chords in the sounding key:

C#m              /b            /a#  /a All through the summers, into January C#m                /b          /a#  /a I've been visiting mosques and monasteries F#m7                A/e             B7/d#    D7 Looking for the necessary body parts C#m              /c             /b      /a# Limbs and livers and brains and hearts         A7    I'll bring someone to life, is what I wanna do                                       C#m    I'm gonna create my own version of you            

Below is a tab of what Blake Mills himself plays on the track (or at least in the video that he released on Instagram). Quite advanced playing, which requires precision and dexterity - not for the faint of heart!

   C#m   /b    /a#   A7        F#m   A/e   B7/d# D7    :     .     .     .         :     .     .     . ||--9------------------------||-2-2-2-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-| ||*-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-*||-2-2-2-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-| ||--9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-2-2-2-6-6-6-8-8-8-7-7-7-| ||--11----6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5--||-------------------------| ||*-11----------------------*||-4-----7-----6-----5-----| ||--9-----7-----6-----5------||-2-----0-----------------|  C#m   /c#   /b    /a#        A                         A7  :     .     .     .          :     .     .     .       :      .     . |-9--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-/5-5-5-5-7-8-| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-4-5-|-6-6-6-/6-6-6-6-7-8-| |-11----10----9-9-9-8-8-8----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|-5-----/5-5-5-5-9-10| |-11-------------------------|-------------------0-----|-0------0-----0-----| |-9-----8-----7-----6--------|-5---------------0----0--|--------------------|  C#m  :     .     .     .       .     .     . |-9-----------------------|-9-----------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-|-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-|-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-11----9-9-9-8-8-8-5-5-5-|-11----6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-| |-11----------------------|-11----------------------| |-9-----7-----6-----5-----|-9-----7-----6-----5-----|            

[bobdylandreams]

False Prophet

Written by Bob Dylan

Released on Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

[Riff/Intro:] .     .       :     .     .     .       :     . ------------|-------------------------|-------------| ------------|-------------------------|-------------| ------------|-------------------------|-------------| ------------|-------------------------|-------------| ----------6-|-8---6-8---6-8---9-----6-|-8---6-------| ------8-----|-------------------8-----|-------8-----|

 :     .     .     .       :     .     .     . |-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------| |-3-----------5-----------|-3-----------------------| |-4-----------5-----------|-4-----------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------------------| |-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------------------|                                            Another   day

       C              F            C          F Another day that don't end, another ship goin' out  F            Bb     F               Bb     (F) Another day of anger, bitterness, and doubt C             F           C        F6 I know how it happened; I saw it begin [riff]                                               G   C/g    G I opened my heart to the world and the world came in Hello Mary Lou, hello Miss Pearl My fleet-footed guides from the underworld No stars in the sky shine brighter than you You girls mean business and I do too Well I'm the enemy of treason, a enemy of strife I'm the enemy of the unlived meaningless life I ain't no false prophet, I just know what I know I go where only the lonely can go I'm first among equals, second to none The last of the best, you can bury the rest Bury 'em naked with their silver and gold Put 'em six feet under and pray for their souls What are you lookin' at, there's nothing to see? Just a cool breeze that's encircling me Let's go for a walk in the garden, so far and so wide We can sit in the shade by the fountain-side I search the world over for the Holy Grail I sing songs of love, I sing songs of betrayal Don't care what I drink, I don't care what I eat I climbed a mountain of swords on my bare feet You don't know me darlin', you never would guess I'm nothing like my ghostly appearance would suggest I ain't no false prophet, I just said what I said I'm just here to bring vengeance on somebody's head Put out your hand, there's nothing to hold Open your mouth, I'll stuff it with gold Oh, you poor devil look up if you will The city of God is there on the hill Hello stranger, hello and goodbye You rule the land but so do I You lusty old mule, you got a poisoned brain I'll marry you to a ball and chain You know darlin', the kind of life that I live When your smile meets my smile, something's got to give I ain't no false prophet, no I'm nobody's bride Can't remember when I was born and I forgot when I died            

[bobdylandreams]

I Contain Multitudes

Written by Bob Dylan

Released April 16, 2020 and later on Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

C6 and Am are closely related, but since they follow each other they are not interchangeable. Cdim and F#dim is the same chord, just with different bass tones.

C6        x32210 G/b       x20003 D#dim     x34242 or xx1212 F6        1x3231 F#dim     234242 G11       3x3211 D9/f#     200210 Eaug      0x2110            

 C     C6    C    C6  C                 C6 Today, and tomorrow, and yesterday, too Am               G/b        C The flowers are dyin' like all things do Cdim                           Em           F6 Follow me close, I'm going to Bally-na-Lee C                               G7 I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me  F                        F#dim I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds C/g        G11  C I contain multitudes            

Got a tell-tale heart like Mr. Poe Got skeletons in the walls of people you know I'll drink to the truth and the things we said I'll drink to the man that shares your bed I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes I contain multitudes            

A red Cadillac and a black mustache Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash Tell me, what's next? What shall we do? Half my soul, baby, belongs to you I rollick and I frolic with all the young dudes C/g        G11  C       Eaug I contain multitudes            

   Am                   /g# I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones C/g                       D9/f#                 Eaug And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones     Am                      /g# I go right to the edge, I go right to the end     C/g                                  D7/f# I go right where all things lost are made good again.            

I sing the songs of experience like William Blake. I have no apologies to make. Everything's flowing all at the same time. I live on a boulevard of crime. I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods. I contain multitudes.            

Pink pedal-pushers, red blue jeans All the pretty maids, and all the old queens All the old queens from all my past lives I carry four pistols and two large knives I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods I contain multitudes            

You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart But not all of it, only the hateful part I'll sell you down the river, I'll put a price on your head What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed            

Get lost, madame, get up off my knee, Keep your mouth away from me. I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind. I'll see to it that there's no love left behind. I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin's preludes, I contain multitudes            

Below is a tab of what Blake Mills himself plays on the track (or at least in the video that he released on Instagram).

 C                 C6                C                 C6  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   . |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------------1-|-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------| |-0-----------0---|-2---------------|-0 ----------0-- |-2---------------| |-2---------2-----|-------------2---|-2-----------2---|-----------------| |-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------3-----|-----------------| |-3---------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|  C       G7        C                 D#dim             Em      Dm/f  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   . |-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|-3-----3-1-----1-| |-1-------3-------|-5---------------|-7-----------7---|-----5-------3---| |-2-------4-------|-5---------5-7-5-|-5---------------|-4---4---2---2---| |-3-------3-------|-5---------------|-7---------7-----|---5-------3-----| |-0---------------|-3---------------|-6---------------|-----------------| |---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------1-------|  C/g               G7                F                 F#dim  :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   . |-0-----------1-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-1---------------|-3---------------|---0h1---1-------|-------1-0-------| |-0---------------|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-2---2---------2-| |-------------0-2-|-3---------------|-----------------|-4---------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-3---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-2---------------|  :   .   .     :   .   .   . |---------0-3-|-----------------| |-------1-----|-3-------1-------| |-0-----------|-2---5-2-0-------| |-2-----2-----|-3-------2-------| |-3-----------|---------3-------| |-3-----------|-3-------3-------|

[bobdylandreams]

Murder Most Foul

Written by Bob Dylan

Recorded "A while back" (according to the twitter announcement) Released 27 March 2020 and later on Rough And Rowdy Ways Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

The harmonic rhythm (i.e. the regularity with which the chords change) is very loose, and the placement of the chord symbols in the tab below is approximate, tentative. On several points in the recordings it is evident that the accompaniment is more or less improvised.

Here's an attempt at an analysis of the song, musically and contentswise.

[Verse 1]         C                            F It was a dark day in Dallas, November '63 C                               F A day that will live on in infamy C President Kennedy was a-ridin' high F Good day to be livin' and a good day to die      C Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb          F He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?" G "Of course we do, we know who you are"          Fmaj7 Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car C Shot down like a dog in broad daylight F Was a matter of timing and the timing was right C                                         F You got unpaid debts, we've come to collect                          C                                F We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect G We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face F We've already got someone here to take your place C The day they blew out the brains of the king F Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing C                                              F It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise F Right there in front of everyone's eyes G Greatest magic trick ever under the sun F Perfectly executed, skillfully done C Wolfman, oh Wolfman, oh Wolfman, howl F                                 C Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul [Verse 2] C Hush, little children, you'll understand F The Beatles are comin', they're gonna hold your hand C                                              F Slide down the banister, go get your coat                                       C Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat G There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags F Pick up the pieces and lower the flags G I'm goin' to Woodstock, it's the Aquarian Age F Then I'll go over to Altamont and sit near the stage C Put your head out the window, let the good times roll F                                   C There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll F                                                        [At this point, the string players lose track Stack up the bricks, pour the cement                      of the harmonic rhythm and play a C chord C                                       F                 against the piano's change to F] Don't say Dallas don't love you, Mr. President         G Put your foot in the tank and then step on the gas F Try to make it to the triple underpass G Blackface singer, whiteface clown F Better not show your faces after the sun goes down C                                                            F Up in the red light district, they've got cop on the beat C                                     F Living in a nightmare on Elm Street            C                                               F When you're down on Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe C                                          F Don't ask what your country can do for you G                                      S Cash on the barrelhead, money to burn G                                F Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn C                                                     F I'm going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride C                                                       F The place where faith, hope, and charity died G                                                      F Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can G                                      F See if you can shoot the invisible man C                                F Goodbye, Charlie, goodbye, Uncle Sam C                                          F Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don't give a damn G                                         F What is the truth, and where did it go? G                                      F Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know C                                      F "Shut your mouth," said a wise old owl            C                                 F     C Business is business, and it's a murder most foul [Verse 3] C                                         F Tommy, can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen C                                        F I'm riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine C                                       F Ridin' in the back seat next to my wife       C                                 F Headed straight on in to the afterlife G                                 F I'm leaning to the left, I got my head in her lap G                                          F Hold on, I've been led into some kind of a trap         C                                            F Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give      C                     F We're right down the street, from the street where you live     C                                          F They mutilated his body and they took out his brain     C                                     F What more could they do? They piled on the pain        C                                F But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at        C                             F For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that G                                    F Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me G                                                  F I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free C                                      F Send me some lovin', then tell me no lie C                                       F Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by C                                       F Wake up, little Susie, let's go for a drive         C                                     F Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive C                                        F Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials C                                       F Parkland Hospital, only six more miles                                                C You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead   F                                        C That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head G                                   F I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline G                                          F Never shot anyone from in front or behind G                            F I've blood in my eye, got blood in my ear G                                           F I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier C                                   F Zapruder's film I seen night before C                                  F Seen it thirty-three times, maybe more C                                                 F It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean C                                     F Ugliest thing that you ever have seen C                                             F They killed him once and they killed him twice C                                 F Killed him like a human sacrifice G                                                        F The day that they killed him, someone said to me, "Son G                                                   F The age of the Antichrist has just only begun" C                                           F Air Force One comin' in through the gate C                          F Johnson sworn in at 2:38 C                                                F Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel C                                      F              C It is what it is, and it's murder most foul [Verse 4] C                                   F What's new, pussycat? What'd I say? C                                          F I said the soul of a nation been torn away C                                            F And it's beginning to go into a slow decay C                                                 F And that it's thirty-six hours past Judgment Day G                                      F Wolfman Jack, he's speaking in tongues G                                            F He's going on and on at the top of his lungs C                                 F Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack                               C Play it for me in my long Cadillac                                 F Play me that "Only the Good Die Young" C                                          F Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung          C                                            F Play "St. James Infirmary" and the Court of King James       C                                                 F If you want to remember, you better write down the names             C                             F Play Etta James, too, play "I'd Rather Go Blind" C                                           F Play it for the man with the telepathic mind G                                           F Play John Lee Hooker, play "Scratch My Back" G                                          F Play it for that strip club owner named Jack G                           F Guitar Slim going down slow                                 C Play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe [Verse 5] C Play "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" F Play it for the First Lady, she ain't feeling any good C Play Don Henley, play Glenn Frey F Take it to the limit and let it go by C Play it for Carl Wilson, too F Looking far, far away down Gower Avenue C Play "Tragedy", play "Twilight Time" F Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime G Play another one and "Another One Bites the Dust" F Play "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust" G Ride the pink horse down that long, lonesome road F Stand there and wait for his head to explode C Play "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery F                                   C The man who fell down dead like a rootless tree F Play it for the reverend, play it for the pastor C                               F Play it for the dog that got no master C                               F Play Oscar Peterson, play Stan Getz    C                              F Play "Blue Sky," play Dickey Betts G Play Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk F                           G Charlie Parker and all that junk F All that junk and "All That Jazz" C                                        F Play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz C                   F Play Buster Keaton, play Harold Lloyd          C                              F Play Bugsy Siegel, play Pretty Boy Floyd G                                  F Play the numbers, play the odds      G                                       F Play "Cry Me a River" for the Lord of the gods C                                 F Play Number nine, play Number six C                           F Play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks C                                      F Play Nat King Cole, play "Nature Boy"     C                                       F Play "Down in the Boondocks" for Terry Malloy         G                                      F Play "It Happened One Night" and "One Night of Sin"        G                                           F There's twelve million souls that are listening in     G                                              F Play "Merchant of Venice", play "Merchants of Death"     G                                     F Play "Stella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth C                          F                                       [Finally, a fixed rhythm Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way                      is established, sortof     C                                            F                but then Dylan decides Your brothers are comin', there'll be hell to pay                  to mess it up again; C                                                F                 the chords no longer follow Brothers? What brothers? What's this about hell?                   the established pattern] C Tell them, "We're waiting, keep coming," we'll get them as well G                                       F Love Field is where his plane touched down G                                      F But it never did get back up off the ground                   G                      F Was a hard act to follow, second to none                      G                       F They killed him on the altar of the rising sun C                             F Play "Misty" for me and "That Old Devil Moon"      C                             F Play "Anything Goes" and "Memphis in June"                    C                        F Play "Lonely at the Top" and "Lonely Are the Brave" C                                             F Play it for Houdini spinning around in his grave C                            F Play Jelly Roll Morton, play "Lucille" C                                       F Play "Deep in a Dream", and play "Driving Wheel" G                                  F Play "Moonlight Sonata" in F-sharp      G                                        F And "A Key to the Highway" for the king on the harp     C                                                  F Play "Marching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums"     C                                             F Play "Darkness" and death will come when it comes      C                                           F Play "Love Me or Leave Me" by the great Bud Powell       C                                           F Play "The Blood-Stained Banner", play "Murder Most Foul"