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2/21/14

Bob Dylan, Blowing In The Wind

Blowin In The Wind
Bob Dylan

Capo II *

D G D
How many roads must a man walk down
G A
Before you call him a man?
D G D
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
C A
Before she sleeps in the sand?
D G D
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
G A
Before they're forever banned?

G A D Bm
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
G A D
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

D G D
How many times must a man look up
G A
Before he can see the sky?
D G D
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
G A
Before he can hear people cry?
D G D
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
G A
That too many people have died?

G A D Bm
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
G A D
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

D G D
How many years can a mountain exist
G A
Before it's washed to the sea?
D G D
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
G A
Before they're allowed to be free?
D G D
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
G A
Pretending he just doesn't see?

G A D Bm
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
G A D
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Without capo:

D = E
G = A
A = B
Bm = C#m

Set8

Bob Dylan, Black Diamond Bay

Black Diamond Bay

Words and Music by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy

From Desire 1975

Moderately

Em
Up on the white veranda
C G
She wears a necktie and a Panama hat
Em
Her passport shows a face
C
From another time and place
G
She looks nothin’ like that
Bm C D C
And all the remnants of her recent past
Am7/D G
Are scattered in the wild wind
Bm
She walks across the marble floor
C D C Am7/D G
Where a voice from the gambling room is callin’ her to come on in
Bm Am
She smiles, walks the other way
C G/B Am7 G D C
As the last ship sails and the moon fades away
G/B Am7 G
From Black Diamond Bay
C G/B Am7 G.

Addition Lyrics

As the mornin’ light breaks open, the Greek comes down
And he asks for a rope and a pen that will write
“Pardon, monsieur,” the desk clerk says
Carefully removes his fez
“Am I hearin’ you right?”
And as the yellow fog is liftin’
The Greek is quickly headin’ for the second floor
She passes him on the spiral staircase
Thinkin’ he’s the Soviet Ambassador
She starts to speak, but he walks away
As the storm clouds rise and the palm branches sway
On Black Diamond Bay

A soldier sits beneath the fan
Doin’ business with a tiny man who sells him a ring
Lightning strikes, the lights blow out
The desk clerk wakes and begins to shout
“Can you see anything?”
Then the Greek appears on the second floor
In his bare feet with a rope around his neck
While a loser in the gambling room lights up a candle
Says, “Open up another deck”
But the dealer says, “Attendez-vous, s’il vous plait”
As the rain beats down and the cranes fly away
From Black Diamond Bay

The desk clerk heard the woman laugh
As he looked around the aftermath and the soldier got tough
He tried to grab the woman’s hand
Said, “Here’s a ring, it cost a grand”
She said, “That ain’t enough”
Then she ran upstairs to pack her bags
While a horse-drawn taxi waited at the curb
She passed the door that the Greek had locked
Where a handwritten sign read, “Do Not Disturb”
She knocked upon it anyway
As the sun went down and the music did play
On Black Diamond Bay

“I’ve got to talk to someone quick!”
But the Greek said, “Go away,” and he kicked the chair to the floor
He hung there from the chandelier
She cried, “Help, there’s danger near
Please open up the door!”
Then the volcano erupted
And the lava flowed down from the mountain high above
The soldier and the tiny man were crouched in the corner
Thinking of forbidden love
But the desk clerk said, “It happens every day”
As the stars fell down and the fields burned away
On Black Diamond Bay

As the island slowly sank
The loser finally broke the bank in the gambling room
The dealer said, “It’s too late now
You can take your money, but I don’t know how
You’ll spend it in the tomb”
The tiny man bit the soldier’s ear
As the floor caved in and the boiler in the basement blew
While she’s out on the balcony, where a stranger tells her
“My darling, je vous aime beaucoup”
She sheds a tear and then begins to pray
As the fire burns on and the smoke drifts away
From Black Diamond Bay

I was sittin’ home alone one night in L.A.
Watchin’ old Cronkite on the seven o’clock news
It seems there was an earthquake that
Left nothin’ but a Panama hat
And a pair of old Greek shoes
Didn’t seem like much was happenin’,
So I turned it off and went to grab another beer
Seems like every time you turn around
There’s another hard-luck story that you’re gonna hear
And there’s really nothin’ anyone can say
And I never did plan to go anyway
To Black Diamond Bay

Bob Dylan, Baby Please Stop Crying

Intro (same as the end of the chorus):

D/e C#m/e D/e e A
| . . . x7 | . . .
|-2-----2-4-------||-2-----2-4-------|-0---------|
|---3-----5-------||---3-----5-------|-2---------|
|-----2--(6)------||-----2---4-------|-2---------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-2---------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-0---------|
|-0---------------||-0-------0-------|-----------|

A C#m D
You been down to the bottom with a bad man, babe,
E(11) A C#m . D . e(11) .
But you're back where you belong.
A C#m
Go get me my pistol, babe,
D E(11) A C#m . D . e(11)
Honey, I can't tell right from wrong.

A C#m D
Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying
e A C#m D
Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying
e
Baby, please stop crying.
D/e C#m/e D/e C#m/e D/e C#m/e D/e C#m/e
You know, I know, the sun will always shine
D/e C#m/e D/e C#m/e D/e C#m/e D/e e A
So baby, please stop crying 'cause it's tearing up my mind.

Go down to the river, babe,
Honey, I will meet you there.
Go down to the river, babe,
Honey, I will pay your fare.

Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying
Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying
Baby, please stop crying.
You know, I know, the sun will always shine
So baby, please stop crying 'cause it's tearing up my mind.

If you're looking for assistance, babe,
Or if you just want some company
Or if you just want a friend you can talk to,
Honey, come and see about me.

Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying
Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying
Baby, please stop crying.
You know, I know, the sun will always shine
So baby, please stop crying 'cause it's tearing up my mind.

You been hurt so many times
And I know what you're thinking of.
Well, I don't have to be no doctor, babe,
To see that you're madly in love.

Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying
Baby, please stop crying, stop crying, stop crying
Baby, please stop crying.
You know, I know, the sun will always shine
So baby, please stop crying 'cause it's tearing up my mind.

Bob Dylan, A Hard Rains A Gonna Fall

Capo II *

D G D

D G D
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
D A
And where have you been, my darling young one?
G A D
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains,
G A D
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways,
G A D
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests,
G A D
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans,
G A D
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard,
D A D G
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard,
D A D
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it,
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin',
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin',
I saw a white ladder all covered with water,
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin',
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world,
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin',
Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin',
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin',
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter,
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony,
I met a white man who walked a black dog,
I met a young woman whose body was burning,
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow,
I met one man who was wounded in love,
I met another man who was wounded with hatred,
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin',
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest,
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty,
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters,
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison,
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden,
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten,
Where black is the color, where none is the number,
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it,
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it,
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',
But I'll know my song well before I start singin',
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

* Alternate:

Capo IV

D = C
G = F
A = G

Set8

Bob Dylan, A Satisfied Mind

Csus4   x33010
C       x32010
Csus2   x30010
Gsus4   320013
C/g     302013
C Csus4 C (repeat ad lib)

C        F     G                          C
How many times have     you heard someone say,
    C         G                 F            C
"If I had his money     I could do things my way."
    C           G                 F          C
But little they know    that it's so hard to find
    C           G              F         C
One rich man in ten     with a satisfied mind.

C          G               F           C
Once I was winning      in fortune and fame;
     C            G                   F              C
Everything that I dreamed of to get a start in lifes game.
    C           F   G                  C
But suddenly it happened, I lost every dime,
        C         G            F         C
But I'm richer by far   with a satisfied mind.

C           G                F                 C
Money can't buy back    your youth when you're old
     C                  G             F                 C
Or a friend when you're lonesome or a love that's grown cold;
    C          G             F         C
The wealthiest person   is a pauper at times
   C            G              F         C
Compared to the man     with a satisfied mind.

C            G             F            C
When life is over,      my time has run out,
   C              G               F                 C
My friends and my loved ones I'll leave, there's no doubt.
    C             F  G                      C
But one thing for certain, when it comes my time,
     C              G            F         C
I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind.

C        F     G                          C
How many times have     you heard someone say.

A Thousand Miles Behind, Bob Dylan

F A# F
Down the street the dogs are barking and the day is getting dark
C
When the night begins to fall then the dogs will lose their bark
F A# F
Then the silent night will shattered from the sounds inside my mind
A# C F
And i'm one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind

(BD)
G# C# G#
From the crossroads of my doorstep my eyes begin to fade
A#
And i turn back to the room where my love and i have laid
G# C# G#
I gaze across the street to the sidewalks and the sign
C# A# G#
And i'm just one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind

(JC)
F A# F
It's a restless hungry feeling and it does nobody no good
C
And everything i'm saying you could say it just as good
F A# F
You're right from your side and i'm right from mine
A# C F
We're both just one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind

(BD)
G# C# G#
Down the street the dogs are barking and the day is getting dark
A#
When the night begins to fall then the dogs will lose their bark
G# C# G#
Then the silent night is shattered from the sounds inside my mind
C# A# G#
And i'm one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind

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2/21/14

Bob Dylan, Blowing In The Wind

Bob Dylan, Black Diamond Bay

Bob Dylan, Baby Please Stop Crying

Bob Dylan, A Hard Rains A Gonna Fall

Bob Dylan, A Satisfied Mind

A Thousand Miles Behind, Bob Dylan

Abandoned Love, Bob Dylan

Alberta, Bob Dylan

All Along The Watchtower, Bob Dylan

All I Really Want To Do, Bob Dylan

As I Went Out One Morning, Bob Dylan

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