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Ballad Of A Thin Man

Biography:

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States) is an American musician, poet and artist whose position in popular culture is unique.

Dylan started his musical odyssey in 1959 when he began playing in Dinkytown, Minneapolis while attending the University of Minnesota. Shortly after starting to play he changed his stage name to Bob Dylan, after being influenced by the poetry of Dylan Thomas before legally changing his name in 1962.

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Ballad of a Thin Man – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Highway 61 Revisited" (1965)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Listen to this tab:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b2tia4ft47njbp2/BobDylan_BalladOfAThinMan_Demo.mp3

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capo: 2nd fret
play: Am
key: Bm

For original chords transpose these chords +2 to Bm.

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[Intro] / [Interlude] / [Outro]
E-A-D-G-B-E
Am x-0-2-2-1-0
Dm/A x-0-2-2-3-1

Dm/A] Dm/A
Am Am Am Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----0-0-1-0-----|----0-0-1-0-----|
B|----1-1-3-1-----|----1-1-3-1-----|
G|2---2-2-2-2-----|2---2-2-2-2-----|
D|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|
A|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E|--------------0-|--------------03|

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CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-E
Abaug 4-x-2-1-1-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
D[/F#] [2]x-0-2-1-0

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[Intro]
| Am | % | % | % |
(see above)

[Verse 1]
Am
You walk into the room
Abaug
With your pencil in your hand
C/G
You see somebody naked
D9
And you say, “Who is that man?”
F
You try so hard
Dm
But you don’t understand
C Em
Just what you’ll say
Am
When you get home

C Em
Because something is happening here
Am C/G
And you don't know what it is,
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
| Am | % |
(see above)

[Verse 2]
Am
You raise up your head
Abaug
And you ask, “Is this where it is?”
C/G
And somebody points to you and says
D9
“It’s his”
F
And you say, “What’s mine?”
Dm
And somebody else says, “Where what is?”
C
And you say, “Oh my God
Em Am
Am I here all alone?”

C Em
But something is happening
Am C/G
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
| Am | % |
(see above)

[Verse 3]
Am
You hand in your ticket
Abaug
And you go watch the geek
C/G
Who immediately walks up to you
D9
When he hears you speak
F
And says, “How does it feel
Dm
To be such a freak?”
C
And you say, “Impossible”
Em Am
As he hands you a bone

C Em
And something is happening here
Am C/G
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
| Am | % |
(see above)

[Middle 8]
Am
You have many contacts
C
Among the lumberjacks
F
To get you facts
Am
When someone attacks your imagination
Am
But nobody has any respect
C
Anyway they already expect you
F
To just give a check
Dm G [G7]
To tax-deductible charity organizations

[Verse 4]
Am
You’ve been with the professors
Abaug
And they’ve all liked your looks
C/G
With great lawyers you have
D9
Discussed lepers and crooks
F
You’ve been through all of
Dm
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books
C Em
You’re very well read
Am
It’s well known

C Em
But something is happening here
Am C/G
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
| Am | % |
(see above)

[Verse 5]
Am Abaug
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
[Abaug]
And then he kneels
C/G
He crosses himself
D9
And then he clicks his high heels
F
And without further notice
Dm
He asks you how it feels
C Em
And he says, “Here is your throat back
Am
Thanks for the loan”

C Em
And you know something is happening
Am C
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
| Am | % |
(see above)

[Verse 6]
Am
Now you see this one-eyed midget
Abaug
Shouting the word “NOW”
C/G
And you say, “For what reason?”
D9
And he says, “How?”
F
And you say, “What does this mean?”
Dm
And he screams back, “You’re a cow
C Em
Give me some milk
Am
Or else go home”

C Em
And you know something is happening
Am C
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
| Am | % |
(see above)

[Verse 7]
Am
Well, you walk into the room
Abaug
Like a camel and then you frown
C/G
You put your eyes in your pocket
D9
And your nose on the ground
F
There ought to be a law
Dm
Against you comin’ around
C
You should be made
Em Am
To wear earphones

C Em
‘Cause something is happening
Am C
But you don’t know what it is
F Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Outro]
| Am | % |
(see above)

(repeat and fade)