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.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
I've attempted to improve Ren Babcock's version. Not that it's perfect but this is what I could come up with. The song is transcribed from a live version found on 'No Direction Home'. Love this song, it's amazing, beyond words. :) Hope you like it.
Capo 4th Fret
[Intro] C (or Csus2CCsus4C)
CGF My love she speaks like silence, CGF Without ideals or violence, C She doesn't have to say she's faithful, DmFG7 Yet she's true, like ice, like fire. CGF People carry roses, CGF Make promises by the hours, C My love she laughs like the flowers, FG7C Valentines can't buy her.
CGF In the dime stores and bus stations, CGF People talk of situations, C Read books, repeat quotations, DmFG7 Draw conclusions on the wall. CGF Some speak of the future, CGF My love she speaks softly, C She knows there's no success like failure FG7C And that failure's no success at all.
CGF The cloak and dagger dangles, CGF Madams light the candles. C In ceremonies of the horsemen, DmFG7 Even the pawn must hold a grudge. CGF Statues made of match sticks, CGF Crumble into one another, C My love winks, she does not bother, FG7C She knows too much to argue or to judge.
CGF The bridge at midnight trembles, CGF The country doctor rambles, C Bankers' nieces seek perfection, DmFG7 Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring. CGF The wind howls like a hammer, CGF The night blows cold and rainy, C My love she's like some raven FG7C At my window with a broken wing.