Early Roman Kings by Bob Dylan, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Early Roman Kings

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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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Song: Early Roman Kings
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Tempest (2012)
Style: John Lee Hooker & Bo Diddley Blues.
Tabbed: rikigo
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0IQiQcnN58&feature=related
Tuning: Standard

Chords:
EADGBe
G === 355433
G11 === 333433
C === 81010988
C11 === 888988

Method: Upstroke-Downstroke-Upstroke/Downstroke.

Intro:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |

Verse 1:
G-G11-G
Ah the early Roman kings, in their shark skin suits.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Bow ties and buttons, high-top boots.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Drivin' the spikes in, blazin' the rails.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Nailed in their coffins, in top hats and tails.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Fly away over, fly away, flap your wings.
G-G11-G
Fly by night, like the early Roman kings.

Bridge:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |

Verse 2:
G-G11-G
Ah the early Roman kings, were never really born.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Comin' down the mountain, distributing the corn.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Speedin' through the forest, ah racin' down the track.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Ya trying' to get away, they drag you back.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Tomorrow is Friday, we'll see what it brings.
G-G11-G
Everybody's talkin' about the early Roman kings.

Bridge:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |

Verse 3
G-G11-G
The peddlers and the meddlers, they buy and they sell.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
They destroyed your city, they'll destroy you as well.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
They're lecherous and treacherous, a-hell-bent for leather.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Each of 'em bigger, than all men put together.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Sluggers and muggers, wearin' fancy gold rings.
G-G11-G
All the women goin' crazy, for the early Roman kings.

Bridge:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |

Verse 4
G-G11-G
I could dress up you wounds, with a blood-clotted rag.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
I ain't afraid to make love, to a bitch of a hag.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
If you see me comin' and you're standin' there,
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Wave your handkerchief in the air.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
I ain't dead yet, my bell still still rings.
G-G11-G
I keep my fingers crossed like the early Roman kings.

Bridge:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |

Verse 5:
C-C11-C
I could strip you of life, strip you of bread.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Ship you down, to the house of death.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
One day, you will ask for me.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
They'll be no-one else, that you'll wanna see.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Bring down fiddle, tune up my strings.
G-G11-G
I'm gonna brake it wide open, like the early Roman kings.

Bridge:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |

Verse 6:
C-C11-C
I was up on Black Mountain, the day Detroit fell.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
They killed them all off and they sent them to Hell.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Ding-dong-daddy, you're comin' up short.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
They'll put you on trial, in a Sicilian Court.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
I have had my fun, I've had my flings.
G-G11-G
Goin' shake 'em on down, like the early Roman kings.

Coda:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |

(End)