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Jokerman

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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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[Verse 1]
A Amaj7
Standing on the water, casting your bread
Bm/A E/A A
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
A Amaj7
Distant ships sailing into the mist
Bm/A E/A A
You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was
blowing
Bm E A
Freedom just around the corner for you
Bm E A D
But with truth so far off, what good will it do.

[Chorus]
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
C#m7 D6 E A
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

[Verse 2]
A Amaj7
So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
Bm/A E/A A D/A
You rise up and say goodbye to no one
A Amaj7
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Bm/A E/A A
Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don't show one
Bm E A
Shedding off one more layer of skin
Bm E A D
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within.

[Chorus]
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
C#m7 D6 E A
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

[Verse 3]
A Ammaj7
You're a man of the mountain, you can walk on the clouds
Bm/A E/A A D/A
Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister
A
You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah
Amaj7 Bm/A E/A A
But what do you care ? Ain't nobody there would want marry your sister
Bm E A
Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame
Bm E A D
You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name.

[Chorus]
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
C#m7 D6 E A
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

[Verse 4]
A Ammaj7
Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
Bm/A E/A A D/A
The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers
A Amaj7
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
Bm/A E/A A
Michelangeo indeed could've carved out your features
Bm E A
Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space
Bm E A D
Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face.

[Chorus]
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
C#m7 D6 E A
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

[Verse 5]
A Ammaj7
Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame
Bm/A E/A A D/A
Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain
A Amaj7
Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks
Bm/A E/A A
Molotow cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
Bm E A
False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Bm E A D
Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in.

[Chorus]
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
C#m7 D6 E A
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

[Verse 6]
A Amaj7
It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray
Bm/A E/A A D/A
A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet
A Amaj7
He'll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat
Bm/A E/A
Take the motherless children off the street
A
And place them at the feet of a harlot
Bm E A
Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants
Bm E A D
Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response.

[Chorus]
E D
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
A E/G# F#m D
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
C#m7 D6 E A
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

[Coda]
| A | Amaj7 | Bm/A | E/A | A | D/A
| Bm | E | A | A
| Bm | E | A | D
| E | D | A E/G# | F#m

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