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No Time to Think – Bob Dylan
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Bob Dylan
No Time to Think (1978)
(Dylan)
From: "Street Legal"
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capo: 1st fret
play: A
key: Bb
time signature: 6/8
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D/A x-0-4-2-3-2
E/A x-0-2-1-0-0
A/C# x-4-2-2-2-0
E/B x-2-x-1-0-0
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[Intro]
| D/A A | E A | E/A A | D E |
| D/A A | E A | E/A A | D E |
[Verse]
D/A A E A
In death, you face life with a child and a wife
E/A A D E
Who sleep-walks through your dreams into walls
D/A A E A
You're a soldier of mercy, you're cold and you curse
E/A A D E
"He who cannot be trusted must fall."
[Chorus]
D/A A E
Loneliness, tenderness,
D A E
High society, notoriety
D A/C# E/B A
You fight for the throne and you travel alone
D E
Unknown as you slowly sink
| A Asus4 | A Asus4 |
And there's no time to think
[Interlude]
| D/A A | E A | E/A A | D E |
[Verse]
D/A A E A
In the Federal City you been blown and shown pity
E/A A D E
In secret, for pieces of change
D/A A E A
The empress attracts you but oppression distracts you
E/A A D E
And it makes you feel violent and strange
[Chorus]
D/A A E
Memory, ecstasy
D/A A E
Tyranny, hypocrisy
D A/C# E/B A
Betrayed by a kiss on a cool night of bliss
D E
In the valley of the missing link
| A Asus4 | A Asus4 |
And you have no time to think
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
D/A A E A
Judges will haunt you, the country priestess will want you
E/A A D E
Her worst is better than best
D/A A E A [ E/A ]
I've seen all these decoys through a set of deep turquoise eyes
A D E
And I feel so depressed
[Chorus]
D/A A E
China doll, alcohol
D/A A E
Duality, mortality
D A/C# E/B A
Mercury rules you and destiny fools you
D E
Like the plague, with a dangerous wink
| A Asus4 | A Asus4 |
And there's no time to think
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
D/A A E A
Your conscience betrayed you when some tyrant waylaid you
E/A A D E
Where the lion lies down with the lamb
D/A A E A
I'd have paid off the traitor and killed him much later
E A D E
But that's just the way that I am
[Chorus]
D/A A E
Paradise, sacrifice
D/A A E
Mortality, reality
D A/C# E/B A
But the magician is quicker and his game is much thicker
D E
Than blood and blacker than ink
| A Asus4 | A Asus4 |
And there's no time to think
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
D/A A E A
Anger and jealousy's all that he sells us
E A D E
He's content when you're under his thumb
D/A A E A
Madmen oppose him, but your kindness throws him
E A D E
To survive it you play deaf and dumb
[Chorus]
D/A A E
Equality, liberty
D/A A E
Humility, simplicity
D A/C# E/B A
You glance through the mirror and there's eyes staring clear
D E
At the back of your head as you drink
| A Asus4 | A Asus4 |
And there's no time to think
[Interlude]
| D/A A | E A | E A | D E |
[Verse]
D/A A E A
Warlords of sorrow and queens of tomorrow
E A D E
Will offer their heads for a prayer
D/A A E A
You can't find no salvation, you have no expectations
E A D E
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere
[Chorus]
D/A A E
Mercury, gravity
D/A A E
Nobility, humility
D A/C# E/B A
You know you can't keep her and the water gets deeper
D E
That is leading you onto the brink
| A Asus4 | A Asus4 |
But there's no time to think
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
D/A A E A
You've murdered your vanity, buried your sanity
E A D E
For pleasure you must now resist
D/A A E A
Lovers obey you but they cannot sway you
E A D E
They're not even sure you exist
[Chorus]
D/A A E
Socialism, hypnotism
D/A A E
Patriotism, materialism
D A/C# E/B A
Fools making laws for the breaking of jaws
D E
And the sound of the keys as they clink
| A Asus4 | A Asus4 |
But there's no time to think
[Interlude]
| D/A A | E A | E/A A | D E |
[Verse]
D/A A E A E
The bridge that you travel on goes to the Babylon girl
A D E
With the rose in her hair
D/A A E A
Starlight in the East and you're finally released
E A D E
You're stranded but with nothing to share
[Chorus]
D/A A E
Loyalty, unity
D/A A E
Epitome, rigidity
D A/C# E/B A
You turn around for one real last glimpse of Camille
D E
'Neath the moon shinin' bloody and pink
| A Asus4 | A Asus4 |
And there's no time to think
[Interlude]
| D/A A | E A | E A | D E |
[Verse]
D/A A E A
Bullets can harm you and death can disarm you
E A D E
But no, you will not be deceived
D/A A E A
Stripped of all virtue as you crawl through the dirt
E A D E
You can give but you cannot receive
[Chorus]
D/A A
No time to choose
E
When the truth must die
D/A A
No time to lose
E
Or say goodbye
D A/C# E/B A
No time to prepare for the victim that's there
D E
No time to suffer or blink
| A Asus4 | A Asus4 |
And no time to think
[Ootro]
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