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Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) – Bob Dylan & the Band
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Written by: Bob Dylan
Reorded in 1967
From: "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes"
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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INTRO
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VERSE
E A E A
Ev’rybody’s building the big ships and the boats
E A
Some are building monuments
E A
Others are jotting down notes
E A
Ev’rybody’s in despair
E A
Ev’ry girl and boy
E B
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
A E
Ev’rybody jump for joy
CHORUS
E B E
Come all without, come all within
E B A E
You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
VERSE
E A E A
Now, I like to do just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet
E A
But guarding fumes and making haste
E A
It ain’t my cup of meat
E A
Ev’rybody’s just standin’ ‘round ’neath the trees
E A
Feeding pigeons on a limb
E B
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
A E
Then pigeons'll go to him
CHORUS
E B E
Come all without, come all within
E B A E
You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
VERSE
E A E A
Now, land[?] deeds and credit due, I can recite ’em all
E A
Just tell me where it hurts
E A
I’ll tell you who to call
E A
Nobody can get any sleep
E A
There’s someone on ev’ryone’s toes
E B
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
A E
Ev’rybody’s wanna doze
CHORUS
E B E
Come all without, come all within
E B A E
You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
CHORUS (+ coda)
E B E
Come all without, come all within
E B
You’ll not see nothing
[break]
A E
Like the mighty ... Quinn