Intro : [C-Dm7][C-Dm7][C-Dm7][C-Dm7]
1st verse :
C - Dm7 -
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
C - F -
You threw the bums a dime in your prime
G G
didn't you
C - Dm7 - C -
People'd call say Beware doll you're bound to fall
F -
You thought they were all
G G
Kiddin' you
Pre-chorus:
F G
You used to laugh about
F G
Everybody that was hangin' out
F - C - Dm7 - C -
Now you don't talk so loud
F - C - Dm7 - C -
Now you don't seem so proud
Dm F G G
About having to be scrounging for your next meal
Chorus :
C - F - G
How does it feel
C - F - G
How does it feel
C - F - G
To be without a home
C - F - G
Like a complete unknown
C - F - G
Like a rolling stone
[C-F][G][G]
2nd verse :
C - Dm7 - C -
Ah You've gone to the finest school all right Miss Lonely
F -
But you know you only used to get
G G
Juiced in it
C - Dm7 - C -
Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
F -
But now you're gonna have to get
G G
Used to it
Pre-chorus:
F G
You said you'd never compromise
F G
With the mystery tramp but now you realize
F - C - Dm7 # 11 C
He's not selling any alibis
F - C - Dm7 - C -
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
Dm F G G
And say do you want to make a deal
Chorus :
C - F - G
How does it feel
C - F - G
How does it feel
C - F - G
To be on your own
C - F - G
With no direction home
C - F - G
A complete unknown
C - F - G
Like a rolling stone
[C-F][G][G]
3rd verse:
C - Dm7 - C -
You never turned around to see the frowns
F - G
On the jugglers and the clowns when they all come down and did
G
Tricks for you
C - Dm7 -
You never understood that it ain't no good
C - F -
You shouldn't let other people get your
G G
Kicks for you
Pre-chorus :
F G
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
F G
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
F - C - Dm7 - C -
Ain't it hard when you discover that
F - C - Dm7 - C -
He really wasn't where it's at
Dm Dm - F - G G
After he took from you everything he could steal
Chorus :
C - F - G
How does it feel
C - F - G
How does it feel
C - F - G
To be on your own
C - F - G
With no direction home
C - F - G
A complete unknown
C - F - G
Like a rolling stone
[C-F][G][G]
4th verse:
C - Dm7 - C -
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
F - G
They're all drinkin' thinkin' that they
G
Got it made
C - Dm7 -
Exchanging all precious gifts
C - F -
But you'd better take your diamond ring
G G
you'd better pawn it babe
Pre-chorus :
F G
You used to be so amused
F G
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
F - C - Dm7 - C -
Go to him now he calls you you can't refuse
F - C - Dm7 - G -
When you ain't got nothing you got nothing to lose
Dm Dm - F - G G
You're invisible now you got no secrets to conceal
Chorus :
C - F - G
How does it feel
C - F - G
How does it feel
C - F - G
To be on your own
C - F - G
With no direction home
C - F - G
A complete unknown
C - F - G
Like a rolling stone
[C-F][G]x2
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