Ballad Of A Thin Man chords by Bob Dylan, Brian Setzer
Intro 1
G#m
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
Verse 1
G#m
You
Gaug
walk into the room with your pencil in your hand
B
F#
B
C#
You see somebody naked and you say,
"Who is that man?"
E
You try so hard but
C#m
you don't understand
B
D#m
Just what you will say
G#m
when you get home
B
D#m
Because something is happening here
G#m
but you don't know what it is
E
G#m
Do you, Mr. Jones?
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
Verse 2
D#
You raise up your head and you ask,
Gaug
B
"Is this where it is?"
F#
C#
And somebody points to you and says,
"It's his"
C#m
E
And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says,
C#m
"Well, what is?"
B
And you say, "Oh my God,
D#m
G#m
am I here all alone?"
B
D#m
But something is happening
G#m
and you don't know what it is
E
G#m
Do you, Mr. Jones?
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
Verse 3
Gaug
You hand in your ticket and
D#
Gaug
D#
you go watch the geek
F#
Who immediately walks up to you
B
C#
when he hears you speak
E
And says, "How does it feel
C#m
to be such a freak?"
E
B
And you say, "Impossible!"
D#m
G#m
as he hands you a bone
B
D#m
And something is hap pening here
G#m
but you don't know what it is
E
Do you, Mr. Jones?
G#m
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
Verse 4
You have many contacts
B
among the lumberjacks
E
To get you facts when someone attacks
G#m
your imagination
But nobody has any respect,
B
E
anyway they already expect you to all give a check
C#m
F#
To tax- deductible charity organizations
Verse 5
F#
G#m
Ah, you've been with the professors and
G
D#
Gaug
they've all liked your looks
F#
With great lawyers you have
C#
discussed lepers and crooks
E
You've been through all of F. Scot
C#m
t Fitzgerald's books
B
You're very well- read,
D#m
G#m
it's well- known
B
D#m
But something is hap pening here
G#m
and you don't know what it is
E
G#m
C#m
G#m
Do you, Mr. Jones?
C#m
G#m
Verse 6
Well, the sword swallower,
D#
he comes up to you and then he kneels
F#
B
G#m
E#dim
He crosses himself and
E#m
C#
then he clicks his high heels
E
And without further notice,
C#m
he asks you how it feels
B
D#m
And he says, "Here is your throat back,
G#m
thanks for the loan"
B
D#m
And you know something is happening
G#m
but you don't know what it is
E
G#m
C#m
G#m
Do you, Mr. Jones?
C#m
G#m
Verse 7
Now, you see this one- eyed midget shouting
G
Gaug
B
the word "Now"
F#
C#
And you say, "For what reason?" and he says,
"How"
E
C#m
And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back,
"You're a cow!
B
D#m
G#m
Give me some milk or else go home"
B
D#m
And you know something's happening
G#m
E
but you don't know what it is
G#m
C#m
G#m
C#m
Do you, Mr. Jones?
Verse 8
G#m
Gaug
Well, you walk into the room like a camel,
G#m
Gaug
and then you frown
F#
You put your eyes in your pocket and your
C#
E#m
C#
nose on the ground
E
C#m
There ought to be a law against
you comin' around
B
You should be made to
D#m
G#m
wear earphones
B
D#m
'Cause something is happening
G#m
and you don't know what it is
E
G#m
C#m
G#m
Do you, Mr. Jones?
C#m
G#m
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Bob Dylan, Brian Setzer
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