Brownsville Girl chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(C major) (G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 1
Well, there was this movie I seen one time (C major)
About a man (A minor) riding 'cross the desert
and it (D major) starred Gregory Peck (G major)
He was shot down by a hungry kid trying
to make a name for (C major) himself
The townspeople wanted (A minor) to crush that
kid down and (D major) string him up by the neck (G major)
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Verse 2
Well, the marshal, (G major)
now he beat that kid to a bloody pulp (C major)
As the (A minor) dy ing gunfighter lay in (D major) the sun
and gasped for his last (G major) breath
Turn him loose, let him go,
let him say he outdrew me fair and (C major) square
I want him (A minor) to feel what it's like
to every (C major) moment face his (G major) death
Well, (D major) I keep seeing
Verse 3
(G major) this stuff
and it just comes a-rolling in
in (C major)
And you know (A minor) it blows right through me
like (D major) a ball and (C major) chain (G major)
You know I can't believe we've lived so
long and are still so far apart (C major)
The (A minor) memory of you keeps call
(D major) in' after me like a rollin' (G major) train
Verse 4
I can still (G major) see the day that you came to
me on the painted desert (C major)
In your (A minor) bus ted down Ford
and your (Dsus4) platform heels (G major)
I could never figure out why you chose
that particular place to meet (C major)
Ah, but you (A minor) were right,
it was perfect as (C major) I got in behind the wheel (G major)
Verse 5
Well, we drove (G major) that car all night
into San (C major) Anton'
And we slept (A minor) near the Alamo,
your (Dsus4) skin was so tender an (G major) d soft
(C major) Way (G major) down in Mexico you went out to
find a doctor (C major) and you never came back
I would have (A minor) gone on after you but I didn't
(Dsus4) feel like letting (C major) my head get (G major) blown off
Verse 6
Well, we're drivin' (G major) this car and the sun
is comin' up over the Rockies
(C major) Now I know (A minor) she ain't you but she's here
(D major) and she's got that dark rhythm (G major) in her soul
But I'm too over the edge and
I ain't in the mood anymore
To remem (C major) ber the times when
I was your only man
And she don't (A minor) want to remind me,
she knows this (D major) car would go out of con (G major) trol (Dsus4)
Verse 7
(G major) Brownsville girl with your
(C major) Brownsville curls
(A minor) Teeth like (C major) pearls shin (D major) ing like the
moon above (G major) (D major)
(G major) Brownsville girl,
show (C major) me all around the world
Browns (A minor) ville girl, you're (D major) my honey love (G major)
Verse 8
Well, we crossed (G major) the panhandle
and then we headed toward (C major) s Amarillo
We pulled up where Henry
Porter (D major) used to live
(A minor) He owned a wreck (D major) in' lot outside
of town about (G major) a mile (C major)
(G major) Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes,
she had her red hair tied back (C major)
She saw us come rolling
up in a trail of dust
(A minor) She said, Henry ain't here but you (D major) can come on in,
he'll be back in a (G major) little while (C major)
(G major) Then she told
Verse 9
us how times were tough
and about how she was thinkin' of
Bummin' a (C major) ride back to where she started
But she changed (A minor) the subject
every (C major) time money (D major) came up
(C major) (G major) She said, welcome to the land
of the living dead
You could (C major) tell she was so broken-hearted
She She (A minor) said, even the swap meets around here
(D major) are getting pretty corrupt (G major)
Verse 10
How far (G major) are y'all going,
Ruby asked us with a sigh (C major)
We're going (A minor) all the way
'til the wheels (D major) fall off and burn (G major)
'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat
covers fade (C major) and the water moccasin dies
(A minor) Ruby just smiled and said,
(D major) ah, you know some babies nev (G major) er learn
Verse 11
(G major) Something about that movie though,
well I just can't get (C major) it out of my head
But I can't remember (A minor) why I was in it
(D major) or what part I was supposed to (G major) play
(C major) All I re (G major) member about it was Gregory
Peck and the way (C major) people moved
(A minor) And a lot of them seemed (D major) to be
lookin' my way (G major)
Verse 12
(G major) Brownsville girl with your
(C major) Brownsville curls
(A minor) Teeth like pearls shin (Dsus4) ing
like the (D major) moon above (G major)
Brownsville girl,
(C major) show me all around the world
(A minor) Brownsville girl, (Dsus4) you're my honey
Interlude 1
love
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 13
Well, they (G major) were looking for somebody
with a (C major) pompadour
I was (A minor) crossin' the street
(D major) when shots rang out (G major)
I didn't know whether to
duck or to run, (C major) so I ran
We got him (A minor) cornered in the churchyard,
I (D major) heard somebody shout (G major)
Verse 14
Well, you saw (G major) my picture in the
Corpus Christi Tribune
Underneath it, it said, (C major) a man with no alibi
You went out on (A minor) a limb to testify for me,
(D major) you said I was with you (G major)
Then when I saw you break down in
front of the judge and cry (C major) real tears
It was the (A minor) be st acting (C major) I saw any (D major) body do
Verse 15
Now (G major) I've always been the kind of person
that doesn't like to trespass
But sometimes (C major) you just find
yourself over the line
Oh if there's an original thought out there,
(D major) I could use it right now (G major)
You know, I feel pretty good, but that
ain't sayin' much
I could feel a whole lot (C major) better
If you were just here by my
(D major) side to (C major) show me (G major) how
Verse 16
Well, I'm standin' (G major) in line in the rain to see
a movie starring Gregory (C major) Peck
Yeah, but (A minor) you know it's not the
(C major) one that I (D major) had in mind (G major)
He's got a new one out now,
(C major) I don't even know what it's about
But I'll see him (A minor) in anything so (C major)
(D major) I'll stand in (G major) line (C major)
Verse 17
(G major) Brownsville girl with your
(C major) Brownsville curls
Teeth (A minor) like pearls shin (D major) ing like
the moon above (G major)
Brownsville girl,
show (C major) me all around the world
Brownsville (A minor) girl, you're (D major) my honey
Interlude 2
love
(G major)
(C major) (A minor) (C major)
(G major)
(C major) (A minor) (C major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 18
You know, it's funny how things (G major) never turn
out (C major) the way you had 'em planned
The only thing we knew for
sure (D major) about Henry Porter
Is that his name wasn't Henry Port (G major) er
(C major) And you know there (G major) was somethin'
about you baby
That I liked that was always
too good for this (C major) world
Just like you always said (A minor) there was
something about me you liked
(D major) That I left behind in the
French Quarter
(G major)
Verse 19
Strange how people who suffer together
have stronger connections
Than people (C major) who are most content
I don't have any regret (A minor) s,
they can talk (C major) about me (D major) plenty when I'm gone (G major)
You always said people don't
do what they believe in
They just do what's (C major) most convenient,
then they repent
And I always said, (A minor) hang on to me, baby, (C major)
(D major) and let's hope that the roof stays (G major) on
There (D major) was a movie
Verse 20
(G major) I seen one time,
(C major) I think I sat through it twice
I don't (A minor) remember who I was
or (D major) where I was bound (G major) (C major)
(G major) All I remember about it was
it starred Gregory Peck
(C major) He wore a gun and he was
shot in the back
Seems like a (A minor) long time ago,
long (C major) before the stars were torn (G major) down (D major)
Verse 21
(G major) Brownsville girl with your
(C major) Brownsville curls
Teeth (A minor) like pearls shin (C major) ing like
the moon (D major) above (G major)
Brownsville girl,
show (C major) me all around the world
Browns (A minor) ville girl,
(C major) (D major) you're my honey love
(G major)
Verse 22
(G major) Brownsville girl with your
(C major) Brownsville curls
(A minor) Teeth like (C major) pearls (D major) shining like the
(C major) moon (D major) above (G major) (C major)
(G major) Brownsville girl,
show (C major) me all around the world
(A minor) Brownsville girl,
(D major) you're my honey (G major) love
Verse 23
(G major) Brownsville girl with your
(C major) Brownsville curls
Teeth (A minor) (C major) (D major) (C major) (G major) like (C major)
pearls
(G major) shining like (C major) the moon above
Outro 1
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Brownsville Girl
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