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Brownsville Girl easy guitar chords by
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan

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Intro 1
C
G
Am
D
G
C
G
Am
D

G

Verse 1
C

Well, there was this movie I seen one time

Am

About a man riding 'cross the desert
D
G

and it starred Gregory Peck

He was shot down by a hungry kid trying
C

to make a name for himself
Am

The townspeople wanted to crush that
D
G

kid down and string him up by the neck
Verse 2
G

Well, the marshal,
C

now he beat that kid to a bloody pulp
Am
D

As the dy ing gunfighter lay in the sun
G

and gasped for his last breath

Turn him loose, let him go,
C

let him say he outdrew me fair and square
Am

I want him to feel what it's like
C
G

to every moment face his death
D
Well, I keep seeing
Verse 3
G

this stuff

and it just comes a-rolling in
C

in
Am

And you know it blows right through me
D
C
G

like a ball and chain

You know I can't believe we've lived so
C

long and are still so far apart
Am

The memory of you keeps call
D
G

in' after me like a rollin' train
Verse 4
G

I can still see the day that you came to
C

me on the painted desert
Am

In your bus ted down Ford
Dsus4
G

and your platform heels

I could never figure out why you chose
C

that particular place to meet
Am

Ah, but you were right,
C
G

it was perfect as I got in behind the wheel
Verse 5
G

Well, we drove that car all night
C

into San Anton'
Am

And we slept near the Alamo,
Dsus4
G

your skin was so tender and soft
C
G

Way down in Mexico you went out to
C

find a doctor and you never came back
Am

I would have gone on after you but I didn't
Dsus4
C
G

feel like letting my head get blown off
Verse 6
G

Well, we're drivin' this car and the sun

is comin' up over the Rockies
C
Am

Now I know she ain't you but she's here
D
G

and she's got that dark rhythm in her soul

But I'm too over the edge and

I ain't in the mood anymore
C

To remember the times when

I was your only man
Am

And she don't want to remind me,
D
G
Dsus4

she knows this car would go out of control
Verse 7
G

Brownsville girl with your
C

Brownsville curls
Am
C
D

Teeth like pearls shining like the
G
D

moon above
G

Brownsville girl,
C

show me all around the world
Am
D
G

Brownsville girl, you're my honey love
Verse 8
G

Well, we crossed the panhandle
C

and then we headed towards Amarillo

We pulled up where Henry
D

Porter used to live
Am
D

He owned a wreckin' lot outside
G
C

of town about a mile
G

Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes,
C

she had her red hair tied back

She saw us come rolling

up in a trail of dust
Am
D

She said, Henry ain't here but you can come on in,
G
C

he'll be back in a little while
G
Then she told
Verse 9

us how times were tough

and about how she was thinkin' of
C

Bummin' a ride back to where she started
Am

But she changed the subject
C
D

every time money came up
C
G

She said, welcome to the land

of the living dead
C

You could tell she was so broken-hearted
Am

She She said, even the swap meets around here
D
G

are getting pretty corrupt
Verse 10
G

How far are y'all going,
C

Ruby asked us with a sigh
Am

We're going all the way
D
G

'til the wheels fall off and burn

'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat
C

covers fade and the water moccasin dies
Am

Ruby just smiled and said,
D
G

ah, you know some babies never learn
Verse 11
G

Something about that movie though,
C

well I just can't get it out of my head
Am

But I can't remember why I was in it
D
G

or what part I was supposed to play
C
G

All I remember about it was Gregory
C

Peck and the way people moved
Am
D

And a lot of them seemed to be
G

lookin' my way
Verse 12
G

Brownsville girl with your
C

Brownsville curls
Am
Dsus4

Teeth like pearls shining
D
G

like the moon above

Brownsville girl,
C

show me all around the world
Am
Dsus4

Brownsville girl, you're my honey
Interlude 1

love
G
C
G
C
Am
C

G

Verse 13
G

Well, they were looking for somebody
C

with a pompadour
Am

I was crossin' the street
D
G

when shots rang out

I didn't know whether to
C

duck or to run, so I ran
Am

We got him cornered in the churchyard,
D
G

I heard somebody shout
Verse 14
G

Well, you saw my picture in the

Corpus Christi Tribune
C

Underneath it, it said, a man with no alibi
Am

You went out on a limb to testify for me,
D
G

you said I was with you

Then when I saw you break down in
C

front of the judge and cry real tears
Am
C
D

It was the be st acting I saw anybody do
Verse 15
G

Now I've always been the kind of person

that doesn't like to trespass
C

But sometimes you just find

yourself over the line

Oh if there's an original thought out there,
D
G

I could use it right now

You know, I feel pretty good, but that

ain't sayin' much
C

I could feel a whole lot better

If you were just here by my
D
C
G

side to show me how
Verse 16
G

Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see
C

a movie starring Gregory Peck
Am

Yeah, but you know it's not the
C
D
G

one that I had in mind

He's got a new one out now,
C

I don't even know what it's about
Am
C

But I'll see him in anything so
D
G
C

I'll stand in line
Verse 17
G

Brownsville girl with your
C

Brownsville curls
Am
D

Teeth like pearls shining like
G

the moon above

Brownsville girl,
C

show me all around the world
Am
D

Brownsville girl, you're my honey
Interlude 2

love
G

C
Am
C

G

C
Am
C
D

G

Verse 18
G

You know, it's funny how things never turn
C

out the way you had 'em planned

The only thing we knew for
D

sure about Henry Porter
G

Is that his name wasn't Henry Porter
C
G

And you know there was somethin'

about you baby

That I liked that was always
C

too good for this world
Am

Just like you always said there was

something about me you liked
D

That I left behind in the

French Quarter
G
Verse 19


Strange how people who suffer together

have stronger connections
C

Than people who are most content
Am

I don't have any regrets,
C
D
G

they can talk about me plenty when I'm gone

You always said people don't

do what they believe in
C

They just do what's most convenient,

then they repent
Am
C

And I always said, hang on to me, baby,
D
G

and let's hope that the roof stays on
D
There was a movie
Verse 20
G

I seen one time,
C

I think I sat through it twice
Am

I don't remember who I was
D
G
C

or where I was bound
G

All I remember about it was

it starred Gregory Peck
C

He wore a gun and he was

shot in the back
Am

Seems like a long time ago,
C
G
D

long before the stars were torn down
Verse 21
G

Brownsville girl with your
C

Brownsville curls
Am
C

Teeth like pearls shining like
D
G

the moon above

Brownsville girl,
C

show me all around the world
Am

Brownsville girl,
C
D

you're my honey love
G

Verse 22
G

Brownsville girl with your
C

Brownsville curls
Am
C
D

Teeth like pearls shining like the
C
D
G
C

moon above
G

Brownsville girl,
C

show me all around the world
Am

Brownsville girl,
D
G

you're my honey love
Verse 23
G

Brownsville girl with your
C

Brownsville curls
Am
C
D
C
G
C

Teeth like

pearls
G
C

shining like the moon above
Outro 1
C
C

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