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