Early Roman Kings chords by
Bob Dylan

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Key: G major

Intro 1

G

Verse 1
G G 
 
All the early Roman kings
In their sharkskin suits
Bow ties and buttons
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
High top boots
G G 
 
Drivin' the spikes in
Blazin' the rails
Nailed in their coffins
C C 
 
In top hats and tails

Verse 2

C

Bb

C

Fly away, little bird

G

Fly away, flap your wings

Em

G

Fly by night

Interlude 1

Like the early Roman kings

G

Verse 3
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
All the early Roman kings
In the early, early morn'
Coming down the mountain
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Distributing the corn
G G 
 
Speeding through the forest
Racing down the track
You try to get away
They drag you back
C C 
 

Verse 4
Tomorrow is Friday
G G 
 
We'll see what it brings
Everybody's talking
C C 
 
G G 
 
'Bout the early Roman kings

Interlude 2

G

Verse 5
G G 
 
They're peddlers and they're meddlers
They buy and they sell
They destroyed your city
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
They'll destroy you as well
G G 
 
C C 
 
They're lecherous and treacherous
G G 
 
Hell-bent for for leather
C C 
 
Each of 'em bigger
G G 
 
Than all men put together
C C 
 

Verse 6

Sluggers and muggers

G

Wearing fancy gold rings

Em

G

All the women goin' crazy

Interlude 3

For the early Roman kings

G

Verse 7
G G 
 
I can dress up your wounds
With a blood-clotted rag
rag
I ain't afraid to make love
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
To a bitch or a hag
G G 
 
If you see me comin'
And you're standing there
Wave your handkerchief
In the air
C C 
 

Verse 8
I ain't dead yet
G G 
 
My bell still rings
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
I keep my fingers crossed
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Like them early Roman kings

Interlude 4

C

G

C

Verse 9
G G 
 
C C 
 
I can strip you of life
G G 
 
Strip you of breath
Ship you down
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
To the house of death
G G 
 
C C 
 
One day
G G 
 
You will ask for me
There'll be no one else
That you'll wanna see
C C 
 

Verse 10
Bring down my fiddle
Tune up my strings
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
I'm gonna break it wide open
C C 
 
G G 
 
Like the early Roman kings

Interlude 5

C

G

Verse 11
G G 
 
C C 
 
I was up on black mountain
G G 
 
The day Detroit fell
They killed 'em all off
C C 
 
And they sent 'em to hell
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Ding dong daddy
C C 
 
You're coming up short
G G 
 
Gonna put you on trial
In a Sicilian court
C C 
 

Verse 12
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
I've had my fun
G G 
 
I've had my flings
C C 
 
Gonna shake 'em all down
G G 
 
F F 
 
Like the early Roman kings

Outro 1

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G

C

G

C

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C

G

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