Early Roman Kings chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
All the early Roman kings (G major)
In their sharkskin suits
Bow ties and buttons
High top (E minor) (C major) boots
(G major) Drivin' the spikes in
Blazin' the rails
Nailed in their coffins
In top hats and tails (C major)
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Verse 2
(C major) Fly away, little (B flat major) bird (C major)
Fly away, flap your wings (G major)
Fly by night (E minor) (G major)
Interlude 1
Like the early Roman kings
(G major)
Verse 3
All the early Roman king (E minor) s (C major) (G major)
In the early, early morn'
Coming down the mountain
(E minor) (G major) Distributing the corn (C major)
(G major) Speeding through the forest
Racing down the track
You try to get away
They drag you back
(C major)
Verse 4
Tomorrow is Friday
We'll see what it brings (G major)
Everybody's talking
(C major) (G major) 'Bout the early Roman kings
Interlude 2
(G major)
Verse 5
They're peddlers and they're meddlers (G major)
They buy and they sell
They destroyed your city
They'll destroy you as (E minor) well (G major) (C major)
(G major) They're lecherous and treacherous (C major)
(G major) Hell-bent for for leather
Each of 'em bigger (C major)
(G major) Than all men put together
(C major)
Verse 6
Sluggers and muggers
Wearing fancy gold rings (G major)
All the women goin' (E minor) crazy (G major)
Interlude 3
For the early Roman kings
(G major)
Verse 7
I can dress up your wounds (G major)
With a blood-clotted rag
rag
I ain't afraid to make love
To a bitch or a hag (E minor) (G major) (C major)
(G major) If you see me comin'
And you're standing there
Wave your handkerchief
In the air
(C major)
Verse 8
I ain't dead yet
My bell still rings (G major)
I keep my finger (E minor) s crossed (G major)
Like them early Roman (E minor) kings (C major) (G major)
Interlude 4
(C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 9
(G major) I can strip you of life (C major)
(G major) Strip you of breath
Ship you down
To the house of death (E minor) (C major)
(G major) One day (C major)
(G major) You will ask for me
There'll be no one else
That you'll wanna see
(C major)
Verse 10
Bring down my fiddle
Tune up my strings
(G major) I'm gonna break it wide (C major) open (G major)
Like the early Roman kings (C major) (G major)
Interlude 5
(C major) (G major)
Verse 11
I was up on black mountain (G major) (C major)
(G major) The day Detroit fell
They killed 'em all off
And they sent 'em to hell (C major)
(G major) Ding dong daddy (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
You're coming up short (C major)
(G major) Gonna put you on trial
In a Sicilian court
(C major)
Verse 12
I've had my (B flat major) fun (C major)
I've had my flings (G major)
Gonna shake 'em all down (C major)
(G major) Like the early (F major) Roman kings
Outro 1
(C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major)
Early Roman Kings
Bob Dylan
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