Lonesome Day Blues chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 1
Well, today (G major)
has been a sad ol' lonesome day (C major) (G major)
Yeah, today (C major) has been a sad ol'
lonesome day (G major) (C major) (G major)
I'm just sittin' (D major) here thinking
With my mind a million miles
away
(G major) (C major)
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Verse 2
(G major)
Well, they're doing the double shuffle,
throwin' sand on the floor (C major) (G major)
They're doing the double (C major) shuffle,
they're throwin' sand on the floor (G major) (C major) (G major)
When (D major) I left my long-time darlin'
She She was standing in
the door
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 3
Well, my pa he died and left me,
my brother got killed in the war (C major) (G major)
Well, my (C major) pa he died and left me,
my brother got killed in the war (G major) (C major) (G major)
My sister, she (D major) ran off and got married
Never was heard of any
more
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 4
Samantha Brown lived in my house for
about four or five months (C major) (G major)
Sam (C major) antha Brown lived in my house for
about four or five (G major) months (C major) (G major)
Don't know how (D major) it looked to other people
I never slept with her even
(G major) once (C major) (G major)
Verse 5
Well, the (G major) road's washed out,
weather not fit for man or beast (C major) (G major)
Yeah the (C major) road's washed out,
weather not fit for man or beast (G major) (C major) (G major)
Funny, how the thing (D major) s you have
the hardest time parting with
Are the things you need (G major) the least (C major) (G major)
Verse 6
And I'm forty (G major) miles from the mill I'm
droppin' it into overdrive (C major) (G major)
I'm forty miles (C major) from the mill I'm droppin'
it into overdrive (G major) (C major) (G major)
Settin' my di (D major) al on the radio
I wish my mother was still alive
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 7
I see your lover-man comin',
comin' 'cross 'cross the barren field (C major) (G major)
I see your lover-man (C major) comin',
comin' 'cross 'cross the barren field (G major) (C major) (G major)
He's (B flat major) not a gentle (D major) man at all,
he's rotten to the core
He's a coward and (C major) he (G major) steals (C major) (G major)
(C major) Well (G major) my captain
Verse 8
he's decorated,
he's well-schooled and and he's skilled (C major) (G major)
My captain, (C major) he's decorated,
he's well-schooled and and he's skilled (G major) (C major) (G major)
He's not sen (D major) timental,
don't bother him at all
How many of his pals have
(G major) been killed (C major) (G major)
Verse 9
Last night (G major) the wind was whisperin',
I was trying to make out what it was (C major) (G major)
Last night the wind (C major) was whisperin',
somethin' I was trying to make out what it was (G major) (C major) (G major)
I (D major) tell myself something's comin'
But it never does
(G major) (C major)
Verse 10
(G major)
I'm gonna spare the defeated,
I'm gonna speak to the crowd (C major) (G major)
I'm gonna spare (C major) the defeated, boys,
I'm going to speak to the crowd (G major) (C major) (G major)
I am goin' to teach (D major) peace
to the conquered
I'm gonna tame (G major) the proud (C major) (G major)
Verse 11
Well, the leaves (G major) are rustlin' in the wood,
things are fallin' (C major) off (G major) of the shelf (C major) (G major)
Leaves are (C major) rustlin' in the wood,
things are fallin' off (G major) the shelf (C major) (G major)
You gonna need (D major) my help,
sweetheart
You can't make love all by (G major) yourself
(C major)
Outro 1
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(G major) (D major) (G major)
Lonesome Day Blues
Bob Dylan
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