Lonesome Day Blues chords by
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan

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