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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
(Official Version)

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Key: Eb majorDifficulty: Advanced
Intro 1
Ab
Ab
Ab
Ab
Verse 1
Ab
Fm
Cm
Crimson flames tied through my ears,
Db
Eb
Ab
rollin' high and mighty traps
Fm
Cm
Ab
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Db
Cm
Eb
Eb7
using ideas as my maps
Db
Fm
Eb
Ab
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I,
Fm
Db
Eb
proud 'neath heated brow
Ab
Fm
Ab
Ah, but I was so much older then,
Db
Eb
Ab
I'm younger than that now
Eb
Eb6
Eb7
Verse 2
Ab
Fm
Cm
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
Db
Eb
Ab
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Fm
Cm
Lies that life is black and white
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Eb
Eb7
spoke from my skull, I dreamed
Fm
Cm
Romantic facts of musketeers
Db
Eb
foundationed deep, some- how
Ab
Fm
Cm
Db
Ah, but I was so much older then,
Eb7
Ab
I'm younger than that now
Verse 3
Ab
Fm
Cm
Girls' faces formed the forward path
Db
Eb
Ab
from phony jealousy
Fm
Cm
To memorizing politics
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Fm
Eb
Eb7
of ancient history
Fm
Cm
Flung down by corpse evangelists,
Db
Eb
Eb7
untought of, though, somehow
Ab
Db
Ab
Ah, but I was so much older then
Db
Eb
Ab
I'm younger than that now
Verse 4
Ab
Fm
Cm
A self- ordained professor's tongue
Db
Eb
Ab
too serious to fool
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Cm
Spouted out that liberty
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Eb
Eb7
is just equality in school
Fm
Cm
"Equality" I spoke the word
Db
Eb
Eb7
as if a wedding vow
Ab
Fm
Ah, but I was so much older then,
Db
Eb
Ab
I'm younger than that now
Verse 5
Ab
Fm
Cm
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
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Eb
Ab
at the mongrel dogs who teach
Fm
Cm
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
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Eb
Eb7
in the instant that I preach
Fm
Db
Ab
My existence led by confusion boats,
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Cm
Eb
Eb7
mutiny from stern to bow
Ab
Fm
Db
Ab
Ah, but I was so much older then,
Eb
Eb7
Ab
I'm younger than that now
Verse 6
Ab
Fm
Yes, my guard stood hard
Cm
when abstract threats
Db
Eb
Ab
Too noble to neglect
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Cm
Deceived me into thinking
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Eb
Eb7
I had something to protect
Fm
Cm
Good and bad, I define these terms
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Eb
Eb7
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ab
Fm
Db
Ab
Ah, but I was so much older then
Eb7
Ab
I'm younger than that now

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