My Own Version Of You chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major) (A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major)
Verse 1
(A minor) All through the summers,
into (F sharpdim) January (F major)
I've been (A minor) visiting morgues
and (F sharpdim) monasteries
(F major) (D major) Looking for the neces
(F major) sary body parts (G major) (B flat major)
(A minor) Limbs and livers and (G sharpaug) brains
and (C major) hearts (F sharpdim)
I'll (F major) bring someone to life,
is what I wanna do
I wanna create my own version
of you
(A minor) (F sharpdim)
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Verse 2
(F major)
Well, it (A minor) must be the winter (C major)
(F sharpdim) of my discontent (F major)
I wish (A minor) you'd've taken me with you
wherever you (F sharpdim) went (F major)
They talk (D major) all night (F major) and
they talk (G major) all day (B flat major)
Not (A minor) for a minute,
do I believe anything they say (F sharpdim)
I'm gon' (F major) bring someone to life,
someone I've never seen
You know what I mean,
you know exactly what (F sharpdim) I mean
(A minor) (F sharpdim)
Verse 3
(F major)
I'll take the Scarface (A minor) (F sharpdim) Pacino and
the Godfather Brando (F major)
Mix it (A minor) up and attack,
and get a robot (F sharpdim) commando
(F major) (D major) If I do it up right (F major) and put
the (G major) head on straight (B flat major)
I'll be saved (A minor) by the creature
that I create (F sharpdim) (F major)
I'll get blood (A minor) from a cactus, (C major)
(A minor) gunpowder (F sharpdim) from ice (F major)
I don't gamble (A minor) with card (C major) s and
I (F sharpdim) don't shoot no dice (F major)
Can you (D major) look in my face (F major) with
your sightless (G major) eyes? (B flat major) (A minor)
Can you cross your heart (G sharpaug)
and hope (C major) to die? (F sharpdim) (F major)
I'll bring someone to life,
someone for real
Someone who feels the way that I feel
(A minor)
Interlude 1
(F sharpdim) (F major) (A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major)
Verse 4
I study Sanskrit (A minor) and Arabic
to (C major) im prove (F sharpdim) my mind (F major)
I wanna (A minor) do things for
the benefit of all (F sharpdim) mankind (F major)
I say (D major) to the willow tree, (F major)
(G major) "Don't weep for me" (B flat major)
I'm say (A minor) ing to hell with all
things (F sharpdim) that used to be (F major)
Well, I (A minor) get into trouble,
(F sharpdim) then I hit the wall (F major)
No (A minor) place to turn, (C major) no place (A minor) (F sharpdim) at all
(F major) I'll pick a (D major) number between
(F major) a-one and (G major) and (B flat major) two
And I (A minor) ask myself,
(G sharpaug) "What would Julius (C major) Caesar do?" (F sharpdim)
I will (F major) bring someone to life in
more ways than one
Don't matter how long it takes,
it'll be done when it's (A minor) done
Interlude 2
(A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major) (A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major)
Verse 5
I'm gonna make (A minor) you play the piano
like (F sharpdim) Leon Russell (F major)
(A minor) Like Liberace, like St. John
(F sharpdim) the Apostle (F major)
I'll (D major) play every number (F major)
that I can play (G major) (B flat major)
(A minor) I'll see you maybe on (F sharpdim)
Judgment Day (F major) (A minor)
After midnight,
if you still (F sharpdim) wanna meet (F major)
I'll be at the Black (A minor) Horse Tavern
on Armageddon (F sharpdim) Street (F major)
(D major) Two doors down, (F major) (G major) not that far a walk (B flat major)
(A minor) I'll hear your foot (G sharpaug) steps,
you won't (C major) have to knock (F sharpdim) (F major)
I'll bring someone to life,
balance the scales
I'm not gonna get involved any insignificant
Interlude 3
details
(A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major) (A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major)
Verse 6
You can (A minor) bring it to St. Peter,
you can bring (F sharpdim) it to Jerome (F major)
You can (A minor) bring it all the way over,
bring (F sharpdim) it all the way home (F major)
(D major) Bring it to the corner (F major) where
the children (G major) play (B flat major)
You can (A minor) bring it to me on
a sil (C major) ver tray (F sharpdim)
I'll bring someone (F major) to life,
spare no expense
Interlude 4
Do it with decency and common sense
(A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major) (A minor)
(F sharpdim) (F major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major) (A minor) (F sharpdim)
(F major)
Verse 7
Can you (A minor) tell me what it means,
(G major) (A minor) to (F sharpdim) be or not to be? (F major)
(A minor) You won't get away with
fool (F sharpdim) ing me (F major)
Can you (D major) help me walk (F major)
that (G major) good land mile? (B flat major)
Can you (F sharpdim) give me the blessing
(G sharpaug) s of your smile? (C major) (F sharpdim)
I'll bring someone (F major) to life,
use all of my powers
Do it in the dark in the wee,
small (A minor) hours
Interlude 5
(A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major) (A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major)
Verse 8
(A minor) I can see the history of the
(F sharpdim) whole human race (F major)
It's (A minor) all right there,
it's carved (F sharpdim) into your face (F major)
(D major) Should I break it all down? (F major) Should
I fall (G major) on my knees? (B flat major)
(A minor) Is there light at the end of the tunnel,
can (F sharpdim) you tell me please? (F major)
Stand (A minor) over there by
the cypress tree (F sharpdim)
Where the (F major) Trojan wo (A minor) men and
children are sold into slavery (F sharpdim) (F major)
Long (D major) before the first (F major) Crusade (G major) (B flat major)
Way back (A minor) 'fore England or
(C major) Amer (F sharpdim) ica were made (F major)
Step (A minor) right into (G major) (A minor)
the (F sharpdim) burnin' hell (F major)
Where some of (A minor) the best-known
enemies enemies of mankind (F sharpdim) dwell
(F major) Mr. Freud (D major) with his dream (F major) s,
Mr. Marx (G major) with his ax (B flat major)
See the raw (A minor) hide lash rip the skin
from (F sharpdim) their back (F major) s (A minor)
Verse 9
Got the right spirit, (A minor)
you can (F sharpdim) feel it you can hear it (F major)
You've (A minor) got what they call
the im (F sharpdim) mortal spirit (F major)
You can (D major) feel it all night,
(F major) you can (G major) feel it in the morn' (B flat major)
It creeps (A minor) in your body,
the day (F sharpdim) you were born (F major)
One (A minor) strike of lightning is
(F sharpdim) all that I need (F major)
And a blast (A minor) of electricity that
runs (F sharpdim) at top speed (F major)
Shimmy (D major) your ribs,
(F major) I'll stick (G major) in the knife (B flat major)
Gonna (A minor) jump-start my my cre
ation (G sharpaug) (A minor) to (C major) life (F sharpdim)
I wanna (F major) bring someone to life,
turn back the years
Do it with laughter and do it with (A minor) tears
Outro 1
(A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major)
(A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major) (A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major) (A minor)
(F sharpdim)
My Own Version Of You
Bob Dylan
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