Roll on John chords by
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan

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Key: Ab major
Intro 1
F#
F#

C#
C#

B
B

F#
F#

B
B

F#
F#

B
B

C#
C#

B
B

G#m
G#m

F#
F#

Verse 1
F#
F#

Doctor,
B
B

doctor tell me the time of day
Another bottle's empty,
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F#

another penny spent
He turned around and he
B
B

slowly walked away
They shot him in the back
and down he went
F#
F#

Verse 2
B
B

Shine your light
C#
C#

Movin' on
B
B

You burned so bright
Roll on, John
F#
F#

Verse 3
From the Liverpool docks to the red-light
B
B

Hamburg Hamburg streets
Down in the quarry with the
F#
F#

Quarry men
Playing to the big crowds,
B
B

playing to the cheap seats
Another day in the life on your way
to your journey's end
F#
F#

Verse 4
B
B

Shine your light
C#
C#

Movin' on
B
B

You burned so bright
Roll on, John
F#
F#

Verse 5
F#
F#

Sailin' through the trade winds
B
B

bound for the south
Rags on your back just like
F#
F#

any other slave
They tied your hands and they
B
B

clamped your mouth
Wasn't no way out of that
deep dark cave
F#
F#

Verse 6
B
B

Shine your light
C#
C#

Movin' on
B
B

You burned so bright
Roll on, John
F#
F#

Verse 7
B
B

I heard the news today, oh boy
They hauled your ship up
F#
F#

on the shore
Now the city gone dark,
B
B

there is no more joy
They tore the heart right out
and cut him to the core
F#
F#

Verse 8
B
B

Shine your light
C#
C#

Movin' on
B
B

You burned so bright
Roll on, John
F#
F#

Verse 9
F#
F#

Put on your bags and
B
B

get 'em packed
Leave right now,
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F#

you won't be far from wrong
The sooner you go the quicker
B
B

you'll be back
You've been cooped up on
F#
F#

an island far too long
Verse 10
B
B

Shine your light
C#
C#

Movin' on
B
B

You burned so bright
Roll on, John
F#
F#

Verse 11
Slow down you're moving
B
B

way too fast
F#
F#

Come together right now over me
Your bones are weary,
B
B

you're about to breathe your last
Lord, you know how hard that it can be
F#
F#

Verse 12
B
B

Shine your light
C#
C#

Movin' on
B
B

You burned so bright
Roll on, John
F#
F#

Verse 13
F#
F#

Roll on, John,
B
B

roll through the rain and snow
Take the right-hand road road and
F#
F#

go where the buffalo roam
They'll trap you in an ambush
B
B

before you know
F#
F#

Too late now to sail back home
Verse 14
B
B

Shine your light
C#
C#

Movin' on
B
B

You burned so bright
Roll on, John
F#
F#

Verse 15
F#
F#

B
B

Tyger, tyger burning bright
F#
F#

I pray the Lord my soul to keep
B
B

In the forests of the night
Cover 'em over and let him sleep
F#
F#

Verse 16
B
B

Shine your light
C#
C#

Movin' on
B
B

You burned so bright
Outro 1
Roll on, John
F#
F#

B
B

F#
F#

B
B

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