Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Early one mornin' the sun was shinin'
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I was layin' in bed
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Wondrin' if she'd changed at all
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If her hair was still red
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Her folks they said our lives together
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Sure was gonna be rough
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Papa's bank book wasn't big enough
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Rain fallin' on my shoes
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Heading out for the east coast
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Lord knows I've paid some dues
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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She was married when we first met
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I helped her out of a jam I guess
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But I used a little too much force
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We drove that car as far as we could
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Abandoned it out west
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Split up on a dark sad night
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Both agreeing it was best
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She turned around to look at me
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I heard her say over my shoulder
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On the avenue
Interlude 2
Tangled up in blue
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Verse 3
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I had a job in the great north woods
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Working as a cook for a spell
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But I never did like it all that much
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And one day the axe just fell
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Orleans
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Workin' for a while on a
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But all the while I was alone
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The past was close behind
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But she never
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Tangled up in blue
Interlude 3
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Verse 4
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She was workin' in a topless place
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And I stopped in for a beer
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I just kept lookin' at the side of her face
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In the spotlight so clear
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I's just about to do the same
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name?
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I muttered somethin' under my breath
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She studied the lines on my face
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I must admit I felt a little uneasy
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When she bent down to tie the laces
Interlude 4
Tangled up in blue
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Verse 5
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She lit a burner on the stove
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And offered me a pipe
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I thought you'd never say hello, she said
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You look like the silent type
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Then she opened up a book of poems
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And handed it to me
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Written by an Italian poet
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And everyone of them word
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And glowed like burnin' coal
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Pourin' off of every page
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From me to you
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Tangled up in blue
Interlude 5
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Verse 6
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Street
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In a basement down the stairs
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And revolution in the air
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Then he started into dealing
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And when finally the bottom fell out
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I became withdrawn
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The only thing I knew how to do
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Was to keep on keepin' on
Tangled up in blue
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Verse 7
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So now I'm goin' back again
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All the people we used to know
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They're an illusion to me now
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Some are car
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penters' wives
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Don't know how it all got started
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But me, I'm still on the road
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Headin' for another joint
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We al ways did feel the same
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point of view
Outro 1
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