Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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Gsus4
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Early one
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I was laying in bed
Gsus4
C
If her hair was still red
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Gsus4
Her folks they said our lives together
Dm
G
They never did like Mama's
homemade dress
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C
Rain falling on my shoes
D
Em
Heading out for the East Coast
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C
Lord knows I've paid some dues
C
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Gsus4
Tangled up in blue
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Dm
Verse 2
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She was married when we first meet
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Dm
Soon to be divorced
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C
But I used a little too much force
Gsus4
as we could
Split it up on a dark sad night
D
Em
She turned around to look at me
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C
As I was walking away
D
Em
I heard her say over my shoulder
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C
"We'll meet again someday
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Gsus4
Tangled up in blue
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Dm
Verse 3
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I had a job in the great north woods
Gsus4
G
But I never did like it all that much
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C
And one day the ax just fell
Gsus4
G
I looking to be
Gsus4
employed
D
Em
But all the while I was alone
C
D
Em
I've seen a lot of women
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D
mind and I just grew
C
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Dm
Tangled up in blue
Verse 4
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Gsus4
She was working in a topless place
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I stopped in for a beer
I's just about to do the same
Dm
G
She was standing there in
the back of my chair
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C
Said tell me "Don't I know your name?"
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C
She studied the lines on my face
D
Em
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
C
D
the lace of my shoe
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C
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Gsus4
Tangled up in blue
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Verse 5
Dm
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She lit a burner on the stove
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F
and offered me a pipe
D
Em
And every one of them words rang true
G
C
And glowed like burning coal
D
Em
Pouring off of every page
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C
Like it was written in my soul
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Tangled up in blue
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Verse 6
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Gsus4
Montague Street
Dm
G
There was music in the cafes at night
Gsus4
C
And revolution in the air
dealing with slaves
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And something inside
D
Em
And when finally the bottom fell out
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C
I became withdrawn
D
Em
The only thing I knew how to do
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C
Was to keep on keeping on
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C
Tangled up in blue
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Verse 7
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Gsus4
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I got to get her somehow
Gsus4
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All the people we
used to know
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C
They're an il lusion to me now
Gsus4
G
Some are carpenter's wives
Gsus4
G
Don't know how it all got started
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C
I don't what they're
doing with their lives
D
Em
Me I'm still on the road
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C
Heading for another joint
D
Em
We always did feel the same
C
D
point of view
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C
Tangled up in blue
Outro 1
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