Tell Ol' Bill [Alternate Version, North Country Soundtrack] chords by Bob Dylan
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The river whispers
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in my ear
I've hardly a penny to my
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name
The heavens have never
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seemed so near
All of my body glows with flame
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Verse 2
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The tempest struggles in
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the air
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And to myself alone I sing
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It could sink me then and there
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I can hear the echoes ring
Verse 3
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I tried to find one smiling face
To drive the shadow from
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my head
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I'm stranded in this nameless place
Interlude 1
Lying restless in a heavy bed
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Verse 4
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Tell me straight out if you will
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Why must you torture me within?
Why must you come down
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off of your high hill?
Throw my fate to the clouds and wind
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Verse 5
Far away in a silent land
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Secret thoughts are hard to
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bear
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Remember me, you'll understand
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Emotions we can never share
Verse 6
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You trampled on me as you passed
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Left the coldest kiss upon
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my brow
All of my doubts and fears
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have gone at last
I've nothing more to tell you
Interlude 2
now
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Verse 7
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I walk by tranquil lakes and streams
As each new season's dawn
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awaits
I lay awake at night with
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troubled dreams
The enemy is at the gate
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Verse 8
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Beneath the thunder blasted
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trees
The words are ringin' off your
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tongue
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The ground is hard in times like these
Stars are cold, the night is young
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Verse 9
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The rocks are bleak,
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the trees are bare
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Iron clouds go floating by
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Snowflakes fallin' in my hair
Beneath the gray and stormy
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sky
Interlude 3
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Verse 10
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The evenin' sun is sinkin' low
The woods are dark,
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the town isn't new
They''ll drag you down,
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they'll run the show
Ain't no telling what they'll
do
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Verse 11
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Tell ol' Bill when he comes
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home
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Anything is worth a try
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Tell him that I'm not alone
That the hour has come to do
or die
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Verse 12
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All the world I would defy
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Let me make it plain as day
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I look at you now and I sigh
How could it be any other
Outro 1
way?
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Tell Ol' Bill [Alternate Version, North Country Soundtrack]
Bob Dylan
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