Tempest chords by
Bob Dylan

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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The pale
moon rose in it's glory
C C 
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Out on the Western town
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She told a sad, sad story
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Of the great ship that went down

Verse 2

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T'was the fourteenth day of April

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Over the waves she rode

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Sailing into tomorrow

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To a golden age foretold

Verse 3

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The night was black with starlight

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The seas were sharp and clear

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Moving through the shadows

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The promised hour was near

Verse 4
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Lights were holding steady
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Gliding over the foam
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All the lords and ladies
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Heading for their eternal
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home

Verse 5

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The chandeliers were swaying

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From the balustrades above

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The orchestra was playing

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Songs of faded love

Verse 6

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The watchman, he lay dreaming

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As the ballroom dancers twirled

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He dreamed the Titanic was sinking

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Into the underworld

Interlude 1

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Verse 7

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Leo took his sketchbook

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He was often so inclined

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He closed his eyes and painted

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The scenery in his mind

Verse 8

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Cupid struck his bosom

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And broke it with a snap

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The closest woman to him

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He fell into her lap

Verse 9
G G 
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He heard a loud commotion
C C 
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Something sounded wrong
G G 
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His inner spirit was saying
D D 
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That he couldn't stand
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here long

Verse 10

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He staggered to the quarterdeck

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No time now to sleep

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Water on the quarterdeck

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Already three foot deep

Verse 11

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Smokestack was leaning sideways

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Heavy feet began to pound

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He walked into the whirlwind

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Sky splitting all around

Verse 12

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The ship was going under

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The universe had opened wide

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The roll was called up yonder

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The angels turned aside

Verse 13

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Lights down in the hallway

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Flickering dim and dull

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Dead bodies already floating

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In the double bottom hull

Verse 14

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The engines then exploded

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Propellers they failed to start

The boilers overloaded

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The ship's bow split apart

Verse 15
G G 
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Passengers were flying
C C 
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Backward, forward,
far and fast
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They mumbled, fumbled, and tumbled
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G G 
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Each one more weary than the last

Verse 16

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The veil was torn asunder

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'Tween the hours of twelve and one

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No change, no sudden wonder

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Could undo what had been done

Verse 17
G G 
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The watchman lay there dreaming
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At fourty five degrees
He dreamed that the
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Titanic was sinking
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G G 
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Dropping to her knees

Interlude 2

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Verse 18

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Wellington he was sleeping

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His bed began to slide

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His valiant heart was beating

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He pushed the tables aside

Verse 19

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Glass of shattered crystal

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Lay scattered roundabout

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He strapped on both his pistols

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How long could he hold out?

Verse 20
G G 
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His men and his companions
C C 
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Were nowhere to be seen
G G 
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In silence there he waited for
D D 
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Time and space to interve
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ne

Verse 21

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The passageway was narrow

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There was blackness in the air

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He saw every kind of sorrow

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Heard voices everywhere

Verse 22

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Alarm-bells were were ringing

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To hold back the swelling tide

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Friends and lovers clinging

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To each other side by side

Verse 23

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Mothers and their daughters

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Descending down the stairs

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Jumped into the icy waters

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Love and pity sent their prayers

Verse 24

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The rich man, Mister Astor

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Kissed his darling wife

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He had no way of knowing

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It'd be the last trip of his life

Verse 25

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Calvin, Blake and Wilson

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Gambled in the dark

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Not one of them would ever live to

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Tell the tale on the disembark

Verse 26

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Brother rose up 'gainst brother

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In every circumstance

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They fought and slaughtered each other

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In a deadly dance

Verse 27
G G 
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They lowered down the lifeboats
C C 
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From the sinking wreck
There were traitors,
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there were turncoats
D D 
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G G 
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Broken backs and broken necks

Verse 28

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The bishop left his cabin

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To help others in need

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Turned his eyes up to the heavens

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Said, "The poor are yours to feed"

Verse 29
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Davey the brothel-keeper
C C 
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Came Came out dismissed his girls
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Saw the water getting deeper
D D 
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Saw the changing of his world
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Verse 30
Jim Dandy smiled
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He never learned to swim
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Saw the little crippled child
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And he gave his seat to him

Verse 31

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He saw the starlight shining

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Streaming from the East

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Death was on the rampage

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But his heart was now at peace

Verse 32

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They battened down the hatches

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But the hatches wouldn't hold

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They drowned upon the staircase

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Of brass and polished gold

Verse 33

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Leo said to Cleo

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I think I'm going mad

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But he'd lost his mind already

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Whatever mind he had

Verse 34

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He tried to block the doorway

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To save all those from harm

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Blood from an open wound

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Pouring down his arm

Verse 35

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Petals fell from flowers

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'Til all of them were gone

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In the long and dreadful hours

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The wizard's curse played on

Verse 36

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The host was pouring brandy

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He was going down slow

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He stayed right to the end and he

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Was the last to go

Verse 37

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There were many, many others

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Nameless here forever more

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They never sailed the ocean

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Or left their homes before

Verse 38
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The watchman, he lay dreaming
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The damage had been done
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He dreamed the Titanic was sinking
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D D 
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And he tried to tell someone
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Interlude 3

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Verse 39

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The captain, barely breathing

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Kneeling at the wheel

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Above him and beneath him

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Fifty thousand tons of steel

Verse 40

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He looked over at his compass

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And he gazed into its face

Needle pointing downward

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He knew he lost the race

Verse 41

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In the dark illumination

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He remembered bygone years

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He read the Book of Revelation

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And he filled his cup with tears

Verse 42
G G 
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When the Reaper's task had ended
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Sixteen hundred had gone to rest
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The good, the bad, the rich,
the poor
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The loveliest and the best

Verse 43

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They waited at the landing

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And they tried to understand

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But there is no understanding

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On the judgement of God's hand

Verse 44

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The news came over the wires

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And struck with deadly force

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Love had lost its fires

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All things had run their course

Verse 45

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The watchman he lay dreaming

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Of all the things that can be

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He dreamed the Titanic was sinking

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Into the deep blue sea

Outro 1

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