Tempest chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 1
The (G major) pale
moon rose in it's glory
(C major) Out on the Western town
She told a sad, sad story (G major)
Of the (D major) great ship that went (G major) down
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Verse 2
T'was the (G major) fourteenth day of April
(C major) Over the waves she rode
Sailing into tomorrow (G major)
To a (D major) golden age fore (G major) told
Verse 3
The night (G major) was black with starlight
The seas (C major) were sharp and clear
Moving through the shadows (G major)
The promised (D major) hour was (G major) near
Verse 4
(G major) Lights were holding steady
(C major) Gliding over the foam
All the lords and ladies (G major)
Head (D major) ing for their eternal
(G major) home
Verse 5
The chandeliers (G major) were swaying
From the (C major) balustrades above
The orchestra was (G major) playing
Songs (D major) of faded (G major) love
Verse 6
The (G major) watchman, he lay dreaming
As the (C major) ballroom dancers twirled
He dreamed the Titanic was sinking (G major)
(D major) Into the underworld
Interlude 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 7
(G major) Leo took his sketchbook
He was (C major) often so inclined
He closed his eyes and (G major) painted
The scenery (D major) in his (G major) mind
Verse 8
(G major) Cupid struck his bosom
And (C major) broke it with a snap
The closest woman (G major) to him
He (D major) fell into her (G major) lap
Verse 9
He (G major) heard a loud commotion
Something (C major) sounded wrong
His inner spirit was say (G major) ing
That he (D major) couldn't stand
here (G major) long
Verse 10
He staggered (G major) to the quarterdeck
No (C major) time now to sleep
Water on the quarter (G major) deck
Already (D major) three foot deep (G major)
Verse 11
Smokestack (G major) was leaning sideways
Heavy feet (C major) began to pound
He walked into the whirlwind (G major)
Sky (D major) splitting all around (G major)
Verse 12
The ship (G major) was going under
The (C major) universe had opened wide
The roll was called up (G major) yonder
The (D major) angels turned aside (G major)
Verse 13
(G major) Lights down in the hallway
(C major) Flickering dim and dull
Dead bodies already float (G major) ing
In the (D major) double bottom (G major) hull
Verse 14
The (G major) engines then exploded
Propellers (C major) they failed to start
The boilers overloaded
(G major) The ship's (D major) bow split apart (G major)
Verse 15
(G major) Passengers were flying
Back (C major) ward, forward,
far and fast
They mumbled, fumbled, and (G major) tumbled
Each one (D major) more weary than the last (G major)
Verse 16
The veil (G major) was torn asunder
'Tween the (C major) hours of twelve and one
No change, no sudden (G major) wonder
Could un (D major) do what had been (G major) done
Verse 17
The (G major) watchman lay there dreaming
At fourty (C major) five degrees
He dreamed that the
Titanic was sink (G major) ing
(D major) Dropping to her (G major) knees
Interlude 2
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 18
(G major) Wellington he was sleeping
His (C major) bed began to slide
His valiant heart was (G major) beating
He pushed (D major) the tables aside (G major)
Verse 19
(G major) Glass of shattered crystal
Lay scattered (C major) roundabout
He strapped on both his pis (G major) tols
How long (D major) could he hold (G major) out?
Verse 20
His (G major) men and his companions
Were (C major) nowhere to be seen
In silence there he (G major) waited for
Time and space (D major) to interve
(G major) ne
Verse 21
The passageway (G major) was narrow
There was blackness (C major) in the air
He saw every kind of sor (G major) row
Heard (D major) voices everywhere
Verse 22
(G major) Alarm-bells were were ringing
To hold (C major) back the swelling tide
Friends and lovers (G major) clinging
To each (D major) other side by side (G major)
Verse 23
(G major) Mothers and their daughters
Des (C major) cending down the stairs
Jumped into the icy wa (G major) ters
Love and (D major) pity sent their prayers (G major)
Verse 24
The (G major) rich man, Mister Astor
(C major) Kissed his darling wife
He had no way of (G major) knowing
It'd be the last (D major) trip of his life (G major)
Verse 25
(G major) Calvin, Blake and Wilson
(C major) Gambled in the dark
Not one of them would ever live to (G major)
Tell the tale (D major) on the disembark (G major)
Verse 26
(G major) Brother rose up 'gainst brother
In (C major) every circumstance
They fought and slaughtered each (G major) other
(D major) In a deadly (G major) dance
Verse 27
They lowered (G major) down the lifeboats
(C major) From the sinking wreck
There were traitors,
there were turn (G major) coats
Broken (D major) backs and broken (G major) necks
Verse 28
The bishop (G major) left his cabin
To (C major) help others in need
Turned his eyes up to the heavens (G major)
Said, "The (D major) poor are yours to feed" (G major)
Verse 29
(G major) Davey the brothel-keeper
Came Came (C major) out dismissed his girls
Saw the water getting deep (G major) er
Saw the (D major) changing of his world
(G major)
Verse 30
Jim Dandy smiled
He never (C major) learned to swim
Saw the little crippled child (G major)
And he (D major) gave his seat to him (G major)
Verse 31
He saw (G major) the starlight shining
Streaming (C major) from the East
Death was on the ram (G major) page
But his (D major) heart was now at peace (G major)
Verse 32
They battened (G major) down the hatches
But the (C major) hatches wouldn't hold
They drowned upon the stair (G major) case
Of (D major) brass and polished gold (G major)
Verse 33
(G major) Leo said to Cleo
I think (C major) I'm going mad
But he'd lost his mind already (G major)
Whatever (D major) mind he had (G major)
Verse 34
He tried (G major) to block the doorway
To save (C major) all those from harm
Blood from an (G major) open wound
(D major) Pouring down his (G major) arm
Verse 35
(G major) Petals fell from flowers
'Til (C major) all of them were gone
In the long and dreadful (G major) hours
The (D major) wizard's curse played (G major) on
Verse 36
The (G major) host was pouring brandy
He was (C major) going down slow
He stayed right to the (G major) end and he
(D major) Was the last to go (G major)
Verse 37
There were (G major) many, many others
Nameless (C major) here forever more
They never sailed the ocean (G major)
Or left (D major) their homes before (G major)
Verse 38
The (G major) watchman, he lay dreaming
The damage (C major) had been done
He dreamed the Titanic (D major) was sinking
(G major) And he (D major) tried to tell someone
(G major)
Interlude 3
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 39
The captain, (G major) (D major) barely (G major) (D major) breath (G major) ing
(C major) Kneeling at the wheel
Above him and (D major) beneath (G major) him
Fifty thousand (D major) tons of steel (G major)
Verse 40
He looked (G major) over at his compass
And he (C major) gazed into its face
Needle pointing downward
(G major) He (D major) knew he lost the (G major) race
Verse 41
In the (G major) dark illumination
He re (C major) membered bygone years
He read the Book of Revela (D major) tion
(G major) And he (D major) filled his cup with tears (G major)
Verse 42
When the (G major) Reaper's task had ended
Sixteen (C major) hundred had gone to rest
The good, the bad, the rich, (G major)
the poor
The loveliest (D major) and the best (G major)
Verse 43
They (G major) waited at the landing
And they tried (C major) to understand
But there is no understand (G major) ing
On the (D major) judgement of God's (G major) hand
Verse 44
(G major) The news came over the wires
And struck (C major) with deadly force
Love had lost its (G major) fires
All (D major) things had run their (G major) course
Verse 45
The (G major) watchman he lay dreaming
Of all the (C major) things that can be
He dreamed the Titanic was sink (G major) ing
In (D major) to the deep blue sea
Outro 1
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Tempest
Bob Dylan
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