The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll chords by 
Bob Dylan And Mason Jennings 
Key: B major
Intro 1
B
G#m
D#m
B
G#m
D#m
Verse 1
B
G#m
William
B
G#m
With a cane that he twirled
B
G#m
At a Baltimore hotel so
Verse 2
B
G#m
And the cops were brought in
B
G#m
As they rode him in custody
B
G#m
And booked William Zanzinger for
F#
Verse 3
E
F#
B
Oh, but you who philosophize
G#m
E
F#
B
Disgrace and criticize all fears
E
F#
B
G#m
Take the rag away from your face
E
F#
Now ain't the time for your tears
B
Interlude 1
G#m
D#m
B
G#m
D#m
Verse 4
B
G#m
William Zanzinger, who
years
G#m
D#m
six hundred acres
B
G#m
With rich wealthy parents
B
G#m
And high office relations in
Verse 5
B
G#m
Reacted to his deed with
B
G#m
And swear words and sneering,
B
G#m
In a matter of minutes on
F#
Verse 6
E
F#
B
Oh, but you who philosophize
G#m
E
F#
B
Disgrace and criti cize all fears
E
F#
B
G#m
Take the rag away from your face
E
F#
Now ain't the time for your tears
B
Interlude 2
G#m
D#m
B
G#m
D#m
Verse 7
B
G#m
Hattie Carroll was a maid
B
G#m
She was fifty-one years years old
B
G#m
Who carried the dishes
B
G#m
And never sat once at the
Verse 8
B
G#m
And didn't even talk to
B
G#m
Who just cleaned up all
B
G#m
And emptied the ashtrays
G#m
D#m
lay slain by a cane
Verse 9
B
G#m
That sailed through the air and
B
G#m
Doomed and determined to
B
G#m
And she never done noth ing
D#m
F#
to Wil liam Zanzinger
Verse 10
E
F#
B
Oh, but you who philosophize
G#m
E
F#
B
Disgrace and criticize all fears
E
F#
B
G#m
Take the rag away from your face
E
F#
Now ain't the time for your tears
Interlude 3
B
G#m
D#m
B
G#m
D#m
B
G#m
D#m
B
G#m
D#m
Verse 11
B
G#m
In the courtroom of honor,
B
G#m
To show that all's equal and that
B
G#m
And that the strings in the books
B
G#m
And that even the nobles
Verse 12
B
G#m
Once that the cops have chased
B
G#m
And that the ladder of law has
B
G#m
Stared at the person
B
G#m
Who just happened to be feelin'
Verse 13
G#m
D#m
most deep and distinguished
G#m
D#m
for penalty and repentance
B
G#m
William Zanzinger with
sentence
F#
Verse 14
E
F#
B
Oh, but you who philosophize
G#m
E
F#
B
Disgrace and criticize all fears
E
F#
B
Bury the rag deep in your face
E
F#
Now's the time for your tears
Outro 1
B
G#m
D#m
B
G#m
D#m
B
G#m
D#m
E
F#
B
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