Tombstone Blues chords by Bob Dylan, Carlos Santana, The Band
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Verse 1
(D major)
The sweet pretty things are in (G major) bed now,
of course
(D major) The city fathers,
they're trying (G major) to endorse
(D major) The reincarnation of
(G major) Paul Revere's horse
(D major) But the town has no (G major) need to be (D major) nervous
Verse 2
The ghost of Belle (D major) Starr,
she (G major) hands down her (D major) wits
To Jezebel the nun, she (G major) violently knit (D major) s
A bald wig for Jack the Ripper (G major) ,
who sit (D major) s
At the head of the Cham (G major) ber
of Commerce (D major)
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Verse 3
(G major) Mama's in the factory,
she ain't got (D major) no shoes
(G major) Daddy's in the alley,
he's lookin' (D major) for food
(G major) I'm in the kitchen with
the tombstone (D major) blues
Verse 4
(D major)
The hysterical bride in (G major) the penny arcade
(D major) Screaming, she moans,
(G major) "I've just been made"
(D major) Then sends out for the doctor,
(G major) who pulls down the shade
(D major) And says, "My advice is
(G major) to not let the boys (D major) in"
Verse 5
Now, the medicine man (D major) comes
and (G major) he shuffles inside
(D major) He walks with a swagger
and (G major) he says to the bride
(D major) "Stop all this weeping,
(G major) swallow your pride
(D major) You will not die, (G major) it's not pois (D major) on"
Verse 6
(G major) Mama's in the factory,
she ain't got no (D major) shoes
(G major) Daddy's in the alley,
he's lookin' (D major) for food
(G major) I'm in the kitchen with
the tombstone blues (D major)
Verse 7
(D major)
Well, John the Baptist,
after (G major) torturing a (D major) thief
Looks up at his hero,
the (G major) Commander- in- Chief
(D major) Saying, "Tell me, great hero,
(G major) but please make it brief
(D major) Is there a hole for (G major) me to get sick in?"
(D major)
Verse 8
The Commander- in- Chief answers
him (G major) while chasing a fly
(D major) Saying, "Death to all those
who would whimper (G major) and cry"
(D major) And, dropping a barbell,
(G major) he points to the sky
(D major) Saying, "The sun's not (G major) yellow,
it's chick (D major) en"
(G major) Mama's in
Verse 9
the factory,
she ain't got (D major) no shoes
(G major) Daddy's in the alley,
he's look (D major) in' for food
(G major) I'm in the kitchen with
the tombstone blues (D major)
Verse 10
(D major)
The king of the Philistines,
(G major) his soldiers to save
(D major) Puts jawbones on their tombstone
(G major) s and flatters their graves
(D major) Puts the pied pipers in prison
(G major) and fattens the slaves
(D major) Then sends them (G major) out to the jungle (D major)
Verse 11
(D major)
Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch,
(G major) he burns out their camps
(D major) With his faithful slave Pedro
(G major) behind him, he tramps
(D major) With a fantastic (G major) collection of stamps
(D major) To win friend (G major) s and influence
his un (D major) cle
Verse 12
(G major) Mama's in the factory,
she ain't got (D major) no shoes
(G major) Daddy's in the alley,
he's lookin' (D major) for food
(G major) I'm in trouble with the tombstone (D major) blues
Interlude 1
Verse 13
The geometry of innocence, (G major)
flesh on the bone
(D major) Causes Galileo's (G major) math
book to get thrown
(D major) At Delilah,
who's sitting (G major) worth (D major) lessly alone
But the tears on her (G major) cheeks are from (D major) laughter
Verse 14
I (D major) wish I could give Brother
(G major) Bill his great (D major) thrill
I would set him in chains
at the (G major) top of the hill
(D major) Then send out for some pillars
and (G major) Cecil B. (D major) DeMille
He could die happily (G major) ever after (D major)
(G major) Mama's in the factory, she ain't
Verse 15
(D major)
got no shoes
(G major) Daddy's in the alley,
he's lookin' (D major) for food
(G major) I'm in the kitchen with the
Interlude 2
tombstone blues
(G major) (D major)
Verse 16
Where Ma (D major) Rainey and Beethoven
once un (G major) wrapped their bedroll
(D major) Tuba players now rehearse
around (G major) the flagpole
(D major) And the National Bank at a profit
sells (G major) road maps for the (D major) soul
To the old folk (G major) s' home
and the col (D major) lege
Verse 17
(D major)
Now, I wish I could write you a
(G major) melody so (D major) plain
That could hold you, dear lady,
from (G major) going insane
(D major) That could ease you and
cool you and (G major) cease the pain
(D major) Of your useless and (G major) pointless
know (D major) ledge
(G major) Mama's in the
Verse 18
factory,
she ain't got no (D major) shoes
(G major) Daddy's in the alley,
he's lookin' for food
(G major) I'm in the kitchen with the
Outro 1
tombstone blues, oh right
Tombstone Blues
Bob Dylan, Carlos Santana, The Band
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