Too late chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 1
Well, (G major)
wether there was a murder I don't (D major) know I wasn't (G major) there
(E minor) I was (E major) busy visit (C major) ing a friend in jail (G major)
(C major) There were just (G major) two women
on the scene at the time (D major)
(E minor) Neither one of 'em saw a (C major) thing
Both of 'em were wearing (G major) veils (C major) (G major)
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Verse 2
They said (C major) it was a natural situation
He reached too high and tumbled
(F major) back to the ground (C major) (F major) (C major)
You know what (D major) they say about being
nice to people on your way up
You might meet 'em again
on your way (A minor) back down
Verse 3
But its (G major) too late to bring him back (E minor)
Too late, (C major) too late, too late, too late,
(D major) too late, to bring him back
(G major) (C major)
Verse 4
(G major) (C major) He had a (G major) brother named Paul
Hang (D major) out at the cafe royal
(E minor) Where Miss Dolly plays (C major) and
the reviews have been (G major) mixed (C major) (G major)
(C major) Well, he's (G major) pretty to look at
Looking (D major) for someone to throw the book (E minor) at
But you know that he drinks (C major) an
d drinks can be fixed
(G major) (C major)
Verse 5
(G major)
Sing me (C major) one more song about your
(F major) summer romance
I know you (C major) don't know
motherless children
Sing me the one about you
and Errol Flynn (F major) (C major)
In these (D major) times of compassion where
conformity's a fashion
Say one more stupid thing to me before
the fi (A minor) nal nail is driven in
Verse 6
You know (G major) it s too late
to bring (E minor) him back
(C major) Too late, too late, too late, (D major) too late, too late,
to bring (G major) him back (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 7
Dr. (G major) Silver Spoon from
(D major) the empress ballroom
He's (E minor) a retired business (C major) man
Who feeds off (G major) everyone
he's touched (C major) (G major)
He gives (D major) money to the church
and founda (E minor) tions for research
He's (C major) not someone you can play
around (G major) with to much (C major) (G major)
Verse 8
But then (C major) there's Rosetta Blake
Who's (F major) been to both sides of the lake
(C major) She's rough to look at,
but she's righteously fit (F major) (C major) (F major)
(C major) She'll feed you (D major) coconut bread
and spiced buns in bed
You won't have to worry about sleeping
face down with (A minor) your head in the plate
Verse 9
Girl, its (G major) too late to bring him back (E minor)
Too (C major) late, too late, too late, too (D major) late,
too late, to (G major) bring him back (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) You'll
Verse 10
arrange to see your man tonight
(E minor) Who tells you some secret things you (C major) think
might open some door (G major) s (C major) (G major) (C major)
How to (G major) enter the gates of paradise
(D major) No, not (E minor) really
More like how to (C major) go crazy from carrying (G major) a burden
that's never meant to be yours (C major) (G major)
Verse 11
From the (C major) stage they'll be doing
the bumps (F major) and the grinds
A (C major) whore will pass the hat,
collect a hundred grand and say thanks (F major) (C major)
They like to (D major) take all this money from sin,
and build big universities to study in
And sing amazing (A minor) grace all
the way to the Swiss bank
Verse 12
But its (G major) too late to bring him back (E minor)
Too late, (C major) too late, too late, too (D major) late,
too late, to bring (G major) him back (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 13
They got some (G major) serious people
(D major) out there man
They can (E minor) ring your bell and (C major) show you
how to hold your tongue (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) They don't come to party (D major) man
They kill (E minor) babies in the crib and say (C major) only
the good die young (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 14
(C major) They don't believe in mercy (F major) and (C major) judgment on them
is something you'll never see (F major) (C major) (F major)
(C major) They can put your (D major) face
on a postage stamp
Turn your home into a armed camp
Anyway they want you that's
the way (A minor) you'll be
Verse 15
But its (G major) too late to bring him back (E minor)
Too late, (C major) too late, too late, too (D major) late, too late,
to bring (G major) him back (C major)
(G major) (A minor) (G major)
Verse 16
Yes, I loved (D major) him too,
I still (E minor) see him in my mind (C major) climbing up that hill (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Or (G major) was it a wall, (D major) I don't recall
It don't (E minor) matter at all, hon (C major) ey,
and it never will (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) Ain't nothin' left here partner
Just the (F major) dust of fools that have left
their mark in spades (C major) (F major) (C major)
From now (D major) on this will be
where you're from
Let the dead bury the dead,
your time will come
Feel that hot iron glow (A minor) ing now
as your raise the shades
Verse 17
But its (G major) too late to bring him back (E minor)
Too late, (C major) too late, too late, too (D major) late, too late,
to bring (G major) him back (C major)
Outro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (E minor)
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