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Intro 1
(E minor) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (E major) (E minor) (Esus4) (A major)
(D major)
Verse 1
Ollie told (E minor) me (A major) I'm (D major) a fool
(G major) So I walked on down the road (A minor) a mile
(G major) Went to the house that bring (C major) s a smile
(E major) Sat upon my grand (A minor) pa's knee
And (D major) what do you think he said (C major) to me? (A major)
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Verse 2
(B flat major) When you awake you will
remem (G minor) ber everything (E flat major)
You will be hangin' (C minor) on (F major)
a string (B flat major) from your
When you believe
You will relieve (G minor) the only soul (E flat major)
that you were born (C minor) with
To (B flat major) grow old (F major) and never know
(B flat major) (A major)
Verse 3
(D major)
Ollie (E minor) showed me the fork (A major) (D major) in the road
You can (G major) take to the left or
go straight (A minor) to the right (G major)
Use your days and (C major) save your nights,
Be (E minor) careful where you (E major) step,
and watch (A minor) wha- cha eat
Sleep (D major) with the light on and you got (C major) it beat (A major)
Verse 4
(B flat major) When you awake you will
remem (G minor) ber everything (E flat major)
You will be hangin' (C minor) on
a string (F major) from your (B flat major)
When you believe
You will relieve (G minor) the only soul (E flat major)
that you were born (C minor) with
To grow old (F major) and never know
(B flat major) (A major)
Verse 5
(D major)
Ollie warned (E minor) me it's a mean (A major) old (D major) world
The street (G major) don't greet ya, yes, (A minor) it's true
But what (G major) am I supposed (C major) to do (E major)
Read the writing on (A minor) the wall
I (D major) heard it when I was very (C major) small (A major)
Verse 6
(B flat major) When you awake you will (F major)
remem (G minor) ber everything (E flat major)
You will be hangin' (C minor) on
a string (B flat major) (F major) from your (B flat major)
When you believe
You will relieve (G minor) the only soul (E flat major)
that you were born (C minor) with
To grow old (F major) and never know
(B flat major) (A major)
Verse 7
(D major) Wash my hand in lye water
I (E minor) got a date with the
captain's daugh (A major) ter (D major)
You can go and tell your brother
(E minor) We sure gonna love one another
(A major) Oh (D major) (E minor) (A major) (D major)
You may be right and
ya might (F sharp minor) be wrong
(E minor) I ain't gonna worry all day long
(A major) Snow's
Verse 8
(D major) gonna come and
the frost gonna bite
My (E minor) old car froze up last night
(D major) Ain't no reason to hang (F sharp minor) my head
I (E minor) could wake up in the
morn (D major) in' dead
Oh, oh, oh, oh (E minor) (A major)
(D major) And if I thought it would
do (F sharp minor) any good (D major)
(E minor) I'd stand on the rock where Moses stood
Outro 1
(E minor) (D major)
When You Awake
Bob Dylan, The Band
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