Bob Dylan

I Contain Multitudes

Bob Dylan


Tom: Am

Em     0-2-2-0-0-3
C/G    3-x-2-0-1-0
Ebdim7 x-x-1-2-1-2
F/C    x-3-x-2-1-1
E7/G#  4-x-0-1-0-0
G#aug  4-x-2-1-1-x
Am/F#  2-x-2-2-1-x
D7/F#  2-x-0-2-1-2


[Intro]
| C | C6 | C | C6 |

[Verse 1]
  C             C6  
Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
Am               G/B        C
 The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Cdim7                                 Em F
 Follow me close, I’m  going to Ballinalee
C/G                                 G
 I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
F                           Ebdim7
 I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
C              F/C  C
 I contain multitudes

[Verse 2]
      C               C6  
Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
    Am                        G/B         C
 Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
Cdim7                            Em        F
 I’ll drink to the truth and the things we said
C/G                                     G
 I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
F                   Ebdim7
 I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
C               F/C  C
 I contain multitudes

[Verse 3]
C           C6  
Red Cadillac and a black moustache
Am          G/B          C
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Cdim7                      Em          F
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
C/G                             G
 Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
  F                                     Ebdim7
I rolic and I frolic with all the young dudes
C              F/C   C
I contain multitudes

[Bridge]
E7/G#  Am                         G#aug
   I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
C/G                                    Am/F#
 And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
E7/G#   Am                      G#aug
   I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
     C/G                                        D7/F#
I go right where all things lost are made good again

[Verse 4]
           C                  C6  
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
Am          G/B         C
 I have no apologies to make
Cdim7                            Em   F
 Everything's flowing all at the same time
C/G                         G
 I live on the boulevard of crime
  F                      Ebdim7
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
C               F/C   C
I contain multitudes

[Verse 5]
C                   C6  
 Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
Am              G/B                    C
 All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
        Cdim7                       Em    F
All the old queens from all my past lives
C/G                                 G
 I carry four pistols and two large knives
      F                            Ebdim7
I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods
C/G             F/C   C
 I contain multitudes

[Bridge]
E7/G#  Am                          G#aug
         You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
        C/G                 Am/F#
But not all of it, only the hateful parts
E7/G#  Am                                        G#aug
        I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
     C/G                                        D7/F#
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed

[Verse 6]
C/G               C6  
 Get lost, madam, get up off my knee
Am         G/B             C
 Keep your mouth away from me
     Cdim7                   Em         F
I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind
     C/G                                  G
I’ll see to it that there's no love left behind
          F                                 Ebdim7
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin’s preludes
C/G             F/C  C
 I contain multitudes