Tom: D
Intro:
Guitar 1: Electric
Dsus Am7? G
E|---------------| }
B|----3-----1----| )
G|---2-2---2-2---| )
D|--0-----0------| )=Play throughout Intro/Verse, then G chord
A|---------------| )
E|---------------| )
Guitar 2: Acoustic
[Verse 1]
D Dsus
Early one morning the sun was shining
D Dsus
I was layin’ in bed
D Dsus
Wonderin’ if she'd changed at all
G
If her hair still was red
D Dsus
Her folks said our lives together
D Dsus
Sure was gonna be rough
D Dsus
They never did like momma’s homemade dress
G
Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough
***NOTE-one strum for each chord***
A Bm
And I was standing at the side of the road
D G
The rain fallin’ on my shoes
A Bm D G
Heading out for the east coast lord knows I’ve paid some dues
A
Getting through
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Tangled up in blue
[Verse 2]
D Dsus
She was married when we first meet
D Dsus
Soon to be divorced
D Dsus
I helped her out of a jam I guess
G
But I used a little too much force
D Dsus
We drove that car as far as we could
D Dsus
And abandoned it out West
D Dsus
Split up on a dark sad night
G
Both agreeing it was best
A Bm
She turned around to look at me
D G
As I was walking away
A Bm
I heard her say over my shoulder
D G A
"We'll meet again someday on the avenue"
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Tangled up in blue
[Verse 3]
D Dsus
And I had a job in the great north woods
D Dsus
Working as a cook for a spell
D Dsus
But I never did like it all that much
G
And one day the ax just fell
D Dsus
So I drifted down to New Orleans
D Dsus
I was lucky 'nough to be employed
D Dsus
Working for a while on a fishing boat
G
Right out by the Delacroix
A Bm
But all the while I was alone
D G
The past was close behind
A Bm
I seen a lot of women
D G A
But she never escaped my mind, my love just grew
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Tangled up in blue
[Verse 4]
D Dsus
She was working in a topless place
D Dsus
And I stopped in for a beer
D Dsus
Couldn't stop looking at her side of her face
G
In the spotlight so clear
D Dsus
And later on when the crowd thinned out
D Dsus
And I was 'bout to do the same
D Dsus
She came up behind me in back of my chair
G
Said "Tell me, don't I know your name?"
A Bm
I muttered something underneath my breath
D G
She studied the lines on my face
A Bm
Must admit I felt a little uneasy
D G A
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Tangled up in blue
[Verse 5]
D Dsus
She lit a burner on the stove
D Dsus
and offered me a pipe
D Dsus
"I thought you'd never say hello", she said
G
"You look like the silent type"
D Dsus
Then she opened up a book of poems
D Dsus
And handed it to me
D Dsus
Written by an Italian poet
G
In the thirteenth century
A Bm
And every one of them words rang true
D G
And burned like burning coal
A Bm
Pouring out of every page
D G A
Like it was written in my soul from me to you
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Tangled up in blue
[Verse 6]
D Dsus
I lived with them on Montague Street
D Dsus
In a basement down the stairs
D Dsus
There was music in cafes at night
G
And revolution in the air
D Dsus
But he got into dealing with slaves
D Dsus
And something inside of him died
D Dsus
She had to sell everything she owned
G
And froze up inside
A Bm
And then when the bottom fell out
D G
I became withdrawn
A Bm
The only thing I knew how to do
D G A
Was to keep on keeping on like a bird that flew
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Tangled up in blue
[Verse 7]
D Dsus
Oh, and now I'm going back again
D Dsus
I got to get her somehow
D Dsus
And all the people we knew back then,
G
They're an illusion to me now
D Dsus
Some were mathematicians
D Dsus
Some were carpenter's wives
D Dsus
Don't know how it all got started
G
I don't know what they're doing with their lives
A Bm
But me I'm still on the road
D G
Looking for another joint
A Bm
We always did feel the same
D G A
We just saw it from a different point of view
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Tangled up in Blue
