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PUBLIC EXECUTION - Mouse and the Traps
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“You better get yourself a welder, babe!” Ronnie “Mouse” Weiss and his band from Texas
quite a few people believing this was Dylan himself singing. Lenny Kaye stated of this
"There are some who say that Mouse does Dylan's Highway 61 period better than the Master
Baring more than a passing resembalence to “Like a Rolling Stone” with the
and drawn out vocals, it reached #121 on Billboard in 1966.
Riff fig.
12-string electric guitar
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Intro chords: C / F / G / F x2
[Verse1]
C F
Some words are best not spoken
G F
Some things are best not said
C F F
But since this is your public execution
F G
I think I'm gonna go right on ahead
[Riff]
[Verse2]
C F
The mailman brought your letter, babe
G F
Where you told me how you feel
C F
An' about the things he said he told you
G F
That is I’m such a heel
C F
I could never be honest
G F
And to you I’ve always lied
C F
They saw me take some other hide
F G
For a two-wheeled pony ride----
[Chorus]
F G
You at least might have asked me
F G
If the scene was really what it seemed
C F G
But like a queen ruled by her jester
F G
Your conclusions was esteemed
[Verse3]
C F
You said I disappointed you
G F
Whereby all the things I done
C F
That you had convinced yourself
G F
I was the only one
C F
Really make you happy
G F
Satisfy your soul
C F
Now you say I’ve failed
F G
Since we split up all my gold---
[Riff]
[Chorus2]
F G
Have you ever seen the truth before
F G
Have you ever even made a try
C F G
Such a thing for you so impossible
F G
With them themes all in your eyes
[Verse4]
C F
Whoa, I laughed when you said you had
G F
One chance to really put me down
C F
And how you loved to smear my name
G F
All over my own town
C F
Said some Mouse made a fool of you
G F
And said don’t waste a dime
C F
Your phone is out of order now, babe,
F G
For me you got no time----
[Riff]
Chorus:
F G
If this is really what you're thinkin’
F G
That it’s really, really all my fault
C F G
Then you better find yourself a welder baby
F G G#
Cause' you got locked up in your vault---
[All chords modulate up ½ step]
[Verse5]
C# F#
Yeah, you got your point put over now
G# F#
It seems you’ve found a match
C# F#
Burn the bridge behind you, babe
G# F#
Slam your door, throw the latch
C# F#
I know just how your hurtin’
G# F#
From your feelings as they burn
C# F#
I’d like to say I’m sorry
F# G#
But it’s no longer my concern---
[Riff up ½ step from riff fig.]
[Outro]
C# F# G#
So goodbye
G# F# C# F# G#
Go on and have a real good cry
G# F# C# F# G#
I've found me a brand new high
G# F# C# F# G#
An' She just loves a two-wheel pony ride
G# F# C# F# G#
You better get yourself a welder, babe
G# F# C# F# G# F# ...
Go on, get out of here...........[fade out]
