Bob Dylan – Ballad Of A Thin Man (Guitar)

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Am
 You walk into the room

Abaug
 With your pencil in your hand

C/G
 You see somebody naked

       D9
And you say, “Who is that man?”

F
 You try so hard

       Dm
But you don’t understand

C                Em
Just what you’ll say

             Am
When you get home

C                     Em    
 Because something is happening here

        Am                 C/G 
And you don't know what it is, 

F              Am
Do you, Mister Jones

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Am
 You raise up your head

Abaug
 And you ask, “Is this where it is?”

C/G
 And somebody points to you and says

D9
  “It’s his”

F                                    
 And you say, “What’s mine?”

             Dm 
And somebody else says, “Where what is?”

            C 
And you say, “Oh my God

     Em        Am 
Am I here all alone?”

   C             Em    
But something is happening

        Am                 C/G
But you don’t know what it is

F              Am
Do you, Mister Jones

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Am
 You hand in your ticket

Abaug
 And you go watch the geek

C/G
 Who immediately walks up to you

D9
  When he hears you speak

F                                    
 And says, “How does it feel

  Dm
To be such a freak?”

                C
And you say, “Impossible”

      Em          Am
As he hands you a bone

   C             Em    
And something is happening here

        Am                 C/G
But you don’t know what it is

F              Am
Do you, Mister Jones

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Am
  You have many contacts

C
  Among the lumberjacks

   F
To get you facts

                               Am
When someone attacks your imagination

Am
  But nobody has any respect

C
  Anyway they already expect you

F
  To just give a check

   Dm                           G       [G7]
To tax-deductible charity organizations

Am
 You’ve been with the professors

    Abaug
And they’ve all liked your looks

C/G
 With great lawyers you have

   D9
Discussed lepers and crooks

F
 You’ve been through all of

             Dm
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books

C                 Em
 You’re very well read

          Am
It’s well known

   C             Em    
But something is happening here

        Am                 C/G
But you don’t know what it is

F              Am
Do you, Mister Jones

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         Am                               Abaug
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you

C/G
 He crosses himself

           D9
And then he clicks his high heels

        F
And without further notice

           Dm
He asks you how it feels

              C                   Em
And he says, “Here is your throat back

               Am
Thanks for the loan”

C                          Em    
 And you know something is happening 

        Am                 C
But you don’t know what it is

F              Am
Do you, Mister Jones

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Am
 Now you see this one-eyed midget

Abaug 
 Shouting the word “NOW”

C/G
 And you say, “For what reason?”

D9
 And he says, “How?”

F
 And you say, “What does this mean?”

               Dm
And he screams back, “You’re a cow

C            Em
Give me some milk

           Am
Or else go home”

C                          Em    
 And you know something is happening 

        Am                 C
But you don’t know what it is

F               Am
 Do you, Mister Jones

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          Am
Well, you walk into the room

       Abaug 
Like a camel and then you frown

C/G
 You put your eyes in your pocket

         D9
And your nose on the ground

F
 There ought to be a law

 Dm
Against you comin’ around

    C
You should be made

   Em      Am
To wear earphones

C                    Em    
 ‘Cause something is happening

        Am                   C
But you don’t know what it is

F              Am
Do you, Mister Jones

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