Bob Dylan – False Prophet (Guitar)

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
         C              C F
Another day that don't end

         F C          C F
Another ship goin' out

        F F         F Bb
Another day of anger

      Bb F          F Bb
Bitterness   and doubt

Bb C                   C F
   I know how it happened

F C             C F
   I saw it begin

[Intro]
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I opened my heart to the world and the world came in [Verse 2]
G C            C F
  Hello Mary Lou

F C              C F
  Hello Miss Pearl

F F                 F Bb
  My fleet-footed guides

Bb C                C F
  From the underworld

C C                C F
  No stars in the sky

F C                  C F
Shine brighter than you

[Intro]
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You girls mean business and I do too [Verse 3]
             C              C F
Well I'm the enemy of treason

F C              C F
   Enemy of strife
F F F Bb Enemy of the unlived
Bb F              F Bb
   Meaningless life

  Bb C                C F
I ain't no false prophet

F C                  C F
I just know what I know

[Intro]
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I go where only the lonely can go [Verse 4]
G7 C                     C F
    I'm first among equals

F C             C F
   Second to none

F F               F Bb
   Last of the best

Bb F               F Bb
You can bury the rest

Bb C            C F
   Bury 'em naked

F C                        C F
  With their silver and gold

[Intro]
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Put them six feet under and pray for their souls [Verse 5]
G7 C                      C F
    What are you lookin' at

F C                 C F
There's nothing to see

F F               F Bb
Just a cool breeze

Bb F               F Bb
That's encircling me

Bb C                           C F
Let's go for a walk in the garden

F C                  C F
   So far and so wide

[Intro]
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We can sit in the shade by the fountain-side [Solo] G7 C C F F C C F F C C F F C C F [Verse 6]
   F C                C F
I search the world over

F C                 C F
   For the Holy Grail

F F               F Bb
I sing songs of love

Bb F               F Bb
I sing songs of betrayal

Bb C                  C F
Don't care what I drink

F C                   C F
I Don't care what I eat

[Intro]
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I climbed the mountains of swords on my bare feet [Verse 7]
G7 C                      C F
You don't know me darlin'

F C                 C F
You never would guess

F F               F Bb
I'm nothing like my ghostly

Bb F               F Bb
Appearance would suggest

Bb C                  C F
I ain't no false prophet

F C                   C F
I just said what I said

[Intro]
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I'm just here to bring vengeance on somebody's head [Verse 8]
G7 C                C F
   Put out your hand

   F C                C F
There's nothing to hold

F F             F Bb
  Open your mouth

Bb F                  F Bb
I'll stuff it with gold

Bb C            C F
Oh you poor devil

F C                 C F
  Look up if you will

[Intro]
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The city of God is there on the hill [Solo] G7 C C F F C C F F C C F F C C F [Verse 9]
G7 C             C F
    Hello stranger

F C                  C F
    Hello and goodbye

F F                F Bb
  You ruled the land

Bb F           F Bb
    But so do I

Bb C                C F
   You lusty old mule

F C                     C F
   You got a poison brain

[Intro]
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I'll marry you to a ball and chain [Verse 10]
G7 C             C F
   You know darlin'

     F C                   C F
The kind of life that I live

F F                          F Bb
When your smile meets my smile

Bb F                 F Bb
Something's got to give

Bb C                      C F
   I ain't no false prophet

F C                     C F
   No I'm nobody's bride

[Intro]
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Can't remember when I was born and I forgot when I died [Solo] G7 C C F
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[Fade]
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