Bob Dylan – Highlands (Guitar)
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Time out of Mind” (1997)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
E Well my heart’s in the Highlands, gentle and fair E Honeysuckle blooming in the wildwood air A E Bluebelles blazing where the Aberdeen waters flow B7 Well, my heart’s in the Highland A E I’m gonna go there when I feel good enough to go
[Verse 2]
E Windows were shakin’ all night in my dreams E Everything was exactly the way that it seems A E Woke up this morning and I looked at the same old page B7 Same ol’ rat race A E Life in the same ol’ cage
[Verse 3]
E I don’t want nothing from anyone, ain’t that much to take E Wouldn’t know the difference between a real blonde and a fake A E Feel like a prisoner in a world of mystery B7 I wish someone would come A E Push back the clock for me
[Verse 4]
E Well, my heart’s in the Highlands wherever I roam E That’s where I’ll be when I get called home A The wind, it whispers to the buckeyed trees in rhyme B7 Well, my heart’s in the Highlands A E I can only get there one step at a time
[Verse 5]
E I’m listening to Neil Young, I gotta turn up the sound E Someone’s always yelling turn it down A E Feel like I’m drifting, drifting from scene to scene B7 A E I’m wondering what in the devil could it all possibly mean?
[Verse 6]
E Insanity is smashing up against my soul E You can say I was on anything but a roll A E If I had a conscience, well, I just might blow my top B7 What would I do with it anyway A E Maybe take it to the pawn shop
[Verse 7]
E My heart’s in the Highlands at the break of dawn E By the beautiful lake of the Black Swan A E Big white clouds like chariots that swing down low B7 Well, my heart’s in the Highlands A E Only place left to go
[Verse 8]
E I’m in Boston town, in some restaurant E I got no idea what I want A Well, maybe I do but I’m just really not sure B7 Waitress comes over A E Nobody in the place but me and her
[Verse 9]
E Well, it must be a holiday, there’s nobody around E She studies me closely as I sit down A She got a pretty face and long white shiny legs B7 I say, “Tell me what I want.” A7 E She say, “You prob’ly want ... hard-boiled eggs?”
[Verse 10]
E I say, “That’s right, bring me some” E She says, “We ain’t got any, you picked the wrong time to come” A Then she says, “I know you’re an artist, draw a picture of me!” B7 I said, “I would if I could, but A E I don’t do sketches from memory”
[Verse 11]
E “Well,” she says, “I’m right here in front of you, or haven’t you looked?” E I say, “All right, I know, but I don’t have my drawing book!” A E She gives me a napkin, she says, “You can do it on that” B7 I say, “Yes I could, but A E I don’t know where my pencil is at!”
[Verse 12]
E She pulls one out from behind her ear E She says, “All right now, go ahead, draw me, I’m standing right here” A E I make a few lines and I show it for her to see B7 Well, she takes the napkin and throws it back and says A E “That don’t look a thing like me!”
[Verse 13]
E I said, “Oh, kind Miss, it most certainly does” E She say, “You must be jokin’.” I said, “I wish I was!” A Then she says, “You don’t read women authors, do you?” E At least that’s what I think I hear her say B7 A E “Well,” I say, “how would you know and what would it matter anyway?”
[Verse 14]
E “Well,” she says, “you just don’t seem like you do!” E I said, “You’re way wrong” E She says, “Which ones have you read then?” I say, “I read Erica Jong!” A E She goes away for a minute and I slide up out of my chair B7 A E I step outside back to the busy street but nobody’s going anywhere
[Verse 15]
E Well, my heart’s in the Highlands with the horses and hounds E Way up in the border country, far from the towns A E With the twang of the arrow and a snap of the bow B7 My heart’s in the Highlands A E Can’t see any other way to go
[Verse 16]
E Every day is the same thing out the door E Feel further away than ever before A E Some things in life, it just gets too late to learn B7 Well, I’m lost somewhere A E I must have made a few bad turns
[Verse 17]
E I see people in the park forgetting their troubles and woes E They’re drinking and dancing, wearing bright-colored clothes A E All the young men with their young women looking so good B Well, I’d trade places with any of them A E In a minute, if I could
[Verse 18]
E I’m crossing the street to get away from a mangy dog E Talking to myself in a monologue A E I think what I need might be a full-length leather coat B Somebody just asked me A E If I registered to vote
[Verse 19]
E The sun is beginning to shine on me E But it’s not like the sun that used to be A E The party’s over and there’s less and less to say B I got new eyes A E Everything looks far away
[Verse 20]
E Well, my heart’s in the Highlands at the break of day E Over the hills and far away A E There’s a way to get there and I’ll figure it out somehow B But I’m already there in my mind A E And that’s good enough for now
[Outro]
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