Bob Dylan – Lenny Bruce (Guitar Intro)
Capo 1
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Shot of Love” (1981)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1st fret
Play: G
Kay: Ab
For chords in original key transpose +1
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G/B G C G/B G5 C G/B D D7 G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|------0-1---0---|3---------------|1-1-0-0---0-1---|----------------| G|----0-0-0---0---|0---------------|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---------------| D|----0-----------|0---------------|--------0-------|0---------------| A|------2-3---2---|----------------|3-3-2-2---------|----------------| E|----3-----------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
[Verse 1]
G G/B C G/B G C G/B D D7 G Lenny Bruce is dead but his ghost lives on and on G D C G C G/B Am G D Never did get any Golden Globe award, never made it to Synanon C/G G He was an outlaw C/G G That’s for sure C/G G C G/B Am G D More of an outlaw than you e- ver were G G/B C G/B G C G/B D D7 G Lenny Bruce is gone but his spirit’s livin’ on and on
[Verse 2]
G G/B C G/B G C G/B D D7 G Maybe he had some problems, maybe some things that he couldn’t work out G D C G C G/B Am G D But he sure was funny and he sure told the truth and he knew what he was talkin’ a-bout C/G G Never robbed any churches C/G G Nor cut off any babies’ heads C/G G C G/B Am G D He just took the folks in high places and he shined a light in their beds G G/B C G/B G C G/B D D7 G He’s on some other shore, he didn’t wanna live anymore
[Verse 3]
G G/B C G/B G C G/B D D7 G Lenny Bruce is dead but he didn’t commit any crime G D C G/B C G/B Am G D He just had the insight to rip off the lid be- fore its time C/G G I rode with him C/G G In a taxi once C/G G C G/B Am G D Only for a mile and a half, seemed like it took a couple of months G G/B C G/B G C G/B D D7 G Lenny Bruce moved on and the ones that killed him are gone
[Verse 4]
G G/B C G/B G C G/B D D7 G They said that he was sick ’cause he didn’t play by the rules G D C G C G/B Am G D He just showed the wise men of his day to be nothing more than fools C/G G They stamped him and they labeled him C/G G Like they do with pants and shirts C/G G C G/B Am G D He fought a war on a battlefield where every victory hurts G G/B C G/B G C G/B D D7 G Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the brother that you never had [Coda] G G/B C G/B G5 C G/B D/A D7 G5 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|0-0-------------|- B|----0---1---0---|3-----------0---|1-1-3-3-----1-1-|3 G|----0-0-0---0---|0-----------0-0-|----0-0-2-2-2-2-|0 D|------0---------|0-------------0-|--------4-4-0---|0 A|----2---3---2---|------------2---|3-3-2-2-0-------|- E|------3---------|3-------------3-|----------------|3