Bob Dylan – Mother Of Muses (Guitar Intro)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: “Rough and Rowdy Ways” (2020) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard
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[Intro}
       A       E6  E7   A
       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e ----|----------------|----------------|
B --0-h2---0---2---0---|----------------|
G 2---|2-----2-1---1---|2---------------|
D ----|2-------2---0---|2---------------|
A ----|0---------------|0---------------|
E ----|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
E/G#      4-x-2-1-0-0
D6        x-x-0-7-7-7
A/E*      0-x-7-6-5-5
A/E       0-x-2-2-2-x
Fdim7     1-x-0-1-0-x
E/F#      2-x-2-1-0-x
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | A E6 E7 | A | [Verse 1]
          A     D        A
Mother of Muses sing for me

             A                Em        A
Sing of the mountains and the deep dark sea

            A             Em
Sing of the lakes and the nymphs of the forest

                 D             E/G#         D
Sing your hearts out, all your women of the chorus

        D6        A/E*     A/E Fdim7 E/F# F#m
Sing of honor and fate and glo-ry    be

          A/E   E6   E7  A
Mother of Muses sing for me
[Verse 2]
          A     D           A
Mother of Muses sing for my heart

          A        Em        A
Sing of a love too soon to depart

            A     Em
Sing of the heroes who stood alone

                D           E/G#       D
Whose names are engraved on tablets of stone

    D6             A/E*        A/E         Fdim7 E/F# F#m
Who struggled with pain so the world could go    free

          A/E   E6   E7  A
Mother of Muses sing for me
[Verse 3]
        A            D          A
Sing of Sherman, Montgomery and Scott

       A           Em                           A
And of Zhukov, and Patton, and the battles they fought

                A        Em
Who cleared the path for Presley to sing

               D/F#        E/G#       D
Who carved the path for Martin Luther King

    D6            A/E*         A/E  Fdim7    E/F# F#m
Who did what they did and they went on their way

A/E                     E6      E7  A
Man, I could tell their stories all day
[Verse 4]
               A            D        A
I'm falling in love with Calliope

                    A               Em               A
She don't belong to anyone, why not give her to me?

       A              Em
She's speaking to me, speaking with her eyes

              D/F#     E/G#    D
I've grown so tired of chasing lies

          D6    A/E*    A/E  Fdim7 E/F# F#m
Mother of Muses ... wherever you   are

       A/E               E6   E7 A
I've already outlived my life by far
[Verse 4]
          A     D             A
Mother of Muses, unleash your wrath

               A            Em          A
Things I can't see, they're blocking my path

             A       Em
Show me your wisdom, tell me my fate

         D/F#        E/G#              D
Put me upright, make me walk straight

D6        A/E*             A/E Fdim7 E/F# F#m
Forge my identity from the in- side  out

    A/E           E6      E7 A
You know what I'm talking a- bout
[Verse 5]
               A        D                 A
Take me to the river, release your charms

                  A             Em                 A
Let me lay down a while in your sweet, loving arms

               A   Em
Wake me, shake me, free me from sin

          D/F#     E/G#     D
Make me invisible, like the wind

D6                A/E*   A/E    Fdim7     E/F# F#m
  Got a mind that ramble, got a mind that roam

              A/E             E6   E7     A
I'm travelin' light and I'm a-slow coming home