Bob Dylan – On The Road Again (Guitar)

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN (Bob Dylan, Bringing it All Back Home, 3/22/1965) (I play almost all (rapid) downstrums; very occasional upstrum. All the A, D, E chords should be completely pulled off on the 4th beat. Fast tempo; follow the recording.) [Intro] A A A A x2 [Verse]
A
Well, I wake up in the morning, there's frogs inside my socks

A
Your mama, she's hidin' inside the icebox

D                                                A
Your daddy walks in wearin' a Napoleon Bonaparte mask

         E                         D
Then you ask why I don't live here

D                      A
Honey, do you have to ask?
[Verse]
A
Well, I go to pet your monkey, I get a face full of claws

A
I ask then who's in the fireplace and you tell me, "Santa Claus"

D                                              A
The milkman comes in, he's wearing a derby hat

         E                         D
Then you ask why I don't live here

D                                   A
Honey, how come you have to ask me that?
[Verse]
A
Well, I ask for something to eat, I'm hungry as a hog

A
So I get brown rice, seaweed, and a dirty hot dog

D                                  A
I got a hole where my stomach disappeared

         E                        D
Then you ask why I don't live here

D                                   A
Honey, I gotta think you're really weird
[Verse]
A
Your grandpa's cane, it turns into a sword

A
Your grandma prays to pictures that are pasted on a board

D                                       A
Everything inside my pockets your uncle steals

         E                         D
Then you ask why I don't live here

D                                       A
Honey, I can't believe that you're for real
[Instrumental] A A A A [Verse]
A
Well, there's fist fights in the kitchen

A
They're enough to make me cry

A
Then the mailman comes in, even he's gotta take a side

D                                      A
Even the butler, he's got something to prove

         E                         D
Then you ask why I don't live here

D                         A
Honey, how come you don't move?