Bob Dylan – Precious Angel (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: “Slow Train Coming” (1979) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 1st fret play:D key: Eb ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
D/F#     2-x-0-2-3-2
D/A      x-0-4-2-3-2
G/A      x-0-5-4-3-5
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | D | G | D | G | | D/A | G A | Bm | G | [Verse]
D           G     D          G
   Precious angel, under the sun

D              G    Bm             G
  How was I to know   you’d be the one

D/F#              G       D/A               G
 To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone

D                     G           Bm         G
 How weak was the foundation I was standing upon?
[Verse]
D                        G                     D                     G
   Now there’s spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down

D                           G                            Bm         G
  Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief and there ain’t no neutral ground

D/F#          G      D/A                    G
 The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived

D                        G             Bm            G
 When the truth’s in our hearts and we still don’t believe?
[Chorus]
D/F#        G     D/A                  G
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

D/F#        G     D/A                  G
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

D/F#        G     D/A                  G
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

          Bm                         D/A
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself

      G          Em       G/A
I'm a little too blind to see
[Interlude] | D | G | D | G | | D/A | G | Bm | G | [Verse]
D             G            D                   G
 My so-called friends have fallen under a spell

D                             G            Bm           G
 They look me squarely in the eye and they say, “All is well”

D/F#                  G                  D/A          G
 Can they imagine the darkness that will fall from on high

     D                        G             Bm                    G
When men will beg God to kill them and they won’t be able to die?
[Verse]
D              G        D                G
 Sister, lemme tell you about a vision I saw

         D                      G                 Bm                    G
You were drawing water for your husband, you were suffering under the law

         D/F#              G                D/A                               G
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in one breath

          D                      G                Bm                G
You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death
[Chorus]
D/F#        G     D/A                  G
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

D/F#        G     D/A                  G
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

D/F#        G     D/A                  G
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

          Bm                         D/A
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself

      G          Em       G/A
I'm a little too blind to see
[Interlude] | D | G | D | G | | D/A | G | Bm | G | [Verse]
D         G     D                      G
 Precious angel, you believe me when I say

D             G              Bm                G
 What God has given to us no man can take away

D/F#               G                D/A                       G
 We are covered in blood, girl, you know our forefathers were slaves

       D                       G         Bm          G
Let us hope they’ve found mercy in their bone-filled graves
[Verse]
D                       G                      D                       G
 You’re the queen of my flesh, girl, you’re my woman, you’re my delight

D                      G          Bm                    G
 You’re the lamp of my soul, girl, and you torch up the night

D/F#                         G                  D/A          G
 But there’s violence in the eyes, girl, so let us not be enticed

       D                          G               Bm               G
On the way out of Egypt, through Ethiopia, to the judgment hall of Christ
[Chorus]
D/F#        G     D/A                  G
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

D/F#        G     D/A                  G
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

D/F#        G     D/A                  G
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

          Bm                    D/A
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself

      G          Em       G/A
I'm a little too blind to see
[Outro]
D/F#         G      D/A                  G
 (Shine your light, shine your light on me)

D/F#         G      D/A                  G
 (Shine your light, shine your light on me)

D/F#         G      D/A                  G
 (Shine your light, shine your light on me)
(repeat and fade)