Bob Dylan – Precious Angel (Ukulele)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri (Dylan) From: “Slow Train Coming” (1979) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS g-C-E-A Abadd9 3-3-4-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Eb | Ab | Eb | Ab | | Eb | Ab Bb | Cm | Ab | [Verse]
Eb          Ab    Eb         Ab
   Precious angel, under the sun

Eb              Ab   Cm            Ab
  How was I to know   you’d be the one

Eb                Ab      Eb                Ab
 To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone

Eb                    Ab           Cm          Ab
 How weak was the foundation I was standing upon?
[Verse]
Eb                       Ab                    Eb                   Ab
   Now there’s spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down

Eb                              Ab                       Cm                Ab
  Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief and there ain’t no neutral ground

Eb            Ab     Eb                     Ab
 The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived

Eb                       Ab            Cm                   Ab
 When the truth’s in our hearts and we still don’t believe?
[Chorus]
Eb          Ab    Eb                   Ab
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

Eb          Ab    Eb                   Ab
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

Eb          Ab    Eb                   Ab
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

          Cm                    Eb
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself

      Ab         Fm       Abadd9
I'm a little too blind to see
[Interlude] | Eb | Ab | Eb | Ab | | Eb | Ab | Cm | Ab | [Verse]
Eb             Ab          Eb              Ab
 My so-called friends have fallen under a spell

Eb                            Ab           Cm           Ab
 They look me squarely in the eye and they say, “All is well”

Eb                    Ab      Eb                      Ab
 Can they imagine the darkness that will fall from on high

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

         Eb                             Ab        Cm                  Ab
You were drawing water for your husband, you were suffering under the law

         Eb                Ab               Eb                            Ab
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in one breath

          Eb                     Ab               Cm                Ab
You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death
[Chorus]
Eb          Ab    Eb                   Ab
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

Eb          Ab    Eb                   Ab
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

Eb          Ab    Eb                   Ab
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

          Cm                    Eb
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself

      Ab         Fm       Abadd9
I'm a little too blind to see
[Interlude] | Eb | Ab | Eb | Ab | | Eb | Ab | Cm | Ab | [Verse]
Eb        Ab    Eb                       Ab
 Precious angel, you believe me when I say

Eb            Ab          Cm                 Ab
 What God has given to us no man can take away

Eb                 Ab               Eb                        Ab
 We are covered in blood, girl, you know our forefathers were slaves

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

Eb                     Ab         Cm                    Ab
 You’re the lamp of my soul, girl, and you torch up the night

Eb                           Ab                    Eb         Ab
 But there’s violence in the eyes, girl, so let us not be enticed

       Eb                        Ab               Cm               Ab
On the way out of Egypt, through Ethiopia, to the judgment hall of Christ
[Chorus]
Eb          Ab    Eb                   Ab
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

Eb          Ab    Eb                   Ab
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

Eb          Ab    Eb                   Ab
 Shine your light, shine your light on me

          Cm                    Eb
Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself

      Ab         Fm       Abadd9
I'm a little too blind to see
[Outro]
Eb           Ab    Eb                   Ab
 (Shine your light, shine your light on me)

Eb           Ab     Eb                  Ab
 (Shine your light, shine your light on me)

Eb           Ab    Eb                   Ab
 (Shine your light, shine your light on me)

Eb           Ab     Eb                  Ab
 (Shine your light, shine your light on me)
(repeat and fade)