Bob Dylan – Property Of Jesus (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Chords

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: “Shot of Love” (1981) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Capo: 1st fret Play: A Key: Bb For chords in original key transpose +1 (and “use flats”) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Basic riff
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|--2-3-2-5---3-2-|
G|--2-2-2-2---2-2-|
D|2---------2-----|
A|0---------0-----|
E|----------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | A | % | % | % | [Verse 1]
A
Go ahead and talk about him because he makes you doubt

  A
Because he has denied himself the things that you can’t live without

A
Laugh at him behind his back just like the others do

  A
Remind him of what he used to be when he comes walkin’ through
[Chorus]
         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus

  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone

F#m     E         D
You got something better

                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
N.C. [Verse 2]
A
Stop your conversation when he passes on the street

A
Hope he falls upon himself, oh, won’t that be sweet

  A
Because he can’t be exploited by superstition anymore

  A
Because he can’t be bribed or bought by the things that you adore
[Chorus]
         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus

  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone

F#m        E         D
You’ve got something better

                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
N.C. [Verse 3]
         A
When the whip that’s keeping you in line doesn’t make him jump

A
 Say he’s hard-of-hearin’, say that he’s a chump

A
Say he’s out of step with reality as you try to test his nerve

  A
Because he doesn’t pay no tribute to the king that you serve
[Chorus]
         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus

  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone

F#m        E         D
You’ve got something better

                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
N.C. [Verse 4]
A
Say that he’s a loser ’cause he got no common sense

  A
Because he don’t increase his worth at someone else’s expense

  A
Because he’s not afraid of trying, say he’s got no style

          A
’Cause he doesn’t tell you jokes or fairy tales, say he’s failed to make you smile
[Chorus]
         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus

  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone

F#m        E         D
You’ve got something better

                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
N.C. [Interlude] | A | % | % | % | | A | % | [Verse 5]
        A
You can laugh at salvation, you can play Olympic games

    A
You think that when you rest at last you’ll go back from where you came

           A
But you’ve picked up quite a story and you’ve changed since the womb

     A
What happened to the real you, you’ve been captured but by whom?
[Chorus]
         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus

  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone

F#m        E         D
You’ve got something better

                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
N.C. [Interlude] | A | % | % | % | [Chorus]
         F#m   E     D
He’s the property of Jesus

  F#m      E      D
Resent him to the bone

F#m        E         D
You’ve got something better

                      | A | % | % | % |
You’ve got a heart of stone
N.C. (repeat and fade)