Bob Dylan – Shelter From The Storm (Ukulele)

      E          B        A                E
’Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood

     E               B              A
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud

  E                B             A
I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

    E              B          A              E
And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured

     E            B                A
I’ll always do my best for her, on that I give my word

     E                   B                      A
In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

      E                B                   A             E
Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved

E              B                      A
 Everything up to that point had been left unresolved

E         B                       A
 Try imagining a place where it’s always safe and warm

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

      E                 B         A             E
I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail

E                B          A
 Poisoned in the bushes an’ blown out on the trail

E              B          A
 Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

E          B                 A                E
Suddenly I turned around and she was standin’ there

     E                B                 A
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair

    E                  B              A
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

E                 B          A             E
Now the bonds are broken but they can be retied

E                B                    A
One more journey to the woods and the holes where spirits hide

       E            B            A
It’s a never ending battle for a peace that’s always torn

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

| E | B | A | E |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

     E               B         A                      E
Now there’s a wall between us, somethin’ there’s been lost

  E                 B          A
I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed

E                     B              A
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

          E               B                  A                E
Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount

    E              B                  A
But nothing really matters much, it’s doom alone that counts

        E             B         A
And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

E                  B              A               E
I’ve heard newborn babies wailin’ like a mournin’ dove

    E            B            A
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love

     E               B                    A
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

     E              B             A              E
In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes

  E                B              A
I bargained for salvation an’ she gave me a lethal dose

  E             B             A
I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

          E                   B               A                  E
Well, I’m livin’ in a foreign country but I’m bound to cross the line

E              B                 A
Beauty walks a razor’s edge, someday I’ll make it mine

           E         B                      A
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born

      E                    B        A               [ E ]
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

| E | B | A | E
          (freely)