Bob Dylan – Tangled Up In Blue (Guitar Live)

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Tangled Up In Blue. From the album Real Live In between the D and the Bm during the verses play one beat at C# on the A string. [Verse 1]
A                       G              A                G
Early one morning, the sun was shining he was laying in bed

A                 G                     D                         Bm
wondering if she changed at all if her hair was still red.

A                              G               A                 G
Her folks they said that their lives together sure was gonna be rough

      A                    G                     D                         Bm
they never did like mama’s homemade dress papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough.

    E                       F#m         D     A          E            D
and he was standing on the side of the road rain falling on his shoes.

E                   F#m       D      A     E            D
Heading out for the old east coast, radio blasting the news

                Bm                     A  Asus4
straight on through.  Tangled up in blue.
[Verse 2]
A                       G                 A                  G
She was married when they first met to a man four times her age

A                               G                    D                         Bm
he left her penniless, in the state of regret it was time to bust out of the cage.

          A                  G                      A             G
Then they drove that car as far as they could abandoned it out west

A                 G                     D                         Bm
splitting up on a dark, sad night both agreeing that it was best.

E                    F#m   D         A       E            D
She turned around to look at him as he was walking away.

          E                F#m  D                    A       E            D
Saying I wish i could tell you all the things that i never learned how to say

                                       Bm                               A Asus4
he said that’s alright babe i love you too but we were tangled up in blue.
[Verse 3]
A                          G              A                       G
He had a steady job and a pretty face and everything seemed to fit

A                       G                  D                         Bm
One day he could just feel the waste and put it all down and split.

        A               G                        A                   G
Then he drifted  down to New Orleans where they treated him like a boy

      A                   G                   D                       Bm
he nearly went mad in Baton Rouge he nearly drowned in Delacroix.

E                   F#m     D       A        E        D
and all the time he was alone  the past was close behind.

        E           F#m      D        A                E        D
he had one too many lovers then  and none of them were too refined

                Bm                                 A Asus4
all except for you but you were tangled up in blue.
[Verse 4]
A                       G                 A                     G
She was working in the blinding light and I stopped in for a drink.

   A                      G                 D                         Bm
I just kept looking at her face so white I didn’t know what to think.

A                G                A                        G
Later on as the crowd thinned out I was getting ready to leave

                  A              G                     D                                Bm
she was standing there, right beside my chair saying “what’s that you got up your sleeve?”

         E                F#m         D        A            E            D
I said “nothing baby, and that’s for sure” she leaned down into my face.

         E                    F#m       D            A          E            D
I could feel the heat and the pulse of her as she bent down to tie the laces

      Bm                           A Asus4
of my shoe, tangled up in blue.
[Verse 5]
A                       G                      A               G
I lived with him on Montague street in a basement down the stairs

           A                   G             D                 Bm
there was snow all winter and no heat revolution was in the air.

      A                 G              A                       G
Then one day all his slaves ran free something inside of him died.

A                       G                D                      Bm
the only thing i could do was be me and get on that train and ride.

    E                F#m        D   A     E            D
and when it all came crashing down I was already south.

          E                         F#m     D                 A     E          D
I didn’t know whether the world was flat or round I had the worst taste in my mouth

            Bm                       A Asus4
that I ever knew,  tangled up in blue.              
[Harmonica Solo] A G A G A G D Bm A G A G A G D Bm E F#m D A E D E F#m D A E D Bm A Asus4 [Verse 6]
A               G                   A                      G
So now i’m going back again, maybe tomorrow, maybe next year.

             A                      G                   D               Bm
I’ve got to find someone among the women and men whose destiny is unclear.

         A              G              A                   G
Some are masters  of illusion some are ministers of the trade.

A                 G        D                           Bm
All under strong delusion all of their beds are unmade.

E                    F#m        D     A            E            D
Me I’m still heading towards the sun trying to stay out of the joint.

E                      F#m        D          A              E            D
We always did love the very same one we just saw her from a different point

Bm                         A Asus4
of view.   Tangled up in blue.