Bob Dylan – Tv Talkin Song (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: “Under the Red Sky” (1990) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | A7 | % | [Verse 1]
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 One time in London I’d gone out for a walk

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Past a place called Hyde Park where people talk

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’Bout all kinds of different gods, they have their point of view

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To anyone passing by, that’s who they’re talking to
[Verse 3]
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There was someone on a platform talking to the folks

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About the T.V. god and all the pain that it invokes

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“It’s too bright a light,” he said, “for anybody’s eyes

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 If you’ve never seen one it’s a blessing in disguise”
[Verse 3]
  A7
I moved in closer, got up on my toes

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Two men in front of me were coming to blows

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Man was saying something ’bout children when they’re young

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Being sacrificed to it while lullabies are being sung
[Verse 3]
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“The news of the day is on all the time

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All the latest gossip, all the latest rhyme

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Your mind is your temple, keep it beautiful and free

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Don’t let an egg get laid in it by something you can’t see”
[Verse 4]
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“Pray for peace!” he said. You could feel it in the crowd

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My thoughts began to wander. His voice was ringing loud

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“It will destroy your family, your happy home is gone

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No one can protect you from it once you turn it on”
[Verse 5]
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“It will lead you into some strange pursuits

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Lead you to the land of forbidden fruits

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Will scramble up your head and drag your brain about

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Sometimes you gotta do like Elvis did and shoot the damn thing out”
[Verse 6]
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“It’s all been designed,” he said, “to make you lose your mind

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And when you go back to find it, there’s nothing there to find

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Every time you look at it, your situation’s worse

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If you feel it grabbing out for you, send for the nurse"
[Verse 7]
    A7
The crowd began to riot and they grabbed hold of the man

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There was pushing, there was shoving and everybody ran

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T.V. crew was there to film it, they jumped right over me

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Later on that evening, I watched it on T.V.       (fade out)