Bob Dylan - Ballad of a Thin Man
Arr. Jack Davis
Chords are arranged to simulate the bass line and guitar chords when playing
solo guitar. Suggested chord fingerings:
F#aug5/ /
1| 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 0
2| 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2
3| 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 0
4| 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2
5| 2 1 0 X 2 X 2 4 0
6| X X X X 4 3 0 2 X
To simplify, you can substitue with "normal" chord fingerings
(F#aug5/ for F#aug5, for plain , / for plain )
In 4, slow swing beat
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand
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You see somebody naked and you you say who is that man?
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You try so hard but you Don't understand
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Just what you will say when you get home Be-
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-cause something is happening here but you don't know what it is
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Do you? Mister Jones
|Bm | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)
**VERSE 2**
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You raise up your head and you ask "is this where it is?"
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And somebody points to you and Says, "It's his"
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And you say "what's mine" and somebody else says "well, what is?" and you
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Say, "Oh my god am I here all a - lone?" But
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Something is happening and you don't know what it is
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Do you? Mister Jones
|Bm | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)
**VERSE 3**
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You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek
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Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak
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and says, "how does it feel to be such a freak?" and you say "im-
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-possible" as he hands you a bone And
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something is happening here but you don't know what it is
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do you? Mister Jones
|Bm | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)
**VERSE 4**
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You have many contacts Among the lumberjacks to
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Get you facts when someone attacks your imagination
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But nobody has any respect Anyway they already expect you
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To all give a check to Tax-deductible charity organi-
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-zations Ahhhhhh..........
**VERSE 5**
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You've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks
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With great lawyers you have dis - cussed lepers and crooks
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You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
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You're very well read it's well known But
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something is happening here and ya don't know what it is
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do you? Mister Jones
|Bm | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)
Well the
**VERSE 6**
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sword swallower he comes up to you and then he kneels
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He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels and
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without further notice he asks you how it feels and he says
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Here is your throat back thanks for the loan
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and you know something is happening but you don't know what it is
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do you? Mister Jones
|Bm Now..... | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)
**VERSE 7**
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you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "now"
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and you say "for what reason" and he says "how?"
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and you say "what does this mean?" and he screams back "you're a cow"
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Give me some milk or else go home and you
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know something's happening but you don't know what it is
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do you? Mister Jones
|Bm | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A MEASURE)
Well...
**VERSE 8**
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You walk into the room like a camel and then you frown
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You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground
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There oughtta be a law a - gainst you comin' around You
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Should be made to wear ear phones
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Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is
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do you? Mister Jones
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Whoaaaaaoooooh!