MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
Bob Dylan (1965)
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[G] Hey! Mr. [A] Tambourine Man, [D] play a song for [G] me
I'm not [D] sleepy and there [G] is no place I'm [A] going to [A]
[G] Hey! Mr. [A] Tambourine Man, [D] play a song for [G] me
In the [D] jingle jangle [G] morning I'll come [A] followin' [D] you [D]
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Though I [G] know that evenin's [A] empire has [D] returned into [G] sand
[D] Vanished from my [G] hand
Left me [D] blindly here to [Em] stand but still not [A] sleeping [A]
My [G] weariness [A] amazes me, I'm [D] branded on my [G] feet
I [D] have no one to [G] meet
And the [D] ancient empty [Em] street's too dead for [A] dreaming [A]
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[G] Hey! Mr. [A] Tambourine Man, [D] play a song for [G] me
I'm not [D] sleepy and there [G] is no place I'm [A] going to [A]
[G] Hey! Mr. [A] Tambourine Man, [D] play a song for [G] me
In the [D] jingle jangle [G] morning I'll come [A] followin' [D] you [D]
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[G] Take me on a [A] trip upon your [D] magic swirlin' [G] ship
My [D] senses have been [G] stripped, my [D] hands can't feel to [G] grip
My [D] toes too numb to [G] step
Wait [D] only for my [Em] boot heels to be [A] wanderin' [A]
I'm [G] ready to go [A] anywhere, I'm [D] ready for to [G] fade
In-[D]to my own pa-[G]rade
Cast your [D] dancing spell my [G] way, I [Em] promise to go [A] under it [A]
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[G] Hey! Mr. [A] Tambourine Man, [D] play a song for [G] me
I'm not [D] sleepy and there [G] is no place I'm [A] going to [A]
[G] Hey! Mr. [A] Tambourine Man, [D] play a song for [G] me
In the [D] jingle jangle [G] morning I'll come [A] followin' [D] you [D]
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Though you [G] might hear laughin', [A] spinnin', swingin'
[D] madly across the [G] sun
It's not [D] aimed at any-[G]one, it's just es-[D]capin' on the [G] run
And but [D] for the sky there [Em] are no fences [A] facin' [A]
And [G] if you hear vague [A] traces of [D] skippin' reels of [G] rhyme
To your [D] tambourine in [G] time, it's just a [D] ragged clown be-[G]hind
I wouldn't [D] pay it any [G] mindÂ
It's just a [D] shadow you're [Em] seein' that he's [A] chasing [A]
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[G] Hey! Mr. [A] Tambourine Man, [D] play a song for [G] me
I'm not [D] sleepy and there [G] is no place I'm [A] going to [A]
[G] Hey! Mr. [A] Tambourine Man, [D] play a song for [G] me
In the [D] jingle jangle [G] morning I'll come [A] followin' [D] you [D]
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Then [G] take me disap-[A]pearin' through the [D] smoke rings of my [G] mind
Down the [D] foggy ruins of [G] time, far [D] past the frozen [G] leaves
The [D] haunted, frightened [G] trees, out [D] to the windy [G] beach
Far [D] from the twisted [G] reach of [Em] crazy [A] sorrow [A]
Yes, to [G] dance beneath the [A] diamond sky with [D] one hand waving [G] free
Silhou-[D]etted by the [G] sea, circled [D] by the circus [G] sands
With all [D] memory and [G] fate driven [D] deep beneath the [G] waves
Let me for-[D]get about to-[Em]day until to-[A]morrow [A]
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[G] Hey! Mr. [A] Tambourine Man, [D] play a song for [G] me
I'm not [D] sleepy and there [G] is no place I'm [A] going to [A]
[G] Hey! Mr. [A] Tambourine Man, [D] play a song for [G] me
In the [D] jingle jangle [G] morning I'll come [A] followin' [D] you [D]
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