Tangled Up in Blue

Intro

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Verse 1

D                     C6/D

Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’

D               C6/D

I was layin’ in bed

D                  C6/D

Wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all

G

If her hair was still red

D                       C6/D

Her folks they said our lives together

D                 C6/D

Sure was gonna be rough

     D                     C6/D

They never did like Mama’s homemade dress

G

Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough

    A                     Bm

And I was standin’ on the side of the road

D                  G

Rain fallin’ on my shoes

A                   Bm

Heading out for the East Coast

     D                    G            A

Lord knows I’ve paid some dues gettin’ through

C       G     D

Tangled up in blue

Interlude

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Verse 2

D                    C6/D

She was married when we first met

D             C6/D

 Soon to be divorced

D                      C6/D

 I helped her out of a jam, I guess

G

But I used a little too much force

   D                 C6/D

We drove that car as far as we could

 D               C6/D

Abandoned it out West

D              C6/D

 Split up on a dark sad night

G

Both agreeing it was best

    A                Bm

She turned around to look at me

   D              G

As I was walkin’ away

A                     Bm

 I heard her say over my shoulder

        D              G             A

 “We’ll meet again someday on the avenue”

C       G     D

Tangled up in blue

Repetition: Interlude

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Verse 3

D                  C6/D

I had a job in the great north woods

D                       C6/D

Working as a cook for a spell

      D                 C6/D

But I never did like it all that much

G

And one day the ax just fell

     D               C6/D

So I drifted down to New Orleans

        D                C6/D

Where I happened to be employed

D                        C6/D

Workin’ for a while on a fishin’ boat

G

Right outside of Delacroix

    A               Bm

But all the while I was alone

    D                G

The past was close behind

  A             Bm

I seen a lot of women

        D                G                A

But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew

C       G     D

Tangled up in blue

Repetition: Interlude

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Verse 4

D                    C6/D

She was workin’ in a topless place

    D                  C6/D

And I stopped in for a beer

  D                        C6/D

I just kept lookin’ at the side of her face

G

In the spotlight so clear

    D                 C6/D

And later on when the crowd thinned out

    D                    C6/D

I’s just about to do the same

        D                 C6/D

She was standing there in back of my chair

G

Said to me, “Don’t I know your name?”

  A                       Bm

I muttered somethin’ underneath my breath

    D                       G

She studied the lines on my face

  A                   Bm

I must admit I felt a little uneasy

         D                    G           A

When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe

C       G     D

Tangled up in blue

Repetition: Interlude

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Verse 5

D                C6/D

She lit a burner on the stove

D                 C6/D

And offered me a pipe

D                             C6/D

“I thought you’d never say hello,” she said

G

“You look like the silent type”

         D           C6/D

Then she opened up a book of poems

    D            C6/D

And handed it to me

D              C6/D

Written by an Italian poet

G

From the thirteenth century

    A                 Bm

And every one of them words rang true

    D                   G

And glowed like burnin’ coal

A              Bm

Pourin’ off of every page

            D             G               A

Like it was written in my soul from me to you

C       G     D

Tangled up in blue

Repetition: Interlude

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Verse 6

D                  C6/D

I lived with them on Montague Street

     D                 C6/D

In a basement down the stairs

          D              C6/D

There was music in the cafés at night

G

And revolution in the air

     D               C6/D

Then he started into dealing with slaves

    D                       C6/D

And something inside of him died

    D                C6/D

She had to sell everything she owned

G

And froze up inside

         A           Bm

And when finally the bottom fell out

D            G

I became withdrawn

    A                 Bm

The only thing I knew how to do

       D               G                   A

Was to keep on keepin’ on like a bird that flew

C       G     D

Tangled up in blue

Repetition: Interlude

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Verse 7

D             C6/D

So now I’m goin’ back again

         D              C6/D

I got to get to her somehow

D                 C6/D

All the people we used to know

G

They’re an illusion to me now

D               C6/D

Some are mathematicians

D                    C6/D

Some are carpenters’ wives

      D                   C6/D

Don’t know how it all got started

G

I don’t know what they’re doin’ with their lives

    A       Bm

But me, I’m still on the road

D                   G

Headin’ for another joint

A             Bm

We always did feel the same

        D                       G        A

We just saw it from a different point of view

C       G     D

Tangled up in blue

Repetition: Interlude

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Coda

(harp solo)

| D C6/D | D C6/D | D C6/D | G |

| D C6/D | D C6/D | D C6/D | G |

| A Bm  | D G | A Bm  | D G | A |

| C G | D

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