Bob Dylan

       Eb
Now, I try, oh so awf'ly strong
      Ab          Eb
And I just try to be.
         Eb
And now, oh it's [an isle]*)
         Bb7
But it's free.
           Eb         (Eb7)
Yes, but I know in my head
           Ab        Eb
That we're all so misled,
              Eb              Bb
And it's that ol' sign on the cross
             Eb
That worries me.

Now, when I was just a bawlin' lad,
I saw what I wanted to be,
And it's all for the sake
Of that I should see.
But I was lost on the land
As I heard that front door slam,

A
. . . Crocogator (see you later crocogator)

After a while, smockawhile (see you later, Allen Ginsburg)
                  D
See you later alligator (see you later, crocogator)
                    A
After a while, crocodile (in a while, Allen Ginsburg)
                    E
see you while, crocogator (see you later crocogator)
                    A
After a while, crocodile (in a while, crocodile)

Allen Ginsburg, later gator (see you later, Allen Ginsburg)
Later later, Allen Ginsburg (see you while, alliquile)
Allen Ginsburg, later later (later, later on the Nile)

        Bb
Well, I looked as far as I could see, baby
                                F
I looked as far as I could see, baby
        Bb
Well, I looked as far as I could see,
Eb
All mankind in misery,
Bb    F               Bb
Baby, won't you be my baby?

Well, I looked east, I looked west, baby
I looked east, I looked west, baby
Well, I looked east, I looked west
There was nothing I could see that I liked the best
Baby, won't you be my baby?

[Go down the land], drop your heavy load, baby

Take #1

D
Old man sailin' in a dinghy boat Down there
                                  A
Old man down is baitin' a hook On there
      D
Gonna pull man down on a suckling hook
      G                                     D      A     D
Gonna pull man into the suckling brook*) Oh yeah!

Now, he's underneath that apple  suckling tree, Oh yeah!
Under that apple suckling tree, Oh yeah!
That's underneath that tree
There's just gonna be you and me
Underneath that apple suckling tree, Oh yeah!

Basement version

G   C/g  G

G                            Am
They say ev'rything can be replaced,
Bm        Am              G
Yet ev'ry distance is not near.
G                   Am
So I remember ev'ry face
Bm       Am             G
Of ev'ry man who put me here.

G                    C *)            *) Am in subsequent
 I see my light come shining            verses
Bm        D *)          G
 From the west unto the east.
G            Am
 Any day now, any day now,
Bm D/a        G
 I shall be released.

G

n.c.         G
Smoky autumn night, stars up in the sky,

I see the sailin' boats across the bay go by.
           C
Eucalyptus trees hang above the street
                   G
And then I turn my head, for you're approachin' me.
Am                      Bm                    C                 D
Moonlight on the water, fisherman's daughter, floatin' in to my room
              G
With a golden loom.

First we wash our feet near the immortal shrine
And then our shadows meet and then we drink the wine.
I see the hungry clouds up above your face

A

  A
I sang the song slowly
   E6               A
As she stood in the shadows
    D/f#
She stepped to the light
      E6             A
As my silver strings spun
    A               E
She called with her eyes
       D          A
To the tune I's a-playin'
        A       Asus4
But the song it was long
        E6
And I'd only begun

  A         Asus4 A  Asus2  A
  :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .
|-----0---0---0---0---0---|-----0---0-------0---0---
|-----2---2---3---2---0---|-----2---2-------2---2---

Bitter end version

Chords:

G7th  xx(0)787
D5th  xx0775
Em'   xxx453

First start:

  .   .   .    |   .   .   .     |
|-7-7-5---3--|-2---2---0-0-0---|-3---
|-8-8-7---5--|-3---3---1-1-1-1-|-0---
|-7-7-7---4--|-2---2---0-0-0-0-|-0--- etc.
|------------|--------h2-2-2-0-|-0---
|------------|-------------3-3-|-2---
|------------|-----------------|-3---

Second start:

A

           A
Well, I've already had two beers
    D
I'm ready for the broom
A
Please, Missus Henry, won't you
D
Take me to my room?
      A
I'm a good ol' boy
              E
But I've been sniffin' too many eggs
D
Talkin' to too many people
                  A
Drinkin' too many kegs

A
Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please!
D
Please, Missus Henry, Missus Henry, please!
    A
I'm down on my knees

An' I ain't got a dime

Well, I'm groanin' in a hallway
Pretty soon I'll be mad
Please, Missus Henry, won't you

G

               G
Now, there's a certain thing
       Em
That I learned from Jim
G                                   D
That he'd always make sure I'd understand
    G
And that is that there's a certain way
Em
 we all must swim
        C
If we expect to live off
                  D
Of the fat of the land.

         Am
Open the door, Rachel [Richard?],

I've heard it said before.

Open the door, Rachel,

I've heard it said before
      C                           G
But I ain't gonna hear it said no more.