Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
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Early one morning the sun was shining
I was laying in bed
Wondering if she'd changed at all
If her hair was still red
Her folks, they said our lives together
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like mama's homemade dress
Papa's bank book wasn't big enough
And I was standing on the side of the road
Rain falling on my shoes
Heading out for the East coast
Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through
Tangled up in blue
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She was married when we first meet
Soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam I guess
- But I used a little too much force
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out West
Splitting up on a dark sad night
- Both agreeing it was best
She turned around to look at me
As I was walkin away
Sayin over her shoulder
"We'll meet again someday on the avenue"
Tangled up in blue.
I had a job in Santa Fe
Working in an old hotel
But I never did like it all that much
- And one day the ax just fell
So I drifted down to New Orleans
Lucky not to be destroyed
Where I got me a job on a fishin boat
- Right outside of Delacroix
But all the while I was alone
The past was close behind
I seen a lot of women
But she never escaped my mind and I just grew
Tangled up in blue.
She was working in a topless place
And I stopped in for a beer
I just kept looking at the side of her face
- In the spotlight so clear
And later on when the crowd thinned out
I was just about to do the same
She was standing there right beside my chair
- She said "Don't tell me let me guess your name"
I muttered something underneath my breath
She studied the lines on my face
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoes
Tangled up in blue.
I lived with them on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs
There was music in the cafes at night
- And revolution in the air
Then he started into dealing with slaves
And something inside of him died
She had to sell everything she owned
- And froze up inside
And when it all came crashing down
I became withdrawn
The only thing I knew how to do
Was keep on keeping on like a bird that flew
Tangled up in blue.
So now I'm going on back again
I got to get her somehow
All the faces we used to know
- They're an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians
Some are truck driver's wives
Don't know how it all got started
- I don't what they're doing with their lives
But me I'm still on the road
Heading for another joint
We always did feel the same
We just saw it from a different point of view
Tangled up in Blue.
Notes:
For the 2nd and 6th lines in every verse and 2nd and 4th lines inbetween verses, I
on the C note on the B sting for the Gsus4 (G X D G C G). It is otherwise played as an F chord.
For ease of reading while playing, the indentions show the change to the D chord.