Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 / – / (x4)

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

 / – / (x4)

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I became withdrawn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.