Mr. Tambourine Man chords
Bob Dylan 1965

Capo III

[Intro]

      

[Chorus]

            
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

e,
             
I'm not sleepy

             
 and there is 

             
no place I'm g

oing to.
            
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

e,
             
In the jingle 

             
jangle morning

             
 I'll come fol

       
lowing you.  

[Verse]

             
Though I know 

              
that evenings 

            
empire has ret

           
urned into san

d,
             
Vanished from 

   
my hand,
             
Left me blindl

             
y here to stan

              
d but still no

  
t sleeping.
             
My weariness a

             
mazes me, I'm 

             
branded on my 


feet,
             
I have no one 

   
to meet
             
And the ancien

             
t empty street

              
's too dead fo

  
r dreaming.

[Chorus]

            
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

e,
             
I'm not sleepy

             
 and there is 

             
no place I'm g

oing to.
            
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

e,
             
In the jingle 

             
jangle morning

             
 I'll come fol

       
lowing you.

[Verse]

            
Take me on a t

              
rip upon your 

             
magic swirling

 
 ship,
             
My senses have

             
 been stripped

             
, my hands can

           
't feel to gri

p,
             
My toes too nu

             
mb to step, wa

             
it only for my

 
 boot heels
      
To be wanderin

g.
             
I'm ready to g

             
o anywhere, I'

             
m ready for to

 
 fade
             
Into my own pa

             
rade, cast you

             
r dancing spel

     
l my way,
              
I promise to g

  
o under it.

[Chorus]

            
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

e,
             
I'm not sleepy

             
 and there is 

             
no place I'm g

oing to.
            
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

e,
             
In the jingle 

             
jangle morning

             
 I'll come fol

       
lowing you.

[Verse]

             
Though you mig

              
ht hear laughi

             
ng, spinning, 

             
swinging madly

            
 across the su

n,
             
It's not aimed

             
 at anyone, it

             
's just escapi

          
ng on the run
             
And but for th

             
e sky there ar

            
e no fences fa

cing.
             
And if you hea

             
r vague traces

             
 of skipping r

        
eels of rhyme
             
To your tambou

             
rine in time, 

             
it's just a ra

             
gged clown beh

ind,
             
I wouldn't pay

             
 it any mind, 

            
it's just a sh

adow you're
             
Seeing that he

   
's chasing.

[Chorus]

            
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

e,
             
I'm not sleepy

             
 and there is 

             
no place I'm g

oing to.
            
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

e,
             
In the jingle 

             
jangle morning

             
 I'll come fol

       
lowing you.

[Bridge]

             
Then take me d

             
isappearing th

             
rough the smok

              
e rings of my 


mind,
             
Down the foggy

             
 ruins of time

             
, far past the

        
 frozen leaves

,
             
The haunted, f

             
rightened tree

             
s, out to the 

      
windy beach,
             
Far from the t

             
wisted reach o

        
f crazy sorrow

.
             
Yes, to dance 

             
beneath the di

              
amond sky with

             
 one hand wavi

   
ng free,
             
Silhouetted by

             
 the sea, circ

             
led by the cir

    
cus sands,
             
With all memor

             
y and fate dri

             
ven deep benea

       
th the waves,
             
Let me forget 

             
about today un

      
til tomorrow.

[Chorus]

            
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

e,
             
I'm not sleepy

             
 and there is 

             
no place I'm g

oing to.
            
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

e,
             
In the jingle 

             
jangle morning

             
 I'll come fol

       
lowing you.

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