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          Mr. Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Bringing It All Back Home” (1965)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Drop-D (+ capo 3rd fret)

capo: 3rd fret
play: D
key: F

For chords in original key, transpose this tab +3 (and "use flats")

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CHORDS
      D-A-D-G-
D     0-0-0-2-
Dsus2 0-0-0-2-
G/B   x-2-0-0-
G/D   0-2-0-0-
A     x-0-2-2-
Em    2-2-2-0-
Em    2-2-0-0-

B-e
3-2
3-0
0-3
0-3
2-0
0-0  (followin
0-3  (followin

g D)
g G/D or G/B)

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[Intro]
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[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 mornin

             
g I'll come fo

        [  ]
llowin' you

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[Verse 1]
           
Though I know 

             
the evenings e

             
mpire has retu

          
rned into sand
             
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 for

 
 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 mornin

             
g I'll come fo

        [  ]
llowin' you

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[Verse 2]
          
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'
           
Im ready to go

            
 anywhere I’m 

            
ready for to f


ade
             
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 mornin

             
g I'll come fo

        [  ]
llowin' you

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[Verse 3]
           
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 a

            
re no fences f

acing
           
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 se

              
eing 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 mornin

             
g I'll come fo

        [  ]
llowin' you

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[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
           
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 fr

           
ightened trees

             
, out to the w

     
indy 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, dr

             
iven deep bene

        
ath the waves,
             
Let me forget 

            
about today un

     
til tommorow

(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 mornin

             
g I'll come fo

        [  ]
llowin' you

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[Solo]
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(fade out over last 6 bars)