Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: A, E B E G# B E
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Tangled Up in Blue – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Blood On The Tracks" (1974)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard (different guitars: no capo / transpose -2 + capo 2 /
transpose +5 + capo 7)
alternative: Open-D + capo 7th fret or
Open-E + capo 5th fret
There are a lot of guitars on this recording. Playing it alone, an open
tuning may help to get something like the texture of this multiple guitar
sound.
I made a quick demo recording of the open tuning version. Listen to it
here: https://soundcloud.com/maguri/tangled-up-in-blue
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capo: 7th fret / 5th fret no capo + standard tuning (Dylan's guitar)
play: Open-D / Open-E A
key:
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CHORDS
+ capo
A
Asus4
G6(add9)/A
D
E
F#m
G
open tuning
A-E-A-C#-E-
0-0-0-0-0-0
0-0-0-1-0-0
0-3-2-1-0-0
x-2-0-1-0-0
x-0-2-3-0-0
x-2-0-0-0-0
x-3-2-1-0-0
stan
a E-A-
x-0-
x-0-
x-0-
x-x-
0-2-
2-4-
3-x-
dard tuning
D-G-B-e
2-2-2-0 or x-0-7-6-5-0
2-2-3-0 or x-0-7-7-5-0
5-4-3-0
0-2-3-2
2-1-0-0
4-2-2-2
0-0-0-3
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Early one morn
in’ the sun wa
s shinin’
I was layin’ i
n bed
Wond’rin’ if s
he’d changed a
t all
If her hair wa
s still red
Her folks they
said our live
s together
Sure was gonna
be rough
They never did
like Mama’s h
omemade dress
Papa’s bankboo
k wasn’t big e
nough
And I was stan
din’ on the si
de of the road
Rain fallin’ o
n my shoes
Heading out fo
r the East Coa
st
Lord knows I’v
e paid some du
es gettin’ thr
ough
Tangled up in
blue
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
She was marrie
d when we firs
t met
Soon to be di
vorced
I helped her
out of a jam,
I guess
But I used a l
ittle too much
force
We drove that
car as far as
we could
Abandoned it o
ut West
Split up on a
dark sad nigh
t
Both agreeing
it was best
She turned aro
und to look at
me
As I was walki
n’ away
I heard her s
ay over my sho
ulder
“We’ll meet a
gain someday o
n the avenue”
Tangled up in
blue
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
I had a job in
the great nor
th woods
Working as a c
ook for a spel
l
But I never di
d like it all
that much
And one day th
e ax just fell
So I drifted d
own to New Orl
eans
Where I happen
ed to be emplo
yed
Workin’ for a
while on a fis
hin’ boat
Right outside
of Delacroix
But all the wh
ile I was alon
e
The past was c
lose behind
I seen a lot o
f women
But she never
escaped my min
d, and I just
grew
Tangled up in
blue
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
She was workin
’ in a topless
place
And I stopped
in for a beer
I just kept lo
okin’ at the s
ide of her fac
e
In the spotlig
ht so clear
And later on w
hen the crowd
thinned out
I’s just about
to do the sam
e
She was standi
ng there in ba
/
ck of my chair
Said to me, “D
on’t I know yo
ur name?”
I muttered som
ethin’ underne
ath my breath
She studied th
e lines on my
face
I must admit I
felt a little
uneasy
When she bent
down to tie th
e laces of my
shoe
Tangled up in
blue
[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
She lit a burn
er on the stov
e
And offered m
e a pipe
“I thought you
’d never say h
ello,” she sai
d
“You look like
the silent ty
pe”
Then she opene
d up a book of
poems
And handed it
to me
Written by an
Italian poet
From the thirt
eenth century
And every one
of them words
rang true
And glowed lik
e burnin’ coal
Pourin’ off of
every page
Like it was wr
itten in my so
ul from me to
you
Tangled up in
blue
[Interlude]
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[Verse 6]
I lived with t
hem on Montagu
e Street
In a basement
down the stair
s
There was musi
c in the cafés
at night
And revolution
in the air
Then he starte
d into dealing
with slaves
And something
inside of him
died
She had to sel
l everything s
he owned
And froze up i
nside
And when final
ly the bottom
fell out
I became withd
rawn
The only thing
I knew how to
do
Was to keep on
keepin’ on li
ke a bird that
flew
Tangled up in
blue
[Interlude]
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[Verse 7]
So now I’m goi
n’ back again
I got to get t
o her somehow
All the people
we used to kn
ow
They’re an ill
usion to me no
w
Some are mathe
maticians
Some are carpe
nters’ wives
Don’t know how
it all got st
/
arted
I don’t know w
hat they’re do
in’ with their
lives
But me, I’m st
ill on the roa
d
Headin’ for an
other joint
We always did
feel the same
We just saw it
from a differ
ent point of v
iew
Tangled up in
blue
[Interlude]
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[Coda] (harp solo)
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