Tangled up in Blue Bob Dylan A Asus4 A Asus4 A G Early one morning the sun was shinin' A G I was layin' in bed. A G Wondering if she'd changed at all D If her hair was still red. A G Her folks said our lives together, A G Sure was gonna be rough. A G They never did like Mama's home-made dress, D Papa's bank book wasn't big enough. E F#m And I was standing on the side of the road, A D Rain falling on my shoes. E F#m Heading out for the east coast, A D Lord knows I've paid some dues, E Getting through, G D A Asus4 A Asus4 Tangled up in blue. A G She was married when we first met A G Soon to be di- vorced A G I helped her out of a jam I guess D But I used a little too much force A G We drove that car as far as we could A G A-bandoned it out west A G Split up on a dark sad night D Both a-greeing it was best E F#m She turned around to look at me A D As I was walking a-way E F#m I heard her say over my shoulder A D We'll meet again some day E On the ave-nue G D A Asus4 A Asus4 Tangled up in blue. A G I had a job in the great north woods A G Working as a cook for a spell A G But I never did like it all that much D And one day the axe just fell A G So I drifted down to New Orleans A G Where I was lucky to be em-ployed A G Workin' for a while on a fishing boat D Right outside of Delacroix E F#m But all the while I was alone A D The past was close be- hind E F#m I seen alot of women A D But she never escaped my mind E Love just grew G D A Asus4 A Asus4 Tangled up in blue. A G She was working in topless place A G And I stopped in for a beer A G I just kept looking at the side of her face D In the spotlight so clear A G And later on when the crowd thinned out A G I was just about to do the same A G She was standing there in back of my chair D Sayin' "Tell me, don't I know your name?" E F#m I muttered something under- neath my breath A D She studied the lines on my face E F#m I must admit I felt a little uneasy A D When she bent down to tie the laces E Of my shoe G D A Asus4 A Asus4 Tangled up in blue. A G She lit a burner on the stove A G And offered me a pipe A G I thought you'd never say hel- lo she said D You look like the silent type A G Then she opened up a book of poems A G And handed it to me A G Written by an I- talian poet D From the thirteenth century E F#m And every one of them words rang true A D And glowed like burning coal E F#m Pourin' off of every page A D Like it was written in my soul E From me to you G D A Asus4 A Asus4 Tangled up in blue. A G I lived with them on Montague Street A G In a basement down the stairs A G There was music in the ca- fes at night D And revo- lution in the air A G Then he started into dealing with slaves A G And something inside of him died A G She had to sell every- thing she owned D And froze up inside. E F#m And when finally the bottom fell out A D I became with- drawn E F#m The only thing I knew how to do A D Was to keep on keeping on E Like a bird that flew G D A Asus4 A Asus4 Tangled up in blue. A G So now I'm going on back again A G I got to get to her some how A G All the people we used to know D They're an il- lusion to me now A G Some are mathema- ticians A G Some are carpenters wives A G Don't know how it all got started D I don't know what they're doing with their lives E F#m But me, I'm still on the road A D Headin' for another joint E F#m We always did feel the same A D We just saw it from a different point E Of view G D A Asus4 A Asus4 Tangled up in blue.