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Bob Dylan - Mr Tambourine Man Ukulele

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Mr Tambourine Man Ukulele

(ver. 1)
Bob Dylan
Original version (from 'Bringing It All Back Home')

This tab was originally made by Eyolf Østrem on his comprehensive site:
I've just added the missing verse chords and will add the harmonica tab later.

Capo 3rd fret
Dropped D tuning (D-A-D-G-B-E')

Chords:

D      000232
Dsus4  000233
Dsus2  000230
G      020033
A      x02220 or 202220
Asus4  x02230 or 202230
Asus2  x02200 or 202200

|: D        D Dsus2 D :|

G        A               D               G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
        D                G               A         Asus4 A
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
G        A               D               G
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
       D             G                 A         D   Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.


          G                  A          D            G
Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
  D               G
Vanished from my hand,
          D               G                   A     Asus4 A
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
     D         G              D            G
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
   D              G
I have no one to meet
         D              G                     A     Asus4 A
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.

Chorus

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.

Chorus

Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.

Chorus

Harmonica part 1

Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

Chorus

Harmonica part 2
            
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