Tangled Up In Blue — Bob Dylan
Chords and lyrics for Tangled Up In Blue by Bob Dylan (key of E).
Intro
[E] [A]
Verse 1
Early one morning the sun was shining.
[G][D/A]I was laying in bed.
[G][A]Wondering if she changed [G]it all if her hat was [D]still red.
Her folks, [A7]they said our lives together.
[G]Sure [A]was going to be rough.
[G][A7]They never did like mama's home address.
[G]Papa's bank was [D]big enough.
Verse 2
And [Am/E]I was standing [E]over [F#m]side of the road, rain [A]falling on my shoes.
[D][E]Heading off of the [F#m]east coast.
Lord [A]knows I played some [D]dudes getting through.
Chorus
[E][G]Tangled up in blue.
Verse 3
[A]She was married when [G]we first met.
[A]Soon to be divorced.
[G][A]I helped her out of a [G]jam, I guess.
But I used a little [D]too much force.
We drove that car as far as we [G]could.
[F#m/A]Abandoned it out west.
[G][A]Split up on a [G]dark sat night, both [D]agreein' it was best.
Verse 4
She turned [E]around to [F#m]look at me as I was walking away.
[D]I [E]heard her say over [F#m]my shoulder,
well meet again someday [D]on the avenue.
Chorus
[E][G]Tangled [D]up in blue.
Verse 5
[A]I had a job in [G]the great north woods,
[A]working as a cook for a [G]spell.
But [A]I never did like it all [G]that much.
And one day the [D]ox just fell.
So I drifted down the [G]New Orleans,
where [A]I luck it was up here in [G]Floyd.
[A]Working for a while on [G]a fishing boat right [D]outside of Delacroix.
Verse 6
But [E]all the while I [F#m]was alone in the past, was close behind.
[D][E]I seen a lot of women,
[F#m]but she [A]never escaped my mind.
Not just grew,
Chorus
[E][G]tangled [D]up in [A]blue.
Verse 7
She was working in [G]a topless place,
and [A]I stopped in for a [G]beer.
[A]I just kept looking at [G]the side of her face,
[D]and the spotlight so clear.
[A]Later on when [G]the crowd thinned out,
[A]I was just about to do the same.
[Gmaj7]She was [A]standing there,
and [G]back in my chair I said [D]to her,
don't I know your name?
Verse 8
I murdered [E]something underneath [F#m]my breath.
She straddled the lines on my [D]face.
I must admit, [E]felt [F#m]a little uneasy,
when chipping down the ties of [D]legs,
and stuff my shoes.
Chorus
[E][G]Tangled [D]up in [A]blue.
Verse 9
She let her burn her [G]own stove,
[A]and offered me a [G]plate.
I [A]thought you'd never say [G]hello,
she said you [D]look like a silent type.
And she opened up a book of poems,
[G][A]and handed it to me,
[G][A]read an Italian [G]poet from the [D]13th century.
Verse 10
And every one [E]of them [F#m]words rang true,
and glowed like burning coal,
[D]pouring [E]off of [F#m]every page,
like it was written in my soul,
[D]thought me to you.
Chorus
[E]I was [G]tangled up [D]in blue.
Verse 11
[A]I lived with them on [G]Montague Street,
[A]the basement down the [G]stairs.
That [A]was music in the cafes [G]at night,
and revolution [D]in the air.
Then he started in the [G]dealin' with slaves,
[A]and somethin' inside of them [G]died.
[A]She had to sell everything [G]she owned,
[D]and froze up inside.
Verse 12
[E]And when it finally the [D]bottom fell out,
I became withdrawn.
The only thing [E]I knew [F#m]how to do,
was [A]to keep on keepin' [D]on,
like I burned this [E]blue.
Chorus
[G]Tangled [Gsus2]up in blue.
Verse 13
[A]So now I'm goin' [G]back again,
I got [A]to get to her somehow.
[G][A]All the people we [G]used to know
were there in [D]illusion tell me now.
Some are [A]mathematicians,
[G]some [A]are coppin' just [G]wives,
don't [F#m/A]know how it all got [G]started.
I don't [D]know what they're doin' with their lives,
Verse 14
but [Amaj7/E]me I'm [E]still [F#m]on the road,
ahead of all another joint.
[D]We [E]always, it feels [F#m]same,
we just saw it from a different point [D]of view.
Chorus
[E]Tangled [G]up [A]in blue.
Outro
[G] [A] [G] [A] [G] [D/A] [G] [D/A] [G] [A] [G] [D] [E] [D] [E] [D] [E] [Gmaj7] [D] [A]
Tangled [F]up in blue.
Tangled up in blue.