Artist Name
Bob Dylan
Taken from rec.music.dylan and alt.guitar.tab
From: Howard Wright Hman (wrightha@CF.AC.UK),
Andrew Mullins (mullins@artsci.concordia.ca), and
Vegard B. Havdal (vbh@idt.unit.no)
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Capo 5th fret (A7, D, E7)
When the chord is an E7 (A7) switch between Em7 and E7, hammering the G/G#
Intro :
E7
E7
Johny's in the basement mixin' up the medicine
E7
I'm on the pavement, thinkin' about the government
E7
The man in a trench coat, badge out, laid off
E7
says he's got a bad cough, wants to get it paid off
A
Look out kid, it's somethin' you did
E7
God knows when, but you're doin' it again
E7
You better duck down the alleyway
E7
Lookin' for a new friend
B7
The man in the coonskin cap in the pig pen
E7
Wants eleven dollar bills; you only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway, Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May, orders from the D.A.
Look out kid, don't matter what you did
But walk on tiptoes, don't tie no bows
Better stay away from those that carry around a firehose
Keep a clean nose, watch the plainclothes
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
Oh get sick, get well, hang around the inkwell,
Ring bell, hard to tell if anything is gonna sell,
Try hard, get barred, get back, write braile,
Get jailed, jump bail, join the Army if ya fail
Look out Kid, You're going to get hit
By losers, cheaters, six time users
Hangin' 'round the theatres
Girl by the whirlpool's lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders, watch the parkin' meters
Oh get born, keep warm, short pants, romance,
Learn to dance, get dressed, get blessed, try to be success,
Please her, please him, buy gifts, don't steal, don't lift,
Twenty years of schoolin' an' they put ya on the day shift
Look out kid, they keep it all hid
Better jump down the manhole, light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals, try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum, you better chew gum
The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles.
Howard