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Cold Irons Bound

Artist Name
Bob Dylan
Album
Time Out of Mind
Release
1997
Tabbed by Eyolf Ostrem

Capo 6th fret (original key Bb major).
The "Bbdim" is only a faint approximation to the wealth of notes sounding at
this point (and never twice the same, it seems). A chord like x12300 or x12202
captures that fairly well, but there are really no "correct" chords here!
The same goes for the other two chords - basically tonic, fifth and a lot of
blue notes.

Em7
I'm beginning to hear voices and there's no one around
now I'm all used up and I kind of feel turned around ??
I went to church on Sunday and she passed by
and my love for her is taking such a long time to die
        Bbdim       A7                Em7
God I'm waist deep, waist deep in the mist
            Bbdim      A7       Em7
It's almost like, almost like I don't exist
    A7              G                Em7
I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
There's a wall of pride high and wide,
can't see over to the other side
It's such a sad thing to see such? beauty/human? decay,
it's sadder still to feel your heart torn? away
one look at you and I'm out of control
like the universe has swallowed me whole
I'm 20 miles out of town and Cold Irons bound
There's too many people, too many to recall
I thought some of 'em were friends of mine
I was wrong about 'em all
Well, the road is rocky and the hillside's mud
Up over my head nothing but clouds of blood
I found my own, I found my one in you
but your love just hasn't proved true
I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
 ...
Well the winds in Chicago have turned me to shreds
reality has always had too many heads
some things last longer than you think they will
some kind of things you can never kill
it's you and you only I'm thinking about
but you can't see in, and it's hard looking out
I'm 20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound
Well the fat's in the fire, and the water's in the tank
and the whiskey's in the jar, and the money's in the bank
I tried to love and protect you because I cared
I'm gonna remember forever the joy we've shared
but looking at you and I'm on my bended knee
you have no idea what you do to me
I'm 20 miles out of town Cold Irons bound
20 miles out of town, Cold Irons bound