Bob Dylan - Isis

the best way to play this song is as follows :

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i married isis on the fifth day of may
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but i could not hold on to her very long
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so i cut off my hair and i rode straight away
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for the wild unknown country where i could not go wrong .

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i came to a high place of darkness and light
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the dividing line ran through the center of town
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i hitched up my pony to a post on the right
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went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down .

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a man in the corner approached me for a match
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i knew right away he was not ordinary
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he said “are you looking for something easy to catch ?”
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i said “i got no money” . he said “that ain’t necessary” .

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we set out that night for the cold in the north
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i gave him my blanket he gave me his word
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i said “where are we going ?” he said “we’d be back by the fourth”
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i said “that’s the best news that i’ve ever heard” .

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i was thinking about turquoise i was thinking about gold
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i was thinking about diamonds and the world’s biggest necklace
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as we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold
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i was thinking about isis how she thought i was so reckless .

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how she told me that one day we meet up again
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and things would be different the next time we wed
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if i only could hang on and just be her friend
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i still can’t remember all the best things she said .

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we came to the pyramids all embedded in ice
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he said “there’s a body i’m trying to find
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if i carry it out it’ll bring a good price”
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it was then that i knew what he had on his mind .

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the wind it was howling and the snow was outrageous
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we chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn
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when he died i was hoping that it wasn’t contagious
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but i made up my mind that i had to go on .

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i broke into the tomb but the casket was empty
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there was no jewels no nothing i felt i’d been had
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when i saw that my partner was just being friendly
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when i took up his offer i must – a been mad .

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i picked up his body and i dragged him inside
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threw him down in the hole and i put back the cover
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i said a quick prayer and i felt satisfied
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then i rode back to find isis just to tell her i love her .

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she was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise
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blinded by sleep and in need of a bed
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i came in from the east with the sun in my eyes
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i cursed her one time then i rode on ahead .

A G D A
she said “where ya been ?” i said “no place special ?”
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she said “you look different” i said “well i guess”
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she said “you been gone” i said “that’s only natural”
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she said “you gonna stay ?” i said “if you want me to , yeah ” .

G F C G
isis oh isis you mystical child
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what drives me to you is what drives me insane
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i still can remember the way that you smiled
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on the fifth day of may in the drizzling rain .

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