Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues

the best way to play this song is as follows :

intro | Dsus2 D | D/C C | C/G G | C/G G : | |

G C
when you’re lost in the rain in juarez
D/C C G C/G G
and it’s eastertime too

and your gravity fails
C D/C C G C/G G
and negativity don’t pull you through
C
don’t put on any airs
G
when you’re down on rue morgue avenue
D7
they got some hungry women there
G C/G G
and they really make a mess outa you .

G
now if you see saint annie
C D/C C G C/G G
please tell her thanks a lot

i cannot move
C D/C C G C/G G
my fingers are all in a knot
C
i don’t have the strength
G
to get up and take another shot
D7
and my best friend , my doctor
G C/G G
won’t even say what it is i’ve got .

G
sweet melinda
C G C/G G
the peasants call her the goddess of gloom

she speaks good english
C D/C C G C/G G
and she invites you up into her room
C
and you’re so kind
G C/G G
and careful not to go to her too soon
D7
and she takes your voice
G C/G G
and leaves you howling at the moon .

G
up on housing project hill
C G
it’s either fortune or fame

you must pick up one or the other
C D/C C G C/G G
though neither of them are to be what they claim
C
if you’re lookin’ to get silly
G C/G G
you better go back to from where you came
D7
because the cops don’t need you
G C/G G
and man they expect the same .

G
now all the authorities
C D/C C G C/G G
they just stand around and boast
C
how they blackmailed the sergeant – at – arms
D/C C G C/G G
into leaving his post
C
and picking up angel who
G C/G G
just arrived here from the coast
D7
who looked so fine at first
G C/G G
but left looking just like a ghost .

solo | | : G | C D/C C | G C/G | G : | |
| C | C | G C/G | C |
| D7 | D7 | G C/G | G | |

G
i started out on burgundy
C D/C C G C/G G
but soon hit the harder stuff
C
everybody said they’d stand behind me
D/C C G C/G G
when the game got rough
C
but the joke was on me
G C/G G
there was nobody even there to bluff
D7
i’m going back to new york city
G C/G G
i do believe i’ve had enough .

coda | Dsus2 D | D/C C | G C/G | G : | |

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