Bob Dylan - No Time To Think

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no time to think chords
bob dylan

capo i

D A E A E A D E 2

x D A E A
in death , you face life with a child and a wife ,
E A D E
who sleep – walks through your dreams into walls .
D A E A
you’re a soldier of mercy , you’re cold and you curse ,
E A D E
“he who cannot be trusted must fall . ”

D A E D A E
loneliness , tenderness , high society , notoriety .
D A E A
you fight for the throne and you travel alone
D E
unknown as you slowly sink;
A Asus4 A
and there’s no time to think .

D A E A E A D E

D A E A
in the federal city you been blown and shown pity ,
E A D E
in secret , for pieces of change .
D A E A
the empress attracts you but oppression distracts you ,
E A D E
and it makes you feel violent and strange .

D A E D A E
memory , ecstasy , tyranny , hypocrisy
D A E A
betrayed by a kiss on a cool night of bliss
D E
in the valley of the missing link ,
A Asus4 A
and you have no time to think .

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D A E A
judges will haunt you , the country priestess will want you ,
E A D E
her worst is better than best .
D A E A E
i’ve seen all these decoys through a set of deep turquoise eyes ,
A D E
and i feel so depressed .

D A E D A E
china doll , alcohol , duality , mortality .
D A E A
mercury rules you and destiny fools you
D E
like the plague , with a dangerous wink ,
A Asus4 A
and there’s no time to think .

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your conscience betrayed you when some tyrant waylaid you
where the lion lies down with the lamb .
i’d have paid off the traitor and killed him much later
but that’s just the way that i Am .
paradise , sacrifice , mortality , reality .
but the magician is quicker and his game
is much thicker than blood and blacker than ink
and there’s no time to think .

anger and jealousy’s all that he sells us ,
he’s content when you’re under his thumb .
madmen oppose him , but your kindness throws him
to survive it you play deaf and dumb .
equality , liberty , humility , simplicity .
you glance through the mirror and there’s eyes staring clear
at the back of your head as you drink
and there’s no time to think .

warlords of sorrow and queens of tomorrow
will offer their heads for a prayer .
you can’t find no salvation , you have no expectations
anytime , anyplace , anywhere .
mercury , gravity , nobility , humility .
you know you can’t keep her and the water gets deeper
that is leading you onto the brink
but there’s no time to think .

you’ve murdered your vanity , buried your sanity
for pleasure you must now resist .
lovers obey you but they cannot sway you
they’re not even sure you exist .
socialism , hypnotism , patriotism , materialism .
fools making laws for the breaking of jaws
and the sound of the keys as they clink
but there’s no time to think .

the bridge that you travel on goes to the babylon girl
with the rose in her hair .
starlight in the east and you’re finally released
you’re stranded but with nothing to share .
loyalty , unity , epitome , rigidity .
you turn around for one real last glimpse of camille
’neath the moon shinin’ bloody and pink
and there’s no time to think .

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bullets can harm you and death can disarm you
but no , you will not be deceived .
stripped of all virtue as you crawl through the dirt ,
you can give but you cannot receive .

D A E A
no time to choose when the truth must die ,
D A E A
no time to lose or say goodbye ,
D A E A
no time to prepare for the victim that’s there ,
D E
no time to suffer or blink ,
A Asus4 A
and no time to think .

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