Bob Dylan - Tell Ol Bill

artist : bob dylan
song : tell ol’ bill
album : tell tale signs ( 2008 )
transcription : satir3 , satir3@net . hr

tuning : standard
capo : 1st fret

chords used :
Am : x . 0 . 2 . 2 . 1 . 0
E7 : 0 . 2 . 0 . 1 . 3 . 0
Dm : x . x . 0 . 2 . 3 . 1

intro : Am E7 Am

verse :
Am E7
the river whispers in my ear ,
Am
i’ve hardly a penny to my name .
E7
the heavens never seemed so near .
Am
all of my body glows with flame .
Dm Am
the tempest struggles in the air .
Dm Am
and to myself alone i sing .
E7
it could sink me then and there ,
Am
i can hear the echoes ring .
Dm Am
i try to find one smilin’ face
Dm Am
to drive the shadows from my head .
E7
i’m stranded in this nameless place ,
Am
lyin’ restless in a heavy bed

verse :
tell me straight out if you will ,
why must you torture me within?
why must you come down from your high hill?
throw my fate to the clouds and wind
far away in a silent land
secret thoughts are hard to bear .
remember me , you’ll understand :
emotions we can never share .
you trampled on me as you passed ,
left the coldest kiss upon my brow .
all my doubts and fears are gone at last ,
i’ve nothing more to tell you now .

verse :
i walk by tranquil lakes and streams
as each new season’s dawn awaits
i lay awake at night with troubled dreams
the enemy is at the gates
beneath the thunder – blasted trees
the words are ringing off your tongue
the ground is hard in times like these
the stars are cold , the night is young ,
the rocks are bleak , the trees are bare ,
iron clouds go floating by .
snowflakes falling in my hair
beneath the gray and stony sky .

verse :
the evening sun is sinking low ,
the woods are dark , the town is too .
they’ll drag you down , they run the show .
ain’t no tellin’ what they’ll do .
tell ol’ bill when he comes home :
anything is worth a try .
tell him that i’m not alone ,
that the hour has come to do or die .
all the world i would defy ,
let me make it plane as day .
i look at you now and i sigh ,
how could it be any other way?