These are the chords for Lonesome Day Blues by Bob Dylan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
[Intro]
G G G G
C C G G
D D G G
[Verse 1]
G
Well, today has been a sad
G
and lonesome day,
C
yeah, today has been a sad
G
and lonesome day;
D
I'm just sitting here thinking with
G
my mind a million miles away.
[Verse 2]
G
Well, they're doing the double
G
shuffle, throwing sand on the floor,
C
they're doing the double shuffle,
G
they're throwing sand on the floor;
D
when I left my longtime darling,
G
she was standing in the door.
[Verse 3]
G
Well, my pa he died and left me,
G
my brother got killed in the war,
C
well, my pa he died and left me,
G
my brother got killed in the war;
D
my sister, she ran off and got married,
G
never was heard of anymore.
[Verse 4]
G
Samantha Brown lived in my house
G
for 'bout four or five months,
C
Samantha Brown lived in my house
G
for 'bout four or five months;
D
don't know how it looked to
other people,
G
I never slept with her even once.
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[Verse 5]
G
Well, the road washed out, weather
G
not fit for man or beast,
C
well, the road's washed out, weather
G
not fit for man or beast; funny,
D
the things you have the hardest time
parting with
G
are the things you need the least.
[Verse 6]
G
Well, I'm forty miles from the mill,
G
I'm dropping it into overdrive,
C
I'm forty miles from the mill,
G
I'm dropping it into over - drive;
D
set my dial on the radio I wish
G
my mother was still alive.
[Verse 7]
G
I seen your lover man comin',
G
comin' across the barren fields,
C
I see your lover man comin', comin'
G
'cross the barren fields; he not a
D
gentleman at all,
he's rotten to the core,
G
he's a coward and he steals.
[Verse 8]
G
Well, my captain, he's decorated,
G
he's well-schooled and he's skilled,
C
my captain, he's decorated,
G
he's well-schooled and he's skilled;
D
he's not sentimental,
don't bother him at all;
G
how many of his pals have been killed.
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[Verse 9]
G
Last night the wind was whispering,
G
I was trying to make out what it was,
C
last night the wind was whispering
something,
G
I was trying to make out what it was.
D
Yeah, I tell myself something's
G
coming, but it never does.
[Verse 10]
G
I'm going to spare the defeated,
G
I'm going to speak to the crowd,
C
I'm going to spare the defeated,
G
'cause I'm going to speak to the crowd;
D
I'm going to teach peace to the
G
conquered, I'm going to tame the proud.
[Verse 11]
G
Well, the leaves are rustling
in the wood,
G
things are falling off of the shelf,
C
leaves are rustling in the wood,
G
things are falling off the shelf;
D
you're gonna need my help, sweetheart,
G
you can't make love all by yourself.
[Outro]
G G G G
C C G G
D D G G
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