DYLAN BOB - "My Back Pages" Tablature
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My Back Pages Bob Dylan [C]Crimson[Am] flames tied[Em] through my ears Rollin'[D] high and[G] mighty[C] traps [C]Pounced with[Am] fire on[Em] flaming roads Using[D] ideas as my[G] maps "We'll[Am] meet on edges,[Em] soon" said I, [D]Proud 'neath heated[G] brow Ah, but[C] I was[Am] so much[Em] older[D] then I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now [C]Half-wracked[Am] prejudice[Em] leaped forth, "Rip[D] down all[G] hate," I[C] screamed, [C]Lies that[Am] life is[Em] black and white Spoke[D] from my skull I[G] dreamed. Ro[Am]mantic facts of[Em] musketeers Foun[D]dationed deep, some[G]how, Ah, but[C] I was[Am] so much[Em] older[D] then, I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now Girl's[C] faces[Am] formed the[Em] forward path From[D] phony [G]jealou[C]sy, To[C] memor[Am]izing[Em] politics Of[D] ancient histo[G]ry Flung[Am] down by corpse e[Em]vangelist Un[D]thought of, though,[G] somehow, Ah, but[C] I was[Am] so much[Em] older[D] then, I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now A[C] self-or[Am]dained pro[Em]fessor's tongue Too[D] seri[G]ous to[C] fool [C]Spouted[Am] out that[Em] liberty Is just e[D]quality in[G] school. "E[Am]quality," I[Em] spoke the word As[D] if a wedding[G] vow Ah, but[C] I was[Am] so much[Em] older[D] then, I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now In a[C] soldier's[Am] stance I[Em] aimed my hand At the[D] mongrel[G] dogs who[C] teach Fearing[C] not that I'd be[Am]come my[Em] enemy In the[D] instant that I[G] preach. My[Am] pathway led by con[Em]fusion boats [D]Mutiny from stern to[G] bow Ah, but[C]I was so[Am] much[Em] older[D] then, I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now Yes my[C]guards stood[Am]hard When[Em]abstract threats Too[D] noble[G] to ne[C]glect De[C]ceived me[Am] into[Em] thinking I Had[D] something to[G] protect. [Am]Good and bad, I de[Em]fine these terms Quite[D] clear, no doubt, some[G]how, Ah, but[C] I was[Am] so much[Em] older[D] then, I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now
My Back Pages Bob Dylan [C]Crimson[Am] flames tied[Em] through my ears Rollin'[D] high and[G] mighty[C] traps [C]Pounced with[Am] fire on[Em] flaming roads Using[D] ideas as my[G] maps "We'll[Am] meet on edges,[Em] soon" said I, [D]Proud 'neath heated[G] brow Ah, but[C] I was[Am] so much[Em] older[D] then I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now [C]Half-wracked[Am] prejudice[Em] leaped forth, "Rip[D] down all[G] hate," I[C] screamed, [C]Lies that[Am] life is[Em] black and white Spoke[D] from my skull I[G] dreamed. Ro[Am]mantic facts of[Em] musketeers Foun[D]dationed deep, some[G]how, Ah, but[C] I was[Am] so much[Em] older[D] then, I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now Girl's[C] faces[Am] formed the[Em] forward path From[D] phony [G]jealou[C]sy, To[C] memor[Am]izing[Em] politics Of[D] ancient histo[G]ry Flung[Am] down by corpse e[Em]vangelist Un[D]thought of, though,[G] somehow, Ah, but[C] I was[Am] so much[Em] older[D] then, I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now A[C] self-or[Am]dained pro[Em]fessor's tongue Too[D] seri[G]ous to[C] fool [C]Spouted[Am] out that[Em] liberty Is just e[D]quality in[G] school. "E[Am]quality," I[Em] spoke the word As[D] if a wedding[G] vow Ah, but[C] I was[Am] so much[Em] older[D] then, I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now In a[C] soldier's[Am] stance I[Em] aimed my hand At the[D] mongrel[G] dogs who[C] teach Fearing[C] not that I'd be[Am]come my[Em] enemy In the[D] instant that I[G] preach. My[Am] pathway led by con[Em]fusion boats [D]Mutiny from stern to[G] bow Ah, but[C]I was so[Am] much[Em] older[D] then, I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now Yes my[C]guards stood[Am]hard When[Em]abstract threats Too[D] noble[G] to ne[C]glect De[C]ceived me[Am] into[Em] thinking I Had[D] something to[G] protect. [Am]Good and bad, I de[Em]fine these terms Quite[D] clear, no doubt, some[G]how, Ah, but[C] I was[Am] so much[Em] older[D] then, I'm[C] younger[G] than that[C] now
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