Bob Dylan - Ballad Of A Thin Man Ukulele

capo 2nd fret

INTRO / OUTRO
  Bm     Em Bm     Bm     Em Bm
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E|2---2-2-3-2-----|2---2-2-3-2-----|
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CHORDS 
        g-C-E-A
A#aug   3-2-2-1
E9      1-2-2-2

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INTRO
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VERSE 1
Bm
 You walk into the room
A#aug
 With your pencil in your hand
D
 You see somebody naked
       E9
And you say, 'Who is that man?'
G
 You try so hard
       Em
But you don't understand
D                F#m
Just what you'll say
             Bm
When you get home

D                     F#m    
 Because something is happening here
        Bm                 D 
And you don't know what it is, 
G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones


INTERLUDE
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VERSE 2
Bm
 You raise up your head
A#aug
 And you ask, 'Is this where it is?'
D
 And somebody points to you and says
E9
  'It's his'
G                                    
 And you say, 'What's mine?'
             Em 
And somebody else says, 'Where what is?'
            D 
And you say, 'Oh my God
     F#m        Bm 
Am I here all alone?'

   D             F#m    
But something is happening
        Bm                 D
But you don't know what it is
G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones


INTERLUDE
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VERSE 3
Bm
 You hand in your ticket
A#aug
 And you go watch the geek
D
 Who immediately walks up to you
E9
  When he hears you speak
G                                    
 And says, 'How does it feel
  Em
To be such a freak?'
                D
And you say, 'Impossible'
      F#m          Bm
As he hands you a bone

   D             F#m    
And something is happening here
        Bm                 D
But you don't know what it is
G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones


INTERLUDE
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MIDDLE 8
Bm
  You have many contacts
D
  Among the lumberjacks
   G
To get you facts
                               Bm
When someone attacks your imagination
Bm
  But nobody has any respect
D
  Anyway they already expect you
G
  To just give a check
   Em                           A       [G7]
To tax-deductible charity organizations


VERSE 4
Bm
 You've been with the professors
    A#aug
And they've all liked your looks
D
 With great lawyers you have
   E9
Discussed lepers and crooks
G
 You've been through all of
             Em
F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
D                 F#m
 You're very well read
          Bm
It's well known

   D             F#m    
But something is happening here
        Bm                 D
But you don't know what it is
G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones


INTERLUDE
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VERSE 5
         Bm                               A#aug
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
[Abaug]
   And then he kneels
D
 He crosses himself
           E9
And then he clicks his high heels
        G
And without further notice
           Em
He asks you how it feels
              D                   F#m
And he says, 'Here is your throat back
               Bm
Thanks for the loan'

D                          F#m    
 And you know something is happening 
        Bm                 D
But you don't know what it is
G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones


INTERLUDE
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VERSE 6
Bm
 Now you see this one-eyed midget
A#aug 
 Shouting the word 'NOW'
D
 And you say, 'For what reason?'
E9
 And he says, 'How?'
G
 And you say, 'What does this mean?'
               Em
And he screams back, 'You're a cow
D            F#m
Give me some milk
           Bm
Or else go home'

D                          F#m    
 And you know something is happening 
        Bm                 D
But you don't know what it is
G               Bm
 Do you, Mister Jones


INTERLUDE
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VERSE 7
          Bm
Well, you walk into the room
       A#aug 
Like a camel and then you frown
D
 You put your eyes in your pocket
         E9
And your nose on the ground
G
 There ought to be a law
 Em
Against you comin' around
    D
You should be made
   F#m      Bm
To wear earphones

D                    F#m    
 'Cause something is happening
        Bm                   D
But you don't know what it is
G              Bm
Do you, Mister Jones


OUTRO
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(repeat and fade)