Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan
Key of C · Chords: I IV V ii iii iv
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Fmaj7/C
Dm7 xx0211
Intro
C Fmaj7/C C Fmaj7/C C Fmaj7/C C Fmaj7/C
Verse 1
C Dm7 Once upon a time you dressed so fine Em F G You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you? C Dm7 People'd call, say, "Beware doll, Em F G you're bound to fall" You thought they were all a kiddin' you F G You used to laugh about F G Everybody that was hangin' out F Em Dm7 C Now you don't talk so loud F Em Dm7 C Now you don't seem so proud Dm7 F G About having to be scrounging your next meal
Chorus
C F G How does it feel C F G How does it feel C F G To be without a home C F G Like a complete unknown C F G Like a rolling stone
Instrumental
C F G
Verse 2
C Dm7 Em Aww, You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely F G But you know you only used to get juiced in it C Dm7 Em Nobody has ever taught you how to live out on the street F G And now you're gonna have to get used to it F G You said you'd never compromise F G With the mystery tramp, but now you realize F Em Dm7 C He's not selling any alibis F Em Dm7 C As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes Dm7 F G And say do you want to make a deal?
Chorus
C F G How does it feel C F G How does it feel C F G To be on your own C F G With no direction home C F G A complete unknown C F G Like a rolling stone
Instrumental
C F G
Verse 3
C Dm7 Em Aww, You never turned around to see the frowns F G On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you C Dm7 You never understood that it ain't no good Em F G You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you F G You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat F G Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat F Em Dm7 C Ain't it hard when you discover that F Em Dm7 C He really wasn't where it's at Dm7 F G After he took from you everything he could steal
Chorus
C F G How does it feel C F G How does it feel C F G To have you on your own C F G With no direction home C F G Like a complete unknown C F G Like a rolling stone
Instrumental
C F G
Verse 4
C Dm7 Em Aww, Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people F G They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made C Dm7 Em Exchanging all precious gifts F G But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe F G You used to be so amused F G At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used F Em Dm7 C Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse F Em Dm7 C When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose Dm7 F G You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal
Chorus
C F G How does it feel C F G How does it feel C F G To be on your own C F G With no direction home C F G Like a complete unknown C F G Like a rolling stone
Instrumental
C F G