Tangled Up In Blue Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Gsus4][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Early one morning
the sun [F]was shining.
[G]I was laying i[F]n bed
[G]Wondering if she [F]had changed it all.
[C]If her hair was still red.

[Verse 2]
Her [G]folks, they said, our lives [F]together
[G]Sure was gonna [F]be tough.
They [G]never did like Mama's
[F]homemade dress.
Papa's bank[C]book wasn't big enough

[Verse 3]
And [D]I was standing on the
[Em]side of the road,
[G]Rain falling on my [C]shoes,
[D]Heading out for [Em]the east coast.
Lord [G]knows I've paid [C]some dues
getting [D]through,
[F]Tangled [C]up in [G]blue.

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
[G]She was married when [F]we first met.
[G]Soon to be divor[F]ced.
[G]Helped her out [F]of a jam, I guess,
But [C]I used a little too much force.

[Verse 5]
[G]We drove that car as [F]fast
we [G]could;
Abandoned it [F]out west.
[G]Split it up on a dark [F]sad night;
[C]Both agreeing it was best.

[Verse 6]
[D]She turned around [Em]to look at me
As [G]I was walking a[C]way.
I [D]heard her say over [Em]my shoulder
"We'll [G]meet again one [C]day
on the av[D]enue."
[F]Tangled [C]up in blue.

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 7]
[G]I had a job in the great [F]North Woods
[G]Working as a cook for [F]a spell,
But I [G]never did like it all [F]that much
And one [C]day the axe just fell.

[Verse 8]
So I [G]drifted down to [F]Valley Ground
[G]Happened to try my [F]luck
[G]Working for a while on an [F]airplane plant,
[C]loadin' cargo onto a truck
And [D]all the while I [Em]was alone.
The [G]past was close be[C]hind.
I [D]seen many wo[Em]men,
But she [G]never escaped [C]my mind
and I just [D]grew
[F]Tangled [C]up in blu[G]e.

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 9]
[G]She was working in a [F]topless place
[G]I stopped in for [F]a beer.
I [G]just kept looking at the side
[F]of her face
[C]In the spotlight so clear

[Verse 10]
And [G]later on as the [F]crowd thinned out
[G]I's just about to do [F]the same,
[G]She was standing there
in [F]back of my chair.
Said [C]to me "Don't I know
your name?"

[Verse 11]
Well I [D]said something under
[Em]neath my breath.
She stud[G]ied the lines [C]on my face.
I [D]must admit I felt a [Em]lot uneasy
She [G]bent down to tie [C]the laces
of my [D]shoes.
[F]Tangled [C]up in [G]blue.
[Gsus4][G][Gsus4][G]

[Verse 12]
She lit a burner [F]on a stove
[G]and offered me [F]a pipe.
"I [G]thought you'd never say
hel[F]lo," she said,
[C]"You look like the silent type."
Then she [G]opened up a [F]book of poem
[G]Handed it to me.

[Verse 13]
[F]
[G]Written by an Itali[F]an poet
From the [C]thirteenth century
[D]And every one of them
[Em]words rang true
[G]And glowed like burning coal

[Verse 14]
[C]
[D]Pouring off of every [Em]page
As if it [G]was written in my [C]soul
from [D]me to you
[F]Tangled [C]up in blue.

[Interlude 4]
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[Verse 15]
[G]She was always [F]in a hurry
[G]Too busy or too [F]stoned
[G]And everything that [F]they ever planned
[C]Had to be postponed

[Verse 16]
[G]She thought they were suc[F]cessful
[G]He thought they were [F]blessed
[G]Always surround by mater[F]ial thing
[C]I never was impressed

[Verse 17]
And [D]when it all came [Em]crashing down
[G]I became withd[C]rawn.
[D]The only thing I knew [Em]how to do
Was to [G]keep on keeping [C]on
like a bird [D]that flew
[F]Tangled up [G]in blue.
[F][G]

[Verse 18]
[G]Now I'm going [F]back again.
[G]Got to get her some[F]how.
[G]All the people [F]I used to know;
They're an [C]il lusion to me now.

[Verse 19]
[G]Some are mathem[F]aticians.
[G]Some are doctor's [F]wives.
[G]I don't know how it a[F]ll got started.
I don't [C]what they're doing
with their lives,

[Verse 20]
But [D]me, I'm still [Em]on the road
[G]Heading for another [C]joint.
[D]We always did [Em]feel the same.
[G]We just saw it from a different
[C]point [D]of view.
[F]Tangled [C]up in blu[Gsus4]e

[Outro 1]
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[F]Tangled [C]up in [Gsus4]blue.[G]