bob dylan
Though written in 1967, Dylan didn't officially cut this himself until US "Greatest Hits Vol.II"(1971), and then with pleasing assistance from Happy Traum. Three more unreleased famous songs got the same treatment during the same September recording session: "You Ain't Going Nowhere", "Tomorrow Ia a Long Time" and "Down in the Flood" (Crash on the Levee).
First appearence was in the recording sessions of "Basement Tapes" in '67, but the first official recording was with Raymond "Boz" Burrell (famous with King Crimson and later Bad Company) in 1968. The Band cut it short afterwards for their debut album "Music from Big Pink", with Richard Manuel on vocals. Then everybody caught it. Rolling Stone magazine has ranked it #6 on a list of the "100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs".
The first person here is imprisoned for some probably good reason. He wants to go free and clear. Who doesn't? To me, the song means nothing, and I sing it only on command. But it's become a sacred institution in folk music.
they say everything can be replaced
yet every distance is not near
so I remember every face
of every man who puts me here
they say every man needs protection
they say every man must fall
yet I swear I see my reflection
some place so high above the wall
standing next to me in this lonely crowd
is a man who swears he's not to blame
all day long I hear him shout so loud
crying out that he's been framed
I see my light come shining
from the west down to the east
any day now • any day now
I shall be released
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
A Bm they say everything can be replaced E6 E A yet every distance is not near A Bm so I remember every face E6 E A of every man who puts me here A Bm I see my light come shining E6 E A from the west down to the east A Bm any day now any day now E6 E A I shall be released
