bob dylan
Released as a single (6 minutes and forced released by producer!) July 1965, it also fronted "Highway 61 Revisited", issued August same year. Dylan going rock! caused an outcry by far ... a generation later we may laugh about it all.
The song was originally meant to be 3/4 rythm - and partially played this way at Newport Folk Festival '65 - but during the recording sessions finally set to 4/4. As Dylan himself often fucks up his own songs, I sometimes fiddle with 3/4, but most of the time I stick to the original - with Al Kooper's organ inside my head.
once upon a time you dressed so fine
you threw the bums a dime in your prime : didn't you?
people'd call : say "Beware doll • you're bound to fall"
you thought they were all kiddin' you
you used to laugh about
everybody that was hangin' out
now you don't talk so loud
now you don't seem so proud
about having to be scrounging for your next meal
you've gone to the finest school all right Miss Lonely
but you know you only used to get juiced in it
and nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
and now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
you said you'd never compromise
with the mystery tramp but now you realize
he's not selling any alibis
as you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
and ask him do you want to make a deal?
you never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
when they all come down and did tricks for you
you never understood that it ain't no good
you shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
you used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
ain't it hard when you discover that
he really wasn't where it's at
after he took from you everything he could steal
princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
they're drinkin' • thinkin' that they got it made
exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
but you'd better lift your diamond ring • you'd better pawn it babe
you used to be so amused
at Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
go to him now : he calls you • you can't refuse
when you got nothing you got nothing to lose
you're invisible now • you got no secrets to conceal
how does it feel? how does it feel?
to be without a home • like a complete unknown
like a rolling stone
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
G Am once upon a time you dressed so fine Bm C D you threw the bums a dime in your prime : didn't you? G Am Bm people'd call say beware doll you're bound to fall C D you thought they were all kiddin' you C D you used to laugh about C D everybody that was hangin' out C Bm Am G now you don't talk so loud C Bm Am G now you don't seem so proud C Am7 D D7 D6 about having to be scrounging for your next meal D7 G C D D6 G C D D6 how does it feel ? how does it feel ? G C D D6 G C D to be without a home like a complete unknown D6 G like a rolling stone
