bob dylan
Dylan is reputed for breaking his own songs on the wheel. This time he did from the very beginning. In 1964 he recorded "Another Side of Bob Dylan" in one evening session. Obviously no rehearsal, and it sounds like this song dropped down on him up the stairway to the studio. He failed on both chords and melody lines, but let it go. Was he short of time, money or something?
The Byrds straighted it up in 1967, changed the rhythm and got a hit. Many artists have covered it, but I've never heard a version I really like. But I like the song itself, and brought it to E key.
crimson flames tied through my ears • rolling high and mighty traps
pounced with fire on flaming roads • using ideas as my maps
"we'll meet on edges soon" said I • proud neath heated brow
ah but I was so much older then • I'm younger than that now
half wrecked prejudice leaped forth • "rip down all hate !" I screamed
lies that life is black and white spoke from my skull • I dreamed
romantic facts of musketeers • foundationed deep somehow
ah but I was so much older then • I'm younger than that now
girls faces formed the forward path from phony jealousy
to memorizing politics of ancient history
flung down by corpse evangelists • unthought of though somehow
ah but I was so much older then • I'm younger than that now
a self ordained professors tongue • too serious to fool
spouted out that liberty is just equality in school
"equality !" • I spoke the word as if a wedding wow
ah but I was so much older then • I'm younger than that now
in a soldiers stance I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach
fearing not that I'd become my enemy in the instant that I preach
my pathway led by confusion boats • mutiny from stern to bow
ah but I was so much older then • I'm younger than that now
my guard stood hard when abstract threats too noble to neglect
deceived me into thinking I had something to protect
"good and bad" I define these terms quite clear • no doubt somehow
ah but I was so much older then • I'm younger than that now
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E Emaj7 G#m A E crimson flames tied through my ears rolling high and mighty traps E Emaj7 G#m A B7 pounced with fire on flaming roads using ideas as my maps C#m E Asus2 B7sus4 ... B7 "we'll meet on edges soon" said I proud neath heated brow E Emaj7 F#m E Asus2 B7 E ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now
