bob dylan
Recorded 29th of July 1965, this song most likely should have been included with Dylan's 1965 album "Highway 61 Revisited", and it sounds like it was. But instead, it was released as a successful single, and appears only in compilations. It is straight ear1y "Dylan going folk rock", with Al Kooper on organ. It's almost a twin of the earlier single "Like a Rolling Stone".
It's been discussed who was the target for Dylans anger. Maybe the target was no single person, but the entire part of Greenwich Village that criticized Dylan's departure from traditional folk styles. Some people point at Richard Fariña, who then wrote "Morgan the Pirate" in return (and died before he could cut it). This rumour has never been verified, but rumours quite often have some consistence. And we all nag people we disagree with. Don't we?
you got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend
when I was down you just stood there grinning
you got a lotta nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend
you just want to be on the side that's winning
you say I let you down • you know it's not like that
if you're so hurt why then don't you show it?
you say you lost your faith but that's not where it's at
you had no faith to lose and you know it
I know the reason that you talk behind my back
I used to be among the crowd you're in with
do you take me for such a fool to think I'd make contact
with the one who tries to hide what he don't know to begin with ?
when you see me on the street you always act surprised
you say "how are you? good luck!" but you don't meen it
when you know as well as me you'd rather see me paralyzed
why don't you just come out once and scream it?
no I do not feel that good when I see the heartbreaks you embrace
if I was a master thief perhaps I'd rob them
and now I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your place
don't you understand it's not my problem?
I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
and just for that one moment I could be you
yes I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
you would know what a drag it is to see you
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
G Am D7 G you got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend G Bm Am7 ...D7 when I was down you just stood there grinning G Am D7 G you got a lotta nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend G Bm Am7 ...D7 you just want to be on the side that's winning
