Ballad of a Thin Man - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
From "Highway 61 Revisited" (1965) the thin man "Mr. Jones" appears as a clueless person who cannot face the real world. Dylan himself once identified him as Max Jones, a former Melody Maker critic. Probably because that certain Mr. Jones - among other critics - slaughtered Dylans surreal songs of the sixties. Well, who cares?Am Am/G# you walk into the room with your pencil in your hand Am/G Am/F# you see somebody naked and you say "who is that man?" F Dm you try so hard but you just don't understand C Em Am just what you will say when you get home C Em Because something is happening here Am F Am And you don't know what it is do you Mister Jones Am C you have many contacts among the lumberjacks F Am to get you facts when someone attacks your imagination Am C but nobody has any respect anyway they already expect you F Dm G G7 to all give a check to tax-deductable charity organizations
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