Tangled Up In Blue

By

Guitar

Ukulele

Verse 1

A*
Early one mornin' the
G6/A
sun was shinin',
A*
I was layin' in
G6/A
bed
A
Wond'rin' if she'd
G6/A
changed at all
If her
D
hair was still red.
A*
Her folks they said our
G6/A
lives together
A*
Sure was gonna be
G6/A
rough
A*
They never did like Mama's
G6/A
homemade dress
Papa's
D
bankbook wasn't big enough.
E
And I was standin' on the
F#m
side of the road
A
Rain fallin' on my
D
shoes
E
Heading out for the
F#m
East Coast
Lord
A
knows I've paid some
D
dues gettin'
E
through,
G
Tangled
D
up in
A
blue.
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Verse 2

A*
She was married when w
G6/A
e first met
A*
Soon to be divorced
G6/A
A*
I helped her out of a
G6/A
jam, I guess,
But I
D
used a little too much force.
A*
We drove that car as f
G6/A
ar as we could
A*
Abandoned it out West
G6/A
A*
Split up on a dark sad
G6/A
night
Both agr
D
eeing it was best.
E
She turned around to
F#m
look at me
A
As I was walkin' aw
D
ay
E
I heard her say
F#m
over my shoulder,
"We'l
A
l meet again someday
D
on the avenue
E
,"
G
Tangled
D
up in
A
blue.
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Verse 3

A*
I had a job in the gre
G6/A
at north woods
A*
Working as a cook for
G6/A
a spell
A*
But I never did like i
G6/A
t all that much
And on
D
e day the ax just fell.
A*
So I drifted down to N
G6/A
ew Orleans
A*
Where I happened to be
G6/A
employed
A*
Workin' for a while on
G6/A
a fishin' boat
Right
D
outside of Delacroix.
E
But all the while I was alone
F#m
A
The past was close
D
behind,
E
I seen a lot of women
F#m
But s
A
he never escaped my m
D
ind, and I ju
E
st grew
G
Tangled
D
up in
A
blue.
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Verse 4

A*
She was workin' in a t
G6/A
opless place
A*
And I stopped in for a
G6/A
beer,
A*
I just kept lookin' at
G6/A
the side of her face
In the
D
spotlight so clear.
A*
And later on as the cr
G6/A
owd thinned out
A*
I's just about to do t
G6/A
he same,
A*
She was standing there
G6/A
in back of my chair
Said t
D
o me, "Don't I know your name?"
E
I muttered somethin'
F#m
underneath my breath,
A
She studied the lin
D
es on my face.
E
I must admit I felt a little un
F#m
easy
When
A
she bent down to tie
D
the laces of
E
my shoe,
G
Tangled
D
up in
A
blue.
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Verse 5

A*
She lit a burner
G6/A
on the stove
and o
A*
ffered me a p
G6/A
ipe
A*
"I thought you'd never
G6/A
say hello," she said
"You
D
look like the silent type."
T
A*
hen she opened up a book
G6/A
of poems
A*
And handed it to me
G6/A
A*
Written by an Italian
G6/A
poet
From
D
the thirteenth century.
E
And every one of them
F#m
words rang true
A
And glowed like bur
D
nin' coal
E
Pourin' off of every page
F#m
Like
A
it was written in my
D
soul from me
E
to you,
G
Tangled
D
up in
A
blue.
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Verse 6

A*
I lived with them on M
G6/A
ontague Street
A*
In a basement down the
G6/A
stairs,
A*
There was music in the
G6/A
cafes at night
And re
D
volution in the air.
A*
Then he started into d
G6/A
ealing with slaves
A*
And something inside o
G6/A
f him died.
A*
She had to sell everyt
G6/A
hing she owned
And fr
D
oze up inside.
E
And when finally the
F#m
bottom fell out
A
I became withdrawn,
D
E
The only thing I knew how to do
F#m
Was t
A
o keep on keepin' on
D
like a bird t
E
hat flew,
G
Tangled
D
up in
A
blue.
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Verse 7

A*
So now I'm goin' back
G6/A
again,
A*
I got to get to her so
G6/A
mehow.
A*
All the people we used
G6/A
to know
They'r
D
e an illusion to me now.
A*
Some are mathematician
G6/A
s
A*
Some are carpenter's w
G6/A
ives.
A*
Don't know how it all
G6/A
got started,
I don'
D
t know what they're doin' with their lives.
E
But me, I'm still
F#m
on the road
A
Headin' for another
D
joint
E
We always did
F#m
feel the same,
We ju
A
st saw it from a diff
D
erent point o
E
f view,
G
Tangled
D
up in
A
blue.
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