02_freewheelin/i_shall_be_free.htm

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  19 <h1 class="songtitle">I Shall Be Free</h1>
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  22 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  23 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="../02_freewheelin/index.htm">Freewheelin'</a> (1963) <br />
  24 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  26 <p>Open D tuning (D-A-d-f#-a-d')<br />
  27 Capo 4th fret (sounding key F# major)</p>
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  29 Chords:
  30 D    000000
  31 A    002100 or 002102
  32 A/e  200100 or 202100
  33 G    020100
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  39 <p>Intro and between verses:</p>
  40 <pre class="verse">
  41 D . |A . . . |A . . |D G D G |D G D G |D .
  42
  43         A/e
  44 Well, I took me a woman late last night,
  45                                        D  A/e  D  A/e  D
  46 I's three-fourths drunk, she looked alright.
  47         A/e
  48 Til she started peelin' off her onion gook,
  49                                   D      G  D
  50 Took off her wig, said, &quot;How do I look?&quot;
  51     G      D  G  D  G       D      G   D
  52 I's hot-flyin'. . . bare-naked . . .
  53         G    D   A
  54 Out the window!
  55
  56 Well, sometimes I might get drunk,
  57 Walk like a duck and smell like a skunk.
  58 Don't hurt me none, don't hurt my pride
  59 'Cause I got my little lady right by my side.
  60 (She's a-tryin' to hide
  61 pretendin' she don't know me)
  62
  63 I's out there paintin' on the old woodshed
  64 When a can a black paint it fell on my head.
  65 I went down to scrub and rub
  66 But I had to sit in back of the tub.
  67 (Cost a quarter
  68 half prize)
  69
  70 Well, my telephone rang it would not stop,
  71 It's President Kennedy callin' me up.
  72 He said, &quot;My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?&quot;
  73 I said, &quot;My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot,
  74 Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren.&quot;
  75 (Country will grow)
  76
  77 Well, I got a woman five feet short,
  78 She yells and hollers and screams and snorts.
  79 She tickles my nose, pats me on my head,
  80 rolls me over and kicks me out of bed.
  81 (She's a man eater
  82 meat grinder
  83 bad looser)
  84
  85 Oh, there ain't no use in me workin' all the time,
  86 I got a woman who works herself blind.
  87 Works up to her bridges, up to her neck,
  88 writes me letters and sends me checks.
  89 (She's a humdinger
  90 Folk singer
  91
  92 Late one day in the middle of the week,
  93 Eyes were closed I was half asleep.
  94 I chased me a woman up the hill,
  95 Right in the middle of an air raid drill.
  96 (I jumped a fallout shelter
  97 I jumped a string bean
  98 I jumped a TV dinner
  99 I jumped a shot gun)
 100
 101 Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote,
 102 He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note.
 103 He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple,
 104 Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people.
 105 (He's eatin' bagels
 106 He's eatin' pizza
 107 He's eatin' chitlins
 108
 109 Oh, I sat me down on a television floor,
 110 I flip the channel to number four.
 111 Out of the shower comes a football man
 112 With a bottle of oil in his hand.
 113 (Greasy kid stuff.
 114 What I want to know, Mr. Football Man, is
 115 What do you do about Willy Mays and Martin Luther King,
 116 Olatunji)
 117
 118 Well, the funniest woman I ever seen
 119 Was the great-granddaughter of Mr. Clean.
 120 She takes about fifteen baths a day,
 121 Wants me to grow a mustache on my face.
 122 (She's insane!)
 123
 124 Well, ask me why I'm drunk alla time,
 125 It levels my head and eases my mind.
 126 I just walk along and stroll and sing,
 127 I see better days and I do better things.
 128 (I catch dinosaurs
 129 I make love to Elizabeth Taylor . . .
 130 Catch hell from Richard Burton!)
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