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  15 <h1 class="songtitle">Marchin&rsquo; to the City</h1>
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  17 <p>Written by Bob Dylan <br />
  18 Recorded Jan 1997 for <a href="../38_toom/index.htm" class="recordlink">Time Out Of Mind</a>, and released on <a
  19 href="index.htm" class="recordlink">Tell Tale Signs</a> (2008) <br />
  20 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem </p>
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  22
  23 <p>Just to have mentioned it: the chords are simple enough, although a
  24 guitar player might prefer something like a capo on the third fret and the
  25 chords G, C/g, and D7 instead.</p>
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  28 <pre class="verse">
  29          Eb/bb      Bb
  30 Well I'm sitting in church
  31       Eb/bb      Bb
  32 In an old wooden chair
  33   Eb/bb  Bb
  34 I knew nobody
  35       Eb/bb       Bb
  36 Would look for me there
  37            Eb7
  38 Sorrow and pity
  39
  40 Rule the earth and the skies
  41             Bb7
  42 Looking for nothing
  43 Eb/bb    Bb
  44 Anyone's eyes
  45 </pre>
  46
  47 <pre class="refrain">
  48                   F
  49 Once I had pretty girls
  50        Eb
  51 Did me wrong
  52                         Bb
  53 Now I'm marching to the city
  54
  55 And the road ain't long
  56 </pre>
  57
  58 <pre class="verse">
  59 Snowflakes are falling
  60 Around my head
  61 Lord have mercy
  62 It feel heavy like lead
  63 I been hit too hard
  64 Seen too much
  65 Nothing can heal me now
  66 But your touch
  67 </pre>
  68
  69 <pre class="refrain">
  70 Once I had a pretty girl
  71 She done me wrong
  72 Now I'm marching to the city
  73 And the road ain't long
  74 </pre>
  75
  76 <pre class="verse">
  77 Loneliness
  78 Got a mind of its own
  79 The more people around
  80 The more you feel alone
  81 I'm chained to the earth
  82 Like a silent slave
  83 Trying to break free
  84 Out of death's dark cave
  85 </pre>
  86
  87 <pre class="refrain">
  88 Once I had a pretty girl
  89 Done me wrong
  90 Now I'm marching to the city
  91 And the road ain't long
  92 </pre>
  93
  94
  95 <pre class="verse">
  96 Boys in the street
  97 Beginning to play
  98 Girls like birds
  99 Flying away
 100 I'm carrying the roses
 101 That were given to me
 102 And I'm thinking about paradise
 103 Wondering what it might be
 104 </pre>
 105
 106 <pre class="refrain">
 107 Once I had a pretty girl
 108 She done me wrong
 109 Now I'm marching to the city
 110 And the road ain't long
 111 </pre>
 112
 113 <pre class="verse">
 114 Go over to London
 115 Maybe gay Paree
 116 Follow the river
 117 You get to the sea
 118 I was hoping we could drink from
 119 Life's clear streams
 120 I was hoping we could dream
 121 Life's pleasant dreams
 122 </pre>
 123
 124 <pre class="refrain">
 125 Once I had a pretty girl
 126 But she done me wrong
 127 Now I'm marching to the city
 128 And the road ain't long
 129 </pre>
 130
 131 <pre class="verse">
 132 Well the weak get weaker
 133 And the strong stay strong
 134 The train keeps rolling
 135 All night long
 136 She looked at me
 137 With an irresistable glance
 138 With a smile
 139 That could make all the planets dance
 140 </pre>
 141
 142 <pre class="refrain">
 143 Once I had a pretty girl
 144 She did me wrong
 145 Now I'm marching to the city
 146 And the road ain't long
 147 </pre>
 148
 149 <pre class="verse">
 150 My house is on fire
 151 Burning to the skies
 152 I thought the rain clouds
 153 But the clouds passed by
 154 When I'm gone
 155 You'll remember my name
 156 I'm gonna win my way
 157 To wealth and fame
 158 </pre>
 159
 160 <pre class="refrain">
 161 Once I had a pretty girl
 162 But she did me wrong
 163 Now I'm marching to the city
 164 And the road ain't long
 165 </pre>
 166
 167 I don't know
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