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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues</h1>
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  16 <p>Written by Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Recorded Apr 25 1962 during the <a class="recordlink" href="../02_freewheelin/index.htm">Freewheelin'</a> sessions, released
  18 on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  21 <p>The tune is the standard talkin' blues accompaniment. I've noted the
  22 deviations from the pattern of the first verse in the subsequent
  23 verses. The first four lines are the same in all the verses (which
  24 means that in verse 7 there is nothing but the four lines &ndash; it goes
  25 straight into the next verse).</p>
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  30   G      /a   C
  31 I saw it advertised one day,
  32          D                                         /f#
  33 that the Bear Mountain picnic was comin' my way.
  34 G               C
  35 &quot;Come along 'n' take a trip,
  36       D                             /f# G
  37 We'll bring you up there on a ship.
  38                            /a/b C
  39 Bring the wife and family
  40
  41 Bring the whole kids.&quot;
  42 D               G
  43    Yippee!
  44
  45 G . C . D . . G /e-d . . . .
  46 [harp]
  47
  48
  49 Well, I run right down 'n' bought a ticket
  50 To this thing called the Bear Mountain Picnic.
  51 little did I realize
  52 I was in for a pleasant funny surprise.
  53 It had nothing to do with picnics
  54 didn't come close to a mountain.
  55 And I hate bears.
  56
  57 Took the wife 'n' kids down to the pier,
  58 there were six thousand people there,
  59 Everybody had a ticket for the trip.         G . . /a-b C
  60 &quot;Oh well.&quot; I said, &quot;it's a pretty big ship.
  61                                 D
  62 Besides, anyhow, the more the merrier.&quot;
  63
  64 Well, we all got on 'n' what d'ya think,
  65 That big old boat started t' sink
  66 More people kept a-pilin' on,      G . . /a-b C
  67 That old ship was a-goin' down.
  68                                D
  69 Funny way t' start a picnic.
  70
  71 Well, I soon lost track of m' kids 'n' wife,
  72 So many people I never saw in m' life
  73 That old ship was sinkin' down in the water,             /f# G
  74 There were six thousand people tryin' t' kill each other,
  75                 C
  76 Dogs a-barkin', cats a-screamin',
  77 Women a-yellin', men a-flyin', fists a-flyin', paper flyin'
  78 Cops a-comin', me a-runnin'.
  79 D
  80  Maybe we just better call off the picnic.
  81
  82 I got shoved down, got pushed around,
  83 All I remember was a moanin' sound,
  84 Don't remember one thing more,             /f# G . . /a-b C
  85 all I remember was wakin' up on the shore,
  86                              /b-c D
  87 M' arms and legs were broken,
  88 m' feet were splintered, m' head was cracked,
  89 I couldn't walk, couldn't talk, smell, feel, couldn't see,
  90 Didn't know where I was, I was bald . . .
  91                                  /f# G
  92 Quite lucky to be alive though.
  93
  94 Well, feelin' like I just climbed outa m' casket,
  95 I grabbed back hold of m' picnic basket.
  96 Took the wife 'n' kids 'n' started home,
  97 Wishin' I'd never got up that mornin'.
  98
  99 Now, I don't care just what you do,
 100 If you wanta have a picnic, that's up t' you.
 101 But don't tell me about it, I don't wanta hear it,
 102                                             /f# G . . /a-b
 103 You see, I just lost all m' picnic spirit.
 104 C                       /b-c
 105  Stay in m' kitchen,
 106 D
 107  have m' picnic in the bathroom.
 108
 109 Well, it don't seem to me quite so funny
 110 What some people are gonna do f'r money.
 111 There's a bran' new gimmick every day
 112                                       /f# G . . /a-b
 113 Just t' take somebody's money away.
 114 C                                               /b-c
 115  I think we oughta take some o' these people
 116 d
 117  put 'em on a boat, send 'em up to Bear Mountain . . .
 118 For a picnic.
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