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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Floater (Too Much To Ask)</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Words by Bob Dylan. Music taken from &ldquo;Snuggled On Your Shoulders&rdquo; by
  17 Lombardo/Young<br />
  18 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Love And Theft</a> (2001)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <hr />
  22
  23 <p>I've written in the melody line from the violin part in the intro;
  24 it's a bit awkward, but it can be done, if you absolutely want to
  25 (otherwise, it sounds better with the chord indicated in the chord
  26 list). If played with a capo on the 1st fret, it is actually a bit
  27 easier to get this part right. If only for that reason, I include such
  28 a version at the end of the page.</p>
  29
  30 <p>Chords:</p>
  31 <pre class="chords">
  32 F7     xx3545        Ebm    x68876
  33 F#o    xx4545        Dm     x57765
  34 F#7    xx4656        A7     575655
  35 Fo     xx3434        C/e    x7558x
  36 Bb     688766        F      x87565
  37 Eb7    x68686        Bb6    x13333
  38 </pre>
  39
  40 <p>Not only the music is &ldquo;borrowed&rdquo;; Chris Johnson has discovered that
  41 most of the text lines are taken from Junichi Saga's novel
  42 <em>Confessions of a Yakuza</em> (translated by John Bester). See <a href="textual_sources.htm">this
  43 survey</a> of all the lines borrowed from that book, or see the references
  44 below.</p>
  45
  46 <hr />
  47
  48 <p>Intro:</p>
  49 <pre class="tab">
  50   F7                F#o               F#7               F7
  51   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  52 |-1---------------|-2---------------|-2-----4-2-----4-|-1---------------|
  53 |-1-----3-1-----3-|-4-----6-4-----6-|-2---------------|-1---------------|
  54 |-2---------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|
  55 |-1---------------|-4---------------|-2---------------|-1---------------|
  56 |-3---------------|-3---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|
  57 |-1---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-1---------------|
  58 </pre>
  59
  60 <pre class="verse">
  61 F7    Fo      F7
  62 Down over the window
  63          Bb       Eb7    Bb
  64 Come the dazzling sunlit rays
  65             F7           Fo          F7
  66 Through the back alleys, through the blinds,
  67                 Bb          Ebm     Bb
  68 Another one of them endless days.
  69
  70 Honey bees are buzzing
  71 Leaves begin to stir
  72 I'm in love with my second cousin           Bb    A7
  73 I tell myself I could be happy forever with her.
  74 </pre>
  75
  76 <pre class="bridge">
  77 Dm                   A7
  78 I keep listening for footsteps,
  79 Dm                        Bb     A7
  80  But I ain't ever hearing any.
  81 Dm                        A7
  82 From the boat, I fish for bullheads
  83   Dm               C/e       F . . Fo
  84 I catch a lot, sometimes too many.
  85 </pre>
  86
  87 <pre class="verse">
  88 A summer breeze is blowin',
  89 A squall is setting in.
  90 Sometimes it's just plain stupid
  91 To get into any kind of wind.
  92
  93 [intro]
  94
  95 Well, the old men 'round here sometimes they get on               1)
  96 bad terms with the younger men,
  97 Old, young - age don't carry weight
  98 It doesn't matter in the end
  99
 100 One of the bosses' hangers-on sometimes comes to call
 101 At times you least expect,
 102 Tryin' to bully you, strong-arm you, inspire you with fear.
 103 It has the opposite effect
 104 </pre>
 105
 106 <pre class="bridge">
 107 There's a new grove of trees on the outskirts of town        2)
 108 The old one - long gone.
 109 Timber, two foot six across,
 110 Burns with the bark still on.
 111 </pre>
 112
 113 <pre class="verse">
 114 They say times are hard,
 115 If you don't believe it you can follow your nose.
 116 It don't bother me, times are hard everywhere,
 117 We will just have to see how it goes.
 118
 119 [intro]
 120
 121 My old man he's like some feudal lord,                            3)
 122 Got more lives than a cat.
 123 I've never seen him quarrel with my mother even once.             4)
 124 Things come alive or they fall flat.
 125
 126 You can smell the pine wood burnin'
 127 You can hear the school-bell ring.
 128 Got to get up near the teacher, if you can
 129 If you wanna learn anything.
 130 </pre>
 131
 132 <pre class="bridge">
 133 Romeo, he said to Juliet, &quot;You got a poor complexion
 134 It don't give you an appearance of a youthful touch.&quot;
 135 Juliet said back to Romeo, &quot;Why don't you just shove off     5)
 136 If it bothers you so much.&quot;
 137 </pre>
 138
 139 <pre class="verse">
 140 They all got out of here any way they could -
 141 Cold rain can give you the shivers.
 142 They went down the Ohio, the Cumberland, the Tennessee,
 143 All the rest of them rebel rivers.
 144
 145 [intro]
 146
 147 If you ever try to interfere with me, or cross my path again,
 148 You do so at the peril of your own life.                          9)
 149 I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound,                    6)
 150 I've seen enough heartache and strife.
 151
 152 My grandfather was a duck trapper
 153 He could do it with just dragnets and ropes
 154 My grandmother could sew new dresses out of old cloth,
 155 I don't know if they had any dreams or hopes.
 156 </pre>
 157
 158 <pre class="bridge">
 159 I had 'em once though I suppose
 160 To go along with all the ring dancing,
 161         Christmas Carols on all the Christmas Eves
 162 I left all my dreams and hopes
 163 Buried under tobacco leaves
 164 </pre>
 165
 166 <pre class="verse">
 167 Not always easy kicking someone out,                              7)
 168 Got to wait awhile, it can be an unpleasant task.
 169 Sometimes somebody wants you to give something up
 170 And, tears or not, it's too much to ask.                          8)
 171
 172 [intro, ended by Bb6]
 173 </pre>
 174
 175 <hr />
 176
 177 <h2 class="songversion">References to Junichi Saga's novel <em>Confessions of a Yakuza</em></h2>
 178
 179 <p>1) ...some kind of trouble that put him on bad terms with the younger
 180 men...age doesn't matter...Age by itself just doesn't carry any
 181 weight. (155)</p>
 182
 183 <p>2) They were big, those trees &ndash; a good four feet across the
 184 trunk. (241)</p>
 185
 186 <p>3) My old man would sit there like a feudal lord (6)</p>
 187
 188 <p>4) It's Up To Him Whether A Session Comes Alive Or Falls Flat... (155)</p>
 189
 190 <p>5) &ldquo;If it bothers you so much,&rdquo; she'd say, &ldquo;why don't you just
 191 shove off?&rdquo; (9)</p>
 192
 193 <p>6) I'm not as cool or forgiving as I might have sounded (158) </p>
 194
 195 <p>7) even kicking him out wasn't as easy as that... I decided to wait a
 196 while and see how it worked out... (155)</p>
 197
 198 <p>8) Tears or not, though, that was too much to ask (182)</p>
 199
 200 <h3>Other references
 201 </h3>
 202 <p>9) &quot;R B&quot; has sent me the following quite interesting reference &ndash; there's no limit to the range of sources Dylan has chosen: this time, it is Confederate Gen Nathan B. Forrest, the founder of the Ku Klux Klan: </p><p class="quote">...Later in the war, Forrest told General Braxton Bragg just what he thought of that vacillating, indecisive officer after Bragg had twice "tampered with" Forrest's cavalry command. The confrontation occurred at Bragg's headquarters on Missionary Ridge during the ridiculous Confederate siege of Chattanooga. Forrest said: </p>
 203 <p class="quote">"I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damned scoundrel, and are a coward, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it.... <strong>If you ever again try to interfere with me or cross my path, it will be at the peril of your life."</strong> (from <a href="http://www.thehistorynet.com/acw/blfeuding_generals/index1.html">http://www.thehistorynet.com/acw/blfeuding_generals/index1.html</a>)</p>
 204 <hr />
 205
 206 <p>Version in E (capo 1st fret):</p>
 207 <pre class="tab">
 208   E7                Fo                F7                E7
 209   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 210 |-0---------------|-1-----0-------0-|-1-----3-1-----3-|-0---------------|
 211 |-0-----2-0-----2-|-3-------3-------|-1---------------|-0---------------|
 212 |-1---------------|-1---------------|-2---------------|-1---------------|
 213 |-0---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|
 214 |-2---------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|
 215 |-0---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|
 216 </pre>
 217 <pre class="verse">
 218 E7    Eo      E7
 219 Down over the window
 220          A        D7     A
 221 From the dazzling sunlit place
 222             E7           Eo          E7
 223 Through the back alleys, through the blinds,
 224                 A            Dm     A
 225 Another one of them endless days.
 226
 227 Honey bees are buzzing
 228 Leaves begin to stir
 229 I'm in love with my second cousin           A    G#7
 230 I tell myself I could be happy forever with her.
 231 </pre>
 232
 233 <pre class="bridge">
 234 C#m                   G#7
 235 I keep listening for footsteps,
 236 C#m                       A     G#7
 237  But I ain't ever hearing any.
 238 C#m                       G#7
 239 From the boat, I fish for bullheads
 240   C#m              B/d#      E . . Eo
 241 I catch a lot, sometimes too many.
 242
 243 . . .
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