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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Man Gave Names to All the Animals</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Slow Train Coming</a> (1979)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>Chords (these are the chords he used in Toronto, Apr 20 1980):</p>
  21 <pre class="chords">
  22 Em    779987
  23 B     799877
  24 A     577655
  25 </pre>
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  29 <pre class="refrain">
  30 Em
  31 Man gave names to all the animals
  32          B                 Em
  33 In the beginning, in the beginning.
  34 Em
  35 Man gave names to all the animals
  36          B                   Em
  37 In the beginning, long time ago.
  38 </pre>
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  41 Em                             B
  42 He saw an animal that liked to growl,
  43 B                              Em
  44 Big furry paws and he liked to howl,
  45 Em                             A
  46 Great big furry back and furry hair.
  47 B                         Em
  48 &quot;Ah, think I'll call it a bear.&quot;
  49
  50 He saw an animal up on a hill
  51 Chewing*) up so much grass until she was filled.
  52 He saw milk comin' out but he didn't know how.
  53 &quot;Ah, think I'll call it a cow.&quot;
  54
  55 He saw an animal that liked to snort,
  56 Horns on his head and they weren't too short.
  57 It looked like there wasn't nothin' that he couldn't pull.
  58 &quot;Ah, think I'll call it a bull.&quot;
  59
  60 He saw an animal leavin' a muddy trail,
  61 Real dirty face and a curly tail.
  62 He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big.
  63 &quot;Ah, think I'll call it a pig.&quot;**)
  64
  65 Next animal that he did meet
  66 Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet,
  67 Eating grass on a mountainside so steep.
  68 &quot;Ah, think I'll call it a sheep.&quot;
  69
  70 He saw an animal as smooth as glass
  71 Slithering his way through the grass.
  72 Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake . . .
  73 </pre>
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  76
  77 <p> *) I do prefer the occasional variation: &ldquo;smoking up . . .&rdquo;</p>
  78
  79 <p> **) Even here I prefer the variant &ldquo;think I'll call it a horse&rdquo;
  80  (Fow Warfield, Nov 1980). One evening this was a cow too.
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