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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Angelina</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Recorded May 1981 during the<a class="recordlink" href="../24_shotoflove/index.htm">Shot of Love</a> sessions, and released
  18 on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem and Einar Stenseng</p>
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  21 <p>Read <a href="../professors/angelina_syrovy.htm">Daniel Syrovy's essay</a> on this song. Or read Michael Gray's analysis of this song, in his book <em>Song &amp; Dance Man III</em>.</p>
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  25 <p>As this is a &ldquo;piano song&rdquo;, it is played in C# major (He prefers the
  26 black keys on the piano). On a guitar I'd suggest a capo on the 1st
  27 fret (chords of C major:F, C, G) or on the 4th fret (chords of A
  28 major:D, A, E)</p>
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  33 C#
  34
  35           F#                  C#
  36 Well it's always beenmy nature to take chances
  37 G#                                   C#
  38  My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances
  39 F#                                          C#
  40  Where the current is strong and the monkey dances
  41        G#
  42 To the tune of a concertina
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  44 Blood drying in my yellow hair as I go from shore to shore
  45 I know what it is that has drawn me to your door
  46 But whatevercould it be makes you think you've seen me before
  47 Angelina
  48
  49 F#    C#      G#
  50  Oooh-oh, Angelina
  51 F#    C#      G#
  52  Oooh-oh, Angelina
  53
  54 His eyes were two slits make any snake proud
  55 With a face that any painter would paint as he walked through the crowd
  56 Worshipping a god with the body of a woman well endowed
  57 And the head of a hyena
  58
  59 Do I need your permission to turn the other cheek
  60 If you can read my mind, why must I speak?
  61 No, I have heard nothing about the man that you seek
  62 Angelina
  63
  64 Oooh-oh, Angelina
  65 Oooh-oh, Angelina
  66
  67 In the valley of the giants where the stars and stripes explode
  68 The peaches they were sweet and the milk and honey flowed
  69 I was only following instructions when the judge sent me down the road
  70 With your subpoena
  71
  72 When you cease to exist then who will you blame?
  73 I've tried my best to love you, but I cannot play this game
  74 Your best friend and my worst enemy is one and the same
  75 Angelina
  76
  77 Oooh-oh, Angelina
  78 Oooh-oh, Angelina
  79
  80 There's a black Mercedes rolling through the combat zone
  81 Your servants are half dead, you're down to the bone
  82 Tell me tall man, where would you like to be overthrown?
  83 In Jerusalem or Argentina?
  84
  85 She was stolen from her mother when she was three days old
  86 Now her vengeance has been satisfied and her possessions have been sold
  87 He's surrounded by God's angels and she's wearing a blindfold
  88 But so are you, Angelina
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  90 Oooh-oh, Angelina
  91 Oooh-oh, Angelina
  92
  93 I see pieces of men marching, tryin' to take heaven by force
  94 I can see the unknown rider, I can see the pale white horse
  95 In God's truth, name, tell me what you want and you'll have it of course
  96 Just step into the arena
  97
  98 Beat a path of retreat up them spiral staircases
  99 Pass the tree of smoke, pass the angel with four faces
 100 Begging god for mercy and weeping in unholy places
 101 Angelina
 102
 103 Oooh-oh, Angelina
 104 Oooh-oh, Angelina
 105 Oooh-oh, Angelina
 106 (Oooh-oh, Angelina)
 107 (Oooh-oh, Angelina)
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