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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Shelter from the Storm</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Blood on the Tracks</a> (1975), and in live versions on
  18 <a class="recordlink" href="../19_hardrain/index.htm">Hard Rain</a> (1976) and <a class="recordlink" href="../21_budokan/index.htm">At Budokan</a> (1978)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <div class="preamble">
  22 <p><a href="../roadmaps.htm#opentunings">Open D/E tuning</a></p>
  23
  24 <p>Chords:</p>
  25 <pre class="chords">
  26 E   054000
  27 B   042000
  28 A   020120  (occasionally played 020100, esp. at line endings)
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  33 <pre class="verse">
  34 E                B         A               E
  35 'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
  36      E               B              A
  37 When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
  38   E                B             A
  39 I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.
  40       E                    B        A                E
  41 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  42
  43 B A E E B A E
  44
  45 And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
  46 I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
  47 In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.
  48 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  49
  50 Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
  51 Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.
  52 Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
  53 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  54
  55 I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,
  56 Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,
  57 Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.
  58 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  59
  60 Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
  61 With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.
  62 She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
  63 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  64
  65 Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost
  66 I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed.
  67 Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn.
  68 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  69
  70 Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
  71 But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
  72 And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.
  73 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  74
  75 I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove
  76 And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.
  77 Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
  78 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  79
  80 In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
  81 I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose.
  82 I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn.
  83 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  84
  85 Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
  86 Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
  87 If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born.
  88 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  89 </pre>
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  92
  93 <p>Alternate 7th verse, from the outtake version:</p>
  94 <pre class="verse">
  95 Now the bonds are broken, but they can be retied
  96 by one more journey to the woods, the holes where spirits hide.
  97 It's a never-ending battle for a peace that's always torn.
  98 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
  99 </pre>
 100
 101 <!--\bobrule -->
 102
 103 <!--\songversion{\emph{Hard Rain} version (Rolling Thunder Revue II, 1976)} -->
 104
 105 <!-- What's the deal? -->
 106
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 108
 109 <h2 class="songversion">Budokan version</h2>
 110
 111 <div class="preamble">
 112     <p>The version of the '78 version that came on Budokan is rather trite,
 113     compared to the far more spirited twist it got later on in 1978, given
 114     below.</p>
 115
 116 </div>
 117 <pre class="verse">
 118 F                C         Bb              F
 119 'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
 120      F               C              Bb               F
 121 When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
 122   F                C             Bb               F
 123 I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.
 124       F                    C        Bb               F
 125 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you shelter from the storm.&quot;
 126 </pre>
 127
 128 <hr />
 129
 130 <h2 class="songversion">Fall 1978 version</h2>
 131 <pre class="chords">
 132 Bb/d    xx0331
 133 </pre>
 134 <pre class="verse">
 135 F                C         Am
 136 'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
 137      F         C/e   Bb/d  F/c      Bb       C       F
 138 When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
 139   F                C             Am
 140 I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.
 141       F        C/e         Bb/d   F/c Bb      C        Gm    .  .
 142 &quot;Come in,&quot; she said, &quot;I'll give you   shelter from the storm.&quot;
 143
 144  .        F
 145 [From the storm,
 146          C
 147 from the storm,
 148          F
 149 from the storm]
 150          And if you . . .
 151 </pre>
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