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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">(Be Careful of) Stones That You Throw</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Written by E. Dodd<br />
  17 Recorded by Bob Dylan and The Band in the Basement, Summer of 1967<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  22 <pre class="verse">
  23 [fragment:]
  24
  25 . . . and I knew right away
  26 That it was gossip not flowers that she had on her mind
  27 And this is what I heard my neighbor say.
  28 </pre>
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  30 <hr />
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  32 <pre class="verse">
  33 [new start, in D:]
  34 </pre>
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  36 <pre class="refrain">
  37   G                              D
  38 A tongue can accuse or carry bad news
  39     G                            D
  40 The seeds of destruction it will sow.
  41      G                                      D
  42 So unless you have made no mistakes in your life
  43    D          A               D
  44 Be careful of stones that you throw.
  45 </pre>
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  47 <pre class="verse">
  48   D
  49 A neighbor was passin' my garden one time
  50    G
  51 She smiled and I knew right away
  52 D
  53  That it was gossip not flowers that she had on her mind
  54     A7
  55 And this is what I heard my neighbor say.
  56 </pre>
  57 <pre class="verse">
  58       D
  59 &quot;That bad girl down the street, she should be run from our midst.
  60     G
  61 She drinks and she talks quite a lot
  62     (D)
  63 She knows not to speak to my child nor to me.&rdquo;
  64                  A7
  65 My neighbor then smiled and I thought:
  66 </pre>
  67
  68 <pre class="refrain">
  69 A tongue can accuse and carry bad news
  70 The seeds of destruction it will sow.
  71 So unless you have made no mistakes in your life
  72 Be careful of stones that you throw.
  73 </pre>
  74
  75 <pre class="verse">
  76 A car speeded by, the screamin' of brakes
  77 and a sound that made my blood chill
  78 For  my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
  79 And saved by a girl, lyin' still.
  80 </pre>
  81 <pre class="verse">
  82 Her child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out
  83 &quot;Oh, who was that brave girl so sweet?&rdquo;
  84 I covered the crushed broken body and said
  85 &quot;That bad girl down the street.&rdquo;
  86 </pre>
  87
  88 <pre class="refrain">
  89 A tongue can accuse and carry bad news
  90 The seeds of destruction were sown
  91 So unless you have made no mistakes in your life
  92 Be careful of stones that you, you throw.
  93 </pre>
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