Absolutely Sweet Marie
Bob Dylan
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Tom : D
D G A7 D
Well, your railroadgate, you know I just can't jump it.
G D A7
Sometimes it gets so hard, you see.
D G A7 D Bm
I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet,
F#m D A7
with all these promises you left for me.
G A7 D
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
D G A7 D
Well, I waited for you when I was half sick.
G D A7
Yes I waited for you when you hated me.
D G A7 D Bm
Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic
F#m D A7
When you knew I had some other place to be.
G A7 D
Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
Bb D
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviosly,
Bb D A7
But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
D G A7 D
Well, six white horses that you did promise me
G D A7
Where finaly delivered down to the penitentiary.
D G A7 D Bm
But to live outside the law, you must be honest.
F#m D A7
I know you always say that you agree,
G A7 D
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
D G A7 D
Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed
G D A7
That a man can't give his address out to bad company,
D G A7 D Bm
And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad
F#m D A7
In the ruins of your balcony,
G A7 D
Wond'ring where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
Bb D
Well I don't know how it happened,But the riverboat captain,he knows my fate
Bb D A7
But ev'rybody else, even yourself, they're just gonna have to wait.
D G A7 D
Well, I got the fever down in my pockets,
G D A7
The Persian drunkard, he follows me.
D G A7 D Bm
Yes, I can take him to your house, but I can't unlock it.
F#m D A7
You see, you forgot to leave me with the key.
G A7 D
Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
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