
all really want to do
Bob Dylan
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C G/B D7 G
I ain't lookin' to compete with you,
C G D7 G
Beat or cheat or mistreat you,
C G/B D7 G
Simplify you, classify you,
C G D7 G
Deny, defy or crucify you.
G/D D9 G C G/D
All I really want to do
D7 G C/G
Is, baby, be friends with you
G C G/B D7 G
No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you,
C G D7 G
Frighten you or uptighten you,
C G/B D7 G
Drag you down or drain you down,
C G D7 G
Chain you down or bring you down.
G/D D9 G C G/D
All I really want to do
D9 D7
Is, baby, be friends with you
C G/B D7 G
I ain't lookin' to block you up
C G D7 G
Shock or knock or lock you up,
C G/B D7 G
Analyze you, categorize you,
C G D7 G
Finalize you or advertise you.
G/D D9 G C G/D
All I really want to do
D9 G C/G
Is, baby, be friends with you
C G/B D7 G
I don't want to straight-face you,
C G D7 G
Race or chase you, track or trace you,
C G/B D7 G
Or disgrace you or displace you,
C G D7 G
Or define you or confine you.
G/D D9 G C G/D
All I really want to do
D7 G C/G
Is, baby, be friends with you
C G/B D7 G
I don't want to meet your kin,
C G D7 G
Make you spin or do you in,
C C/B D7 G
Or select you or dissect you,
C G D7 G
Or inspect you or reject you.
G/D D9 G C G/D
All I really want to do
D7 G C/G
Is, baby, be friends with you
C G/B D7 G
I don't want to fake you out,
C G D7 G
Take or shake or forsake you out,
C G/B D7 G
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me,
C G D7 G
See like me or be like me.
G/D D9 G C G/D
All I really want to do
D7 G C/G
Is, baby, be friends with you
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Detected progression: C → G/B → D7 → G → C → G → D7 → G
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