Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone
194 bpm 4/4 Strumming [Highway 61 Revisited 1965]
Intro
C F C F C F C F
Verse 1
C Dm
Once upon a time you dressed so fine…
C/E F
Threw the bums a dime in your prime…
G G G G
Didn't you…
C Dm
People call say beware doll you're
C/E F
bound to fall you thought they were all…
G G G G
kidding you…
Pre Chorus 1
F F G G
You used to… laugh about…
F F G G
Everybody that was-sss… hanging out…
F C/E Dm C
Now you don't… talk so loud…
F C/E Dm C
Now you don't… seem so proud…
Dm Dm F F
about having to be scrounging… your next…
G G G G
me-eee-al… How does it
Chorus 1
C F G G
fe-eee-el… How does it
C F G G
fe-eee-el… to be without a
C F G G
ho-ooo-me… like a complete
C F G G
unknown… like a rolling
C F G G C F G G G G
stone-eee…
Verse 2
C Dm
Ah you've… gone to the finest schools
C/E F
alright Miss Lonely but you know you only used to get…
G G G G
juiced in it…
C Dm
Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the
C/E F
street… and now you're gonna have to get…
G G G G
used to it…
Pre Chorus 2
F F G G
You say you never… compromise…
F F G G
with the mystery tramp but now you… realize…
F C/E Dm C
He's not selling any… alibis…
F C/E Dm C
as you stare into the vacuum… of his eyes…
Dm Dm F F
and say… do you want to… make a
G G G G
deal-lll-lll-lll… How does it
Chorus 2
C F G G
fe-eee-el… How does it
C F G G
fe-eee-el… to be on your
C F G G
own-nnn… with no direction
C F G G
ho-ooo-me… A complete
C F G G
unknown… like a rolling
C F G G C F G G G G
stone-eee…
Verse 3
C Dm
Ah you… never turned around to see the frowns…
C/E F
on the jugglers and the clowns when they all did…
G G G G
tricks for you…
C Dm
You never understood that it ain't no good…
C/E F
You shouldn't… let other people… get your…
G G G G
kicks for you…
Pre Chorus 3
F F
You used to ride on a chrome
G G
horse with your… diplomat…
F F G G
who carried on his shoulder a… Siamese cat…
F C/E Dm C
Ain't it hard… when you discovered that…
F C/E Dm C
He really wasn't… where it's at…
Dm Dm F F
after he took from you everything…
G G G G
he could steal-lll-lll… How does it
Chorus 3
C F G G
fe-eee-el… How does it
C F G G
fe-eee-el… ha-aaa-ve to be on your
C F G G
own… with no direction
C F G G
ho-ooo-me… A like complete
C F G G
unknown… like a rolling
C F G G C F G G G G
stone-eee… Ah-hhh…
Verse 4
C Dm
Princess on a steeple and all the…
C/E F
pretty people they're all drinking
G G G G
thinking that they've… got it made…
C Dm
Exchanging all precious gifts…
C/E F
but you better… take your diamond ring…
G G G G
You better pawn it babe…
Pre Chorus 4
F F G G
You used to be… so amused…
F F
at Napoleon in rags…
G G
and the language that he used…
F C/E Dm C
Go to him he calls you you can't refuse…
F C/E
When you ain't got nothing… You got…
Dm C
nothing to lose…
Dm Dm F F
You're invisible now you've got no secrets…
G G G G
to conceal-lll-lll… How does it feel…
Chorus 4
C F G G
How does it
C F G G
fe-eee-el… to be on your own…
C F G G
with no direction
C F G G
ho-ooo-me… A like complete
C F G G
unknown… like a rolling
Outro (Fade Ending)
C F G G C F G G C F G G * C
stone-eee…
Notes:
1. The chord F can be played as
Fmaj7 = (xx3210)
Fmaj7/C = (x33210)
F = (133211)
2. The chord C/E can be played as
C/E = (032010)
C/E = (xx2010)
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