Ballad Of a Thin Man

Bob Dylan

Composição de: Bob Dylan
Tom:
Afinação:
|Bm                                        |Bm                      
           |
|Bm                                        |Bm                      

           |


[Verse]

|Bm                                        |F#aug/Bb                   
        |
      You walk into the room                    with your pencil in 
your hand
|D/A                                       |E7/G#                   
      You see somebody naked and you            you say who is that 
           |
man?
|G                                         |Em                      
      You try so hard but you                   Don't understand
           |

|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
 Just what you will  say when you get           home               
           |
          Be-
|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
-cause something is happening here but you  don't know what it is
           |

|G                                         |Bm                      
    Do you?                         Mister  Jones
           |


|Bm                                        | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A 
MEASUD )


[Verse 2]

|Bm                                        |F#aug/Bb                   
Página 1 / 6
        |
    You raise up your head                     and you ask "is this 
where it is?"
|D/A                                       |E7/G#                   
   And somebody points to you and           Says,        "It's his"
           |

|G                                         |Em                      
  And you say "what's mine" and somebody  else says "well, what is?"
           |
  and you
|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
 Say,   "Oh my    god  am I here all  a  -  lone?"                 
           |
         But
|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
  Something is    happening  and you     don't know what it is
           |

|G                                         |Bm                      
     Do you?                        Mister  Jones
           |


|Bm                                        | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A 
MEASUD )


[Verse 3]

|Bm                                        |F#aug/Bb                   
        |
    You hand in your ticket                     and you go watch the 
geek
|D/A                                       |E7/G#                   
   Who immediately walks up to you             when he hears you 
           |
speak
|G                                         |Em                      
  and says, "how does it feel to              be such a freak?" and 
           |
you say "im-
|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
 -possible" as he    hands you a            bone                   
           |
          And
Página 2 / 6
|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
  something is happening here but you       don't know what it is
           |

|G                                         |Bm                      
    do you?                         Mister  Jones
           |


|Bm                                        | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A 
MEASUD )


[Verse 4]

|Bm                                          |D/A                   
      You have many contacts                      Among the 
                   |
lumberjacks    to
|G                                           |Bm                    
 Get you facts when someone attacks your imagination
                   |

|Bm                                          |D/A                   
      But nobody has any respect                 Anyway they already
                   |
 expect you
|G                                           |Em              
 To all give a check to                      Tax-deductible      
                         |
charity         organi-
|A7                                          |A7                    
-zations                                                            
                   |
  Ahhhhhh..........


[Verse 5]

|Bm                                        |F#aug/Bb                   
        |
     You've been with the professors and     they've all liked your 
looks
|D/A                                       |E7/G#                   
     With great lawyers you have dis -      cussed lepers and crooks
           |
Página 3 / 6
|G                                         |Em                      
    You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
           |

|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
  You're very well   read it's well         known                  
           |
         But
|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
  something  is    happening here and ya    don't know what it is
           |

|G                                         |Bm                      
     do you?                        Mister  Jones
           |


|Bm                                        | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A 
MEASUD )
                                  Well the

[Verse 6]

|Bm                                        |F#aug/Bb                   
        |
    sword swallower he comes up to          you and then he kneels
|D/A                                       |E7/G#                   
    He crosses himself and then he             clicks his high heels
           |
        and
|G                                         |Em                      
without further notice he asks you             how it feels         
           |
  and he says
|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
 Here is your throat back thanks for the    loan
           |

|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
  and you know something is happening but you don't know what it is
           |

|G                                         |Bm                      
     do you?                       Mister   Jones
           |
Página 4 / 6
|Bm                               Now..... | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A 
MEASUD )


[Verse 7]

|Bm                                        |F#aug/Bb                   
        |
    you see this one-eyed midget              shouting the word "now"
|D/A                                       |E7/G#                   
    and you say "for what reason"              and he says "how?"
           |

|G                                         |Em                      
 and you say "what does this mean?" and he screams back "you're a 
           |
cow"
|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
 Give me some        milk or else    go        home                
           |
     and you
|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
know something's happening but you don't   know what it is
           |

|G                                         |Bm                      
     do you?                      Mister    Jones
           |


|Bm                                        | (GO TO NEXT VERSE - NOT A 
MEASUD )
                                   Well...

[Verse 8]

|Bm                                        |F#aug/Bb                   
        |
 You walk into the room like a              camel and then you frown
|D/A                                       |E7/G#                   
    You put your eyes in your pocket and your   nose on the ground
           |

|G                                         |Em                      
    There oughtta be a law            a -   gainst you comin' around
           |
        You
Página 5 / 6
|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
 Should be made to   wear ear               phones
           |

|D                   F#m                  |Bm                      
   Cause something is happening and you     don't know what it is
           |

|G                                         |Bm                      
      do you?                      Mister   Jones
           |



[Outro]

|Bm                                        | Bm                      
                  |
|Bm                                        | Bm                      
                                   Whoaaaaaoooooh!
                  |
  • A7
  • Bm
  • D
  • D/A
  • E7/G#
  • Em
  • F#m
  • G
Página 6 / 6