Key: C
C
Dm7
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Em
F
You threw the bums a dime in your prime,
G
didn't you?
C
Dm7
Em
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
F
You thought they were all
G
Kiddin' you
F
G
You used to laugh about
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G
Everybody that was hangin' out
F
Em
Dm7
C
Now you don't talk so loud
F
Em
Dm7
C
Now you don't seem so proud
F
C
G
About having to be scrounging for your next meal
C
F
G
How does it feel
C
F
G
How does it feel
C
F
G
To be without a home
C
F
G
Like a complete unknown
C
F
G
Like a rolling stone?
C
Dm7
Em
Ah,You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
F
But you know you only used to get
G
Juiced in it
C
Dm7
Em
Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
F
But now you're gonna have to get
G
Used to it
F
G
You said you'd never compromise
F
G
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
F
C
Dm7
?C
He's not selling any alibis
F
C
Dm7
C
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
Dm
F
G
And say do you want to make a deal?
C
F
G
How does it feel
C
F
G
How does it feel
C
F
G
To be on your own
C
F
G
With no direction home
C
F
G
A complete unknown
C
F
G
Like a rolling stone?
C
Dm7
Em
You never turned around to see the frowns
F
G
On the jugglers and the clowns, when they all come down and did
G
Tricks for you
C
Dm7
You never understood that it ain't no good
Em
F
You shouldn't let other people get your
G
Kicks for you
F
G
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
F
G
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
F
C
Dm7
C
Ain't it hard when you discover that
F
C
Dm7
C
He really wasn't where it's at
Dm
F
G
After he took from you everything he could steal
C
F
G
How does it feel
C
F
G
How does it feel
C
F
G
To be on your own
C
F
G
With no direction home
C
F
G
A complete unknown
C
F
G
Like a rolling stone?
C
Dm7
Em
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
F
G
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they
G
Got it made
C
Dm7
Exchanging all precious gifts
Em
F
But you'd better take your diamond ring,
G
you'd better pawn it babe
F
G
You used to be so amused
F
G
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
F
C
Dm7
C
Gº
to
F
C
Dm7
G
When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose
Dm
F
G
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal
C
F
G
How does it feel
C
F
G
How does it feel
C
F
G
To be on your own
C
F
G
With no direction home
C
F
G
A complete unknown
C
F
G
Like a rolling stone?
C
F
G
(fade)