Key: A Introduction: A
A4
A
A4
A
G6
Early one mornin' the sun was shinin',A
G6
I was layin' in bedA
G6
Wond'rin' if she'd changed at all D
If her hair was still red.A
G6
Her folks they said our lives togetherA
G6
Sure was gonna be roughA
G6
They never did like Mama's homemade dress D
Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough.E
F#m
And I was standin' on the side of the roadA
D
Rain fallin' on my shoesE
F#m
Heading out for the East Coast A
D
E
Lord knows I've paid some dues gettin' through,G
D
A
A4
A
A4
Tangled up in blue.A
G6
She was married when we first metA
G6
Soon to be divorcedA
G6
I helped her out of a jam, I guess, D
But I used a little too much force.A
G6
We drove that car as far as we couldA
G6
Abandoned it out WestA
G6
Split up on a dark sad night D
Both agreeing it was best.E
F#m
She turned around to look at meA
D
As I was walkin' awayE
F#m
I heard her say over my shoulder, A
D
E
"We'll meet again someday on the avenue,"G
D
A
A4
A
A4
Tangled up in blue.A
G6
I had a job in the great north woodsA
G6
Working as a cook for a spellA
G6
But I never did like it all that much D
And one day the ax just fell.A
G6
So I drifted down to New OrleansA
G6
Where I happened to be employedA
G6
Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat D
Right outside of Delacroix.E
F#m
But all the while I was aloneA
D
The past was close behind,E
F#m
I seen a lot of women A
D
E
But she never escaped my mind, and I just grewG
D
A
A4
A
A4
Tangled up in blue.A
G6
She was workin' in a topless placeA
G6
And I stopped in for a beer,A
G6
I just kept lookin' at the side of her face D
In the spotlight so clear.A
G6
And later on as the crowd thinned outA
G6
I's just about to do the same,A
G6
She was standing there in back of my chair D
Said to me, "Don't I know your name?"E
F#m
I muttered somethin' underneath my breath,A
D
She studied the lines on my face.E
F#m
I must admit I felt a little uneasy A
D
E
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe,G
D
A
A4
A
A4
Tangled up in blue.A
G6
She lit a burner on the stove A
G6
and offered me a pipeA
G6
"I thought you'd never say hello," she said D
"You look like the silent type." A
G6
Then she opened up a book of poemsA
G6
And handed it to meA
G6
Written by an Italian poet D
From the thirteenth century.E
F#m
And every one of them words rang trueA
D
And glowed like burnin' coalE
F#m
Pourin' off of every page A
D
E
Like it was written in my soul from me to you,G
D
A
A4
A
A4
Tangled up in blue.A
G6
I lived with them on Montague StreetA
G6
In a basement down the stairs,A
G6
There was music in the cafes at night D
And revolution in the air.A
G6
Then he started into dealing with slavesA
G6
And something inside of him died.A
G6
She had to sell everything she owned D
And froze up inside.E
F#m
And when finally the bottom fell outA
D
I became withdrawn,E
F#m
The only thing I knew how to do A
D
E
Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew,G
D
A
A4
A
A4
Tangled up in blue.A
G6
So now I'm goin' back again,A
G6
I got to get to her somehow.A
G6
All the people we used to know D
They're an illusion to me now.A
G6
Some are mathematiciansA
G6
Some are carpenter's wives.A
G6
Don't know how it all got started, D
I don't know what they're doin' with their lives.E
F#m
But me, I'm still on the roadA
D
Headin' for another jointE
F#m
We always did feel the same, A
D
E
We just saw it from a different point of view,G
D
A
A4
A
A4
Tangled up in blue.