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Ballad Of a Thin Man

Esta canción, escrita por Bob Dylan, refleja su experiencia y frustración con la cultura de celebridades y la industria musical. El personaje Mister Jones representa a las personas que están fuera del movimiento contracultural de los años 60, sin poder entender lo que estaba pasando a su alrededor.

Tono: Bm

Introducción: Bm    Bm    Bm    Bm    

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        You walk into the room                          with your pencil in your hand
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        You see somebody naked and you                you say who is that man?
 G                                                         Em  
        You try so hard but you                         Don' t understand
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 Just what you will  say when you get              home                                 Be-
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-cause something is happening here but you  don' t know what it is
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     Do you?                                 Mister  Jones
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     You raise up your head                            and you ask "is this where it is?"
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    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
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 Say,    "Oh my     god  am I here all  a  -  lone?"                                  But
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  Something is     happening  and you      don' t know what it is
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      Do you?                                Mister  Jones
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     You hand in your ticket                            and you go watch the geek
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    Who immediately walks up to you                 when he hears you speak
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  and says, "how does it feel to                  be such a freak?" and you say "im-
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 -possible" as he     hands you a                bone                                      And
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  something is happening here but you         don' t know what it is
 G                                                         Bm  
     do you?                                 Mister  Jones
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        You have many contacts                             Among the lumberjacks     to
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 Get you facts when someone attacks your imagination
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        But nobody has any respect                      Anyway they already expect you
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 To all give a check to                             Tax-deductible        charity            organi-
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-zations                                                                                  Ahhhhhh..........

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      You' ve been with the professors and      they' ve all liked your looks
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      With great lawyers you have dis -        cussed lepers and crooks
 G                                                         Em  
     You' ve been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald' s books
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  You' re very well    read it' s well            known                                    But
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  something  is     happening here and ya     don' t know what it is
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      do you?                                Mister  Jones
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                                             Well the

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     sword swallower he comes up to             you and then he kneels
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     He crosses himself and then he                 clicks his high heels          and
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without further notice he asks you                 how it feels              and he says
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 Here is your throat back thanks for the     loan
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  and you know something is happening but you don' t know what it is
 G                                                         Bm  
      do you?                              Mister    Jones
 Bm  

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     you see this one-eyed midget                  shouting the word "now"
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     and you say "for what reason"                  and he says "how?"
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 and you say "what does this mean?" and he screams back "you' re a cow"
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 Give me some          milk or else     go          home                            and you
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know something' s happening but you don' t    know what it is
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      do you?                             Mister     Jones
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                                              Well...

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 You walk into the room like a                  camel and then you frown
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     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
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 Should be made to    wear ear                    phones
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    Cause something is happening and you      don' t know what it is
 G                                                         Bm  
        do you?                             Mister    Jones

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                                              Whoaaaaaoooooh!