A música Its All Over Now, Baby Blue de Bob Dylan é considerada uma despedida poética de Dylan às antigas restrições de sua vida anterior e um movimento em direção a novas liberdades artísticas. Foi composta após a decisão de Dylan de afastar-se do cenário do folk music politicamente engajado para explorar outros estilos musicais, especialmente o rock. A música é tida como uma despedida para a então namorada de Dylan, bem como para o seu público ... Ver mais [+] folk tradicional que resistia à sua nova direção musical.
Tom: G
Introdução:
C
and
C4
(hammering onto the 4th string at the 2nd fret)
G
F
C
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
G
F
C
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Dm
F
C
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Dm
F
C
Crying like a fire in the sun
E7
F
G
Look out the saints are coming through
Dm
F
C
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
G
F
C
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
G
F
C
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
Dm
F
C
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Dm
F
C
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
E7
F
G
The sky, too, is folding under you
Dm
F
C
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
G
F
C
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
G
F
C
Your empty handed armies, they're all going home.
Dm
F
C
The lover who just walked out your door
Dm
F
C
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
E7
F
G
The carpet, too, is moving under you
Dm
F
C
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
G
F
C
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.
G
F
C
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.