A
G6
Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’,
A
G6
I was layin’ in bed
A
G6
Wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all
D
If her hair was still red.
A
G6
Her folks they said our lives together
A
G6
Sure was gonna be rough
A
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 road
A
D
Rain fallin’ on my shoes
E
F#m
Heading out for the East Coast
A
D
E
Lord knows I’ve paid some dues gettin’ through,
G
D
A
Asus4
A
Asus4
Tangled up in blue.
A
G6
She was married when we first met
A
G6
Soon to be divorced
A
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 could
A
G6
Abandoned it out West
A
G6
Split up on a dark sad night
D
Both agreeing it was best.
E
F#m
She turned around to look at me
A
D
As I was walkin’ away
E
F#m
I heard her say over my shoulder,
A
D
E
“We’ll meet again someday on the avenue,”
G
D
A
Asus4
A
Asus4
Tangled up in blue.
A
G6
I had a job in the great north woods
A
G6
Working as a cook for a spell
A
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 Orleans
A
G6
Where I happened to be employed
A
G6
Workin’ for a while on a fishin’ boat
D
Right outside of Delacroix.
E
F#m
But all the while I was alone
A
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 grew
G
D
A
Asus4
A
Asus4
Tangled up in blue.
A
G6
She was workin’ in a topless place
A
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 out
A
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.
Em
F#m
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
A
D
Em
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe,
G
D
A
Asus4
A
Asus4
Tangled up in blue.
A
G6
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
A
G6
A
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 poems
A
G6
And handed it to me
A
G6
Written by an Italian poet
D
From the thirteenth century.
E
F#m
And every one of them words rang true
A
D
And glowed like burnin’ coal
E
F#m
Pourin’ off of every page
A
D
E
Like it was written in my soul from me to you,
G
D
A
Asus4
A
Asus4
Tangled up in blue.
A
G6
I lived with them on Montague Street
A
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 slaves
A
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 out
A
D
I became withdrawn,
Em
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
Asus4
A
Asus4
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 mathematicians
A
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 road
A
D
Headin’ for another joint
E
F#m
We always did feel the same,
A
D
E
We just saw it from a different point of view,
G
D
A
Asus4
A
Asus4
Tangled up in blue.
A
G6
D
E
G
F#m
Asus4
Em
