Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Dylan

Intro: A Asus4  (4x)

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Early one morning the sun was shinin' I was layin' in bed
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Wondering if she'd changed at all, if her hair was still red
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Her folks they said our lives together sure was gonna be rough
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They never did like mama's home-made dress, papa's bank book wasn't big enough
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And I was standing on the side of the road, rain falling on my shoes
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  Heading out for the east coast, Lord knows I paid some dues
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Getting through, tangled up in blue

She was married when we first met, soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam I guess but I used a little too much force
We drove that car as far as we could, abandoned it out west
Split up on a dark sad night, both agreeing it was best
She turned around to look at me as I was walking away
I heard her say over my shoulder, "We'll meet again someday
On the avenue, tangled up in blue"

I had a job in the Great North Woods, working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much and one day the axe just fell
So I drifted down to New Orleans where my luck it was to be employed
Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat right outside of Delacroix
But all the while I was alone, the past was close behind
I've seen a lot of women, but she never escaped my mind
And I just grew, tangled up in blue

She was workin' in topless place, and I stopped in for a beer
I just kept looking at the side of her face in the spotlight so clear
Later on when the crowd thinned out, I was just about to do the same
She was standing there in back of my chair, said to me, "Don't I know your name?"
I muttered something underneath my breath, she studied the lines on my face
I must admit I felt a little uneasy, when she bent down to tie the laces
Of my shoe, tangled up in blue

She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
"I thought you'd never say hello" she said, "You look like the silent type"
Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet from the fifteenth century
And every one of them words rang true and glowed like burnin' coals
Pourin' off of every page like it was written in my soul
From me to you, tangled up in blue

"I lived with him on Montague Street, a basement down the stairs
There was music in the cafes at night and revolution in the air
Then he started in to dealing with slaves and something inside of him died"
She had to sell everything she owned and froze up inside
"And when finally the bottom fell out, I became withdrawn
The only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keepin' on
Like a bird that flew, tangled up in blue"


So now I'm going back again, I got to get to her somehow
All the people we used to know, they're an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians, some are carpenter's wives
Don't know how it all got started, I don't know what they do with their lives
But me, I'm still on the road, headin' for another joint
We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point
Of view, tangled up in blue