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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Like a Rolling Stone</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Highway 61 Revisited</a> (1965), <a class="recordlink" href="../99_greatesthits/index.htm">Greatest Hits</a>
  18 (1967) and <a class="recordlink" href="../28_biograph/index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985), in an alternate version on
  19 <a class="recordlink" href="../34_bootleg/index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991) and in live versions on
  20 <a class="recordlink" href="../10_selfportrait/index.htm">Self Portrait</a> (1970), <a class="recordlink" href="../15_beforetheflood/index.htm">Before the Flood</a> (1974), <em>At
  21 Budokan</em> (1978), <em><a class="recordlink" href="../37_unplugged/index.htm">Unplugged</a></em> (1995), <a class="recordlink" href="../39_rah/index.htm">Live 1966</a> (1998), and  <a href="../44_bs7_ndh/index.htm" class="recordlink">No direction home</a> (2005)<br />
  22 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  23
  24 <p>Note the similarity with <em><a href="../34_bootleg/shes_your_lover.htm" class="songlink">She's Your Lover Now</a>.</em></p>
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  26 <hr />
  27
  28 <h2 class="songversion">Highway 61 Revisited version</h2>
  29 <pre class="verse">
  30 C                    Dm7
  31 Once upon a time you dressed so fine
  32     C/e                   F              G
  33 You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
  34 C                    Dm7                 C/e
  35 People'd call, say, &quot;Beware doll, you're bound to fall&quot;
  36     F                     G
  37 You thought they were all    kiddin' you
  38 F           G
  39  You used to laugh about
  40 F                  G
  41  Everybody that was hangin' out
  42 F         C/e  Dm7     C
  43  Now you don't talk so loud
  44 F         C/e  Dm7     C
  45  Now you don't seem so proud
  46       Dm                     F              G
  47 About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
  48 </pre>
  49 <pre class="refrain">
  50             C     F G
  51 How does it feel
  52             C     F G
  53 How does it feel
  54                 C    F G
  55 To be without a home
  56                   C      F G
  57 Like a complete unknown
  58                C       F  G
  59 Like a rolling stone?
  60 </pre>
  61 <pre class="verse">
  62 You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
  63 But you know you only used to get juiced in it
  64 And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
  65 And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
  66 You said you'd never compromise
  67 With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
  68 He's not selling any alibis
  69 As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
  70 And say do you want to make a deal?</pre>
  71
  72 <pre class="refrain">
  73 How does it feel
  74 How does it feel
  75 To be on your own
  76 With no direction home
  77 Like a complete unknown
  78 Like a rolling stone?
  79 </pre>
  80 <pre class="verse">
  81 You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
  82 When they all come down and did tricks for you
  83 You never understood that it ain't no good
  84 You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
  85 You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
  86 Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
  87 Ain't it hard when you discover that
  88 He really wasn't where it's at
  89 After he took from you everything he could steal.</pre>
  90 <pre class="refrain">
  91 How does it feel
  92 How does it feel
  93 To be on your own
  94 With no direction home
  95 Like a complete unknown
  96 Like a rolling stone?
  97 </pre>
  98 <pre class="verse">
  99 Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
 100 They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
 101 Exchanging all precious gifts
 102 But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
 103 You used to be so amused
 104 At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
 105 Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
 106 When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose
 107 You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.</pre>
 108 <pre class="refrain">
 109 How does it feel
 110 How does it feel
 111 To be on your own
 112 With no direction home
 113 Like a complete unknown
 114 Like a rolling stone?
 115 </pre>
 116 <hr />
 117
 118 <h2 class="songversion">Bootleg Series 1&ndash;3 version</h2>
 119
 120 <p>Played on the piano, as always on the black keys, one semitone higher
 121 than the guitar-based version.</p>
 122
 123 <pre class="verse">
 124 C                    Dm7
 125 Once upon a time you dressed so fine
 126     C/e                   F              Gsus4        G
 127 You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
 128 C                    Dm7                 C/e
 129 People'd call, say, &quot;Beware doll, you're bound to fall&quot;
 130     F                     Gsus4        G
 131 You thought they were all kiddin' you
 132 F            Gsus4          G
 133  You used to make fun about
 134 F                   Gsus4         G
 135  Everybody that was hangin' out
 136 F         Em   Dm7     C
 137  Now you don't talk so loud
 138 F         C/e  Dm7     C
 139  Now you don't seem so proud
 140       Dm7sus4           Dm7          Gsus4   G
 141 About having to scrounge   your next meal.
 142 </pre>
 143 <pre class="refrain">
 144             C     F Gsus4 G
 145 How does it feel
 146             C     F Gsus4 G
 147 How does it feel
 148                   C    F Gsus4
 149 To be out on your own
 150  G      C      F Gsus4
 151 So unknown
 152        G       G      C F  Gsus4 G
 153 Like a rolling stone?
 154
 155 C F  Gsus4 G
 156 </pre>
 157 <pre class="verse">
 158 [&quot;My voice is gone. Wanna try it again?&quot;]
 159 </pre>
 160
 161 <hr />
 162
 163 <h2 class="songversion">"Royal Albert Hall" version (Live 1966)</h2>
 164 <p>See the <em>Unplugged</em> version below.</p>
 165
 166 <hr />
 167
 168 <h2 class="songversion">Budokan version</h2>
 169
 170 <p>Fmaj7 = (1)33210</p>
 171 <pre class="verse">
 172 C . Fmaj7 .  [repeat]
 173
 174 C                    Fmaj7
 175 Once upon a time you dressed so fine
 176           C           Fmaj7          C          Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
 177 Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
 178 C                    Fmaj7               C
 179 People'd call, say, &quot;Beware doll, you're bound to fall&quot;
 180     Fmaj7                 C           Fmaj7 C
 181 You thought they were all kiddin' you
 182 F            G
 183  You used to laugh about
 184 F                   G
 185  Everybody that was hangin' out
 186 F        Em    Dm      C
 187  Now you don't talk so loud
 188 F        Em    Dm      C
 189  Now you don't seem so proud
 190       Dm                            F              G
 191 About having to be scrounging around for your next meal.
 192 </pre>
 193 <pre class="refrain">
 194             C     F G
 195 How does it feel
 196             C     F G
 197 How does it feel
 198                 C    F G
 199 To be without a home
 200                   C       F G
 201 With no direction home
 202                   C      F G
 203 Like a complete unknown
 204                C       F  G
 205 Like a rolling stone?
 206 </pre>
 207
 208 <hr />
 209
 210 <h2 class="songversion"><a class="recordlink" href="../37_unplugged/index.htm">Unplugged</a> version</h2>
 211
 212 <p>This is also the live version from Isle of Wight, released on Self
 213 Portrait, except that there is no capo, the Bm is played more like G/b
 214 and the Am may have the character of a C/g with the a provided by the
 215 bass (perhaps just a Am7).</p>
 216
 217 <p>Capo 2nd fret (Jackson)</p>
 218
 219 <pre class="verse">
 220 G                    Am
 221 Once upon a time you dressed so fine
 222     Bm                    C              D             Dsus4 D
 223 You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
 224 G                    Am                  Bm
 225 People'd call, say, &quot;Beware doll, you're bound to fall&quot;
 226     C                     D              Dsus4 D
 227 You thought they were all kiddin' you
 228 C            D
 229  You used to laugh about
 230 C                   D
 231  Everybody that was hangin' out
 232 C          Bm  Am      G
 233  Now you don't talk so loud
 234 C          Bm  Am      G
 235  Now you don't seem so proud
 236       Am                     C              D
 237 About having to be scrounging for your next meal.</pre>
 238 <pre class="refrain">
 239             G     C D
 240 How does it feel
 241             G     C D
 242 How does it feel
 243                 G     C D
 244 To be without a home
 245                   G     C D
 246 Like a complete unknown
 247                G        C  D
 248 Like a rolling stone?
 249 </pre>
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