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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Sara</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Desire</a> (1976), and in a live version on <a class="recordlink" href="../42_bs5/index.htm">Live 1975</a> (2002)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>The Am in the chorus (second &ldquo;Sara&rdquo;) sounds like a C on the album
  21 because of the bass, but Am is definitely what he used to play in
  22 concert, and it sounds better too.</p>
  23
  24 <p>The <em>Live 1975</em> version is virtually identical to the album
  25 version, except for some lyric changes (see below).</p>
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  29 <pre class="verse">
  30   Em                Am
  31 I laid on a dune, I looked at the sky,
  32          D                        Em
  33 When the children were babies and played on the beach.
  34     Em                   Am
  35 You came up behind me, I saw you go by,
  36          D                   Em
  37 You were always so close and still within reach.
  38 </pre>
  39 <pre class="refrain">
  40 G Bm  Am
  41 Sara, Sara,
  42 D                         C           Em
  43 Whatever made you want to change your mind?
  44 G Bm  Am
  45 Sara, Sara,
  46 D                      C       Em
  47 So easy to look at, so hard to define.
  48 </pre>
  49 <pre class="verse">
  50 I can still see them playin' with their pails in the sand,
  51 They run to the water their buckets to fill.
  52 I can still see the shells fallin' out of their hands
  53 As they follow each other back up the hill.
  54 </pre>
  55 <pre class="refrain">
  56 Sara, Sara,
  57 Sweet virgin angel, sweet love of my life,
  58 Sara, Sara,
  59 Radiant jewel, mystical wife.
  60 </pre>
  61 <pre class="verse">
  62 Sleepin' in the woods by a fire in the night,
  63 Drinkin' white rum in a Portugal bar,
  64 Them playin' leapfrog and hearin' about Snow White,
  65 You in the marketplace in Savanna-la-Mar.  *)
  66 </pre>
  67 <pre class="refrain">
  68 Sara, Sara,
  69 It's all so clear, I could never forget,
  70 Sara, Sara,
  71 Lovin' you is the one thing I'll never regret.
  72 </pre>
  73 <pre class="verse">
  74 I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells,
  75 I'd taken the cure and had just gotten through,
  76 Stayin' up for days in the Chelsea Hotel,
  77 Writin' &quot;Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands&quot; for you.
  78 </pre>
  79 <pre class="refrain">
  80 Sara, Sara,
  81 Wherever we travel we're never apart.
  82 Sara, oh Sara,
  83 Beautiful lady, so dear to my heart.
  84 </pre>
  85 <pre class="verse">
  86 How did I meet you? I don't know.
  87 A messenger sent me in a tropical storm.
  88 You were there in the winter, moonlight on the snow
  89 And on Lily Pond Lane when the weather was warm.    **)
  90 </pre>
  91 <pre class="refrain">
  92 Sara, oh Sara,
  93 Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress,
  94 Sara, Sara,
  95 You must forgive me my unworthiness.
  96 </pre>
  97 <pre class="verse">
  98 Now the beach is deserted except for some kelp
  99 And a piece of an old ship that lies on the shore.
 100 You always responded when I needed your help,
 101 You gave me a map and a key to your door.
 102 </pre>
 103 <pre class="refrain">
 104 Sara, oh Sara,
 105 Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow,
 106 Sara, oh Sara,
 107 Don't ever leave me, don't ever go.
 108 </pre>
 109
 110 <hr />
 111
 112 <p>Lyric changes in the <em>Live 1975</em> version:</p>
 113
 114 <p> *) Sleeping in the woods by a fire in the night<br />
 115  where you fought for my soul and went up against the odds<br />
 116  I was too young to know you were doing it right<br />
 117  and you did it with strength that belonged to the gods.</p>
 118
 119 <p> The order of the two following refrains is reversed.</p>
 120
 121 <p> **) This verse is left out from the <em>Live 1975 </em>
 122 version
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