Like a Rolling Stone

The Rolling Stones

Tom: C

(intro 2x) C F G 

(verses)
      C                Dm
Yeah, once upon a time you dressed so fine
    Em                    F              G          G7
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
C                Dm
People'd call, say, "beware doll,
      Em                         F                 G                 G F# F
You're bound to fall" you thought they were all ...kiddin' you!

(pre-chorus)
F             G
You used to - laugh about
F                  G
Everybody that was hangin' out
F       Em    Dm      C
Now you don't talk so loud
F       Em    Dm      C
Now you don't seem so proud

Dm                            F             G7
About having to be scrounging for your next meal!

(chorus)
            C    F   G  (G7)
How does it feel...?
            C    F   G  (G7)
How does it feel...?
                   C    F   G  (G7)
With no direction, home...?
                C    F   G  (G7)
Like a complete unknown...?
                     C    F   G  (G7)
Just like a rolling  stone?

(verse)
        C                          Dm
You've gone to the finest school all right, "miss lonely"
       Em            F          G         G7
But you know you only used to get juiced in it!
       C                           Dm
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
       Em                F                 G                G F# F
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it

(pre-chorus)
F                     G
You said you'd never compromise
F                     G
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
F     Em    Dm       C
He's not selling any alibis
F     Em    Dm       C
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
Dm               F            G7
And ask him do you want to make a deal?

(chorus)
             C   F  G
How does it feel...?
             C   F  G
How does it feel...?
             C   F  G
With no direction home...?
             C   F  G
Like a complete unknown...?
             C   F  G
Just like a rolling  stone?

(harmonica solo - improvise on C minor pentatonic scale)
(base solo) C Dm Em F G G7   C Dm Em F G G7 G F# F   F G   F G   F Em Dm C   F Em Dm C   Dm F G7

(chorus)
             C  F  G
How does it feel...?
             C  F  G
How does it feel...?
             C  F  G
With no direction home...?
             C  F  G
Like a complete unknown...?
             C  F  G
Just like a rolling  stone?

(verses)
       C                Dm            Em
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
      F            G             G7
Theyre drinkin, thinkin that they got it made
      C                 Dm            Em
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
      F                G               G7                         G F# F
But youd better lift your diamond ring, youd better pawn it babe

(pre-chorus)
F                G
You used to be so amused
F                           G
At napoleon in rags and the language that he used
F       Em       Dm          C
Go to him now, he calls you, you cant refuse
F       Em         Dm          C
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
Dm                 F                G
Youre invisible now!, you got no secrets - to conceal...

(chorus)
              C  F G
How does it feel...?
              C  F G
How does it feel...?
              C  F G
With no direction home...?
              C  F G
Like a complete unknown...?
              C  F G
Just like a rolling  stone?

(final) Dm F C