(intro 4x) A  Asus4

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Early one morning the sun was shining
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I was laying in bed
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Wondering if she'd changed at all
           D
If her hair was still red
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Her folks, they said our lives together
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Sure was gonna be rough
         A                               G
They never did like mama's homemade dress
           D
Papa's bank book wasn't big enough
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And I was standing on the side of the road
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Rain falling on my shoes
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Heading out for the East coast
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Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through
 G          D
Tangled up in blue

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She was married when we first met
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Soon to be divorced
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I helped her out of a jam, I guess
        D
But I used a little too much force
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We drove that car as far as we could
     A                    G
Abandoned it out West
   A                G
Split up on a dark sad night
            D
Both agreeing it was best
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She turned around to look at me
    A                       D
As I was walking away
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I heard her say over my shoulder
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"We'll meet again someday on the avenue"
  G         D
Tangled up in blue

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    A                         G
I had a job in the great north woods
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Working as a cook for a spell
           A                    G
But I never did like it all that much
               D
And one day the axe just fell
          A                   G
So I drifted down to New Orleans
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Where I was lucky enough to be employed
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Working for a while on a fishing 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
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But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew
  G         D
Tangled up in blue

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She was working in a topless place
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I stopped in for a beer
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I just kept looking at the side of her face
             D
In the spotlight so clear
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Later on when the crowd thinned out
            A                           G
I was just about to do the same
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She was standing there in back of my chair
              D
Sayin', "Tell me, don't I know your name?"
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I muttered something underneath my breath
          A                               D
She studied the lines on my face
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I must admit I felt a little uneasy
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When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoes
 G          D
Tangled up in blue

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      A                G
She lit a burner on the stove
       A                  G
And offered me a pipe
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"I thought you'd never say hello," she said
         D
"You look like the silent type"
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And then she opened up a book of poems
        A                    G
And handed it to me
   A                 G
Written by an Italian poet
               D
From the 13th century
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And every one of them words rang true
         A                          D
And glowed like burning coals
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Pouring off every page
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Like it was written in my soul from me to you
 G          D
Tangled up in blue

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     A                        G
I lived with them on Montague street
         A                            G
In a basement down the stairs
                    A                G
There was music in the cafés at night
               D
And revolution in the air
         A                           G
And then he started into dealing with slaves
        A                                     G
And something inside of him died
         A                        G
She had to sell everything she owned
        D
And froze up inside
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And when one day the bottom fell out
A                       D
I became withdrawn
         E                   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
Tangled up in blue

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      A                   G
So now I'm going back again
             A                     G
I got to get to her somehow
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All the people we used to know
                   D
They're an illusion to me now
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Some are mathematicians
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Some are carpenter's wives
            A              G
Don't know how it all got started
             D
I don't know what they're doing with their lives
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Me, I'm still on the road
  A                          D
Headed 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
Tangled up in blue

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