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Desolation Row

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Desolation Row

Bob Dylan — Desolation Row

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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They're selling postcards of the hanging,
A E
they're painting the passports brown
B
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors,
A E
the circus is in town
E
Here comes the blind commissioner,
A E
they've got him in a trance
B
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker,
A E
the other is in his pants
Instrumental
E A
they need somewhere to go
E B
As Lady and I look out tonight, from
A E
Desolation Row
Verse 2
E
Cinderella, she seems so easy,
A E
"It takes one to know one," she smiles
B
And puts her hands in her back pockets
A E
Bette Davis style
E
And in comes Romeo, he's moaning.
A E
"You belong to Me I believe"
B
And someone says,
Instrumental
A E
you'd better leave"
A
And the only sound that's left
E A
after the ambulances go
E B
Is Cinderella sweeping up on
A E
Desolation Row
Verse 3
E
Now the moon is almost hidden,
A E
the stars are beginning to hide
B
The fortune telling lady
A E
has even taken all her things inside
Instrumental
A E
and the hunchback of Notre Dame
B
Everybody is making love
A E
or else expecting rain
A
And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing,
E A
he's getting ready for the show
E B
He's going to the carnival tonight on
A E
Desolation Row
Verse 4
E
Ophelia, she's 'neath the window
A E
for her I feel so a fraid
Instrumental
A E
she already is an old maid
E
To her, death is quite romantic
A E
she wears an iron vest
B
Her profession's her religion,
A E
her sin is her lifelessness
A
And though her eyes are fixed
E A
upon Noah's great rainbow
E B
She spends her time peeking into
A E
Desolation Row
Verse 5
E
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
Instrumental
B
Passed this way an hour ago
A E
with his friend, a jealous monk
E
Now he looked so immaculately frightful
A E
as he bummed a cigarette
B
And he went off sniffing drainpipes
A E
and reciting the alphabet
A
You would not think to look at him,
E A
but he was famous long ago
E B
For playing the electric violin on
A E
Desolation Row
Verse 6
E
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world
A E
in side of a leather cup
B
But all his sexless patients,
A E
they're trying to blow it up
E
Now his nurse, some local loser,
A E
she's in charge of the cyanide hole
B
And she also keeps the cards that read,
A E
"Have Mercy on His Soul"
A
They all play on the penny whistles,
E A
you can hear them blow
E B
If you lean your head out far enough from
Instrumental
Verse 7
E
Across the street they've nailed the curtains,
A E
they're getting ready for the feast
B
The Phantom of the Opera
A E
in a perfect image of a priest
E
They are spoon feeding Casanova
A E
to get him to feel more assured
B
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence
A E
after poisoning him with words
A
And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls,
Instrumental
E B
Casanova is just being punished for going to
A E
Desolation Row
Verse 8
E
At midnight all the agents
A E
and the superhuman crew
B
Come out and round up everyone
A E
that knows more than they do
E
Then they bring them to the factory
A E
where the heart-attack machine
B
Is strapped across their shoulders
A E
and then the kerosene
Instrumental
E A
by insurance men who go
E B
Check to see that nobody is escaping to
A E
Desolation Row
Verse 9
E
Praise be to Nero's Neptune,
A E
the Ti tanic sails at dawn
B
Everybody's shouting,
A E
"Which side are you on?!"
E
And Ez ra Pound and T.S. Eliot
A E
fighting in the captain's tower
Outro
A E
and fishermen hold flowers
A
Be tween the windows of the sea
E A
where lovely mermaids flow
E B
And nobody has to think too much about
A E
Desolation Row
Solo 1
E E A E
B B A E
E E A E
B B A E
A A E A
E B A E E
Verse 10
E
Yes, I received your letter yesterday,
A E
about the time the doorknob broke
B
When you asked me how I was doing,
A E
was that some kind of joke
E
All these people that you mention,
A E
yes, I know them, they're quite lame
B
I had to rearrange their faces
A E
and give them all another name
A
Right now, I can't read too good,
E A
don't send me no more letters no
E B
Not unless you mail them from
A E
Desolation Row
Solo 2
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Highway 61 Revisited

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan · 1965 · Track 0

Datos
Tonalidad E major
Compás 4/4
Tempo 76 BPM
Duración 11:19
Álbum Highway 61 Revisited
Año 1965
ISRC USSM16501009
Curiosidad
«Desolation Row» is a song composed by American singer Bob Dylan. It was included on the album Highway 61 Revisited, released on August 30, 1965. The song runs eleven minutes long and evokes different moments, parables and historical events, such as the 1920 Duluth lynchings.

La historia detrás

Eleven minutes and twenty seconds of acoustic guitar and non-stop lyrics: that is Desolation Row, the closing track of Bob Dylan's album Highway 61 Revisited, recorded on August 4, 1965 at Columbia Studios in New York. The song parades through parables, characters and historical moments —including the 1920 Duluth lynchings— without a linear narrative to guide you. All in folk rock format, produced by Bob Johnston. There is also an alternate take with electric guitar and more prominent bass, which was released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack. The song left its mark on other musicians: Joe Strummer mentions it in Coma Girl (from the album Streetcore, 2003), Joaquín Sabina references it in Peces de ciudad (from the album Dímelo en la calle, 2002), and My Chemical Romance released their own version in January 2010, stating they aimed for the sound of the Sex Pistols.

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