Home · Songs · Bob Dylan · It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

Highway 61 Revisited

por Bob Dylan · álbum Highway 61 Revisited

It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

Tonalidad Ab major Tempo 76 bpm Compás 4/4 Dificultad Intermedio 🇬🇧 Inglés
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

Bob Dylan — It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

Dale play para sincronizar la letra con la música

Tono
Ab major
Capo
0
Texto
Auto
◫ Cinema Mode Lyric Video
Intro 1
Ab Ab Ab Ab
Verse 1
Ab
Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby
Can’t buy a thrill
Ab
Well, I’ve been up all night
Leanin’ on the windowsill
Ab
Well, if I die
Instrumental
Ab
And if I don’t make it
You know my baby will
Verse 2
Ab
Don’t the moon look good, mama
Instrumental
Ab
Don’t the brakeman look good, mama
Flagging down the “Double E?”
Ab
Don’t the sun look good
Db Eb
Goin’ down over the sea?
Instrumental
Solo 1
When she’s comin’ after me?
Ab Ab Ab Ab
Ab Ab Ab Ab
Instrumental
Ab Ab Ab Ab
Verse 3
Ab
Now the wintertime is coming
The windows are filled with frost
Outro
But I could not get across
Ab
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
Db Eb
I don’t wanna be your boss
Ab
Don’t say I never warned you
Outro 1
When your train gets lost
Ab Ab Ab Ab
Ab Ab Ab Ab
Ab Db Eb Eb
Ab Ab Ab Ab
Ab Ab Ab Ab
Ab Ab Ab Ab
Ab Ab Ab Eb
Fade out
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry was born twice. The first time, on June 16, 1965 —the same day as Like a Rolling Stone—, under the working title Phantom Engineer: a faster tempo, four different verses. That version was the one Bob Dylan played at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965, backed by members of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Al Kooper, as part of the electric set that divided the audience: some followers interrupted him during the song because they wanted folk, and Dylan ended up returning to the stage with an acoustic guitar. The version we know today was recorded on July 29 at Columbia, New York, alongside Positively 4th Street and Tombstone Blues. What sets this song apart within Highway 61 Revisited is the mood: where the rest of the album pushes with aggression, here everything is resignation and weariness. Bobby Gregg drags the drums with an unusual emphasis, Paul Griffin lays down a piano that holds steady without rushing, Harvey Brooks handles the bass and Mike Bloomfield plays electric guitar. The lyrics blend verses drawn from classic blues with images of Dylan's own, carrying a sexual charge that can be read as an allegory of frustration. Pure blues rock, slow, somewhat hypnotic.