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Highway 61 Revisited

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Ballad of a Thin Man

Tonalidad B minor Tempo 76 bpm Compás 4/4 Dificultad Intermedio 🇬🇧 Inglés
Ballad of a Thin Man

Bob Dylan — Ballad of a Thin Man

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Introdução 1
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Estrofe 1
Bm
You
A#aug
walk into the room with your pencil in your hand
D A D E
You see somebody naked and you say,
"Who is that man?"
G
You try so hard but
Em
you don't understand
D F#m
Just what you will say
Bm
when you get home
D F#m
Because something is happening here
Bm
but you don't know what it is
G Bm
C you, Mr. Jones?
Em Bm Em
Estrofe 2
F#
You raise up your head and you ask,
A#aug D
"Is this where it is?"
A E
And somebody points to you and says,
"It's his"
Em G
And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says,
Em
"Well, what is?"
D
And you say, "Oh my God,
F#m Bm
am I here all alone?"
D F#m
But something is happening
Bm
and you don't know what it is
G Bm
C you, Mr. Jones?
Em Bm Em Bm
Estrofe 3
A#aug
You hand in your ticket and
F# A#aug F#
you go watch the geek
A
Who immediately walks up to you
D E
when he hears you speak
G
And says, "How does it feel
Em
to be such a freak?"
G D
And you say, "Impossible!"
F#m Bm
as he hands you a bone
D F#m
And something is hap pening here
Bm
but you don't know what it is
G
C you, Mr. Jones?
Bm Em Bm Em Bm
Estrofe 4
You have many contacts
D
among the lumberjacks
G
To get you facts when someone attacks
Bm
your imagination
But nobody has any respect,
D G
anyway they already expect you to all give a check
Em A
To tax- deductible charity organizations
Estrofe 5
A Bm
Ah, you've been with the professors and
A# F# A#aug
they've all liked your looks
A
With great lawyers you have
E
discussed lepers and crooks
G
You've been through all of F. Scot
Em
t Fitzgerald's books
D
You're very well- read,
F#m Bm
it's well- known
D F#m
But something is hap pening here
Bm
and you don't know what it is
G Bm Em Bm
C you, Mr. Jones?
Em
Estrofe 6
Well, the sword swallower,
F#
he comes up to you and then he kneels
A D Bm G#dim
He crosses himself and
G#m E
then he clicks his high heels
G
And without further notice,
Em
he asks you how it feels
D F#m
And he says, "Here is your throat back,
Bm
thanks for the loan"
D F#m
And you know something is happening
Bm
but you don't know what it is
G Bm Em Bm
C you, Mr. Jones?
Em
Estrofe 7
Now, you see this one- eyed midget shouting
A# A#aug D
the word "Now"
A E
And you say, "For what reason?" and he says,
"How"
G Em
And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back,
"You're a cow!
D F#m Bm
Give me some milk or else go home"
D F#m
And you know something's happening
Bm G
but you don't know what it is
Bm Em Bm Em
C you, Mr. Jones?
Estrofe 8
Bm A#aug
Well, you walk into the room like a camel,
Bm A#aug
and then you frown
A
You put your eyes in your pocket and your
E G#m E
nose on the ground
G Em
There ought to be a law against
you comin' around
D
You should be made to
F#m Bm
wear earphones
D F#m
'Cause something is happening
Bm
and you don't know what it is
G Bm Em Bm
C you, Mr. Jones?
Em Bm
Ballad of a Thin Man começa com um piano sombrio e uma voz que aponta o dedo. Bob Dylan a gravou em 2 de agosto de 1965 nos estúdios Columbia de Nova York, junto com outras três canções desse mesmo álbum: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Queen Jane Approximately e Highway 61 Revisited. Tem quase seis minutos de duração, é produzida por Bob Johnston, e acabou fazendo parte de Highway 61 Revisited, o primeiro disco em que Dylan usou banda de acompanhamento em todas as faixas. A letra gira em torno de um tal Mr. Jones, um sujeito que não entende nada do que acontece ao seu redor. Dylan nunca esclareceu quem é essa personagem — disse que não ia revelar porque seria processado, e que a única coisa que confirmava era que ele usa suspensórios. Essa opacidade faz parte do jogo: o próprio Dylan admitiu que as pessoas dissecam suas músicas como se fossem coelhos sem chegar a entender do que se tratam. Se você vai tocá-la, abrace essa ambiguidade: o blues rock pesado que a sustenta diz tanto quanto a letra.