Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues   (Album: Bringing It All Back Home (1965))

 [ A7,  A7  ]

Johnny’s in the basement mixin up the medicine

I’m on the pavement thinkin bout the government

man in a trenchcoat badge out laid off

says he’s got a bad cough, want’s to get it paid off

D7      look out kid somthin ya did

A7      god knows when, but your doin it again

            better duck down the alleyway, lookin for a new friend

E7      man in a coonskin cap and a pigpen wants

A7      11 dollar bills, you only got ten

maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot

talkin that the heat put, plants in the bed but

phoned tapped anyway, maggie says that many say

must bust in early May, orders from the DA

D7      look out kid don’t matter what ya did

A7      better walk on your tip toes, don’t tie no bows

              better stay away from those, who carry around a fire hose

E7      keep a clean nose, watch the plain clothes

A7      you don’t need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

get sick get well, hang around the ink well

hang bell(?), hard to tell, if anything is going to sell

try hard, get barred, get back, ride rail

get jailed, jump bail, join the army if you fail

D7      look out kid your gonna get hit

A7      by losers, cheaters, six time users- – –            hangin round the theaters

E7      girl by the whirlpool, lookin for a new fool

A7      don’t follow leaders, watch your parkin meters

get born keep warm short pants romance

learn to dance get dressed get blessed, try to be a success

please her please him, buy gifts don’t steal don’t lift

20 years of schoolin’ and they put ya on the dayshift

D7      look out kid they keep it all hid

A7      better jump down a manhole, light yourself a candle

                    don’t wear sandals, try to avoid the scandals

E7      don’t wanna be a bum, ya better chew gum

A7      the pump don’t work cause the vandals took the handle