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Shelter From The Storm
Bob Dylan
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Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Blood On The Tracks
Song: Shelter From The Storm
This is my first tab but it sounds better than the others for this song. I'm
pretty sure it's right.
Chords Used:
| E Major | E7 | E5 |
e|------0-----|--0----|------0----------|
B|------0-----|--3----|------0----------|
G|------1-----|--1----|------2----------|
D|------2-----|--2----|------2----------|
A|------2-----|--2----|------2----------|
E|------0-----|--0----|------0----------|
Just listen to the song for the pattern. It's pretty basic and shouldn't be a problem.
Chord progression during intro/verses E, E7, E5, E
Chord progression during outro/in between verses E7, E5, E, E
E E7 E5 E
E E7 E5 E
'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
E E7 E5 E
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
E E7 E5 E
I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.
E E7 E5 E
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
E7 E5 E E
E E7 E5 E
And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
E E7 E5 E
I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
E E7 E5 E
In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.
E E7 E5 E
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
E7 E5 E E
E E7 E5 E
Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
E E7 E5 E
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.
E E 7 E5 E
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
E E7 E5 E
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
E7 E5 E E
E E7 E5 E
I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,
E E7 E5 E
Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,
E E7 E5 E
Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.
E E7 E5 E
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
E7 E5 E E
E E7 E5 E
Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
E E7 E5 E
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.
E E7 E5 E
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
E E7 E5 E
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
E7 E5 E E
E E7 E5 E
Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost
E E7 E5 E
I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed.
E E7 E5 E
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn.
E E7 E5 E
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
E7 E5 E E
E E7 E5 E
Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
E E7 E5 E
But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
E E7 E5 E
And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.
E E7 E5 E
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
E7 E5 E E
E E7 E5 E
I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove
E E7 E5 E
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.
E E7 E5 E
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
E E7 E5 E
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
E7 E5 E E
E E7 E5 E
In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
E E7 E5 E
I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose.
E E 7 E5 E
I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn.
E E7 E5 E
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
E7 E5 E E
E E7 E5 E
Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
E E7 E5 E
Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
E E7 E5 E
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born.
E E7 E5 E
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
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