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Bob Dylan — Desolation Row (ver 2) Chords

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Here's the first verse of Bob Dylan's Desolation Row, off of his Highway 61 Revisited
album.  You can just apply these chords to the rest of the song, because I don't feel
like typing out 11 minute's worth of lyrics.

First of all, sometimes when he's playing the E chord, he throws in what I believe is
called an Esus4 which is played like this:

e|————————0——————————|
B|————————0——————————|
G|————————2——————————|
D|————————2——————————|
A|————————2——————————|
E|————————0——————————|

You sort of have to listen to the song to know when he does it.

So, here's the chords.

E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E

E
They're selling post cards of the hanging,

        A                      E
They're painting the passports brown.

    B7
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors,

A                   E
The circus is in town.

Here comes the blind commissioner,

        A             E
They've got him in a trance.

    B7
One hand is tied to the tightrope walker,

A                    E
The other is in his pants.

        A  
And the riot squad, they're restless,

     E                 A
They need somewhere to go.

   E               B7
As lady and I look out tonight,

A               E
From Desolation Row.
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E:              A:              B7:
e|—————0—————|  e|—————0—————|  e|—————2—————|
B|—————0—————|  B|—————2—————|  B|—————0—————|
G|—————1—————|  G|—————2—————|  G|—————2—————|
D|—————2—————|  D|—————2—————|  D|—————1—————|
A|—————2—————|  A|—————0—————|  A|—————2—————|
E|—————0—————|  E|—————x—————|  E|—————x—————|

Enjoy.