Ballad of Hollis Brown

Bob Dylan

Ce chant est à 4 accords magiques! Il est montré ici dans la transposition originale: en le jouant avec des capo ou en le transposant, vous pouvez le ramener à Am, F, C, G.

Transposer:
Dm
Hollis Brown
He lived on the out
C
side of
Dm
town
Hollis Brown
He lived on the ou
C
tside of t
Dm
own
With his wife and five children
And his cabin b
C
roken
Dm
down

Dm
You looked for work and money
And you wa
C
lked a rugged
Dm
mile
You looked for work and money
And you wa
C
lked a rugged m
Dm
ile
Your children are so hungry
That they don't kn
C
ow how to
Dm
smile

Your baby's eyes look crazy
They're a-tuggin'at your sleeve
Your baby's eyes look crazy
They're a-tuggin'at your sleeve
You walk the floor and wonder why
With every breath you breathe

There's bedbugs on your baby's bed
There's chinches on your wife
There's bedbugs on your baby's bed
There's chinches on your wife
Gangerene snuck in your side,
It's a-cuttin'you like a knife

The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
The rats have got your flour
Bad blood it got your mare
If there's anyone that knows
Is there anyone that cares ?

You prayed to the Lord above
Oh please send you a friend
You prayed to the Lord above
Oh please send you a friend
Your empty pockets tell yuh
That you ain't a-got no friend

Your babies are crying louder
It's pounding on your brain
Your babies are crying louder now
It's pounding on your brain
Your wife's screams are stabbin'you
like the dirty drivin'rain

Your grass it is turning black
There's no water in your well
Your grass is turning black
There's no water in your well
You spent your last lone dollar
On seven shotgun shells

Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
That's hangin'on the wall

Your brain is a-bleedin'
And your legs can't seem to stand
Your brain is a-bleedin'
And your legs can't seem to stand
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
That you're holdin'in your hand

There's seven breezes a-blowin'
All around the cabin door
There's seven breezes a-blowin'
All around the cabin door
Seven shots ring out
Like the ocean's pounding roar

There's seven people dead
On a South Dakota farm
There's seven people dead
On a South Dakota farm
Somewhere in the distance
There's seven new people born.

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Cette chanson raconte l’histoire tragique de Hollis Brown, un homme vivant dans une pauvreté extrême avec sa femme et ses cinq enfants dans une cabane délabrée. Face à des difficultés financières insurmontables, il erre à la recherche de travail sans succès, tandis que la famine menace sa famille. Les cris de ses enfants affamés et l'angoisse ressentie par sa femme alimentent un sentiment de désespoir profond. Les maux physiques et psychologiques s’entremêlent, illustrant une vie marquée par la souffrance. Dans ce contexte, le récit dépeint une lutte poignante contre la misère dans l'Amérique rurale, évoquant la perte d'espoir et le désespoir d'un père qui se tourne vers Dieu, cherchant du réconfort et de l'aide. La tension monte jusqu'à une tragédie finale, ponctuée de violence et de désespoir, symbolisant des réalités sombres vécues par beaucoup à cette époque.