Clean Cut Kid

---------------------------------------------------------------------------           Clean Cut Kid - Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: "Empire Burlesque" (1985) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | % | % | % |          (break) [Verse 1] Everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust Adjust to what a dream that bust? He was a clean-cut kid Well they made a killer out of him that’s what they did       (break) | | % | % | % |          (break) [Verse 2] They said what’s up is down they said what isn’t is They put ideas in his head he thought were his He was a clean-cut kid But  they made a killer out of him that’s what they did       (break) | | % | % | % |          (break) [Verse 3] He was on the baseball team he was in the marching band When he was ten years old he had a watermelon stand He was a clean-cut kid They made a killer out of him that’s what they did       (break) | | % | % | % |          (break) [Bridge 1] They said “Listen boy you’re just a pup” They sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up They gave him dope to smoke drinks and pills A jeep to drive blood to spill (break) [Verse 4] They said “Congratulations you got what it takes” They sent him back into the rat race without any brakes He was a clean-cut kid They made a killer out of him that’s what they did       (break) | | % | % | % |          (break) [Bridge 2] He bought the American dream but it put him in debt The only game he could play was Russian roulette He drank Coca-Cola he was eating Wonder Bread Ate Burger Kings he was well fed   (break)  [Verse 5] He went to Hollywood to see Peter O’Toole He stole a Rolls-Royce and drove it in a swimming pool They took a clean-cut kid And they made a killer out of him that’s what they did       (break) | | % | % | % |          (break) [Bridge 3] He could’ve sold insurance owned a restaurant or bar Could’ve been an accountant or a tennis star He was wearing boxing gloves took a dive one day Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay       (break)  [Verse 6] His mama walks the floor his daddy weeps and moans They gotta sleep together in a home they don’t own They took a clean-cut kid And they made a killer out of him that’s what they did       (break) | | % | % | % |          (break) [Bridge 4] Well everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust All he ever wanted was somebody to trust They took his head and turned it inside out He never did know what it was all about  (break) [Verse 7] + coda He had a steady job he joined the choir He never did plan to walk the high wire They took a clean-cut kid And they made a killer out of him that’s what they did       (break)