Highway 61 Revisited

---------------------------------------------------------------------------                 Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: "Highway 61 Revisited" (1965) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 1st fret play: A key: Bb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS A5   x-0-2-2-x(0) The D chords in the verses and the A chords in the interludes and the outro can also be played as D7 or A7. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | | % | % | % | VERSE 1 Oh God said to Abraham “Kill me a son” Abe says “Man you must be puttin’ me on” God say “No.” Abe say “What?” God say “You can do what you want Abe but The next time you see me comin’ you better run” Well Abe says “Where do you want this killin’ done?” God says “Out on Highway 61” INTERLUDE | | % | % | % | VERSE 2 Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose Welfare Department they wouldn’t give him no clothes He asked poor Howard where can I go Howard said there’s only one place I know Sam said tell me quick man I got to run Ol’ Howard just pointed with his gun And said that way down on Highway 61 VERSE 3 Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King I got forty red white and blue shoestrings And a thousand telephones that don’t ring Do you know where I can get rid of these things And Louie the King said let me think for a minute son And he said yes I think it can be easily done Just take everything down to Highway 61 INTERLUDE | | % | % | % | VERSE 4 Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night Told the first father that things weren’t right My complexion she said is much too white He said come here and step into the light He says hmm you’re right let me tell the second mother this has been done But the second mother was with the seventh son And they were both out on Highway 61 INTERLUDE | | % | % | % | VERSE 5 Now the rovin’ gambler he was very bored He was tryin’ to create a next world war He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before But yes I think it can be very easily done We’ll just put some bleachers out in the sun And have it on Highway 61 OUTRO (repat and fade)