Abandoned Love Live chords by Bob Dylan

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Performance: Version on the Bitter End (or the Other end) club in July 1975.

Intro:

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Verse 1:
G              D/F#           Em
I can hear the turning of the key
          C               G               D/F#
I've been deceived by the clown inside of me.
  Bm                                     C
I thought that he was righteous but he's vain
(Riff)                  C           G        C/g G
Oh, something's telling me I wear a ball and chain.

Verse 2:
G                  D/F#            Em
My patron saint is fighting with a ghost
            C             G               D/F#
He's always off somewhere when I need him most
    Bm                            C
The Spanish moon is rising on the hill
(Riff)                  C    G       C/G G
But my heart is telling me I love ya still.

Verse 3:
G                  D/F#                  Em
I come back to the town from the flaming moon
  C              G                  D/F#
I see you in the street, I begin to swoon.
  Bm                               C
I love to see you dress before the mirror
(Riff)                   C             G        C/G G
Won't you let me in your room one time before I disappear?

Verse 4:
G           D/F#         Em
Everybody's wearing a disguise
   C                     G                 D/F#
To hide what they've got left behind their eyes.
    Bm                       C
But me, I can't cover what I am
(Riff)                C       G      C/G G
Wherever the children go I'll follow them.

Verse 5:
G                        D/F#          Em
I can't play the game no more, I can't abide
         C                  G            D/F#
by their stupid rules which kept me sick inside
             Bm                              C
They've been made by men who've given up the search
(Riff)         C              G                 C/G G
Whose gods are dead and whose queens are in the church.

Verse 6:
  G            D/F#      Em
I march in the parade of liberty
       C         G                D/F#
But as long as I love you I'm not free.
    Bm                      C
How long must I suffer such abuse
(Riff)           C       G              C/G     G
Won't you let me see you smile before I cut you loose?

Verse 7:
G            D/F#           Em
Send out for Saint John the Evangelist
       C           G                  D/F#
All my friends are drunk, they can be dismissed.
   Bm                                 C
My head says that it's time to make a change
(Riff)                  C         G             C/G  G
But my heart is telling me I love ya but you're strange.

Verse 8:
   G             D/F#              Em
So step lightly, darling, near the wall
    C             G                  D/F#
Put on your heavy make-up, wear your shawl.
      Bm                                          C
Won't you descend from the throne, from where you sit?
(Riff)           C             G             C/G     G
Let me feel your love one more time before I abandon it.