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Floater Too Much To Ask chords by Bob Dylan

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Intro:
Chord diagramF7F7      F#o      Chord diagramF#7F#7     Chord diagramF7F7

Verse 1:
Chord diagramF7F7        Fo   Chord diagramF7F7
Down over the window
Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramEb7Eb7       Chord diagramBb majorBb
Come the dazzling sunlit rays
            Chord diagramF7F7            Fo           Chord diagramF7F7
Through the back alleys, through the blinds,
           Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramEbmEbm  Chord diagramBb majorBb
Another one of them endless days

Verse 2:

Chord diagramF7F7        Fo   Chord diagramF7F7
Honey bees are buzzing
Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramEb7Eb7       Chord diagramBb majorBb
Leaves begin to stir
Chord diagramF7F7            Fo           Chord diagramF7F7
I'm in love with my second cousin
           Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramEbmEbm             Chord diagramBb majorBb   Chord diagramA7A7
I tell myself I could be happy forever with her.

Bridge 1:

Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramA7A7
I keep listening for footsteps,
Chord diagramDmDm                        Chord diagramBb majorBb   Chord diagramA7A7
But I ain't ever hearing any
Chord diagramDmDm                         Chord diagramA7A7
From the boat, I fish for bullheads
Chord diagramDmDm            Chord diagramC/EC/E             Chord diagramFF   Fo
I catch a lot, sometimes too many

Verse 3:

Chord diagramF7F7            Fo   Chord diagramF7F7
Chord diagramA augmentedA summer breeze is blowin',
Chord diagramBb majorBb        Chord diagramEb7Eb7       Chord diagramBb majorBb
Chord diagramA augmentedA squall is setting in.
Chord diagramF7F7            Fo           Chord diagramF7F7
Sometimes it's just plain stupid
Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramEbmEbm       Chord diagramBb majorBb
To get into any kind of wind.

Interlude 1:
Chord diagramF7F7      F#o      Chord diagramF#7F#7     Chord diagramF7F7

Verse 4:
Chord diagramF7F7                           Fo                Chord diagramF7F7
Well, the old men 'round here sometimes they get on
Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramEb7Eb7       Chord diagramBb majorBb
bad terms with the younger men,
Chord diagramF7F7                Fo           Chord diagramF7F7
Old, young - age don't carry weight
Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramEbmEbm       Chord diagramBb majorBb
It doesn't matter in the end

Verse 5:
Chord diagramF7F7                         Fo                   Chord diagramF7F7
One of the bosses' hangers-on sometimes comes to call
Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramEb7Eb7       Chord diagramBb majorBb
At times you least expect,
Chord diagramF7F7                        Fo                         Chord diagramF7F7
Tryin' to bully you, strong-arm you, inspire you with fear.
Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramEbmEbm       Chord diagramBb majorBb   Chord diagramA7A7
It has the opposite effect

Bridge 2:
Chord diagramDmDm                                       Chord diagramA7A7
There's a new grove of trees on the outskirts of town
Chord diagramDmDm                  Chord diagramBb majorBb   Chord diagramA7A7
The old one - long gone.
Chord diagramDmDm                       Chord diagramA7A7
Timber, two foot six across,
Chord diagramDmDm            Chord diagramC/EC/E        Chord diagramFF   Fo
Burns with the bark still on.

Verse 6:
Chord diagramF7F7        Fo      Chord diagramF7F7
They say times are hard,
Chord diagramBb majorBb                            Chord diagramEb7Eb7       Chord diagramBb majorBb
If you don't believe it you can follow your nose.
Chord diagramF7F7                Fo                 Chord diagramF7F7
It don't bother me, times are hard everywhere,
Chord diagramBb majorBb                Chord diagramEbmEbm           Chord diagramBb majorBb
We will just have to see how it goes.

Interlude 2:
Chord diagramF7F7      F#o      Chord diagramF#7F#7     Chord diagramF7F7

Verse 7:
Chord diagramF7F7                Fo             Chord diagramF7F7
My old man he's like some feudal lord,
Chord diagramBb majorBb          Chord diagramEb7Eb7       Chord diagramBb majorBb
Got more lives than a cat.
Chord diagramF7F7                       Fo                      Chord diagramF7F7
I've never seen him quarrel with my mother even once.
Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramEbmEbm             Chord diagramBb majorBb
Things come alive or they fall flat.

Verse 8:
Chord diagramF7F7             Fo          Chord diagramF7F7
You can smell the pine wood burnin'
Chord diagramBb majorBb                Chord diagramEb7Eb7       Chord diagramBb majorBb
You can hear the school-bell ring.
Chord diagramF7F7               Fo                 Chord diagramF7F7
Got to get up near the teacher, if you can
Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramEbmEbm       Chord diagramBb majorBb   Chord diagramA7A7
If you wanna learn anything.

Bridge 3:
Chord diagramDmDm                                       Chord diagramA7A7
Romeo, he said to Juliet, "You got a poor complexion
Chord diagramDmDm                                              Chord diagramBb majorBb   Chord diagramA7A7
It don't give you an appearance of a youthful touch."
Chord diagramDmDm                                       Chord diagramA7A7
Juliet said back to Romeo, "Why don't you just shove off
Chord diagramDmDm         Chord diagramC/EC/E        Chord diagramFF   Fo
If it bothers you so much."

Verse 9:
Chord diagramF7F7                     Fo              Chord diagramF7F7
They all got out of here any way they could -
Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramEb7Eb7       Chord diagramBb majorBb
Cold rain can give you the shivers.
Chord diagramF7F7                      Fo                     Chord diagramF7F7
They went down the Ohio, the Cumberland, the Tennessee,
Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramEbmEbm          Chord diagramBb majorBb
All the rest of them rebel rivers.

Interlude 3:
Chord diagramF7F7      F#o      Chord diagramF#7F#7     Chord diagramF7F7

[Verse 10:
Chord diagramF7F7                              Fo                 Chord diagramF7F7
If you ever try to interfere with me, or cross my path again,
Chord diagramBb majorBb                    Chord diagramEb7Eb7       Chord diagramBb majorBb
You do so at the peril of your own life.
Chord diagramF7F7               Fo                   Chord diagramF7F7
I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound,
Chord diagramBb majorBb                Chord diagramEbmEbm            Chord diagramBb majorBb
I've seen enough heartache and strife.

Verse 11:
Chord diagramF7F7           Fo            Chord diagramF7F7
My grandfather was a duck trapper
Chord diagramBb majorBb                    Chord diagramEb7Eb7            Chord diagramBb majorBb
He could do it with just dragnets and ropes
Chord diagramF7F7                      Fo                      Chord diagramF7F7
My grandmother could sew new dresses out of old cloth,
Chord diagramBb majorBb                 Chord diagramEbmEbm                  Chord diagramBb majorBb   Chord diagramA7A7
I don't know if they had any dreams or hopes.

Bridge 4:
Chord diagramDmDm                        Chord diagramA7A7
I had 'em once though I suppose
Chord diagramDmDm
To go along with all the ring dancing,
                            Chord diagramBb majorBb            Chord diagramA7A7
Christmas Carols on all the Christmas Eves
Chord diagramDmDm                        Chord diagramA7A7
I left all my dreams and hopes
Chord diagramDmDm            Chord diagramC/EC/E        Chord diagramFF   Fo
Buried under tobacco leaves

Verse 12:
Chord diagramF7F7               Fo             Chord diagramF7F7
Not always easy kicking someone out,
Chord diagramBb majorBb                  Chord diagramEb7Eb7                Chord diagramBb majorBb
Got to wait awhile, it can be an unpleasant task.
Chord diagramF7F7                     Fo                  Chord diagramF7F7
Sometimes somebody wants you to give something up
Chord diagramBb majorBb                   Chord diagramEbmEbm            Chord diagramBb majorBb
And, tears or not, it's too much to ask.

Outro:
Chord diagramF7F7      F#o      Chord diagramF#7F#7     Chord diagramF7F7 Chord diagramBb6Bb6

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