Jokerman chords by Bob Dylan

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Jokerman
By Bob Dylan

Bb majorBb          BbM7
Standin' on the water casting your bread,

Cm/BbCm/Bb                F/Bb       Bb majorBb   Eb/BbEb/Bb
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing.

Bb majorBb          BbM7
Distant ships sailin' into the mist,

     Cm/BbCm/Bb               F/Bb
You were born with a snake in both of your fists,

           Bb majorBb
While a hurricane was blowing.

Cm7Cm7     FF             Bb majorBb
Freedom, just around the corner for you.

       Cm7Cm7      FF          Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
But with truth so far off, what good would it do?

Chorus

FF           Eb MajorEb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale's tune.

Bb majorBb    F/AF/A     Eb/GEb/G     Eb MajorEb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon.

Bb/DBb/D  Eb6Eb6 FF   Bb majorBb
Oh, oh, oh   Jokerman.

So swiftly the sun sets in the sky,
You rise up and say goodbye to no one.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,
Both of their futures so full of dread,
You don't show one.
Shedding off one more layer of skin.
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within.

Chorus

You're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds,
Manipulator of crowds,
You're a dream twister.
You go to Sodom and Gomorrah, but what do you care?
Ain't nobody there would want to marry your sister.
A augmentedA friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame.
You look into the fiery furnace - see the rich man without any name.

Chorus

Well the book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy,
The law of the jungle and the sea,
Are your only teachers.
In the smoke of the twilight --- on a milk-white steed,
Michelangelo indeed could have carved out your features.
Resting in the fields far from the turbulent space.
Half asleep neath the stars with a small dog licking your face.

Chorus

Well the (mafia?) man stalkin' the sick and the lame,
Preacher man seeks the same,
Who'll get there first is uncertain.
Matchsticks and water cannons --- teargas, padlocks,
Molotav cocktails and rocks,
Behind every curtain.
False-hearted judges dyin' in the webs that they spin.
Only a matter of time til night comes steppin' in.

Chorus

It's a shadowy world - skies are slippery grey,
A augmentedA woman just gave birth to a prince today,
And dressed him in scarlet.
He'll put the priest in his pocket - put the blade to the heat,
Take the motherless children off the street,
And place them at the feet of a harlot.
Oh Jokerman you know what he wants.
Oh Jokerman you don't show any response.

Chorus


Be seeing you,
Kelwyn.
_________

He said that's alright babe,
I love you too.
But we were Tangled Up In Blue.
    - Bob Dylan

Other versions of Jokerman

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