Lenny Bruce chords by Bob Dylan

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
    G/BG/B
   G+G  C majorC G/BG/B  G5G5        C majorC G/BG/B D MajorD  D7D7  G+G
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|------0-1---0---|3---------------|1-1-0-0---0-1---|----------------|
G+G|----0-0-0---0---|0---------------|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---------------|
D MajorD|----0-----------|0---------------|--------0-------|0---------------|
A augmentedA|------2-3---2---|----------------|3-3-2-2---------|----------------|
E MajorE|----3-----------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|


Verse 1:
G+G  G/BG/B C majorC   G/BG/B G+G      C majorC   G/BG/B  D MajorD D7D7  G+G
 Lenny Bruce is dead but his ghost lives on and on
G+G     D MajorD    C majorC       G+G      C majorC    G/BG/B A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Never did get any Golden Globe award, never made it to Synanon
C/GC/G     G+G
 He was an outlaw
C/GC/G     G+G
 That’s for sure
C/GC/G     G+G   C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm G+G  D MajorD
 More of an outlaw than you e- ver were
G+G G/BG/B C majorC   G/BG/B G+G      C majorC    G/BG/B  D MajorD D7D7  G+G
 Lenny Bruce is gone but his spirit’s livin’ on and on

Verse 2:
G+G   G/BG/B C majorC  G/BG/B G+G          C majorC   G/BG/B   D MajorD    D7D7  G+G
 Maybe he had some problems, maybe some things that he couldn’t work out
    G+G    D MajorD      C majorC       G+G      C majorC     G/BG/B  A minorAm   G+G D MajorD
But he sure was funny and he sure told the truth and he knew what he was talkin’ a-bout
C/GC/G        G+G
 Never robbed any churches
  C/GC/G         G+G
Nor cut off any babies’ heads
    C/GC/G          G+G       C majorC    G/BG/B  A minorAm  G+G  D MajorD
He just took the folks in high places and he shined a light in their beds
G+G    G/BG/B C majorC G/BG/B G+G     C majorC   G/BG/B  D MajorD  D7D7 G+G
 He’s on some other shore, he didn’t wanna live anymore


Verse 3:
G+G G/BG/B C majorC   G/BG/B G+G      C majorC   G/BG/B  D MajorD D7D7 G+G
 Lenny Bruce is dead but he didn’t commit any crime
G+G    D MajorD    C majorC   G/BG/B       C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm  G+G  D MajorD
He just had the insight to rip off the lid be- fore its time
C/GC/G      G+G
 I rode with him
C/GC/G     G+G
 In a taxi once
C/GC/G         G+G           C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm   G+G D MajorD
 Only for a mile and a half, seemed like it took a  couple of months
G+G G/BG/B C majorC   G/BG/B  G+G     C majorC  G/BG/B D MajorD     D7D7 G+G
 Lenny Bruce moved on and the ones that killed him are gone

Verse 4:
G+G     G/BG/B C majorC G/BG/B G+G       C majorC   G/BG/B D MajorD D7D7  G+G
 They said that he was sick ’cause he didn’t play by the rules
  G+G      D MajorD      C majorC   G+G     C majorC G/BG/B  A minorAm  G+G  D MajorD
He just showed the wise men of his day to be nothing more than fools
   C/GC/G         G+G
They stamped him and they labeled him
     C/GC/G        G+G
Like they do with pants and shirts
  C/GC/G        G+G         C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm  G+G D MajorD
He fought a war on a battlefield where every victory hurts
G+G G/BG/B C majorC   G/BG/B G+G        C majorC    G/BG/B D MajorD  D7D7  G+G
 Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the brother that you never had


Coda:
    G+G
   G/BG/B C majorC G/BG/B  G5G5        C majorC G/BG/B D/AD/A D7D7  G5G5
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|0-0-------------|-
BB|----0---1---0---|3-----------0---|1-1-3-3-----1-1-|3
G+G|----0-0-0---0---|0-----------0-0-|----0-0-2-2-2-2-|0
D MajorD|------0---------|0-------------0-|--------4-4-0---|0
A augmentedA|----2---3---2---|------------2---|3-3-2-2-0-------|-
E MajorE|------3---------|3-------------3-|----------------|3

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