Lenny Bruce

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                    Lenny Bruce – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Shot of Love” (1981)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Capo 1st fret
Play: G
Kay: Ab
For chords in original key transpose +1

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       G/B
      G   C  G/B   G5               C  G/B  D   D7   G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
B|------0-1---0---| 3---------------|1-1-0-0---0-1---|----------------| 
G|----0-0-0---0---| 0---------------|0-0-0-0-2-------|0---------------| 
D|----0-----------| 0---------------|--------0-------|0---------------| 
A|------2-3---2---|----------------| 3-3-2-2---------|----------------| 
E|----3-----------| 3---------------|----------------|3---------------| 


[Verse 1]
G   G/B C     G/B G            C     G/B   D D7   G
 Lenny  Bruce is  dead but his ghost lives on and on
G         D       C             G           C       G/B Am G D
Never did get any Golden Globe award, never made it to  Synanon
C/G         G
  He was an outlaw
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C/G          G
  That’s for sure
C/G          G      C    G/B Am G   D
  More of an outlaw than you e- ver were
G  G/B C     G/B G            C        G/B    D D7   G
 Lenny Bruce is  gone but his spirit’s livin’ on and on

[Verse 2]
G      G/B C   G/B  G                    C      G/B     D        D7   G
 Maybe he  had some problems, maybe some things that he couldn’t work out
       G        D            C             G            C         G/B    Am      G D
But he sure was funny and he sure told the truth and he knew what he was talkin’ a-bout
C/G                G
  Never robbed any churches
    C/G                 G
Nor cut off any babies’ heads
        C/G                    G             C        G/B   Am   G   D
He just took the folks in high places and he shined a light in their beds
G        G/B  C G/B G         C      G/B   D    D7 G
 He’s on some other shore, he didn’t wanna live anymore

[Verse 3]
G  G/B C     G/B G           C      G/B    D D7 G
 Lenny Bruce is  dead but he didn’t commit any  crime
G       D       C     G/B              C   G/B Am   G   D
He just had the insight to rip off the lid be- fore its time
C/G           G
  I rode with him
C/G         G
  In a taxi once
C/G                  G                      C    G/B Am     G  D
 Only for a mile and a half, seemed like it took a   couple of months
G  G/B C     G/B   G          C    G/B  D          D7  G
 Lenny Bruce moved on and the ones that killed him are gone

[Verse 4]
G          G/B  C  G/B G              C      G/B  D D7   G
 They said that he was sick ’cause he didn’t play by the rules
   G           D            C      G         C G/B   Am   G    D
He just showed the wise men of his day to be nothing more than fools
     C/G                  G
They stamped him and they labeled him
          C/G               G
Like they do with pants and shirts
   C/G               G                 C G/B Am   G  D
He fought a war on a battlefield where every victory hurts
G  G/B C     G/B G               C       G/B  D   D7    G
 Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the brother that you never had

[Coda]
        G
     G/B  C  G/B   G5               C  G/B D/A  D7   G5
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------| 0-0-------------|- 
B|----0---1---0---| 3-----------0---|1-1-3-3-----1-1-|3 
G|----0-0-0---0---| 0-----------0-0-|----0-0-2-2-2-2-|0 
D|------0---------| 0-------------0-|--------4-4-0---|0 
A|----2---3---2---|------------2---| 3-3-2-2-0-------|- 
E|------3---------|3-------------3-|----------------|3