My Own Version Of You

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                      My Own Version Of You – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Rough and Rowdy Ways” (2020)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Capo 2nd fret
Play: Bm
Key: C#m
For chords in original key, 
transpose +2
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CHORDS
       E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm     x-2-4-4-3-x
Bm/A   x-0-4-4-3-x
Bm/G#  4-x-4-4-3-x
Bm/G   3-x-4-4-x-x
Em/D   x-x-0-0-0-0
A#aug  x-1-4-3-3-x
G7     3-5-x-4-6-3

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[Intro]
| Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G |
| Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G |

[Verse 1]
Bm                  Bm/A      
All through the summers, into 
Bm/G# Bm/G
Janu- ary
          Bm       Bm/A       
I've been visiting morgues and
Bm/G# Bm/G
 monasteries
Em                   Em/D        
Looking for the necessary body 
A/C#  C
parts
Bm               A#aug          Bm/A
     Bm/G#
Limbs and livers and brains and 
hearts

[Turnaround 1]
           G
I'll bring someone to life, is what 
I wanna do
        G7                    | Bm 
I wanna create my own  version  of 
Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G |
 you

[Verse 2]
         Bm               Bm/A  
Well, it must be the winter of 
Bm/G#  Bm/G
my discontent
  Bm                     Bm/A     
I wish you'd've taken me with you 
    Bm/G#      Bm/G
wherever you went
     E             Em/D      A/C#
They talk all night and they talk
        C
 all day
Bm               A#aug           
Bm/A         Bm/G#
Not for a minute do I believe 
anything they say

[Turnaround 2]
               G
I'm gon' bring someone to life, 
someone I've never seen
    G7                        
You know what I mean, you know 
              | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# 
exactly what I mean
Bm/G |


[Verse 3]
              Bm         Bm/A     
I'll take the Scarface Pacino and 
    Bm/G#     Bm/G
The Godfather Brando
       Bm      Bm/A           
Mix it up in a tank and get a 
Bm/G#   Bm/G
robot commando
E            Em/D              
If I do it upright and put the 
A/C#    C
head on straight
        Bm           Bm/A         
I'll be saved by the creature that
      Bm/G#  Bm/G
 I create

[Verse 4]
         Bm                 
I'll get blood from a cactus, 
Bm/A Bm/G#          Bm/G
gunpowder from ice
Continúa después del anuncio
        Bm          Bm/A        
I don't gamble with cards and I 
Bm/G#          Bm/G
don't shoot no dice
       E              Em/D       
If you look at my face with your 
A/C#          C
sightless eye
Bm                  A#aug     Bm/A  
     Bm/G#
 Can you cross your heart and hope 
to die?

[Turnaround 3]
G
 I'll bring someone to life, someone
 for real
G7                              
Someone who feels the way that I 
| Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A |
feel
 Bm/G# Bm/G |


[Verse 5]
        Bm            Bm/A   
I study Sanskrit and Arabic to 
    Bm/G#      Bm/G
improve my mind
        Bm                Bm/A    
I wanna do things for the benefit 
   Bm/G#    Bm/G
of all mankind
  E                 Em/D   A/C#  
I say to the willow tree, "Don't 
         C
weep for me"
    Bm                  Bm/A      
I'm saying: “To hell to all things
        Bm/G#    Bm/G
 that I used to be

[Verse 6]
        Bm              Bm/A     
Well, I get into trouble, then I 
Bm/G#      Bm/G
hit the wall
Bm              Bm/A Bm/G#      Bm/G
No place to turn, no place at all
            E        Em/D    A/C#
I'll pick a number between a-one 
    C
and two
      Bm           A#aug            
 Bm/A   Bm/G#
And I ask myself, "What would Julius
 Caesar do?"

[Turnaround 4]
             G
I will bring someone to life in more
 ways than one
      G7                       
Don't matter how long it takes, 
                        | Bm Bm/A | 
it'll be done when it's done
Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G |


[Verse 7]
          Bm                Bm/A  
I'm gonna make you play the piano 
     Bm/G# Bm/G
like Leon  Russell
Bm       Bm/A           Bm/G#   
Like Liberace, like St. John the
    Bm/G
 Apostle
     E          Em/D              
I'll play every number that I can 
  A/C#  C
play
Bm           Bm/A     Bm/G#     Bm/G
I'll see you maybe on Judgment Day

[Verse 8]
Bm             Bm/A     Bm/G#   
 After midnight, if you still 
     Bm/G
wanna meet
               Bm                
I'll be at the Black Horse Tavern
Bm/A    Bm/G#      Bm/G
 on Armageddon Street
E            Em/D A/C#           
Two doors down,   not that far a 
C
walk
Bm             A#aug          Bm/A  
        Bm/G#
I'll hear your footsteps, you won't 
have to knock

[Turnaround 5]
G
 I'll bring someone to life, balance
 the scales
        G7                    
I'm not gonna get involved any 
              | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# 
insignificant details
Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G |


[Verse 9]
        Bm              Bm/A      
You can bring it to St. Peter, you
     Bm/G#         Bm/G
 can bring it to Jerome
        Bm                   Bm/A 
You can bring it all the way over,
          Bm/G#           Bm/G
 bring it all the way home
E               Em/D             
Bring it to the corner where the 
A/C#         C
children play
        Bm          A#aug   Bm/A    
 Bm/G#
You can bring it to me on a silver 
tray

[Turnaround 6]
           G
I'll bring someone to life, spare no
 expense
G7                           | Bm 
Do it with decency and common 
Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | 
sense
Bm/G# Bm/G |


| Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A |

 Bm/G# Bm/G |

[Verse 10]
        Bm                   Bm/A 
Can you tell me what it means, to 
      Bm/G#      Bm/G
be or not to be?
Bm              Bm/A     Bm/G#  
 You won't get away with fooling
    Bm/G
 me
        E           Em/D  A/C#   
Can you help me walk that 
     C
moonlight mile?
        Bm          A#aug     Bm/A  
  Bm/G#
Can you give me the blessings of 
your smile?

[Turnaround 7]
           G
I'll bring someone to life, use all 
of my powers
G7                       | Bm Bm/A
Do it in the dark, in the wee, 
 | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# 
small hours
Bm/G |


[Verse 11]
Bm            Bm/A           
I can see the history of the 
Bm/G#           Bm/G
whole human race
     Bm        Bm/A        Bm/G# 
It's all right there, it's carved
           Bm/G
 into your face
E                     Em/D       
Should I break it all down? 
    A/C#       C
Should I fall on my knees?
Bm                    Bm/A       
Is there light at the end of the 
        Bm/G#            Bm/G
tunnel, can you tell me, please?

[Verse 12]
Bm         Bm/A         Bm/G# Bm/G
Stand over there by the cypress tree
                 Bm                
Where the Trojan women and children
      Bm/A      Bm/G#  Bm/G
 were sold into slavery
E               Em/D     A/C#   C
Long before the first Crusade
    Bm          Bm/A        Bm/G#
Way back before England or 
       Bm/G
America were made

[Verse 13]
Bm         Bm/A     Bm/G#      Bm/G
Step right into the burning hell
                   Bm        Bm/A 
Where some of the best-known 
      Bm/G#     Bm/G
enemies of mankind dwell
    E              Em/D        
Mr. Freud with his dreams, Mr. 
A/C#          C
Marx with his axe
        Bm            Bm/A         
See the raw hide lash rip the skin 
Bm/G#      Bm/G
from their backs

[Verse 14]
Bm             Bm/A            
 Got the right spirit, you can 
Bm/G#                  Bm/G
feel it, you can hear it
       Bm            Bm/A   
You've got what they call the 
    Bm/G#      Bm/G
immortal spirit
        E           Em/D           
You can feel it all night, you can 
A/C#           C
feel it in the morn'
   Bm             Bm/A     Bm/G# 
It creeps in your body the day 
       Bm/G
you were born

[Verse 15]
Bm            Bm/A         Bm/G#
One strike of lightning is all 
      Bm/G
that I need
      Bm           Bm/A         
And a blast of electricity that 
Bm/G#       Bm/G
runs at top speed
E             Em/D      A/C#    
Shimmy your ribs, I'll stick in 
     C
the knife
      Bm        A#aug Bm/A       
Bm/G#
Gonna jumpstart my creation to life

[Turnaround 8]
        G
I wanna bring someone to life, turn 
back the years
G7                              | 
Do it with laughter and do it with
Bm Bm/A | Bm/G# Bm/G | Bm Bm/A | 
 tears            (repeat and 
Bm/G# Bm/G |
fade)