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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Empire Burlesque" (1985)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Something is burning, baby, are you aware?
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Something is the matter, baby, there’s smoke in your hair
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Are you still my friend, baby, show me a sign
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Is the love in your heart for me turning blind?
[Verse 2]
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You’ve been avoiding the main streets for a long, long while
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The truth that I’m seeking is in your missing file
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What’s your position, baby, what’s going on?
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Why is the light in your eyes nearly gone?
[Verse 3]
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I know everything about this place, or so it seems
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Am I no longer a part of your plans or your dreams?
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Well, it is so obvious that something has changed
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What’s happening, baby, to make you act so strange?
[Verse 4]
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Something is burning, baby, here’s what I say
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Even the bloodhounds of London couldn’t find you today
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I see the shadow of a man, baby, makin’ you blue
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Who is he, baby, and what’s he to you?
[Verse 5]
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We’ve reached the edge of the road, baby, where the pasture begins
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Where charity is supposed to cover up a multitude of sins
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But where do you live, baby, and where is the light?
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Why are your eyes just staring off in the night?
[Verse 6]
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I can feel it in the night, in the night, in the night when I think of you
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I can feel it in the light, in the light, in the light and it’s got to be true
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You can’t live by bread alone, you won’t be satisfied
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You can’t roll away the stone if your hands are tied
[Verse 7]
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Got to start someplace, baby, can you explain?
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Please don’t fade away on me, baby, like the midnight train
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Answer me, baby, a casual look will do
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Just what in the world has come over you?
[Verse 8]
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I can feel it in the wind, in the wind, in the wind and it’s upside down
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I can feel it in the dust as I get off the bus on the outskirts of town
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I’ve had the Mexico City blues since the last hairpin curve
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I don’t wanna see you bleed, I know what you need but it ain’t what you deserve
[Verse 9]
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Something is burning, baby, something’s in flames
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There’s a man going ’round ... calling names
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Ring down when you’re ready, baby, I’m waiting for you
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I believe in the impossible, you know that I do
[Coda]
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Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
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Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh