Somethings Burning Baby

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     Something’s Burning, Baby – Bob Dylan
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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 
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you aware?
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 Something is the matter, baby, 
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there’s smoke in your hair
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Are you still my friend, baby, 
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show me a sign
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Is the love in your heart for me 
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turning blind?


[Verse 2]
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You’ve been avoiding the main 
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streets for a long, long while
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The truth that I’m seeking is in 
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your missing file
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 What’s your position, baby, 
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what’s going on?
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 Why is the light in your eyes 
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nearly gone?


[Verse 3]
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I know everything about this place,
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 or so it seems
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Am I no longer a part of your 
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plans or your dreams?
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Well, it is so obvious that 
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something has changed
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 What’s happening, baby, to make 
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you act so strange?


[Verse 4]
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 Something is burning, baby, 
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here’s what I say
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Even the bloodhounds of London 
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couldn’t find you today
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I see the shadow of a man, baby, 
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makin’ you blue
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Who is he, baby, and what’s he to 
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you?


[Verse 5]
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We’ve reached the edge of the road,
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 baby, where the pasture begins
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Where charity is supposed to cover 
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up a multitude of sins
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But where do you live, baby, and 
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where is the light?
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 Why are your eyes just staring 
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off in the night?


[Verse 6]
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I can feel it in the night, in the 
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night, in the night when I think of
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 you
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I can feel it in the light, in the 
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light, in the light and it’s got to
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 be true
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You can’t live by bread alone, you 
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won’t be satisfied
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You can’t roll away the stone if 
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your hands are tied
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[Verse 7]
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Got to start someplace, baby, can
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 you explain?
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 Please don’t fade away on me, 
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baby, like the midnight train
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 Answer me, baby, a casual look 
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will do
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 Just what in the world has come 
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over you?


[Verse 8]
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I can feel it in the wind, in the 
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wind, in the wind and it’s upside 
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down
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I can feel it in the dust as I get 
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off the bus on the outskirts of town
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I’ve had the Mexico City blues 
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since the last hairpin curve
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I don’t wanna see you bleed, I know
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 what you need but it ain’t what 
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you deserve


[Verse 9]
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 Something is burning, baby, 
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something’s in flames
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There’s a man going ’round ... 
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calling names
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 Ring down when you’re ready, 
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baby, I’m waiting for you
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I believe in the impossible, you 
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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