Lenka - Mr. Tambourine Man

(originally by Bob Dylan)

[Intro]
C D G C
G C D G

[Chorus]

C D G C
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
G C D
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
C D G C
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
G C D G
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you

[Verse]

C D G C
I know that evening’s empire has returned into sand
G C
Vanished from my hand
G C
Left me blindly here to stand
D
But still not sleeping
C D G c
My weariness amazes me, I’m branded on my feet
G C
I have no one to meet
G C D
And the ancient empty street’s too dead for dreaming

[Chorus 2]

C D G C
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
G C D
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
C D G C
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
G C D G
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you

[Verse 2]

C D G C
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin’ ship
G C
My senses have been stripped
G C
My hands can’t feel to grip
G C
My toes too numb to step
G C D
Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin’
C D
I’m ready to go anywhere
G C
I’m ready for to fade
G C
Into my own parade
G C
Cast your dancing spell my way
D
I promise to go under it

[Chorus 3]

C D G C
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
G C D
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
C D G C
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
G C D G
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you

[Verse 3]

C D G C
Though you might hear laughin’, spinnin’ swingin’ madly across the sun
G C
It’s not aimed at anyone
G C
It’s just escapin’ on the run
G C D
And but for the sky there are no fences facin’
C D G C
And if you hear vague traces of skippin’ reels of rhyme
G C
To your tambourine in time
G C
It’s just a ragged clown behind
G C
I wouldn’t pay it any mind
G C D
It’s just a shadow you’re seein’ that he’s chasing

[Chorus 4]

C D G C
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
G C D
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
C D G C
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
G C D G
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you

[Verse 4]

C D G C
And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
G C
Down the foggy ruins of time
G C
Far past the frozen leaves
G C
The haunted, frightened trees
G C
Out to the windy beach
G C
Far from the twisted reach
D
Of crazy sorrow
C D G C
Yes to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
G C
Silhouetted by the sea
G C
Circled by the circus sands
G C
With all memory and fate
G C
Driven deep beneath the waves
G C
Let me forget about today
D
Until tomorrow

[Chorus 5]

C D G C
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
G C D
I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to
C D G C
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
G C D G
In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you