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Bob Dylan : Slow Train Coming
1979

  1. Gotta Serve Somebody
    2
  2. Precious Angel
  3. I Believe In You
  4. Slow Train

  5. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
    1
  6. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
  7. When You Gonna Wake Up?
  8. Man Gave Names To All The Animals
    2
  9. When He Returns

Gotta Serve Somebody

Am
You may be an ambassador to England or France You may like to gamble, you might like to dance You may be the heavyweight champion of the world You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls
D
But you're gonna have to serve somebody
Am
Yes indeed, you're gonna have to serve somebody
E
D7
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
Am
But you're gonna have to serve somebody You might be a rock and roll addict prancing on the stage You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage You may be a business man or some high degree thief They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk You may be the head of some big TV network You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame You may be living in another country under another name You may be a construction worker working on a home You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome You might own guns and you might even own tanks You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy You may call me RJ, you may call me Ray You may call me anything but no matter what you say

Precious Angel

Capo:
III
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F
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Precious angel, under the sun
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Am
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How was I to know you'd be the one
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To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone
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Am
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How weak was the foundation I was standing upon? Now there's spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down You either got faith or you got unbelief and there ain't no neutral ground The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived When the truth's in our hearts and we still don't believe?
C/e
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C/g
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Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me
Am
C/g
You know I just couldn't make it by myself
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Dm
F/g
I'm a little too blind to see My so-called friends have fallen under a spell They look me squarely in the eye and they say, "Well, all is well" Can they imagine the darkness that will fall from on high When men will beg God to kill them and they won't be able to die? Sister, let me tell you about a vision I saw You were drawing water for your husband, you were suffering under the law You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in one breath You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal's death Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me You know I just couldn't make it by myself I'm a little too blind to see Precious angel, you believe me when I say What God has given to us no man can take away We are covered in blood, girl, you know both our forefathers were slaves Let us hope they've found mercy in their bone-filled graves You're the queen of my flesh, girl, you're my woman, you're my delight You're the lamp of my soul, girl, and you torch up the night But there's violence in the eyes, girl, so let us not be enticed On the way out of Egypt, through Ethiopia, to the judgement hall of Christ Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me You know I just couldn't make it by myself I'm a little too blind to see Shine your light, shine your light on me

I Believe In You

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They ask me how I feel And if my love is real
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E
And how I know I'll make it through
E
And they, they look at me and frown
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They'd like to drive me from this town
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They don't want me around
E
'Cause I believe in you They show me to the door They say don't come back no more 'Cause I don't be like they'd like me to And I walk out on my own A thousand miles from home But I don't feel alone 'Cause I believe in you
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I believe in you even through the tears and the laughter
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I believe in you even though we be apart
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I believe in you even on the morning after
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Oh, when the dawn is nearing
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Oh, when the night is disappearing
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Oh, this feeling is still here in my heart Don't let me drift too far Keep me where you are Where I will always be renewed And that which you've given me today Is worth more than I could pay And no matter what they say I believe in you I believe in you when winter turn to summer I believe in you when white turn to black I believe in you even though I be outnumbered Oh, though the earth may shake me Oh, though my friends forsake me Oh, even that couldn't make me go back Don't let me change my heart Keep me set apart From all the plans they do pursue And I, I don't mind the pain Don't mind the driving rain I know I will sustain 'Cause I believe in you

Slow Train

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Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted
Dm
Am
Can't help but wonder what's happening to my companions
Am
Are they lost or are they found? Have they counted the cost it'll take to bring down
Dm
Am
All their earthly principles they're gonna have to abandon?
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Dm
Am
There's a slow, slow train coming up around the bend I had a woman down in Alabama She was a backwoods girl, but she sure was realistic She said, "Boy, without a doubt, have to quit your mess and straighten out You could die down here, be just another accident statistic" There's a slow, slow train coming up around the bend All that foreign oil controlling American soil Look around you, it's just bound to make you embarrassed Sheiks walking around like kings, wearing fancy jewels and nose rings Deciding America's future from Amsterdam and to Paris And there's a slow, slow train coming up around the bend Man's ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don't apply no more You can't rely no more to be standing around waiting In the home of the brave, Jefferson turning over in his grave Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan And there's a slow, slow train coming up around the bend Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency All non-believers and men-stealers talking in the name of religion And there's a slow, slow train coming up around the bend People starving and thirsting, grain elevators are bursting Oh, you know it costs more to store the food than it do to give it They say lose your inhibitions, follow your own ambitions They talk about a life of brotherly love, show me someone who knows how to live it There's a slow, slow train coming up around the bend Well, my baby went to Illinois with some bad-talking boy she could destroy A real suicide case, but there was nothing I could do to stop it I don't care about economy, I don't care about astronomy But it sure do bother me to see my loved ones turning into puppets There's a slow, slow train coming up around the bend

Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking

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Change my way of thinking Make myself a different set of rules
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Gonna change my way of thinking
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Make myself a different set of rules
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Gonna put my good foot forward
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Stop being influenced by fools So much oppression Can't keep track of it no more So much oppression Can't keep track of it no more Sons becoming husbands to their mothers And old men turning young daughters into whores Stripes on your shoulders Stripes on your back and on your hands Stripes on your shoulders Stripes on your back and on your hands Swords piercing your side Blood and water flowing through the land Well don't know which one is worse Doing your own thing or just being cool Don't know which is worse Doing your own thing or being cool You remember only about the brass ring You forget all about the golden rule You can mislead a man You can take a hold of his heart with your eyes You can mislead a man You can take a hold of his heart with your eyes But there's only one authority And that's the authority on high I got a God-fearing woman One I can easily afford I got a God-fearing woman One I can easily afford She can do the Georgia crawl She can walk in the spirit of the Lord Jesus said, "Be ready For you know not the hour which I come" Jesus said, "Be ready For you know not the hour which I come" He said, "He who is not for Me is against Me" Just so you know where He's coming from There's a kingdom called Heaven A place where there is no pain of birth There's a kingdom called Heaven A place where there is no pain of birth Well the Lord created it, mister About the same time He made the earth

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

Capo:
VII
E7
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Don't wanna judge nobody, don't wanna be judged Don't wanna touch nobody, don't wanna be touched Don't wanna hurt nobody, don't wanna be hurt Don't wanna treat nobody like they was dirt
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But if you do right to me, baby I'll do right to you, too You got to do unto others
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Like you'd have them, like you'd have them, do unto you Don't wanna shoot nobody, don't wanna be shot Don't wanna buy nobody, don't wanna be bought Don't wanna bury nobody, don't wanna be buried Don't wanna marry nobody if they're already married But if you do right to me, baby... Don't wanna burn nobody, don't wanna be burned Don't wanna learn from nobody what I gotta unlearn Don't wanna cheat nobody, don't wanna be cheated Don't wanna defeat nobody if they already been defeated But if you do right to me, baby... Don't wanna wink at nobody, don't wanna be winked at Don't wanna be used by nobody for a doormat Don't wanna confuse nobody, don't wanna be confused Don't wanna amuse nobody, don't wanna be amused But if you do right to me, baby... Don't wanna betray nobody, don't wanna be betrayed Don't wanna play with nobody, don't wanna be waylaid Don't wanna miss nobody, don't wanna be missed Don't put my faith in nobody, not even a scientist But if you do right to me, baby...

When You Gonna Wake Up?

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Dm7
Am
God don't make promises that He don't keep
Dm7
Am
You got some big dreams, baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleep
Am
Dm
Dm
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When you gonna wake up?
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When you gonna wake up?
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When you gonna wake up?
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And strengthen the things that remain? Counterfeit philosophies have polluted all of your thoughts Karl Marx has got you by the throat and Henry Kissinger's got you tied up in knots You got innocent men in jail, your insane asylums are filled You got unrighteous doctors dealing drugs that'll never cure your ills You got men who can't hold their peace and women who can't control their tongues The rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced by the young Adulterers in churches and pornography in the schools You got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making rules Spiritual advisors and gurus to guide your every move Instant inner peace and every step you take has got to be approved Do you ever wonder just what God requires? You think He's just an errand boy to satisfy your wandering desires You can't take it with you and you know that it's too worthless to be sold They tell you, "Time is money" as if your life was worth its weight in gold There's a Man on a cross and He's been crucified for you Believe in His power, that's about all you got to do

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Em
Man gave names to all the animals
B
Em
In the beginning, in the beginning
Em
Man gave names to all the animals
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Em
In the beginning, long time ago
Em
B
He saw an animal that liked to growl
B
Em
Big furry paws and he liked to howl
Em
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Great big furry back and furry hair
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Em
Ah, think I'll call it a bear He saw an animal up on a hill Chewing up so much grass until she was filled He saw milk comin' out but he didn't know how Ah, think I'll call it a cow He saw an animal that liked to snort Horns on his head and they weren't too short It looked like there wasn't nothin' that he couldn't pull Ah, think I'll call it a bull He saw an animal leavin' a muddy trail Real dirty face and a curly tail He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big Ah, think I'll call it a pig Next animal that he did meet Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet Eating grass on a mountainside so steep Ah, think I'll call it a sheep He saw an animal as smooth as glass Slithering his way through the grass Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake...

When He Returns

Capo:
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The iron hand it ain't no match for the iron rod
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The strongest wall will crumble and fall to a mighty God
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A7/e
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E(11)
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For all those who have eyes and all those who have ears
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A7/e
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E7
It is only He who can reduce me to tears
D/a
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D/a
A
Don't you cry and don't you die and don't you burn
D/a
A
A
E
For like a thief in the night, He'll replace wrong with right
D/a
A
When He returns Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through He unleashed His power at an unknown hour that no one knew How long can I listen to the lies of prejudice? How long can I stay drunk on fear out in the wilderness? Can I cast it aside, all this loyalty and this pride? Will I ever learn? That there'll be no peace, that the war won't cease Until He returns? Surrender your crown on this blood-stained ground, take off your mask He sees your deeds, He knows your needs, even before you ask How long can you falsify and deny what is real? How long can you hate yourself for the weakness you conceal? Of every earthly plan that be known to man, He is unconcerned He's got plans of His own to set up His throne When He returns