Текст песни Bob Dylan — Desolation Row + аккорды для гитары
Вступление Capo 4th Fret Intro: |-0---0-0-0---0000-|-0------ |-1---1-1-1---1111.|-1------ |-0---0-0-0---0000-|-0------ |-2---2-2-2---3333-|-2--etc- |-3---3-3-3---3333.|-3------ |-0---0-0-0---0000-|-0------ They're selling[G] postcards[F] of the[G] hanging They're[F] painting the passports[G] brown The [C]beauty parlor is filled with sailors [F]The circus is in[G] town [G]Here comes the blind commissioner They've[F] got him in a[G] trance One[C] hand is tied to the tight-rope walker [F]The other is in his[G] pants And the[F] riot squad they're restless They[G] need somewhere to[F] go Gs[G] Lady and I look[C] out tonight From[F] Desolation[G] Row Cinde[G]rella,[F] she seems so[G] easy "It[F] takes one to know one," she[G] smiles And[C] puts her hands in her back pockets [F]Bette Davis style[G] And[G] in comes Romeo, he's moaning "You Be[F]long to Me I Be[G]lieve" And [C]someone says," You're in the wrong place, my friend [F]You better[G] leave" And the[F] only sound that's left [G]After the ambulances[F] go Is [G]Cinderella[C] sweeping up On[F] Desolation[G] Row Now the[G] moon is[F] almost[G] hidden The[F] stars are beginning to[G] hide The[C] fortunetelling lady Has even[F] taken all her things in[G]side All ex[G]cept for Cain and G#el And the[F] hunchback of Notre[G] Dame [C]Everybody is making love Or[F] else expecting[G]rain And the[F] Good Samaritan, he's dressing He's getting[G] ready for the [F]show He's[G] going to the[C] carnival tonight On[F] Desolation[G] Row Now O[G]phelia,[F] she's 'neath the[G] window For[F]her I feel so af[G]raid On her[C] twenty-second birthday She al[G]ready is an old[F]maid To[G] her, death is quite romantic She[F] wears an iron[G] vest Her pro[C]fession's her religion Her[F] sin is her lifeless[G]ness And [F]though her eyes are fixed upon [G]Noah's great rain[F]bow She[G] spends her time[C] peeking Into[F] Desolation[G] Row [G]Einstein,[F] disguised as[G] Robin Hood With his[F] memories in a[G] trunk [C]Passed this way an hour ago With his[F] friend, a jealous[G] monk He[G] looked so immaculately frightful As he[F] bummed a cigar[G]ette Then he[C] went off sniffing drainpipes And re[F]citing the alpha[G]bet Now[F] you would not think to look at him But he was[G] famous long a[F]go For[G] playing the electric[C] violin On[F] Desolation[G] Row Dr.[G] Filth,[F] he keeps his[G] world In[F]side of a leather[G] cup But[C] all his sexless patients They're[F] trying to blow it[G] up Now his[G] nurse, some local loser She's in[F] charge of the cyanide[G] hole And sh[C] also keeps the cards that read "Have[F] Mercy on His[G] Soul" [F]They all play on penny whistles [G]You can hear them[F] blow If you[G] lean your head out[C] far enough From[F] Desolation[G] Row Across the[G] street they've[F] nailed the[G] curtains They're getting[F] ready for the[G] feast The [C]Phantom of the Opera G [F]perfect image of a[G]priest They're[G] spoonfeeding Casanova To[F] get him to feel more as[G]sured Then they'll[C] kill him with self-confidence After [F]poisoning him with[G] words And the[F] Phantom's shouting to skinny girls "Get[G] Outa Here If You Don't[F] Know Casa[G]nova is just being[C] punished for going To[F] Desolation[G] Row" Now at[G] midnight[F] all the[G] agents And the [F]superhuman[G] crew Come[C] out and round up everyone That[F] knows more than they[F] do Then they[G] bring them to the factory Where the[F] heart-attack mac[G]hine Is[C] strapped across their shoulders And[F] then the kero[G]sene Is[F] brought down from the castles By in[G]surance men who[F] go Check to[G] see that nobody is es[C]caping To[F] Desolation[G] Row [G]Praise be to[F] Nero's[G] Neptune The Ti[F]tanic sails at[G] dawn And[C] everybody's shouting out "[F]Which Side Are You[G] On?" And[G] Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot [F]Fighting in the captain'[G] tower While cal[C]ypso singers laugh at them And[F]fishermen hold[G] flowers Be[F]tween the windows of the sea Where[G] lovely mermaids[F] flow And[G] nobody has to[C] think too much About [F]Desolation[G] Row Yes, I re[G]ceived your[F] letter [G]yesterday About the[F] time the door knob[G] broke When you[C] asked how I was doing Was [F]that some kind of[G]joke? All these[G] people that you mention Yes, I[F] know them, they're quite[G] lame I had to[C] rearrange their faces And give them[F] all another[G]name [F]Right now I can't read too good Don't[G] send me no more letters[F] no [G]Not unless you[C] mail them From [F]Desolation[G]Row