Artist: Bob Dylan
[VERSE 1]
[A]I live on a street named after a saint
[A]Women in the churches wear powder and paint
Where the Jews and [D]the Catholics and Muslims all pray
[A]I can tell a Proddy from a mile away
Goodbye [E]Jimmy Reed, [D]Jimmy Reed indeed
Gimme that old time [A]religion, it’s just what I need[E] [A]
[VERSE 2]
[A]For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory
[A]Go tell it on the mountain, go tell the real story
[D]Tell in that straightforward Puritanical tone
In the[A] mystic hours, when a person’s alone
Goo[E]dbye Jimmy Reed[D] , Godspeed
[A]Thump on the bible, proclaim a creed[E] [A]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[A]
[VERSE 3]
You[A] won’t amount to much, the people all said
[A]Cuz I didn’t play guitar behind my head
[D]Never pandered, never acted proud
Never[A] took off my shoes throw them in the crowds
Goo[E]dbye Jimmy Reed, goo[D]dbye and good night
Put a[A] jewel in your crown and I’ll put out the ligh[E]t [A]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[A]
[VERSE 4]
They threw[A] everything at me, everything in the book
A
I had nothing to fight with but a butcher’s hook
They [D]had no pity, they never lent a hand
I [A]can’t sing a song I don’t understand
Good[E]bye Jimmy Reed, good[D]bye and good luck
I [A]can’t play the record cuz my needle got stuck [E] [A]
[VERSE 5]
Tran[A]sparent woman in a transparent dress
A
Suits you well I must confess
I[D] break open your grapes, I suck out the juice
[A]I need you like my head needs a noose
Good[E]bye Jimmy Reed, good[D]bye and so long
I [A]thought I could resist her but I was so wrong [E] [A]
[VERSE 6]
[A]God be with you, brother dear
If you [A]don’t mind me asking, what brings you here?
[D]Ah nothing much, I’m just looking for the man
[A]Came to see where he’s lying in this lost land
[E]Goodbye Jimmy Reed, and [D]everything within ya
Can’t you h[A]ear me calling from down in Virginia [E] [A]
[OUTRO]
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[A]I live on a street named after a saint
[A]Women in the churches wear powder and paint
Where the Jews and [D]the Catholics and Muslims all pray
[A]I can tell a Proddy from a mile away
Goodbye [E]Jimmy Reed, [D]Jimmy Reed indeed
Gimme that old time [A]religion, it’s just what I need[E] [A]
[VERSE 2]
[A]For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory
[A]Go tell it on the mountain, go tell the real story
[D]Tell in that straightforward Puritanical tone
In the[A] mystic hours, when a person’s alone
Goo[E]dbye Jimmy Reed[D] , Godspeed
[A]Thump on the bible, proclaim a creed[E] [A]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[A]
[VERSE 3]
You[A] won’t amount to much, the people all said
[A]Cuz I didn’t play guitar behind my head
[D]Never pandered, never acted proud
Never[A] took off my shoes throw them in the crowds
Goo[E]dbye Jimmy Reed, goo[D]dbye and good night
Put a[A] jewel in your crown and I’ll put out the ligh[E]t [A]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[A]
[VERSE 4]
They threw[A] everything at me, everything in the book
A
I had nothing to fight with but a butcher’s hook
They [D]had no pity, they never lent a hand
I [A]can’t sing a song I don’t understand
Good[E]bye Jimmy Reed, good[D]bye and good luck
I [A]can’t play the record cuz my needle got stuck [E] [A]
[VERSE 5]
Tran[A]sparent woman in a transparent dress
A
Suits you well I must confess
I[D] break open your grapes, I suck out the juice
[A]I need you like my head needs a noose
Good[E]bye Jimmy Reed, good[D]bye and so long
I [A]thought I could resist her but I was so wrong [E] [A]
[VERSE 6]
[A]God be with you, brother dear
If you [A]don’t mind me asking, what brings you here?
[D]Ah nothing much, I’m just looking for the man
[A]Came to see where he’s lying in this lost land
[E]Goodbye Jimmy Reed, and [D]everything within ya
Can’t you h[A]ear me calling from down in Virginia [E] [A]
[OUTRO]
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