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Capo on 1st fret
C Dm
The pawnbroker he just roared
Em F
And it was good for the landlord
C Dm C F G
To see me so crazy, Wasn't it?
C Dm
Both were so glad
Em F
To see me lose everything I had
C Dm C F G
Pain sure brings out the best in people, now, doesn't it?
Em Dm
Why didn't you just leave me If you didn't want to stay?
Em Dm F G
Why'd you have to treat me so bad? Did it have to be that way?
G F C Dm C
Now you stand here asking me
F G
If something happened, I got to say
Am G
And you, I see you're still with her, well
Am G G F Em Dm
That's fine 'cause she's comin' on so strange, can't you tell?
C Dm C F
I think you better explain
C Dm C F
What she should really do with her iron chain
C Dm C F G
I'd do it before, but I just can't remember how
Am G
Talk to her
F Am G
You're her lover now
C Dm
Yes I, I've already assumed
Em F
That we weren't in the felony room
C Dm C F G
But I ain't the judge, you don't have to be nice to me
C Dm
Will you please tell that
Em F
To your friend with the cowboy hat
C Dm C F G
He keeps on sayin' everything twice to me
Em
You know I was straight with you
Dm
You know I never tried to change you in any way
Em
You know if you didn't want to be with me
Dm F G
That you didn't have to stay.
G F C Dm C F
Now you stand here sayin' you forgive me, well
G
What can I say?
Am G
And you, you just sit around and ask for ashtrays,well, can't you reach?
Am G G F Em Dm
I see you kiss her on the cheek everytime she gives a speech
C Dm C F
With her picture books of the pyramid
C Dm C F
And snapshots of billy the kid
C Dm C F G
They're all nice but I refuse to stand here and bow
Am G
Explain it to her
F Am G
You're her lover now
C Dm
And everybody that cares
Em F
I see them goin' up the castle stairs
C Dm C F G
But I'm not up in your castle, honey
C Dm
Can't recall
Em F
San Francisco at all
C Dm C F G
I can't even remember El Paso, uh , honey
Em
You know you never had to be faithful
Dm
I never expect you to grieve
Em
Oh, why was it so hard to you
Dm F G
If you didn't want to be there, just to leave?
G F C Dm
Now you stand here
C F G
With you finger's goin' up my sleeve
Am G
And you, just what you do, anyway?
Am G G F Em Dm
What are you, some kind of moose, Ain't there nothing you can say?
C Dm C F
She'll be standin' on the bar soon
C Dm C F
With a fish head and a harpoon
C Dm C F G
An' a fake beard plastered on her brow
Am G
You'd better do something
F Am G
You're her lover now
C Dm
Why must I fall for this madness?
Em F
Do I look like Charles Atlas?
C Dm C F G
Do you think I still got what you still got, honey?
C Dm
Her voice is really warm
Em
(Oh, right)
Written by Bob Dylan