Song: Early Roman Kings
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Tempest (2012)
Style: John Lee Hooker & Bo Diddley Blues.
Tabbed: rikigo
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0IQiQcnN58&feature=related
Tuning: Standard
Chords:
EADGBe
G === 355433
G11 === 333433
C === 81010988
C11 === 888988
Method: Upstroke-Downstroke-Upstroke/Downstroke.
Intro:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
Verse 1:
G-G11-G
Ah the early Roman kings, in their shark skin suits.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Bow ties and buttons, high-top boots.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Drivin' the spikes in, blazin' the rails.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Nailed in their coffins, in top hats and tails.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Fly away over, fly away, flap your wings.
G-G11-G
Fly by night, like the early Roman kings.
Bridge:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
Verse 2:
G-G11-G
Ah the early Roman kings, were never really born.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Comin' down the mountain, distributing the corn.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Speedin' through the forest, ah racin' down the track.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Ya trying' to get away, they drag you back.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Tomorrow is Friday, we'll see what it brings.
G-G11-G
Everybody's talkin' about the early Roman kings.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bob_dylan/early_roman_kings_crd.html ]
Bridge:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
Verse 3
G-G11-G
The peddlers and the meddlers, they buy and they sell.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
They destroyed your city, they'll destroy you as well.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
They're lecherous and treacherous, a-hell-bent for leather.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Each of 'em bigger, than all men put together.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Sluggers and muggers, wearin' fancy gold rings.
G-G11-G
All the women goin' crazy, for the early Roman kings.
Bridge:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
Verse 4
G-G11-G
I could dress up you wounds, with a blood-clotted rag.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
I ain't afraid to make love, to a bitch of a hag.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
If you see me comin' and you're standin' there,
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Wave your handkerchief in the air.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
I ain't dead yet, my bell still still rings.
G-G11-G
I keep my fingers crossed like the early Roman kings.
Bridge:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
Verse 5:
C-C11-C
I could strip you of life, strip you of bread.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
Ship you down, to the house of death.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
One day, you will ask for me.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
They'll be no-one else, that you'll wanna see.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Bring down fiddle, tune up my strings.
G-G11-G
I'm gonna brake it wide open, like the early Roman kings.
Bridge:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
Verse 6:
C-C11-C
I was up on Black Mountain, the day Detroit fell.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
They killed them all off and they sent them to Hell.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
Ding-dong-daddy, you're comin' up short.
G-G11-G C-C11-C
They'll put you on trial, in a Sicilian Court.
C-C11-C G-G11-G
I have had my fun, I've had my flings.
G-G11-G
Goin' shake 'em on down, like the early Roman kings.
Coda:
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
| G-G11-G | G-G11-G |
(End)
