Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan - 50 bpm

G
Once upon a time you 
Am
dressed so fine. You 
Em
threw the bums a dime 
C
in your prime, 
D
didn't you?

G
People'd call, say, 
Am
"Beware doll, 
Em
you're bound to fall" 
C
You thought they were all 
D
kiddin' you

C
	you 

used to 
D
laugh about

C
	everybody 

that was 
D
hangin' out

C
	Now you 
Em
don't 
Am
talk so loud.
G

C
	Now you 
Em
don't 
Am
seem so proud.
G

Am
	about 

having to be 

scrounging 

for your next 
D
meal.

	
D

How does it 
G
feel?
C

	
D

How does it 
G
feel?
C

	
D 
to be 
D
on your 
G
own,
C

	
D 
with no dir
D
rection 
G
home,
C

	
D 
Like a com
D
plete un
G
known, 
C

	
D 
Like a 
D
Rolling 	
G
stone?
C

	
D 
D

G
Y’gone to the finest 
Am
school all right, Miss 
Em
Lonely, but y’know y’only 
C
used to get 
D
juiced in it

G
Nobody taught you how to 
Am
live on the street, now y’
Em
find y'r gonna have to 
C
get yourself 
D
used to it

C

You said you'd never 
D
compromise

 

C
with the 

mystery tramp, 
D
but now you 

realize

C
He's not 
Em
selling any 
Am
alibis, 
G

C
as you 
Em
stare into the 
Am
vacuum of his 
G
eyes,

Am
And ask him 

	do you 

want to 

make a 
D
deal? 

	

G
Y’never turnd’round t’
Am
see the frowns on the 
Em
jugglers & clowns & they 
C
all came down n’did 
D
tricks for you

G
You never understood that it 
Am
ain't no good. You 
Em
shouldn't let other 
C
people get your 
D
kicks for you

C
You rode the 

chrome horse with your 
D
diplomat, 

C
carried on his 

shoulder a 
D
Siamese 

cat

C
Ain't it 
Em
hard when you dis
Am
cover that 
G

C
he really 
Em
wasn't 
Am
where it's at 
G
after

Am
He took from 

you 

everything 

he could 
D
steal.

G
Princess on the steeple and 
Am
all the pretty people, they're 
Em
drinkin', thinkin' that they
C - 
D
got it made

G
Exchangn’ all kinds 
Am
precious gifts & things but y’
Em
better lift your 
C
diamn’ ring, y’better 
D
pawn it babe

C
You used to 

be 
D
so amused 

C
at Napoleon in 

rags and the 
D
language that he 

used

C
Go to him now, he 
Em
calls you, you 
Am
can't refuse. 
G

C
When you got 
Em
nothing, you got 
Am
nothing to lose. 
G
	You're

Am
invisible 

now, you got no 

secrets 

to con
D
ceal.