Fourth Time Around
Bob DylanVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
When she said, "Don't waste your words, they're just lies," I cried she was deaf.
And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes, Then said, "What else you got left?"
It was then that I got up to leave But she said, "Don't forget,
Ev'rybody must give something back For something they get."
I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum and asked her how come.
And she buttoned her boot, And straightened her suit, Then she said, "Don't get cute."
So I forced my hands in my pockets And felt with my thumbs,
And gallantly handed her My very last peice of gum.
She threw me outside, I stood in the dirt where ev'ry-one walked.
And after finding I'd Forgotten my shirt, I went back and knocked.
I waited in the hallway, she went to get it, And I tried to make sense,
Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair That leaned up against...
Her Jamaican rum And when she did come, I asked her for some.
She said, "No, dear." I said, "Your words aren't clear, You'd better spit out your gum."
She screamed till her face got so red, Then she fell on the floor,
And I covered her up and then Thought I'd go look through her drawer.
And when I was through, I filled up my shoe And brought it to you.
And you, you took me in, You loved me then, You didn't waste time.
And I, I never took much, I never asked for your crutch, Now don't ask for mine.
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Readable chord sheet for Fourth Time Around by Bob Dylan
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]When [Bb]she said, "Don't [F]waste your w[Bb]ords, they're just [F]lies," I [Bb]cried she was d[F]eaf. And she wo[Bb]rked on my [F]face until br[Bb]eaking my eyes,[F] Then said, "Wh[Bb]at else you got l[F]eft?" It was t[Am]hen that I got up to leave But she said, "Don't forget,[Gm] Ev'ryb[F]ody must g[Bb]ive something back[F] For s[Bb]omething they get."[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]I st[Bb]ood there and [F]hummed, I ta[Bb]pped on her [F]drum and [Bb]asked her how c[F]ome. And she [Bb]buttoned her [F]boot, And str[Bb]aightened her suit,[F] Then she s[Bb]aid, "Don't get c[F]ute." So I [Am]forced my hands in my pockets And felt with my thumbs, [Gm] And [F]gallantly h[Bb]anded her My[F] very l[Bb]ast peice of gum. [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]She th[Bb]rew me outs[F]ide, I st[Bb]ood in the d[F]irt where [Bb]ev'ry-one wal[F]ked. And [Bb]after finding [F]I'd For[Bb]gotten my shirt,[F] I we[Bb]nt back and kn[F]ocked. I [Am]waited in the hallway, she went to get it, And I tried to make sense,[Gm] Out of that p[F]icture of [Bb]you in your wheel[F]chair That lea[Bb]ned up against... [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]Her [Bb]Jamaican [F]rum And w[Bb]hen she did c[F]ome, I [Bb]asked her for so[F]me. She [Bb]said, "No, [F]dear." I said, "Y[Bb]our words aren't clear,[F] You'd better [Bb]spit out your g[F]um." She [Am]screamed till her face got so red, Then she fell on the floor,[Gm] And I [F]covered her u[Bb]p and then Thoug[F]ht I'd go l[Bb]ook through her drawer. [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]And wh[Bb]en I was t[F]hrough, I fi[Bb]lled up my [F]shoe And [Bb]brought it to y[F]ou. And you, [Bb]you took me [F]in, Y[Bb]ou loved me then,[F] You [Bb]didn't waste t[F]ime. And I, I [Bb]never took [F]much, I never a[Bb]sked for your crutch,[F] Now do[Bb]n't ask for mine.[F] [Bb] [F]