Jokerman By Bob Dylan

A                         Amaj7

Standing on the water, casting your bread

           Bm/A                    E/A             A

While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing

A                      Amaj7

Distant ships sailing into the mist

          Bm/A                              E/A                        A

You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was

blowing

Bm       E                          A

Freedom just around the corner for you

          Bm               E                  A   D

But with truth so far off, what good will it do.

E                          D

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune

A         E/G#        F#m          D

Bird fly high by the light of the moon

C#m7  D6  E   A

Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

A                    Amaj7

So swiftly the sun sets in the sky

Bm/A             E/A                  A  D/A

You rise up and say goodbye to no one

A                    Amaj7

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

Bm/A                       E/A                     A

Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don't show one

Bm            E                 A

Shedding off one more layer of skin

         Bm            E                     A    D

Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within.

E                      D

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune

A         E/G#        F#m          D

Bird fly high by the light of the moon

C#m7  D6  E   A

Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

         A                              Anaj7

You're a man of the mountain, you can walk on the clouds

      Bm/A                      E/A            A  D/A

Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister

                 A

You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah

     Amaj7                     Bm/A              E/A           A

But what do you care ? Ain't nobody there would want marry your sister

Bm                       E                     A

Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame

                 Bm                E                         A        D

You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name.

E                         D

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune

A          E/G#        F#m         D

Bird fly high by the light of the moon

C#m7  D6  E   A

Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

          A                      Amaj7

Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy

     Bm/A                      E/A               A    D/A

The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers

       A                           Amaj7

In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed

Bm/A         E/A                               A

Michelangeo indeed could've carved out your features

Bm                      E                     A

Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space

          Bm                      E                       A    D

Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face.

E                       D

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune

A          E/G#        F#m         D

Bird fly high by the light of the moon

C#m7 D6  E    A

Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

           A                        Ammaj7

Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame

        Bm/A                        E/A                  A        D/A

Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain

A                               Amaj7

Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks

       Bm/A           E/A                  A

Molotow cocktails and rocks behind every curtain

Bm                    E                          A

False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin

       Bm               E                            A  D

Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in.

E                      D

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune

A          E/G#        F#m         D

Bird fly high by the light of the moon

C#m7  D6  E   A

Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

        A                         Amaj7

It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray

   Bm/A                      E/A                              A      D/A

A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet

                A                            Amaj7

He'll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat

           Bm/A                       E/A

Take the motherless children off the street

                        A

And place them at the feet of a harlot

Bm             E                 A

Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants

Bm             E                     A    D

Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response.

E                       D

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune

A          E/G#      F#m          D

Bird fly high by the light of the moon

C#m7 D6  E    A

Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.