Chords for Bruce Springsteen inducts Bob Dylan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 1988
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Yeah, thanks.
The first time that I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother.
And we were listening to, I think, maybe WMCA,
and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody kicked open the door to your mind,
from Like a Rolling Stone.
And my mother, who was no stiff with rock and roll, she liked the music, she listened.
She sat there for a minute and she looked at me and she said,
that guy can't sing.
But I knew she was wrong.
I sat there, I didn't say nothing,
but I knew that I was listening to the toughest voice that I'd ever heard.
It was lean and it sounded somehow simultaneously young and adult.
And I ran out and I bought the single.
And I came home and I ran home and I put it on the 45.
And they must have made a mistake at the factory because a Lenny Welch song came on.
And the label was wrong, so I ran back and I got it.
And I came back and I played it.
And then I went out and I got Highway 61, and it was all I played for weeks.
I looked at the cover with Bob with that satiny blue jacket and the Triumph motorcycle shirt.
And when I was a kid, Bob's voice somehow, it thrilled and scared me.
It made me feel kind of irresponsibly innocent.
And it still does.
But it reached down and touched what little worldliness I think a 15-year-old kid
in high school in New Jersey had in him at the time.
Dylan was a revolutionary, man.
The way that Elvis freed your body, Bob freed your mind.
And he showed us that just because the music
[F#]
was innately physical
did not mean that it was anti-intellect.
He had the vision and the talent to [C] expand the pop song until it could contain the whole world.
He invented a new way a pop singer could sound.
[E] He broke through the limitations of what a recording artist could achieve.
And he changed the face of rock and roll forever and ever.
Without Bob, the Beatles wouldn't have made Sergeant Pepper.
Maybe the Beach Boys wouldn't have made Pet Sound.
The Sex Pistols wouldn't have made God Save the Queen.
U2 wouldn't have done Pride in the Name of Love.
Marvin Gaye wouldn't have done What's Going On.
Grandmaster Flash might not have done The Message.
And The [N] Count Five could not have done Psychotic Reaction.
And there never would have been a group named The Electric Prunes, that's for sure.
But the fact is that to this day where great rock music is being made,
there is the shadow of Bob Dylan over and over and over again.
And Bob's own modern work has gone unjustly underappreciated for having to stand in that shadow.
If a young songwriter, if there was a young guy out there writing Sweetheart Like You,
writing the Empire Burlesque album, writing every grain of sand, they'd be calling him the new Bob Dylan.
That was, that's all the nice stuff that I wrote out to say about you.
And that was about three months ago.
I was watching TV and the Rolling Stones special came on.
And Bob came on and he was in a real cranky mood, it seemed like.
And he was kind of bitching and moaning about how his fans don't know him and nobody knows him.
And they come up to him on the street and kind of treat him like a long lost [A#] brother or something.
And speaking as a fan, I guess when I was 15 and I heard Like a Rolling Stone,
I heard a guy that, like I've never heard before or since.
A guy that had the guts to take on the whole world and made me feel like I had him too.
And maybe some people mistook that voice to be saying somehow that you were going to do the job for him.
And as we know, as we grow older, that there isn't anybody out there that can do that job for anybody else.
So I'm just here tonight to say, to say thanks.
To say that I wouldn't be here without you.
To say that there isn't a soul in this room who does not owe you their thanks.
[N] And to steal a line from one of your songs, whether you like it or not,
you was the brother that I never had.
Congratulations.
[Em] [C]
The first time that I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother.
And we were listening to, I think, maybe WMCA,
and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody kicked open the door to your mind,
from Like a Rolling Stone.
And my mother, who was no stiff with rock and roll, she liked the music, she listened.
She sat there for a minute and she looked at me and she said,
that guy can't sing.
But I knew she was wrong.
I sat there, I didn't say nothing,
but I knew that I was listening to the toughest voice that I'd ever heard.
It was lean and it sounded somehow simultaneously young and adult.
And I ran out and I bought the single.
And I came home and I ran home and I put it on the 45.
And they must have made a mistake at the factory because a Lenny Welch song came on.
And the label was wrong, so I ran back and I got it.
And I came back and I played it.
And then I went out and I got Highway 61, and it was all I played for weeks.
I looked at the cover with Bob with that satiny blue jacket and the Triumph motorcycle shirt.
And when I was a kid, Bob's voice somehow, it thrilled and scared me.
It made me feel kind of irresponsibly innocent.
And it still does.
But it reached down and touched what little worldliness I think a 15-year-old kid
in high school in New Jersey had in him at the time.
Dylan was a revolutionary, man.
The way that Elvis freed your body, Bob freed your mind.
And he showed us that just because the music
[F#]
was innately physical
did not mean that it was anti-intellect.
He had the vision and the talent to [C] expand the pop song until it could contain the whole world.
He invented a new way a pop singer could sound.
[E] He broke through the limitations of what a recording artist could achieve.
And he changed the face of rock and roll forever and ever.
Without Bob, the Beatles wouldn't have made Sergeant Pepper.
Maybe the Beach Boys wouldn't have made Pet Sound.
The Sex Pistols wouldn't have made God Save the Queen.
U2 wouldn't have done Pride in the Name of Love.
Marvin Gaye wouldn't have done What's Going On.
Grandmaster Flash might not have done The Message.
And The [N] Count Five could not have done Psychotic Reaction.
And there never would have been a group named The Electric Prunes, that's for sure.
But the fact is that to this day where great rock music is being made,
there is the shadow of Bob Dylan over and over and over again.
And Bob's own modern work has gone unjustly underappreciated for having to stand in that shadow.
If a young songwriter, if there was a young guy out there writing Sweetheart Like You,
writing the Empire Burlesque album, writing every grain of sand, they'd be calling him the new Bob Dylan.
That was, that's all the nice stuff that I wrote out to say about you.
And that was about three months ago.
I was watching TV and the Rolling Stones special came on.
And Bob came on and he was in a real cranky mood, it seemed like.
And he was kind of bitching and moaning about how his fans don't know him and nobody knows him.
And they come up to him on the street and kind of treat him like a long lost [A#] brother or something.
And speaking as a fan, I guess when I was 15 and I heard Like a Rolling Stone,
I heard a guy that, like I've never heard before or since.
A guy that had the guts to take on the whole world and made me feel like I had him too.
And maybe some people mistook that voice to be saying somehow that you were going to do the job for him.
And as we know, as we grow older, that there isn't anybody out there that can do that job for anybody else.
So I'm just here tonight to say, to say thanks.
To say that I wouldn't be here without you.
To say that there isn't a soul in this room who does not owe you their thanks.
[N] And to steal a line from one of your songs, whether you like it or not,
you was the brother that I never had.
Congratulations.
[Em] [C]
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_ _ _ Yeah, thanks. _
The first time that I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother.
_ And we were listening to, I think, maybe WMCA,
and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody kicked open the door to your mind,
from Like a Rolling Stone.
And my mother, who was no stiff with rock and roll, she liked the music, she listened.
She sat there for a minute and she looked at me and she said,
that guy can't sing.
_ _ But I knew she was wrong.
I sat there, I didn't say nothing,
but I knew that I was listening to the toughest voice that I'd ever heard.
It was lean and it sounded somehow simultaneously young _ and adult.
_ And I ran out and I bought the single.
And I came home and I ran home and I put it on the 45.
_ And they must have made a mistake at the factory because a Lenny Welch song came on.
And _ the label was wrong, so I ran back and I got it.
And I came back and I played it.
_ And then I went out and I got Highway 61, and it was all I played for weeks.
I looked at the cover with Bob with that satiny blue jacket and the Triumph motorcycle shirt.
And when I was a kid, Bob's voice somehow, it thrilled and scared me.
It made me feel kind of irresponsibly innocent.
_ And it still does.
_ But _ it reached down and touched what little worldliness I think a 15-year-old kid
in high school in New Jersey had in him at the time. _
Dylan was a revolutionary, man.
The way that Elvis freed your body, Bob freed your mind.
And he showed us that just because the music _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ was innately physical
did not mean that it was anti-intellect.
He had the vision and the talent to [C] expand the pop song until it could contain the whole world.
_ He invented a new way a pop singer could sound.
[E] He broke through the limitations of what a recording artist could achieve.
And he changed the face of rock and roll forever and ever.
_ _ Without Bob, the Beatles wouldn't have made Sergeant Pepper.
Maybe the Beach Boys wouldn't have made Pet Sound.
The Sex Pistols wouldn't have made God Save the Queen. _
U2 wouldn't have done Pride in the Name of Love.
Marvin Gaye wouldn't have done What's Going On.
_ Grandmaster Flash might not have done The Message.
And The [N] Count Five could not have done Psychotic Reaction. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And there _ never would have been a group named The Electric Prunes, that's for sure.
_ But the fact is that to this day where great rock music is being made,
there is the shadow of Bob Dylan over and over and over again.
_ And Bob's own modern work has gone unjustly underappreciated for having to stand in that shadow.
If a young songwriter, _ _ if there was a young guy out there writing Sweetheart Like You,
writing the Empire Burlesque album, writing every grain of sand, they'd be calling him the new Bob Dylan. _ _
That was, _ _ _ _ _ _ that's all the nice stuff that I wrote out to say about you.
And that was about three months ago.
I was watching TV and the Rolling Stones special came on.
And Bob came on and _ he was in a real cranky mood, it seemed like.
And he was _ _ kind of bitching and moaning about how his fans don't know him and nobody knows him.
_ And _ they come up to him on the street and kind of treat him like a long lost [A#] brother or something.
_ And speaking as a fan, I guess when I was 15 and I heard Like a Rolling Stone,
I heard a guy _ that, _ _ _ like I've never heard before or since.
A guy that had the guts to take on the whole world and made me feel like I had him too. _
_ And _ maybe some people mistook that voice to be saying somehow that you were going to do the job for him.
_ And as we know, as we grow older, that there isn't anybody out there that can do that job for anybody else. _
So I'm just here tonight to say, _ _ to say thanks.
_ To say that I wouldn't be here without you.
To say that there isn't a soul in this room who does not owe you their thanks.
[N] _ _ _ And to steal a line from one of your songs, _ _ _ whether you like it or not,
you was the brother that I never had. _ _ _
Congratulations.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _
The first time that I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother.
_ And we were listening to, I think, maybe WMCA,
and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody kicked open the door to your mind,
from Like a Rolling Stone.
And my mother, who was no stiff with rock and roll, she liked the music, she listened.
She sat there for a minute and she looked at me and she said,
that guy can't sing.
_ _ But I knew she was wrong.
I sat there, I didn't say nothing,
but I knew that I was listening to the toughest voice that I'd ever heard.
It was lean and it sounded somehow simultaneously young _ and adult.
_ And I ran out and I bought the single.
And I came home and I ran home and I put it on the 45.
_ And they must have made a mistake at the factory because a Lenny Welch song came on.
And _ the label was wrong, so I ran back and I got it.
And I came back and I played it.
_ And then I went out and I got Highway 61, and it was all I played for weeks.
I looked at the cover with Bob with that satiny blue jacket and the Triumph motorcycle shirt.
And when I was a kid, Bob's voice somehow, it thrilled and scared me.
It made me feel kind of irresponsibly innocent.
_ And it still does.
_ But _ it reached down and touched what little worldliness I think a 15-year-old kid
in high school in New Jersey had in him at the time. _
Dylan was a revolutionary, man.
The way that Elvis freed your body, Bob freed your mind.
And he showed us that just because the music _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ was innately physical
did not mean that it was anti-intellect.
He had the vision and the talent to [C] expand the pop song until it could contain the whole world.
_ He invented a new way a pop singer could sound.
[E] He broke through the limitations of what a recording artist could achieve.
And he changed the face of rock and roll forever and ever.
_ _ Without Bob, the Beatles wouldn't have made Sergeant Pepper.
Maybe the Beach Boys wouldn't have made Pet Sound.
The Sex Pistols wouldn't have made God Save the Queen. _
U2 wouldn't have done Pride in the Name of Love.
Marvin Gaye wouldn't have done What's Going On.
_ Grandmaster Flash might not have done The Message.
And The [N] Count Five could not have done Psychotic Reaction. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And there _ never would have been a group named The Electric Prunes, that's for sure.
_ But the fact is that to this day where great rock music is being made,
there is the shadow of Bob Dylan over and over and over again.
_ And Bob's own modern work has gone unjustly underappreciated for having to stand in that shadow.
If a young songwriter, _ _ if there was a young guy out there writing Sweetheart Like You,
writing the Empire Burlesque album, writing every grain of sand, they'd be calling him the new Bob Dylan. _ _
That was, _ _ _ _ _ _ that's all the nice stuff that I wrote out to say about you.
And that was about three months ago.
I was watching TV and the Rolling Stones special came on.
And Bob came on and _ he was in a real cranky mood, it seemed like.
And he was _ _ kind of bitching and moaning about how his fans don't know him and nobody knows him.
_ And _ they come up to him on the street and kind of treat him like a long lost [A#] brother or something.
_ And speaking as a fan, I guess when I was 15 and I heard Like a Rolling Stone,
I heard a guy _ that, _ _ _ like I've never heard before or since.
A guy that had the guts to take on the whole world and made me feel like I had him too. _
_ And _ maybe some people mistook that voice to be saying somehow that you were going to do the job for him.
_ And as we know, as we grow older, that there isn't anybody out there that can do that job for anybody else. _
So I'm just here tonight to say, _ _ to say thanks.
_ To say that I wouldn't be here without you.
To say that there isn't a soul in this room who does not owe you their thanks.
[N] _ _ _ And to steal a line from one of your songs, _ _ _ whether you like it or not,
you was the brother that I never had. _ _ _
Congratulations.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _