Like a Rolling Stone Chords by Bob Dylan
Tempo:
95.2 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
C
Dm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[F]
[C] Once [Dm] upon a time you dressed [Em] so fine, threw the [F] bums a dime in your [G] prime.
Then you,
[C] people [D] called, said [Em] beware, doll, you're bound to fall, you thought [G] they were all.
I'm kidding you,
[F] you used [G] to laugh [F] about [G] everybody that was hanging [F] out.
[Em] Now you [Dm] don't talk [C] so loud.
[F]
Now you [Dm] don't seem [C] so proud [Dm]
about having to be scrounging [F] your [G] next meal.
How does [C] it feel?
[F] [G] How does [C] it feel [F] to [G] be [C] without a home?
[F] [G] Like a [C] complete unknown, [F] [G] like a rolling [C] stone.
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] Oh, you've gone [Dm] to the finest school, [Em]
alright, Miss [F] Lonely, but you know you only [G] used to
get juiced in it.
[C] Nobody's [Dm] ever taught you how to live [Em] out on the street, [F] and now you're gonna [G] have to get
used to it.
[F] [G] You say you never compromise [F] with the mystery tramp, [G] but now you realize [F] [Em] he's not selling [Dm] any [C] alibis.
[Dm] As you [Em] stare into the [Dm] vacuum of [C] his eyes [Dm] and say, do you want to [F] make [G] a deal?
How [C] does it feel?
[F] [G]
How does [C] it feel [F] to [G]
be on [C] your own [F] with [G]
no direction [C] home?
[F] [G]
A complete [C] unknown, [F] [G]
like a rolling [C] stone.
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] Oh, you never [Dm] turned around to see [Em] the frowns on the [F] jugglers and the clowns when they [G] all
did tricks for [G] you.
[C]
Never [Dm] understood that it ain't no [Em] good, you shouldn't [F] let other people [G] get your kicks for you.
[F]
You used to ride on a chrome [G] horse with your diplomat [F]
who carried on his shoulder [G] a Siamese cat.
[F]
[Em] Ain't it hard [Dm] when you discover [C] that [F]
he [Em] really [Dm] wasn't where [C] it's at?
[Dm]
After he took from you [F] everything [G] he could steal.
How does [C] it feel?
[F] [G] How [C] does it feel [F] to [G] [C] have your [F] [G] own direction [C]
home?
[F] [G] Like a complete [C]
unknown, [F] [G] like a rolling [C]
stone.
[F] [G] [C]
[G]
[C] Princess, [Dm] honest people, and [Em] all the pretty [F] people, they're all drinking [G] thinking that
they got it made.
[C] [Dm] Exchanging all precious [Em] gifts, but you [F] better take your diamond [G] ring, you better pawn it babe.
[F] You used to be [G]
so amused [F] at Napoleon in [G] rags and the language that he used.
[F] Go to [Em] him now, he calls you, [Dm] you can't [C] refuse.
[F] When you ain't [Em] got nothing, [Dm] you got nothing [C] to lose.
[D] You're invisible now, you got no [F] secrets to [G] conceal.
How does it [C] feel?
[F] [G]
How does [C] it feel [F] [G]
to be on your [C] own?
[F] [G]
With no direction [C] home?
[F] [G]
Like a complete [C] unknown, [F] [G]
like a rolling [C] stone.
[F] [G] [C] [F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [N]
[F]
[C] Once [Dm] upon a time you dressed [Em] so fine, threw the [F] bums a dime in your [G] prime.
Then you,
[C] people [D] called, said [Em] beware, doll, you're bound to fall, you thought [G] they were all.
I'm kidding you,
[F] you used [G] to laugh [F] about [G] everybody that was hanging [F] out.
[Em] Now you [Dm] don't talk [C] so loud.
[F]
Now you [Dm] don't seem [C] so proud [Dm]
about having to be scrounging [F] your [G] next meal.
How does [C] it feel?
[F] [G] How does [C] it feel [F] to [G] be [C] without a home?
[F] [G] Like a [C] complete unknown, [F] [G] like a rolling [C] stone.
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [G]
[C] Oh, you've gone [Dm] to the finest school, [Em]
alright, Miss [F] Lonely, but you know you only [G] used to
get juiced in it.
[C] Nobody's [Dm] ever taught you how to live [Em] out on the street, [F] and now you're gonna [G] have to get
used to it.
[F] [G] You say you never compromise [F] with the mystery tramp, [G] but now you realize [F] [Em] he's not selling [Dm] any [C] alibis.
[Dm] As you [Em] stare into the [Dm] vacuum of [C] his eyes [Dm] and say, do you want to [F] make [G] a deal?
How [C] does it feel?
[F] [G]
How does [C] it feel [F] to [G]
be on [C] your own [F] with [G]
no direction [C] home?
[F] [G]
A complete [C] unknown, [F] [G]
like a rolling [C] stone.
[F] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] Oh, you never [Dm] turned around to see [Em] the frowns on the [F] jugglers and the clowns when they [G] all
did tricks for [G] you.
[C]
Never [Dm] understood that it ain't no [Em] good, you shouldn't [F] let other people [G] get your kicks for you.
[F]
You used to ride on a chrome [G] horse with your diplomat [F]
who carried on his shoulder [G] a Siamese cat.
[F]
[Em] Ain't it hard [Dm] when you discover [C] that [F]
he [Em] really [Dm] wasn't where [C] it's at?
[Dm]
After he took from you [F] everything [G] he could steal.
How does [C] it feel?
[F] [G] How [C] does it feel [F] to [G] [C] have your [F] [G] own direction [C]
home?
[F] [G] Like a complete [C]
unknown, [F] [G] like a rolling [C]
stone.
[F] [G] [C]
[G]
[C] Princess, [Dm] honest people, and [Em] all the pretty [F] people, they're all drinking [G] thinking that
they got it made.
[C] [Dm] Exchanging all precious [Em] gifts, but you [F] better take your diamond [G] ring, you better pawn it babe.
[F] You used to be [G]
so amused [F] at Napoleon in [G] rags and the language that he used.
[F] Go to [Em] him now, he calls you, [Dm] you can't [C] refuse.
[F] When you ain't [Em] got nothing, [Dm] you got nothing [C] to lose.
[D] You're invisible now, you got no [F] secrets to [G] conceal.
How does it [C] feel?
[F] [G]
How does [C] it feel [F] [G]
to be on your [C] own?
[F] [G]
With no direction [C] home?
[F] [G]
Like a complete [C] unknown, [F] [G]
like a rolling [C] stone.
[F] [G] [C] [F] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [F] [G]
[C] [F] [N]
Key:
F
G
C
Dm
Em
F
G
C
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] Once [Dm] upon a time you dressed [Em] so fine, threw the [F] bums a dime in your [G] prime.
_ Then you, _ _ _
[C] people [D] called, said [Em] beware, doll, you're bound to fall, you thought [G] they were all.
_ _ I'm kidding you, _ _ _
[F] _ _ you used [G] to laugh [F] about _ _ [G] everybody that was hanging [F] out.
[Em] Now you [Dm] don't talk [C] so loud.
[F] _
Now you [Dm] don't seem [C] so proud [Dm]
about having to be scrounging [F] _ your [G] next meal.
_ _ _ How does [C] it feel?
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ How does [C] it feel [F] to [G] _ be [C] without a home?
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ Like a [C] complete unknown, [F] _ _ [G] _ like a rolling [C] stone.
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Oh, you've gone [Dm] to the finest school, [Em]
alright, Miss [F] Lonely, but you know you only [G] used to
get juiced in it.
_ _ _ [C] Nobody's [Dm] ever taught you how to live [Em] out on the street, [F] and now you're gonna [G] have to get
used to it.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] You say you never compromise [F] with the mystery tramp, [G] but now you realize [F] _ [Em] he's not selling [Dm] any _ [C] alibis.
[Dm] As you [Em] stare into the [Dm] vacuum of [C] his eyes [Dm] and say, do you want to [F] _ make [G] a deal? _ _
_ How [C] does it feel?
[F] _ _ [G] _
_ How does [C] it feel [F] to [G] _
_ be on [C] your own [F] with [G] _
no direction [C] home?
[F] _ _ [G] _
A complete [C] unknown, _ [F] _ _ [G] _
like a rolling [C] stone.
[F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Oh, you never [Dm] turned around to see [Em] the frowns on the [F] jugglers and the clowns when they [G] all
did tricks for [G] you.
_ _ _ [C]
Never [Dm] understood that it ain't no [Em] good, you shouldn't [F] let other people [G] get your kicks for you.
_ _ _ [F]
You used to ride on a chrome [G] horse with your diplomat [F]
who carried on his shoulder [G] a Siamese cat.
[F] _
[Em] Ain't it hard [Dm] when you discover [C] that _ [F]
he [Em] really [Dm] wasn't where [C] it's at?
[Dm]
After he took from you [F] everything [G] he could steal.
_ _ _ _ How does [C] it feel?
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ How [C] does it feel [F] to [G] _ _ [C] have your _ [F] _ _ [G] _ own direction [C]
home?
[F] _ _ [G] _ Like a complete [C]
unknown, [F] _ _ [G] _ like a rolling [C]
stone.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Princess, [Dm] honest people, and [Em] all the pretty [F] people, they're all drinking [G] thinking that
they got it made.
_ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] Exchanging all precious [Em] gifts, but you [F] better take your diamond [G] ring, you better pawn it babe.
_ _ _ [F] _ You used to be [G] _
so amused [F] at Napoleon in [G] rags and the language that he used.
[F] Go to [Em] him now, he calls you, [Dm] you can't [C] refuse.
_ [F] When you ain't [Em] got nothing, [Dm] you got nothing [C] to lose.
[D] You're invisible now, you got no [F] secrets to [G] conceal. _ _ _ _
How does it [C] feel?
[F] _ _ [G] _
How does [C] it feel [F] _ _ [G] _
to be on your [C] own?
_ [F] _ _ [G]
With no direction [C] home?
[F] _ _ [G]
Like a complete [C] unknown, _ [F] _ _ [G] _
like a rolling [C] stone.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] Once [Dm] upon a time you dressed [Em] so fine, threw the [F] bums a dime in your [G] prime.
_ Then you, _ _ _
[C] people [D] called, said [Em] beware, doll, you're bound to fall, you thought [G] they were all.
_ _ I'm kidding you, _ _ _
[F] _ _ you used [G] to laugh [F] about _ _ [G] everybody that was hanging [F] out.
[Em] Now you [Dm] don't talk [C] so loud.
[F] _
Now you [Dm] don't seem [C] so proud [Dm]
about having to be scrounging [F] _ your [G] next meal.
_ _ _ How does [C] it feel?
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ How does [C] it feel [F] to [G] _ be [C] without a home?
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ Like a [C] complete unknown, [F] _ _ [G] _ like a rolling [C] stone.
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Oh, you've gone [Dm] to the finest school, [Em]
alright, Miss [F] Lonely, but you know you only [G] used to
get juiced in it.
_ _ _ [C] Nobody's [Dm] ever taught you how to live [Em] out on the street, [F] and now you're gonna [G] have to get
used to it.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] You say you never compromise [F] with the mystery tramp, [G] but now you realize [F] _ [Em] he's not selling [Dm] any _ [C] alibis.
[Dm] As you [Em] stare into the [Dm] vacuum of [C] his eyes [Dm] and say, do you want to [F] _ make [G] a deal? _ _
_ How [C] does it feel?
[F] _ _ [G] _
_ How does [C] it feel [F] to [G] _
_ be on [C] your own [F] with [G] _
no direction [C] home?
[F] _ _ [G] _
A complete [C] unknown, _ [F] _ _ [G] _
like a rolling [C] stone.
[F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Oh, you never [Dm] turned around to see [Em] the frowns on the [F] jugglers and the clowns when they [G] all
did tricks for [G] you.
_ _ _ [C]
Never [Dm] understood that it ain't no [Em] good, you shouldn't [F] let other people [G] get your kicks for you.
_ _ _ [F]
You used to ride on a chrome [G] horse with your diplomat [F]
who carried on his shoulder [G] a Siamese cat.
[F] _
[Em] Ain't it hard [Dm] when you discover [C] that _ [F]
he [Em] really [Dm] wasn't where [C] it's at?
[Dm]
After he took from you [F] everything [G] he could steal.
_ _ _ _ How does [C] it feel?
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ How [C] does it feel [F] to [G] _ _ [C] have your _ [F] _ _ [G] _ own direction [C]
home?
[F] _ _ [G] _ Like a complete [C]
unknown, [F] _ _ [G] _ like a rolling [C]
stone.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Princess, [Dm] honest people, and [Em] all the pretty [F] people, they're all drinking [G] thinking that
they got it made.
_ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] Exchanging all precious [Em] gifts, but you [F] better take your diamond [G] ring, you better pawn it babe.
_ _ _ [F] _ You used to be [G] _
so amused [F] at Napoleon in [G] rags and the language that he used.
[F] Go to [Em] him now, he calls you, [Dm] you can't [C] refuse.
_ [F] When you ain't [Em] got nothing, [Dm] you got nothing [C] to lose.
[D] You're invisible now, you got no [F] secrets to [G] conceal. _ _ _ _
How does it [C] feel?
[F] _ _ [G] _
How does [C] it feel [F] _ _ [G] _
to be on your [C] own?
_ [F] _ _ [G]
With no direction [C] home?
[F] _ _ [G]
Like a complete [C] unknown, _ [F] _ _ [G] _
like a rolling [C] stone.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [N] _