Brownsville Girl Bob Dylan
Intro: D, D,D,D,E,E,E,E,E,E-D,D,D,D,E,E,E,E,E,E
[E]Well, there was this movie I seen one time,
[D]About a man riding 'cross the desert and it starred Gregory Peck.
[E]He was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself.
[D]The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up by the neck.
[E]Well, the marshal, now he beat that kid to a bloody pulp
[D]as the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last breath.
[E]Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair and square,
[D]I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his death.
[E]Well, I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in
[D]And you know it blows right through me like a ball and chain.
[E]You know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart.
[D]The memory of you keeps callin' after me like a rollin' train.
[E]
I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted desert
[E]In your busted down Ford and your platform heels
[D]I could never figure out why you chose that particular place to meet
[E]Ah, but you were right. It was perfect as I got in behind the wheel.
[D]
[E]Well, we drove that car all night into San Anton'
[D]And we slept near the Alamo, your skin was so tender and soft.
[E]Way down in Mexico you went out to find a doctor and you never came back.
[D]I would have gone on after you but I didn't feel like letting my head get
blown off.
[E]Well, we're drivin' this car and the sun is comin' up over the Rockies,
[D]Now I know she ain't you but she's here and she's got that dark rhythm in
her soul.
[E]But I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the mood anymore to remember the
times when I was your only man
[E]And she don't want to remind me. She knows this car would go out of control.
[D]Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining
like the moon above
[E]Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brow[D]nsville girl, you're my
honey love.
[E]Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards Amarillo
[D]We pulled up where Henry Porter used to live. He owned a wreckin' lot
outside of town about a mile.
[E]Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back.
[D]She saw us come rolling up in a trail of dust.
[E]She said, "Henry ain't here but you can come on in, he'll be back in a little while."
[E]Then she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinkin' of
bummin' a ride back to where she started.
[D]But ya know, she changed the subject every time money came up.
[E]She said, "Welcome to the land of the living dead." You could tell she was so broken-hearted.
[D]She said, "Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt."
[E]"How far are y'all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh.
[E]"We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn,
[D]'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasin dies."
[E]Ruby just smiled and said, "Ah, you know some babies never learn."
[E]Something about that movie though, well I just can't get it out of my head
[D]But I can't remember why I was in it or what part I was supposed to play.
[E]All I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way people moved
[D]And a lot of them seemed to be lookin' my way.
[E]Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
[E]Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, B[D]rownsville girl, you're my honey love.
[E]Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour.
[D]I was crossin' the street when shots rang out.
[E]I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran.
[D]"We got him cornered in the churchyard," I heard somebody shout.
[E]Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune. Underneath it, it
said, "A man with no alibi."
[E]You went out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was with you.
[D]Then when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears,
[E]It was the best acting I saw anybody do.
[D]Now I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass but
[E]sometimes you just find yourself over the line.
[D]Oh if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now.
[E]You know, I feel pretty good, but that ain't sayin' much. I could feel a
[D]whole lot better,
[E]If you were just here by my side to show me how.
[E]Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory Peck,
[D]Yeah, but you know it's not the one that I had in mind.
[E]He's got a new one out now, I don't even know what it's about
[D]But I'll see him in anything so I'll stand in line.
[E]Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
[E]Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brow[D]nsville girl, you're my honey love.
[E]You know, it's funny how things never turn out the way you had 'em planned.
[D]The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't
Henry Porter.
[E]And you know there was somethin' about you baby that I liked that was
always too good for this world
[D]Just like you always said there was something about me you liked that I
left behind in the French Quarter.
[E]Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than
people who are most content.
[E]I don't have any regrets, they can talk about me plenty when I'm gone.
[D]You always said people don't do what they believe in, they just do what's
most convenient, then they repent.
[E]And I always said, "Hang on to me, baby, and let's hope that the roof stays
on."
[E]There was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through it twice.
[D]I don't remember who I was or where I was bound.
[E]All I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck, he wore a gun and he
was shot in the back.
[E]Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn down.
[E]Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, t[D]eeth like pearls shining
like the moon above
[E]Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brow[D]nsville girl, you're my
honey love.
Sorry if I'm wrong at the chords. It's a very long song. 11 minutes. Dylan must have put
a lot of effort to write a song this long.Two easy chords throughout this song.
enjoy!
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