Lyrics and translation Bob Dylan - Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
The
sweet
pretty
things
are
in
bed
now,
of
course
Les
jolies
petites
choses
sont
au
lit
maintenant,
bien
sûr
The
city
fathers
they
are
planning
to
endorse
Les
pères
de
la
ville
ont
l'intention
d'approuver
The
reincarnation
of
Paul
Revere's
horse
La
réincarnation
du
cheval
de
Paul
Revere
But
the
town
has
no
need
to
be
nervous
Mais
la
ville
n'a
aucune
raison
d'être
nerveuse
The
ghost
of
Belle
Starr
she
hands
down
her
wits
Le
fantôme
de
Belle
Starr
transmet
son
esprit
To
Jezebel
the
nun
she
violently
knits
À
Jézabel
la
nonne,
elle
tricote
violemment
A
bald
wig
for
Jack
the
Ripper
who
sits
Une
perruque
chauve
pour
Jack
l'Éventreur
qui
est
assis
At
the
head
of
the
chamber
of
commerce
À
la
tête
de
la
chambre
de
commerce
Mama's
in
the
factory,
she's
carrying
in
a
fuse
Maman
est
à
l'usine,
elle
transporte
une
mèche
Daddy's
in
the
alley,
ain't
got
no
shoes
Papa
est
dans
la
ruelle,
il
n'a
pas
de
chaussures
I
am
in
the
kitchen
with
the
tombstone
blues
Je
suis
dans
la
cuisine
avec
le
blues
du
tombeau
The
hysterical
bride
in
the
penny
arcade
La
mariée
hystérique
dans
la
salle
de
jeux
à
un
sou
Screaming
she
moans,
"I've
just
been
made"
Hurlant,
elle
gémit
:« On
vient
de
me
faire
»
Then
sends
out
for
the
doctor
who
pulls
down
the
shade
Puis
envoie
chercher
le
médecin
qui
baisse
le
store
And
says,
"My
advice
is
to
not
let
the
boys
in"
Et
dit
:« Mon
conseil
est
de
ne
pas
laisser
entrer
les
garçons
»
And
now
the
medicine
man
comes
and
he
shuffles
inside
Et
maintenant,
le
guérisseur
arrive
et
il
se
traîne
à
l'intérieur
He
walks
with
a
swagger
and
he
says
to
the
bride
Il
marche
avec
un
air
arrogant
et
il
dit
à
la
mariée
"Stop
all
this
weeping,
swallow
your
pride
« Arrête
de
pleurer,
ravale
ta
fierté
You
will
not
die,
it's
not
poison"
Tu
ne
mourras
pas,
ce
n'est
pas
du
poison
»
Daddy's
in
the
factory,
ain't
got
no
shoes
Papa
est
à
l'usine,
il
n'a
pas
de
chaussures
Mama's
in
the
alley,
she's
lighing
the
fuse
Maman
est
dans
la
ruelle,
elle
allume
la
mèche
I'm
in
the
kitchen
with
the
tombstone
blues
Je
suis
dans
la
cuisine
avec
le
blues
du
tombeau
The
blacksmith
with
frackles
after
torturing
a
thief
Le
forgeron
avec
des
taches
de
rousseur
après
avoir
torturé
un
voleur
Looks
up
at
his
hero,
the
commander-in-chief
Lève
les
yeux
vers
son
héros,
le
commandant
en
chef
Saying,
"Tell
me
great
hero,
but
please
make
it
brief
Disant
:« Dis-moi,
grand
héros,
mais
sois
bref,
je
t'en
prie
Is
there
a
hole
for
me
to
get
sick
in?"
Y
a-t-il
un
trou
pour
que
je
puisse
tomber
malade
?»
The
commander-in-chief
answers
him
while
chasing
a
fly
Le
commandant
en
chef
lui
répond
en
pourchassant
une
mouche
Saying,
"Death
to
all
those
who
would
whimper
and
cry"
Disant
:« Mort
à
tous
ceux
qui
pleurnichent
et
crient
»
And
dropping
a
bar
bell
he
points
to
the
sky
Et
laissant
tomber
un
haltère,
il
pointe
le
ciel
du
doigt
Saying,
"The
sun's
not
yellow,
it's
chicken"
Disant
:« Le
soleil
n'est
pas
jaune,
c'est
du
poulet
»
Mama's
in
the
kitchen,
she
ain't
wearin'
no
shoes
Maman
est
dans
la
cuisine,
elle
ne
porte
pas
de
chaussures
Daddy's
in
the
factory,
he's
lighting
the
fuse
Papa
est
à
l'usine,
il
allume
la
mèche
I'm
in
the
alley,
I
am
not
Je
suis
dans
la
ruelle,
je
ne
suis
pas
The
king
of
the
Philistines
his
soldiers
to
save
Le
roi
des
Philistins,
ses
soldats
à
sauver
Puts
jawbones
on
their
tombstones
and
flatters
their
graves
Met
des
mâchoires
sur
leurs
pierres
tombales
et
flatte
leurs
tombes
Puts
the
pied
pipers
in
prison
and
he
fattens
the
slaves
Met
les
joueurs
de
flûte
de
pan
en
prison
et
il
engraisse
les
esclaves
And
sends
them
out
to
the
jungle
Et
les
envoie
dans
la
jungle
Gypsy
Davey
with
a
blowtorch
he
burns
out
their
camps
Gypsy
Davey
avec
un
chalumeau,
il
brûle
leurs
camps
With
his
faithful
slave
Pedro
behind
him
he
tramps
Avec
son
fidèle
esclave
Pedro
derrière
lui,
il
marche
With
a
fantastic
collection
of
stamps
Avec
une
collection
fantastique
de
timbres
To
win
friends
and
influence
his
uncle
Pour
se
faire
des
amis
et
influencer
son
oncle
Daddy's
in
the
factory,
ain't
wearin'
no
shoes
Papa
est
à
l'usine,
il
ne
porte
pas
de
chaussures
Mama's
in
the
alley,
she's
lighting
the
fuse
Maman
est
dans
la
ruelle,
elle
allume
la
mèche
I'm
in
the
kitchen
with
the
tombstone
blues
Je
suis
dans
la
cuisine
avec
le
blues
du
tombeau
The
geometry
of
innocent
flesh
on
the
bone
La
géométrie
de
la
chair
innocente
sur
l'os
It's
Galileo's
math
book
to
get
thrown
C'est
le
livre
de
mathématiques
de
Galilée
à
jeter
At
Delilah
who's
sitting
worthlessly
alone
À
Dalila
qui
est
assise
seule,
sans
valeur
But
the
tears
on
her
cheeks
of
the
laughter
Mais
les
larmes
sur
ses
joues
du
rire
I
wish
I
could
give
Brother
Bill
his
great
thrill
J'aimerais
pouvoir
donner
à
Frère
Bill
son
grand
frisson
I
would
set
him
in
chains
at
the
top
of
the
hill
Je
l'enchaînerais
au
sommet
de
la
colline
And
send
out
for
some
pillars
and
Cecil
B.
DeMille
Et
j'enverrais
chercher
des
piliers
et
Cecil
B.
DeMille
He
could
die
happily
ever
after
Il
pourrait
mourir
heureux
pour
toujours
Mama's
in
the
kitchen,
ain't
wearing
no
shoes
Maman
est
dans
la
cuisine,
elle
ne
porte
pas
de
chaussures
Daddy's
in
the
owen,
he's
lightin'
the
fuse
Papa
est
dans
le
four,
il
allume
la
mèche
I'm
in
the
factory
with
the
tombstone
blues
Je
suis
à
l'usine
avec
le
blues
du
tombeau
Where
Ma
Rainey
and
Beethoven
once
unwrapped
their
bed
roll
Où
Ma
Rainey
et
Beethoven
ont
autrefois
défait
leur
sac
de
couchage
Tuba
players
now
rehearse
around
the
flagpole
Les
joueurs
de
tuba
répètent
maintenant
autour
du
mât
And
the
National
Bank
sellin'
road
maps
for
the
soul
Et
la
Banque
Nationale
vend
des
feuilles
de
route
pour
l'âme
To
the
old
folks
home
in
the
college
À
la
maison
de
retraite
du
collège
I
wish
I
could
write
you
a
melody
so
plain
J'aimerais
pouvoir
t'écrire
une
mélodie
si
simple
That
could
hold
you,
dear
lady,
from
going
insane
Qui
pourrait
te
retenir,
chère
demoiselle,
de
devenir
folle
That
could
cool
you
and
ease
you
and
cease
the
pain
Qui
pourrait
te
rafraîchir
et
te
soulager
et
cesser
la
douleur
Of
your
pointless
and
useless
knowledge
De
ta
connaissance
inutile
et
futile
Daddy's
in
the
kitchen,
he
ain't
got
no
shoes
Papa
est
dans
la
cuisine,
il
n'a
pas
de
chaussures
Mama's
in
the
factory,
she's
lightin'
the
fuse
Maman
est
à
l'usine,
elle
allume
la
mèche
I'm
in
the
kitchen
with
the
tombstone
blues
Je
suis
dans
la
cuisine
avec
le
blues
du
tombeau
Alright
D'accord
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Album
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Deluxe Edition) date of release
01-01-1965
1
If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 2, Alternate Take)
2 Desolation Row (Take 5 Remake, Complete)
3 Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)
4 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take)
5 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3, Incomplete)
6 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 1, Complete (6/15/65))
7 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
8 She Belongs to Me (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
9 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 3, Complete)
10 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 9-10 Remake, False Starts)
11 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 8 Remake, Breakdown)
12 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 15 Remake, Breakdown)
13 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 14 Remake, False Start)
14 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 6 Remake, False Start)
15 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 12 Remake, False Start)
16 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Vocals, Guitar)
17 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 13 Remake, Breakdown)
18 Like a Rolling Stone - Take 11, Alternate Take
19 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Drums, Organ)
20 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Piano, Bass)
21 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Guitar)
22 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 2-3 Remake, False Starts)
23 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5, Rehearsal)
24 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 1-3, Rehearsal)
25 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5 Remake, Rehearsal)
26 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4 Remake)
27 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 1 Remake, Rehearsal)
28 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4, Rehearsal)
29 Like a Rolling Stone (Rehearsal Remake)
30 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 6, Complete)
31 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 1, Fragment)
32 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 13, Complete)
33 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 1, Breakdown)
34 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal)
35 She's Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal)
36 She's Your Lover Now (Take 1, Breakdown)
37 She's Your Lover Now (Take 16, Complete)
38 She's Your Lover Now (Take 15)
39 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start)
40 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 5, Complete)
41 Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take)
42 Queen Jane Approximately (Take 2, Complete)
43 Visions of Johanna (Take 7, Complete)
44 Visions of Johanna (Take 8)
45 Visions of Johanna (Take 14, Complete)
46 Visions of Johanna (Take 1, Rehearsal)
47 Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1)
48 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 6, Complete)
49 Instrumental (Take 2, Complete)
50 Jet Pilot (Take 1)
51 Medicine Sunday (Take 1)
52 Ballad of a Thin Man (Take 2, Breakdown)
53 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 17)
54 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1, Alternate Take)
55 Obviously Five Believers (Take 3, Complete)
56 Temporary Like Achilles (Take 3, Complete)
57 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Take 1, Complete)
58 Just Like a Woman (Take 8, Complete)
59 Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take)
60 Just Like a Woman (Take 1, Complete)
61 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 14, Complete)
62 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 5)
63 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Rehearsal)
64 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Take 1, Rehearsal and Finished Track)
65 Fourth Time Around (Take 11, Complete)
66 Lunatic Princess (Take 1)
67 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take)
68 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 4, Rehearsal)
69 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 2, Rehearsal)
70 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 1, Rehearsal)
71 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Take 1, Complete)
72 California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
73 You Don't Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
74 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 1, Complete)
75 Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
76 On the Road Again (Take 7 Remake, Complete)
77 On the Road Again (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
78 On the Road Again (Take 4, Alternate Take)
79 On the Road Again (Take 1, Complete)
80 Outlaw Blues (Take 2, Alternate Take)
81 Outlaw Blues (Take 1, Complete)
82 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Take 1, False Start)
83 She Belongs to Me (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
84 She Belongs to Me (Take 2 Remake, Complete)
85 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 2, Complete)
86 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 1, Fragment)
87 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Take 1)
88 I'll Keep It With Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo)
89 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
90 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
91 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic)
92 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1, Breakdown)
93 Mr. Tambourine Man (Takes 1-2, False Starts)
94 Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with Band, Incomplete)
95 From a Buick 6 (Take 4)
96 From a Buick 6 (Take 1, False Start)
97 Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take)
98 Positively 4th Street (Take 4, Complete)
99 Positively 4th Street (Takes 1-3, False Starts)
100 Tombstone Blues (Take 9)
101 Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
102 Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2)
2 Desolation Row (Take 5 Remake, Complete)
3 Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)
4 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take)
5 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3, Incomplete)
6 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 1, Complete (6/15/65))
7 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
8 She Belongs to Me (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
9 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 3, Complete)
10 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 9-10 Remake, False Starts)
11 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 8 Remake, Breakdown)
12 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 15 Remake, Breakdown)
13 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 14 Remake, False Start)
14 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 6 Remake, False Start)
15 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 12 Remake, False Start)
16 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Vocals, Guitar)
17 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 13 Remake, Breakdown)
18 Like a Rolling Stone - Take 11, Alternate Take
19 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Drums, Organ)
20 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Piano, Bass)
21 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Guitar)
22 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 2-3 Remake, False Starts)
23 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5, Rehearsal)
24 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 1-3, Rehearsal)
25 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5 Remake, Rehearsal)
26 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4 Remake)
27 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 1 Remake, Rehearsal)
28 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4, Rehearsal)
29 Like a Rolling Stone (Rehearsal Remake)
30 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 6, Complete)
31 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 1, Fragment)
32 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 13, Complete)
33 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 1, Breakdown)
34 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal)
35 She's Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal)
36 She's Your Lover Now (Take 1, Breakdown)
37 She's Your Lover Now (Take 16, Complete)
38 She's Your Lover Now (Take 15)
39 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start)
40 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 5, Complete)
41 Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take)
42 Queen Jane Approximately (Take 2, Complete)
43 Visions of Johanna (Take 7, Complete)
44 Visions of Johanna (Take 8)
45 Visions of Johanna (Take 14, Complete)
46 Visions of Johanna (Take 1, Rehearsal)
47 Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1)
48 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 6, Complete)
49 Instrumental (Take 2, Complete)
50 Jet Pilot (Take 1)
51 Medicine Sunday (Take 1)
52 Ballad of a Thin Man (Take 2, Breakdown)
53 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 17)
54 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1, Alternate Take)
55 Obviously Five Believers (Take 3, Complete)
56 Temporary Like Achilles (Take 3, Complete)
57 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Take 1, Complete)
58 Just Like a Woman (Take 8, Complete)
59 Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take)
60 Just Like a Woman (Take 1, Complete)
61 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 14, Complete)
62 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 5)
63 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Rehearsal)
64 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Take 1, Rehearsal and Finished Track)
65 Fourth Time Around (Take 11, Complete)
66 Lunatic Princess (Take 1)
67 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take)
68 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 4, Rehearsal)
69 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 2, Rehearsal)
70 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 1, Rehearsal)
71 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Take 1, Complete)
72 California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
73 You Don't Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
74 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 1, Complete)
75 Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
76 On the Road Again (Take 7 Remake, Complete)
77 On the Road Again (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
78 On the Road Again (Take 4, Alternate Take)
79 On the Road Again (Take 1, Complete)
80 Outlaw Blues (Take 2, Alternate Take)
81 Outlaw Blues (Take 1, Complete)
82 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Take 1, False Start)
83 She Belongs to Me (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
84 She Belongs to Me (Take 2 Remake, Complete)
85 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 2, Complete)
86 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 1, Fragment)
87 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Take 1)
88 I'll Keep It With Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo)
89 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
90 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
91 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic)
92 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1, Breakdown)
93 Mr. Tambourine Man (Takes 1-2, False Starts)
94 Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with Band, Incomplete)
95 From a Buick 6 (Take 4)
96 From a Buick 6 (Take 1, False Start)
97 Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take)
98 Positively 4th Street (Take 4, Complete)
99 Positively 4th Street (Takes 1-3, False Starts)
100 Tombstone Blues (Take 9)
101 Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
102 Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2)
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