Lyrics Tombstone Blues (Take 9) - Bob Dylan
The
sweet
pretty
things
are
in
bed
now,
of
course
The
city
fathers,
they
are
trying
to
endorse
The
reincarnation
of
Paul
Revere's
horse
But
the
town
has
no
need
to
be
nervous
The
ghost
of
Belle
Starr,
she
hands
down
her
wits
To
Jezebel
the
nun,
she
violently
knits
A
bald
wig
for
Jack
the
Ripper,
who
sits
At
the
head
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
Mama's
in
the
factory,
she
ain't
got
no
shoes
Daddy's
in
the
alley,
he's
lookin'
for
food
I'm
in
the
kitchen
with
the
tombstone
blues
The
hysterical
bride
in
the
penny
arcade
Screaming,
she
moans,
"I've
just
been
made"
Sends
out
for
the
doctor,
who
pulls
down
the
shade
And
says,
"My
advice
is
to
not
let
the
boys
in"
And
the
medicine
man
comes
and
he
shuffles
inside
He
walks
with
a
swagger
and
he
says
to
the
bride
"Stop
all
this
weeping,
swallow
your
pride
You
will
not
die,
it's
not
poison"
Mama's
in
the
factory,
she
ain't
got
no
shoes
Daddy's
in
the
alley,
he's
lookin'
for
food
I'm
in
the
kitchen
with
the
tombstone
blues
Now,
John
the
blacksmitht,
he
torturing
a
thief
Says
to
the
hero,
the
Commander-in-chief
"Tell
me,
great
hero,
but
please
make
it
brief
Is
there
a
hole
for
me
to
get
sick
in?"
The
Commander-in-chief
answers
him
while
chasing
a
fly
Saying,
"Death
to
all
those
who
have
whimper
and
cry"
And,
dropping
a
barbell,
he
points
to
the
sky
Saying,
"The
sun's
not
yellow,
it's
chicken"
Mama's
in
the
factory,
she
ain't
got
no
shoes
Daddy's
in
the
alley,
he's
lookin'
for
the
food
I'm
in
the
kitchen
with
the
tombstone
blues
Alright
Let's
hear
that
back
He
got
to
put
the
wall
up
over
him
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 Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take)
3 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 14, Complete)
4 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1, Breakdown)
5 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic)
6 Just Like a Woman (Take 1, Complete)
7 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
8 Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take)
9 Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
10 Just Like a Woman (Take 8, Complete)
11 I'll Keep It With Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo)
12 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Take 1)
13 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Take 1, Complete)
14 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 1, Fragment)
15 Temporary Like Achilles (Take 3, Complete)
16 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 2, Complete)
17 She Belongs to Me (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
18 Obviously Five Believers (Take 3, Complete)
19 She Belongs to Me (Take 2 Remake, Complete)
20 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Take 1, Complete)
21 She Belongs to Me (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
22 Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1)
23 Outlaw Blues (Take 1, Complete)
24 Outlaw Blues (Take 2, Alternate Take)
25 On the Road Again (Take 1, Complete)
26 On the Road Again (Take 4, Alternate Take)
27 On the Road Again (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
28 On the Road Again (Take 7 Remake, Complete)
29 Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
30 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 1, Complete)
31 You Don't Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
32 California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
33 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Take 1, False Start)
34 Mr. Tambourine Man (Takes 1-2, False Starts)
35 Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with Band, Incomplete)
36 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 1, Complete (6/15/65))
37 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take)
38 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3, Incomplete)
39 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
40 Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2)
41 Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
42 Tombstone Blues (Take 9)
43 Positively 4th Street (Takes 1-3, False Starts)
44 Positively 4th Street (Take 4, Complete)
45 Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take)
46 Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)
47 Desolation Row (Take 5 Remake, Complete)
48 From a Buick 6 (Take 1, False Start)
49 From a Buick 6 (Take 4)
50 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 1-3, Rehearsal)
51 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4, Rehearsal)
52 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5, Rehearsal)
53 Like a Rolling Stone (Rehearsal Remake)
54 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 1 Remake, Rehearsal)
55 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 2-3 Remake, False Starts)
56 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4 Remake)
57 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5 Remake, Rehearsal)
58 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 6 Remake, False Start)
59 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 8 Remake, Breakdown)
60 Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 9-10 Remake, False Starts)
61 Like a Rolling Stone - Take 11, Alternate Take
62 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 12 Remake, False Start)
63 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 13 Remake, Breakdown)
64 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 14 Remake, False Start)
65 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 15 Remake, Breakdown)
66 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Guitar)
67 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Vocals, Guitar)
68 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Piano, Bass)
69 Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Drums, Organ)
70 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1, Alternate Take)
71 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 17)
72 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 5, Complete)
73 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start)
74 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 1, Breakdown)
75 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal)
76 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 13, Complete)
77 Queen Jane Approximately (Take 2, Complete)
78 Ballad of a Thin Man (Take 2, Breakdown)
79 Medicine Sunday (Take 1)
80 Jet Pilot (Take 1)
81 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 1, Fragment)
82 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 6, Complete)
83 Instrumental (Take 2, Complete)
84 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 6, Complete)
85 Visions of Johanna (Take 1, Rehearsal)
86 Visions of Johanna (Take 7, Complete)
87 Visions of Johanna (Take 8)
88 Visions of Johanna (Take 14, Complete)
89 She's Your Lover Now (Take 1, Breakdown)
90 She's Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal)
91 She's Your Lover Now (Take 15)
92 She's Your Lover Now (Take 16, Complete)
93 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 2, Rehearsal)
94 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 4, Rehearsal)
95 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take)
96 Lunatic Princess (Take 1)
97 Fourth Time Around (Take 11, Complete)
98 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 3, Complete)
99 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Take 1, Rehearsal and Finished Track)
100 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 1, Rehearsal)
101 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Rehearsal)
102 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Take 5)
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