Tell Ol Bill

artist : bob dylan song : tell ol’ bill album : tell tale signs ( 2008 ) transcription : satir3 , satir3@net . hr tuning : standard capo : 1st fret chords used : Am : x . 0 . 2 . 2 . 1 . 0 E7 : 0 . 2 . 0 . 1 . 3 . 0 Dm : x . x . 0 . 2 . 3 . 1 Intro : Am E7 Am Verse : Am E7 the river whispers in my ear , Am i’ve hardly a penny to my name . E7 the heavens never seemed so near . Am all of my body glows with flame . Dm Am the tempest struggles in the air . Dm Am and to myself alone i sing . E7 it could sink me then and there , Am i can hear the echoes ring . Dm Am i try to find one smilin’ face Dm Am to drive the shadows from my head . E7 i’m stranded in this nameless place , Am lyin’ restless in a heavy bed Verse : tell me straight out if you will , why must you torture me within? why must you come down from your high hill? throw my fate to the clouds and wind far away in a silent land secret thoughts are hard to bear . remember me , you’ll understand : emotions we can never share . you trampled on me as you passed , left the coldest kiss upon my brow . all my doubts and fears are gone at last , i’ve nothing more to tell you now . Verse : i walk by tranquil lakes and streams as each new season’s dawn awaits i lay awake at night with troubled dreams the enemy is at the gates beneath the thunder - blasted trees the words are ringing off your tongue the ground is hard in times like these the stars are cold , the night is young , the rocks are bleak , the trees are bare , iron clouds go floating by . snowflakes falling in my hair beneath the gray and stony sky . Verse : the evening sun is sinking low , the woods are dark , the town is too . they’ll drag you down , they run the show . ain’t no tellin’ what they’ll do . tell ol’ bill when he comes home : anything is worth a try . tell him that i’m not alone , that the hour has come to do or die . all the world i would defy , let me make it plane as day . i look at you now and i sigh , how could it be any other way?