Tabs
Jan 27, 2022
Tangled Up in Blue by KT Tunstall
Tab based on a live version of the song.
Tab: in word document format Video: KT Tunstall - Tangled Up In Blue - Talking Bob Dylan Blues
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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com
Song: Tangled Up in Blue
By: KT Tunstall
[intro:]
{4 bars hand clap}
{4 bars guitar riff}
{4 bars guitar riff +bass}
Guitar riff
E|---------------|
B|----3-----3-1--|
G|---2-2---2-----|
D|--0-----0------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
[verse: 1] {acapella or with guitar}
(D) (Csus2)
Early one morning the sun was shining
(D) (Csus2)
I was laying in bed
(D) (Csus2)
Wondering if she'd changed at all
(G)
If her hair still was red
(D) (Csus2)
Her folks said our lives together
(D) (Csus2)
Sure was gonna be rough
(D) (Csus2)
They never did like momma’s homemade dress
(G)
Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough
[band kicks in}
A Bm
And I was standing at the side of the road
D G
The rain falling on my shoes
A Bm
Heading out for the east coast
D G A | A |
Lord knows I’ve paid some dues getting through
G A | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 |
Tangled up in blue
[verse: 2]
D Csus2
She was married when we first meet
D Csus2
Soon to be divorced
D Csus2
I helped her out of a jam I guess
G
But I used a little too much force
D Csus2
We drove that car as far as we could
D Csus2
And abandoned it out West
D Csus2
Split up on a dark sad night
G
Both agreeing it was best
A Bm
She turned around to look at me
D G
As I was walking away
A Bm
I heard her say over my shoulder
D G A | A |
We'll meet again someday on the avenue
G A | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 |
Tangled up in blue
[verse: 3]
D Csus2
And I had a job in the great north woods
D Csus2
Working as a cook for a spell
D Csus2
But I never did like it all that much
G
And one day the ax just fell
D Csus2
So I drifted down to New Orleans
D Csus2
I was lucky enough to be employed
D Csus2
Working for a while on a fishing boat
G
Right out by the Delacroix
A Bm
But all the while I was alone
D G
The past was close behind
A Bm
I seen a lot of women
D G A | A |
But she never escaped my mind, my love just grew
G A | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 |
Tangled up in blue
[verse: 4]
D Csus2
She was working in a topless place
D Csus2
And I stopped in for a beer
D Csus2
Couldn't stop looking at her side of her face
G
In the spotlight so clear
D Csus2
And later on when the crowd thinned out
D Csus2
And I was about to do the same
D Csus2
She came up behind me in back of my chair
G
Said Tell me, don't I know your name?
A Bm
I muttered something underneath my breath
D G
She studied the lines on my face
A Bm
Must admit I felt a little uneasy
D G A | A |
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
G A | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 |
Tangled up in blue
[verse: 5]
D Csus2
She lit a burner on the stove
D Csus2
and offered me a pipe
D Csus2
I thought you'd never say hello, she said
G
You look like the silent type
D Csus2
Then she opened up a book of poems
D Csus2
And handed it to me
D Csus2
Written by an Italian poet
G
In the thirteenth century
A Bm
And every one of them words rang true
D G
And burned like burning coal
A Bm
Pouring out of every page
D G A | A |
Like it was written in my soul from me to you
{let ring + 4 bars guitar riff or play D Csus2}
G A | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 |
Tangled up in blue
[verse: 6] {guitar only}
D Csus2
I lived with them on Montague Street
D Csus2
In a basement down the stairs
D Csus2
There was music in cafes at night
G
And revolution in the air
D Csus2
But he got into dealing with slaves
D Csus2
And something inside of him died
D Csus2
She had to sell everything she owned
{band kicks in}
G
And froze up inside
A Bm
And then when the bottom fell out
D G
I became withdrawn
A Bm
The only thing I knew how to do
D G A | A |
Was to keep on keeping on like a bird that flew
G A | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 |
Tangled up in blue
[verse: 7]
D Csus2
Oh, and now I'm going back again
D Csus2
I got to get her somehow
D Csus2
And all the people we knew back then
G
They're an illusion to me now
D Csus2
Some were mathematicians
D Csus2
Some were carpenter's wives
D Csus2
Don't know how it all got started
G
I don't know what they're doing with their lives
A Bm
But me I'm still on the road
D G
Looking for another joint
A Bm
We always did feel the same
D G A | A |
We just saw it from a different point of view
G A | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 | D | Csus2 |
Tangled up in blue
[coda: guitar solo] {over verse chords}
D Csus2
D Csus2
D Csus2
G
D Csus2
D Csus2
D Csus2
G
A Bm
D G
A Bm
D G A | A |
G A D {finish}
chords:
verse chords: D xx0232 D bass
Csus2 x30033 C bass
can substitute with Dsus4/C x3x233 or Cadd9 x32033
G 320002 G bass
can substitute with Gadd9 320033
A 002220 or 577655
Bm 224432
C 032010 or 335553
Csus2 x30033
Cadd9 x32033
D 000232 or 557775
Dsus4 x00233
G 320003 or 355433
Gadd9 320033