Lirik dan Chord Lagu Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Lagu "Ballad of a Thin Man" dari Bob Dylan tergabung dalam album keenamnya, Highway 61 Revisited.

Ia meluncurkan album tersebut pada 1961 dengan menyertakan sembilan lagu rilisan label musik Columbia.

Lagu-lagu dalam album tersebut sudah dapat diakses lewat platform musik digital dan YouTube.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Mama Youve Been on My Mind - Bob Dylan

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Ballad of a Thin Man" dari Bob Dylan.

[Intro]
Am

[Verse 1]
Am
You walk into the room
Abaug
With your pencil in your hand
C/G
You see somebody naked
              D9
And you say, “Who is that man?”
F
You try so hard
              Dm
But you don’t understand
C                      Em
Just what you’ll say
                         Am
When you get home

C                                    Em
Because something is happening here
               Am                      C/G
And you don't know what it is,
F                      Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
Am

[Verse 2]
Am
You raise up your head
Abaug
And you ask, “Is this where it is?”
C/G
And somebody points to you and says
D9
“It’s his”
F
And you say, “What’s mine?”
                         Dm
And somebody else says, “Where what is?”
                      C
And you say, “Oh my God
         Em         Am
Am I here all alone?”

     C                       Em
But something is happening
               Am                      C/G
But you don’t know what it is
F                      Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
Am

[Verse 3]
Am
You hand in your ticket
Abaug
And you go watch the geek
C/G
Who immediately walks up to you
D9
When he hears you speak
F
And says, “How does it feel
Dm
To be such a freak?”
                           C
And you say, “Impossible”
           Em                Am
As he hands you a bone

      C                    Em
And something is happening here
              Am                      C/G
But you don’t know what it is
F                      Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
Am

[Middle 8]
Am
You have many contacts
C
Among the lumberjacks
F
To get you facts
                                                    Am
When someone attacks your imagination
Am
But nobody has any respect
C
Anyway they already expect you
F
To just give a check
      Dm                                       G         [G7]
To tax-deductible charity organizations

[Verse 4]
Am
You’ve been with the professors
        Abaug
And they’ve all liked your looks
C/G
With great lawyers you have
D9
Discussed lepers and crooks
F
You’ve been through all of
                      Dm
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books
C                            Em
You’re very well read
                Am
It’s well known

    C                       Em
But something is happening here
              Am                       C/G
But you don’t know what it is
F                         Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
Am

[Verse 5]
               Am                                              Abaug
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
[Abaug]
And then he kneels
C/G
He crosses himself
                       D9
And then he clicks his high heels
              F
And without further notice
                           Dm
He asks you how it feels
                      C                              Em
And he says, “Here is your throat back
                        Am
Thanks for the loan”

C                                               Em
And you know something is happening
               Am                       C
But you don’t know what it is
F                       Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
Am

[Verse 6]
Am
Now you see this one-eyed midget
Abaug
Shouting the word “NOW”
C/G
And you say, “For what reason?”
D9
And he says, “How?”
F
And you say, “What does this mean?”
                          Dm
And he screams back, “You’re a cow
C                        Em
Give me some milk
                   Am
Or else go home”

C                                           Em
And you know something is happening
               Am                       C
But you don’t know what it is
F                      Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Interlude]
Am

[Verse 7]
                Am
Well, you walk into the room
          Abaug
Like a camel and then you frown
C/G
You put your eyes in your pocket
                 D9
And your nose on the ground
F
There ought to be a law
Dm
Against you comin’ around
         C 
You should be made
     Em           Am
To wear earphones

C                                     Em
‘Cause something is happening
              Am                        C
But you don’t know what it is
F                       Am
Do you, Mister Jones

[Outro]
Am