Dirge    (intro)    (sample)

 

    Em - Am - Em - Am (2x)

 

    Bm                                    Em   - Bm                                         Em

1.       I hate myself for lovin' you,         and the weakness that it showed,

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    you were just a painted face on a trip down Suicide Road.

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    The stage was set, the lights went out all around the old hotel,

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    I hate myself for lovin' you, and I'm glad the curtain fell.

 

+ Em - Am - Em - Am

 

Bm                            Em                  - Bm                                        Em

2. I hate that foolish game we played     and the need that was expressed

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    and the mercy that you showed to me,    whoever would have guessed.

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    I went out on Lower Broadway, and I felt that place within,

             G                             C                          G        Am         Em

    that hollow place where martyrs weep and angels play with sin.

 

+ Em - Am - Em - Am

 

   Bm                                    Em      - Bm                              Em

3.      Heard your songs of freedom          and man forever stripped,

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    acting out his folly, while his back is being whipped.

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    Like a slave in orbit he's beaten 'til he's tame,

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    all for a moment's glory, and it's a dirty, rotten shame.

 

+ Em - Am - Em - Am (2x)

 

                      Bm                        Em           - Bm                         Em

4. There are those who worship loneliness,        I'm not one of them,

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    in this age of fiberglass         I'm searching for a gem.

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    The crystal ball up on the wall hasn't shown me nothing yet,

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    I've paid the price of solitude but at least I'm out of debt.

 

 

 

 

 

+ Em - Am - Em - Am (2x)

 

     Bm                       Em                - Bm                            Em

5.         Can't recall a useful thing            you ever did for me,

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    'cept pat me on the back one time          when I was on my knees.

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    We stared into each other's eyes, till one of us would break,

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    no use to apologize, what difference         would it make ?

 

+ Em - Am - Em - Am (2x)

 

          Bm                          Em              Bm                      Em

6. So sing your praise of progress and of the Doom Machine,

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    the naked truth is still taboo, whenever it can be seen.

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    Lady Luck who shines on me will tell you where I'm at,

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    I hate myself for lovin' you but I should get over that.

 

+ Em - Am - Em - Am (2x)

 

+ repeat verse 6 as instrumental and fade….

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Bob Dylan)