It Takes A Lot to Laugh

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Ab7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro: A7 Ab7 G7
 
              A
Well, I drive a mailtrain, mama,
 
A7 Ab7 G7
 
E7   A7    Ab7   G7   A
     Can't buy   a    thrill
                A
Well, I've been up all night, mama,
E7  A7      Ab7    G7     A
    Leanin' on the window sill
A    G      D          E7
If I die on top of the hill
A                     E7       A7      Ab7  G7  A
And if I don't make it,    you know my ba   by  will
 
Don't the moon look good,
Shinin' through the trees?
Don't the brakeman look good, mama,
Flagging down the "Double E"?
Don't the sun look good goin' down over the sea?
Don't my gal look fine when she's comin' after me?
 
Wintertime is coming, the windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody, but I could not get across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby, don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I never warned you when your train gets lost

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Chord set

A7 · Ab7 · G7 · A · E7 · G · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.