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License To Kill

Bob Dylan

RockAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

C×
Am×
G
F
Fmaj7Diagram coming soon
Csus4Diagram coming soon
Dm××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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 C                    Am
Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth
       G                C
He can do with it as he please
       C            Am          G
And if things don't change soon, he will
    F                     C
Oh, man has invented his doom
      C                   G   F
First step was touching the moon
              Am   F           Am   F
Now there's a woman on my block
             Am   F                  Am    F
She just sits there as the night grow still
        C               G                  C  Fmaj7    Csus4    C
She say who gonna take away his license to kill
 
C                    Am
Now, they take him and they teach him
       G                C
And they groom him for life
          C            Am          G
And they set him on a path where he's bound to get ill
    F                     C
Then they bury him with stars
      C                   G   F
Sell his body like they do used cars
              Am   F           Am   F
Now there's a woman on my block
        Am   F           Am   F
She just sit there facin' the hill
        C             G             C  Fmaj7    Csus4    C
She say who gonna take away his license to kill
 
C                    Am
Now, he's hell bent for destruction
       G                C
He's afraid and confused       
         C            Am          G
And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill
    F                     C
All he believes are his eyes
      C                   G   F
And his eyes they just tell him lies
              Am   F           Am   F
But there's a woman on my block
    Am   F           Am   F
Sitting there in a cold chill
        C                   G                    C  Fmaj7    Csus4    C
She say who gonna take away his license to kill
 
       Am
May be noisemaker, spirit maker
C
Heartbreaker, backbreaker
F                  C
  Leave no stone unturned
          Am
May be an actor in a plot
              C
That might be all that you got
          Dm                 G
Till your error you clearly learn
 
C                    Am
Now he worships at an altar 
    G            C
Of a stagnant pool
       C            Am          G
And when he sees his reflection he's fulfilled
    F                     C
Oh, man is opposed to fair play
      C                   G   F
He wants it all and he wants it his way
              Am   F           Am   F
Now, there's a woman on my block
              Am   F           Am   F
She just sit there as the night grow still
        C                    G                    C  Fmaj7    Csus4    C
She say who gonna take away his license to kill
 
**Instrumental Vers
          
 

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Chord set

C · Am · G · F · Fmaj7 · Csus4 · Dm

Practice tip

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