Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan
RockMedium for beginners5 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
C
Dm
Em
F
G
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
C Dm Once upon a time you dressed so fine Em F Threw the bums a dime in your prime, G didn't you? C Dm People'd call, say, "Beware doll, Em F you're bound to fall" You thought they were all G Kiddin' you F G You used to laugh about F G Everybody that was hangin' out F Em Dm C Now you don't talk so loud F Em Dm C Now you don't seem so proud F C G About having to be scrounging your next meal. G C F How does it feel G C F How does it feel G C F To be without a home G C F Like a complete unknown G C F G Like a rolling stone? C F G C Dm Ah, You've gone to the finest school Em F all right, Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get G juiced in it C Dm And no body has ever taught you how to live Em F on the street But now you're gonna have to get G Used to it F G You said you'd never compromise F G With the mystery tramp, but now you realize F Em Dm C He's not selling any alibis F Em Dm C As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes F C G And say do you want to make a deal? G C F How does it feel G C F How does it feel G C F To be on your own G C F With no direction home G C F A complete unknown G C F G Like a rolling stone? C F G C Dm Aww, You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers Em F and the clowns When they all come down and did G Tricks for you C Dm You never understood that it ain't no good Em F You shouldn't let other people get your G Kicks for you F G You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat F G Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat F Em Dm C Ain't it hard when you discover that F Em Dm C He really wasn't where it's at F C G After he took from you everything he could steal. G C F How does it feel G C F How does it feel G C F To be on your own G C F With no direction home G C F Like a complete unknown G C F G Like a rolling stone? C F G C Dm Aww, Princess on the steeple and all the Em F Pretty people they're all drinkin', thinkin that they G Got it made C Dm Exchanging all precious gifts Em F But you'd better take your diamond ring G You'd better pawn it babe F G You used to be so amused F G At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used F Em Dm C Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse F Em Dm C When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose F C G You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal. G C F How does it feel G C F How does it feel G C F To be on your own G C F With no direction home G C F Like a complete unknown G C F G Like a rolling stone? C F G
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Chord set
C · Dm · Em · F · G
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.