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Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Bob Dylan

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

Em
B7Diagram coming soon
A×
BDiagram coming soon
Em7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Em B7  Em 
 
 
Em 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                Em 
In the beginning, in the beginning 
Em 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                  Em 
In the beginning, long time ago 
 
Em                              B7 
 He saw an animal that liked to growl 
B7                              Em 
 Big furry paws and he liked to howl 
Em                              A 
 Great big furry back and furry hair 
B               B7        Em 
"Ah, think I'll call it a bear" 
 
Em 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                Em 
In the beginning, in the beginning 
Em 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                  Em 
In the beginning, long time ago 
 
Em                        B7 
 He saw an animal up on a hill 
B7                                     Em 
Chewing up so much grass until she was filled 
Em                                        A 
He saw milk coming out but he didn't know how 
B               B7        Em 
"Ah, think I'll call it a cow" 
 
Em 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                Em 
In the beginning, in the beginning 
Em 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                  Em 
In the beginning, long time ago 
 
Em                              B7 
 He saw an animal that liked to snort 
B7                                     Em 
Horns on his head and they weren't too short 
   Em                                                A 
It looked like there wasn't nothing that he couldn't pull 
B                 B7        Em 
"Ah, I think I'll call it a bull" 
 
Em 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                Em 
In the beginning, in the beginning 
Em 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                  Em 
In the beginning, long time ago 
 
Em                                B7 
 He saw an animal leaving a muddy trail 
B7                          Em 
Real dirty face and a curly tail 
Em                                     A 
 He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big 
B               B7        Em 
"Ah, think I'll call it a pig" 
 
Em7 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                Em7 
In the beginning, in the beginning 
Em7 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                  Em 
In the beginning, long time ago 
 
Em                       B7 
 Next animal that he did meet 
B7                              Em 
Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet 
Em                              A 
Eating grass on a mountainside so steep 
B               B7        Em 
"Ah, think I'll call it a sheep" 
 
Em 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                Em 
In the beginning, in the beginning 
Em 
Man gave names to all the animals 
         B7                  Em 
In the beginning, long time ago 
 
Em                             B7 
 He saw an animal as smooth as glass 
B7                              Em 
 Slithering his way through the grass 
Em                                 A          B7 
Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · B7 · A · B · Em7

Practice tip

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