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Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

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

E
A×
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              E                    A       E 
everybody's building the big ships and the boats 
A                               E                       
some are building monuments and others are  
             A 
jotting down notes 
E                A 
everbody's in despair 
E              A 
every girl and boy 
         E                B 
but when Quinn the eskimo gets here 
A                 E 
everbody jump for joy 
E 
come all without 
B             E 
come all winthin 
               B 
you'll not see nothing like the 
A      E 
mighty quinn 
Oh you know I like to do just like the rest 
You know I like my sugar sweet but guarding fumes and making haste 
You know it ain't my cup of meat 
Everybody's out the trees, feeding pigeons all under the limb 
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here the pigeons gonna run to him 
Oh come all without, come all within 
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn 
Come all without, come all within 
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn. 
 
A cat's meow and a cow's moo to you know I, I could recite them all 
Just tell me where it hurts you, honey, and I'll tell you who to call 
Nobody can get asleep, there's someone on everybody's toes 
When Quinn the Eskimo gets here everybody's gonna want to doze 
Oh come all without, come all within 
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn 
Come all without, come all within 
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn. 
 
 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

E · A · B

Practice tip

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