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Why Try To Change Me Now

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners16 chords

How to play it

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

G
F#mDiagram coming soon
Em
A7×
Dmaj7Diagram coming soon
Em7
A×
F#m7Diagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
Am7×
D7××
Gmaj7Diagram coming soon
C9Diagram coming soon
E7
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
              
 
 
Intro: 
G Gm6 F#m Fº 
Em A7 Dmaj7 
 
  
verse 1 
 
Em7         A  A7/9      F#m7        B7 
   I'm sentimental, so I walk in the rain 
Em7            A  A7/9  F#m7         B7/9 
   I've got some habits even I can't explain 
Em                     Gm6    F#m7        Fo    
   Could start for the corner, turn up in Spain 
Em                A7        Dmaj7     Bm7 
   But why try to change me now? 
 
    
verse 2 
 
  Em7         A  A7/9      F#m7        B7          
I sit and daydream, I've got daydreams galore 
Em7            A  A7/9  F#m7         B7/9 
Cigarette ashes, there they go on the floor 
Em                       Gm6    F#m7        Fo    
I'll go away weekends, leave my keys in the door 
Em             A7        Dmaj7     Bm7 
But why try to change me now? 
 
      
Bridge 
 
Am7            D7      Gmaj7 
Why can't I be more conventional? 
       Am7          C9          Gmaj7 
People talk, people stare, so I try 
Bm7                  E7  A               F#m7 
  But that's not for me,  'cause I can't see 
Bm7          E              G          A 
  My kind of crazy world go passing me by 
 
 
Outro 
 
         Em7         A  A7/9      F#m7        B7       
So, let people wonder, let 'em laugh, let 'em frown 
      Em7            A  A7/9  F#m7         B7/9 
You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down 
Em                    Gm6    F#m7        Fo    
Don't you remember I was always your clown? 
Em        A7        Dmaj7     
Why try to change me now? 
          
 

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Chord set

G · F#m · Em · A7 · Dmaj7 · Em7 · A · F#m7 · B7 · Bm7 · Am7 · D7 · Gmaj7 · C9 · E7 · E

Practice tip

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