Instruments
| C Fmaj7/C | C Fmaj7/C | C Fmaj7/C | C Fmaj7/C |
Verse 1
| C Dm | Once upon a time you dressed so fine | Em F | G | G | Threw the bums a dime in your prime Didn't you?| C Dm | Em F | People call say 'beware doll, you're bound to fall' You thought they were all | G | G Gb | kidding you
Pre-Hook 1
| F | G Gb | F | G | You used to laugh about Everybody that was hanging out| F Em | Dm C | F Em | Dm C | Now you don't talk so loud Now you don't seem so proud| Dm | F | G | G |About having to be scrounging your next meal
Hook 1
| C F | G | C F | G |How does it feel, how does it feel? To be without a home| C F | G | C F | G | Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone
Instruments
| C F | G | C F | G || G |
Verse 2
| C Dm |Ahh you've gone to the finest schools, | Em F | G | G |alright Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it | C Dm | Em F |Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street And now you're gonna have to get | G | G | used to it
Pre-Hook 2
| F C/E | G Gb | You say you never compromise | F | G Gb | With the mystery tramp, but now you realize| F Em | Dm C | F Em | Dm C | He's not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes | Dm | Dm F | G | G |And say do you want to make a deal?
Hook 2
| C F | G | C F | G |How does it feel, how does it feel? | C F | G | C F | G |To be on your own with no direction home | C F | G | C F | G |A complete unknown Like a rolling stone
Instruments
| C F | G | G |
Verse 3
| C Dm |Ah you never turned around to see the frowns | Em F | G | G | On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you| C Dm | You never understood that it ain't no good | Em F | G | G Gb |You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
Pre-Hook 3
| F | G | You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat | F | G | Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat| F Em | Dm C | F Em | Dm C | Ain't it hard when you discovered that He really wasn't where it's at| Dm | Dm F | G | G | After he took from you everything he could steal
Hook 3
| C F | G | C F | G |How does it feel, how does it feel? | C F | G | C F | G |To be on your own with no direction home | C F | G | C F | G |A complete unknown Like a rolling stone
Instruments
| C F | G | G |
Verse 4
| C Dm |Ahh princess on a steeple and all the | Em F | G | G | pretty people They're all drinking, thinking that they've got it made| C Dm | Exchanging all precious gifts | Em F | G | G Gb | But you better take your diamond ring You better pawn it babe
Pre-Hook 4
| F | G | F | G | You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used| F Em | Dm C | Go to him he calls you, you can't refuse| F Em | Dm C | When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose| Dm | Dm F | G | G | You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal
Hook 4
| C F | G | C F | G |How does it feel, how does it feel? | C F | G | C F | G |To be on your own with no direction home | C F | G | C F | G |A complete unknown Like a rolling stone
Instruments (Fade Out)
| C F | G | C F | G |