Absolutely Sweet Marie
Words and music by Bob Dylan

From Larry Kaye (kaye@umbsky.cc.umb.edu)


The main organ rift can be approximated like this:

  D
e-----------------|-----------------|
B-----3---2-3-----|-5---3-3-2-3-----|
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|


intro: D

Verse 1:
                          G          A7         D
Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it

G            D                A7
Sometimes it gets so hard you see

         D             G       A7    D         Bm
I'm just sitting here, beating on my trumpet

     F#m                       D        A7
With all of these promises you left for me
    G             A7             D
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

V2
Well, I waited for you, when I was a half-sick
Yes, I waited for you when you hated me
Well I wa-aited for you inside of the frozen traffic
Yeah, when you knew I had some other place to be
Now where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Bridge 1:
     Bb                         D
Well anybody could be just like me, obviously

    Bb                                        D             A7
but then now again not too many could be like you, fortunately

V3:
Well, six white horses, that you did promise
Were finally deivered down to the penitentiary
but to live outside the law you must be honest
I know you always say you agree
All right, so where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

B2:
well I don't know how it happened, but the riverboat captain,
he knows my fate
And everybody else, even yourself, you're just gonna have to wait

V4:
Well, I got the fever, down in my pockets
Your Persian drunkard he follows me
I can take him to your house but I can't unlock it
You see you forgot to leave me with the key
Oh, so where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

(long harp solo)

V5:
Well, I been in jail, where all the mail showed
That a man can't give his address out to bad company
Now I'm sitting here, looking at your yellow railroad
In the ruins, of your balcony
Wondering where are you tonight, sweet Marie




Verses, bar-wise  (2 chords in a bar=2 beats each)

(D) | D| G A7| D | D | G| D| A7| A7|
D | G A7| D | Bm| F#m| F#m D| A7 | A7 | G| A7| D