I Shall Be Free Words and music by Bob Dylan Transcription by Kelvin Sherlock Intro: G D G C/G G C/G G D Well I took me a woman late last night, G C/G G C/G G I's three fourths drunk, she looked all right D 'til she started peeling off her onion gook, G C/G Took off her wig, said, "How do I look?" G C/G I's high flyin bare naked out the window Well, sometimes, I might get drunk Walk like a duck and smell like a skunk Don't hurt me none, it don't hurt my pride Cause I got my little lady right by my side She's a tryin' to hide Pretendin' she don't know me I's out there paintin' on the old wood shed When a can of black paint, it fell on my head I went down to scrub and rub But I had to sit in back of the tub Cost a quarter Half price Well, my telephone rang, it would not stop It's President Kennedy callin' me up He said, "My friend Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?" I said, "My friend John, Bridgette Bardot" Anita Ickberg Sophia Loren County'll grow Well I got a woman five feet short She yells and hollars and screams and snorts She tickles my nose, pats me on the head Rolls me over and kicks me out of bed She's a man-eater Meat grinder Bad loser Oh there ain't no use in me workin' all the time I got a woman who works herself blind Works up to her britches, up to her neck Writes me letters and sends me checks She's a humdinger Folksinger Late one day, in the middle of the week My eyes were closed, I was half asleep I chased me a woman up the hill Right in the middle of an air raid drill I jumped a fallout shelter I jumped a string bean I jumped a tv dinner I jumped a shotgun Well the man on the stand, he wants my vote He's runnin' for office on a ballot note He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple Tellin' me he loves all kinds of people He's eatin' bagels He's eatin' pizza He's eatin' chitlins Oh I sat me down on the television floor I flipped the channel to number four Out of the shower comes a football man With a bottle of oil in his hand Greasy kid's stuff What I want to know mister football man is What do you know about Willie Mays Martin Luther King Olitunji Well the funniest woman I ever seen Was the great granddaughter of Mister Clean She takes about fifteen baths a day Wants me to grow a moustache on my face She's insane Well, ask me why I'm drunk all the time Levels my head and eases my mind I just walk along and stroll and sing I see better days and do better things I catch dinosaurs Make love to Elizabeth Taylor Catch hell from Richard Burton