Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Neighborhood Bully
Composição de (Bob Dylan)
Intro: E 

verse 1 
          D            A                    E 
Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man, 
    D       A                 E 
His enemies say he's on their land. 
     G          D                           A 
They got him outnumbered about a million to one, 
       A            E         G           D 
He got no place to escape to, no place to run. 
                      A          D A      D A     D A 
He's the neighborhood bully. 

verse 2 
     D            A                    E 
The neighborhood bully just lives to survive, 
        D             A                 E 
He's criticized and condemned for being alive. 
           G               D                           A 
He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin, 
         A               E         G                    D 
He's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in. 
                      A          D A      D A     D A 
He's the neighborhood bully. 

verse 3 
          D            A                    E 
The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land, 
         D          A              E 
He's wandered the earth an exiled man. 
         G           D                           A 
Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn, 
       A         E         G         D 
He's always on trial for just being born. 
                      A          D A      D A     D A 
He's the neighborhood bully. 

verse 4 
          D            A                    E 
Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized, 
    D              A                     E 
Old women condemned him, said he should apologize. 
     G               D                        A 
Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad. 
       A            E         G                     D 
The bombs were meant for him. He was supposed to feel bad. 
                      A          D A      D A     D A 
He's the neighborhood bully. 

Verse 5 
            D            A                    E 
Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim 
    D                  A                           E 
That he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him, 
     G                 D                           A 
'Cause there's a noose at his neck and a gun at his back 
       A            E         G                 D 
And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac. 
                      A          D A      D A     D A 
He's the neighborhood bully. 

Verse 6 
          D       A              E 
He got no allies to really speak of. 
          D                    A                     E 
What he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of love. 
     G          D                           A 
He buys obsolete weapons and he won't be denied 
       A            E         G                  D 
But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side. 
                      A          D A      D A     D A 
He's the neighborhood bully. 

Verse 7 
             D            A                    E 
Well, he's surrounded by pacifists who all want peace, 
        D              A                         E 
They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease. 
     G                   D                           A 
Now, they wouldn't hurt a fly. To hurt one they would weep. 
       A            E         G               D 
They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep. 
                      A          D A      D A     D A 
He's the neighborhood bully. 

Verse 8 
          D        A                 E 
Every empire that's enslaved him is gone, 
    D          A                 E 
Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon. 
     G          D                           A 
He's made a garden of paradise in the desert sand, 
    A          E         G           D 
In bed with nobody, under no one's command. 
                      A          D A      D A     D A 
He's the neighborhood bully. 

Verse 9 
          D            A                   E 
Now his holiest books have been trampled upon, 
            D                A                 E 
No contract he signed was worth what it was written on. 
     G                    D                           A 
He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth, 
       A            E         G                 D 
Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health. 
                      A          D A      D A     D A 
He's the neighborhood bully. 

verse 10 
          D         A           E 
What's anybody indebted to him for? 
    D               A                 E 
Nothin', they say. He just likes to cause war. 
     G          D                      A 
Pride and prejudice and superstition indeed, 
       A            E            G           D 
They wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed. 
                      A          D A      D A     D A 
He's the neighborhood bully. 

verse 11 
          D         A             E 
What has he done to wear so many scars? 
                   D                  A                            E 
Does he change the course of rivers? Does he pollute the moon and stars? 
     G          D                   A 
Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill, 
       A         E         G           D 
Running out the clock, time standing still, 
              A          D A      D A     D A 
Neighborhood bully.

Enviado por: Alef Federico

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