I Killed Bob Dylan
©2004 Garrett Clevenger

G G7 G C7    repeat

Chorus:
G G7 C7 G G7     I killed Bob Dylan with my love last night.
G G7 C    D D7    I killed Bob Dylan and know that’s not alright.
G  C  D    G          He could feel it comin’, but put up no fight.
C  D  D7  G G7    I killed Bob Dylan with my love last night.

C C7   G  G7        He just put on a concert. The thirteenth one I’d seen.
C C7   G  G7        I made my way backstage, where I found the king.
C Em  Am D D7   You should have seen his face when he looked into my eyes.
C Am  D   G G7    I could tell he wrote six songs right then, then sighed.

C C7   G  G7        “I knew you’d find me here. I played this show for you.”
C C7   G  G7         I smiled, then said, “I’ve something for you, too.”
C Em  Am D D7   He said, “I’ve waited for that since I was a teen.”
C Am  D   G G7    He blushed as I took his hand and led him to his dream.

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C C7   G  G7         You think he’d be tougher from those love songs he wrote.
C C7   G  G7          I thought he was a seaman in command of his boat.
C Em  Am D D7   Well, he got what he wanted, it just was way too much.
C Am  D   G G7    I flooded his senses with one deadly touch.

He said,

C C7   G  G7        “Oh, momma, can this really be the end?
C C7   G  G7         “I lived by my music, now I’ll die by you, my friend.”
C Em  Am D D7     Then before his last breath escaped from his lips
C Am  D   G G7     he sang out a lyric. It goes just like this,

G G7 C7 G G7     “You killed Bob Dylan with your love tonight.
G G7 C    D D7     “You killed Bob Dylan and Rider, that’s alright.
G  C  D    G           “I could feel it comin’, but put up no fight.
C  D  D7  G G7     “You killed Bob Dylan with your love tonight.”

{A  A7  D7  A  A7} {A  A7  D  E  E7} {A  D  E  A} {D  E  E7 A  A7}

D D7   A     A7       I’m sorry to sing this sad song to you.
D D7   A     A7        I loved him with all I had and now I’m feelin’ blue
D F#m Bm E  E7   ‘cuz he’ll never, ever write another song again.
D Bm  E     A  A7   Goodbye, Bob Dylan, forgive my sin.

A A7 D7 A A7       I killed Bob Dylan with my love last night.
A A7 D   E  E7       I killed Bob Dylan and know that’s not alright.
A       D   E   A        He could feel it comin’, but put up no fight.
D  E   E7 A  A7      I killed Bob Dylan with my love last night.

D D7   A     A7      I killed Bob
D D7   A     A7     Dylan.

repeat...
D D7   A     A7      I killed Bob
D D7   E      E7      Dylan. With my love last
A                             night.