Chorus:
D#FA#D#
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D#A#D#F
Iʼm not sleepy and there ainʼt no place Iʼm going to.
D#FA#D#
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
A#D#FA#
In the jingle jangle morning Iʼll come following you.
D#FA#D#
Though I know that evenings empire has returned into sand,
A#D#
Vanished from my hand,
A#D#F
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
D#FA#D#
My weariness amazes me, Iʼm branded on my feet,
A#D#
I have no one to meet,
A#D#F
And the ancient empty streetʼs too dead for dreaming.
Chorus:
D#FA#D#
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D#A#D#F
Iʼm not sleepy and there ainʼt no place Iʼm going to.
D#FA#D#
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
A#D#FA#
In the jingle jangle morning Iʼll come following you.
D#FA#D#
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship.
A#D#
My senses have been stripped,
A#D#
May hands canʼt feel to grip,
A#D#
my toes too numb to step,
A#D#F
Wait only for my bootheels to be wandering.
D#FA#D#
Iʼm ready to go anywhere, Iʼm ready for to fade,
A#D#
into my own parade.
A#D#F
Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it.
Chorus:
D#FA#D#
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D#A#D#F
Iʼm not sleepy and there ainʼt no place Iʼm going to.
D#FA#D#
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
A#D#FA#
In the jingle jangle morning Iʼll come following you.
D#FA#
Though you might hear laughing, spinning,
D#
swinging madly across the sun,
A#D#
Itʼs not aimed at anyone,
A#D#
Itʼs just escaping on the run,
A#D#F
And but for the sky there are no fences facing.
D#FA#D#
And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme,
A#D#
To your tambourine in time.
A#D#
Itʼs just a ragged clown behind,
A#D#
I wouldnʼt pay it any mind,
A#D#F
Itʼs just a shadow youʼre seeing that heʼs chasing.
Chorus:
D#FA#D#
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D#A#D#F
Iʼm not sleepy and there ainʼt no place Iʼm going to.
D#FA#D#
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
A#D#FA#
In the jingle jangle morning Iʼll come following you.
D#FA#D#
Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind.
A#D#
Down the foggy ruins of time,
A#D#
Far past the frozen leaves,
A#D#
The haunted frightened trees,
A#D#
Out to the windy bench,
A#D#F
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
D#FA#D#
Yes to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
A#D#
Silhouetted by the sea,
A#D#
Circled deep beneath the waves,
A#D#F
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
Chorus:
D#FA#D#
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
D#A#D#F
Iʼm not sleepy and there ainʼt no place Iʼm going to.
D#FA#D#
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
A#D#FA#
In the jingle jangle morning Iʼll come following you.