Jokerman

Jokerman: Chords

SIb                    SIb7+
Standing on the water, casting your bread
          DOm/SIb
While the eyes of the idol 
        FA/SIb         SIb      MIb/SIb
with the iron head are glowing
SIb                    SIb7+
 Distant ships sailing into the mist
         DOm/SIb                           FA/SIb
You were born with a snake in both of your fists 
                      SIb        
while a hurricane was blowing
DOm7    FA                         SIb
Freedom just around the corner for you
         DOm7              FA             
But with truth so far off, 
                  SIb    MIb
what good will it do

FA                    MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
SIb      FA/LA       SOLm         MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     MIb6 FA  SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman

SIb                 SIb7+
 So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
DOm/SIb              FA/SIb        SIb   MIb/SIb
 You rise up and say goodbye to no one
SIb                 SIb7+
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
DOm/SIb
Both of their futures, 
   FA/SIb                   SIb       MIb/SIb
so full of dread, you don't show one
DOm7          FA                SIb
 Shedding off one more layer of skin
        DOm7              FA             SIb    MIb 
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within

FA                    MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
SIb      FA/LA       SOLm         MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     MIb6 FA  SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman

         SIb
You're a man of the mountains, 
        SIb7+
you can walk on the clouds
      DOm/SIb                 FA/SIb     SIb
Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister
                              
You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah
    SIb7+
But what do you care? 
      DOm/SIb            FA/SIb          SIb
Ain't nobody there would want marry your sister
DOm7
Friend to the martyr, 
  FA                     SIb
a friend to the woman of shame
              DOm7
You look into the fiery furnace, 
    FA                    SIb      MIb
see the rich man without any name

FA                    MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
SIb      FA/LA       SOLm         MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     MIb6 FA  SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman

SIb   SIb7+   DOm/SIb   FA/SIb   SIb   MIb/SIb

          SIb                   SIb7+
Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
    DOm/SIb
The law of the jungle 
        FA/SIb            SIb
and the sea are your only teachers
                                  SIb7+
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
DOm/SIb        FA/SIb
Michelangelo indeed could've 
                SIb
carved out your features
DOm7
Resting in the fields, 
FA                     SIb
far from the turbulent space
      DOm7
Half asleep near the stars 
       FA                     SIb   MIb
with a small dog licking your face

FA                    MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
SIb      FA/LA       SOLm         MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     MIb6 FA  SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman

SIb   SIb7+   DOm/SIb   FA/SIb   SIb   MIb/SIb

            SIb                   SIb7+
Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame
        DOm/SIb
Preacherman seeks the same, 
       FA/SIb               SIb      MIb/SIb
who'll get there first is uncertain
SIb                            SIb7+
Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks
DOm/SIb               FA/SIb             SIb
Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
DOm7                  FA
False-hearted judges dying 
                     SIb
in the webs that they spin
       DOm7
Only a matter of time 
 FA                       SIb     MIb
'til the night comes stepping in

FA                    MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
SIb      FA/LA       SOLm         MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     MIb6 FA  SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman

SIb   SIb7+   DOm/SIb   FA/SIb   SIb   MIb/SIb

          SIb                   SIb7+
It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray
  DOm/SIb                    FA/SIb
A woman just gave birth to a prince today 
                   SIb
and dressed him in scarlet
 
He'll put the priest in his pocket, 
        SIb7+
put the blade to the heat
         DOm/SIb                     FA/SIb
Take the motherless children off the street
                           SIb          MIb/SIb
And place them at the feet of a harlot
DOm7          FA               SIb
Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants
DOm7          FA                   SIb    MIb
Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response

FA                    MIb
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
SIb      FA/LA       SOLm         MIb
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
REm     MIb6 FA  SIb    
Oh, oh, oh,    Jokerman...

SIb   SIb7+   DOm/SIb   FA/SIb   SIb   MIb/SIb

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Jokerman è un brano scritto e interpretato da Robert Zimmerman, meglio conosciuto come Bob Dylan, contenuto nell'album Infidels pubblicato nel 1983. Ventiduesimo lavoro in studio per il cantautore del Minnesota, rappresenta il suo ritorno a tematiche laiche ed è il frutto della speciale collaborazione con l'amico e collega Mark Knopfler. La canzone è il brano d'apertura del disco, un vero e proprio inno contro il materialismo, il conformismo e la superficialità.

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).