A D2 (x4)
                 A                                  G
                 Early one mornin' the sun was shinin'
                 I was layin' in bed
                 Wondering if she'd changed at all
                           D2                         add4  D  D2
                 If her hair was still red

                 Her folks they said our lives together
                 Sure was gonna be rough
                 They never did like mama's homemade dress
                 Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough

                                         E                                 F#m
                                  And I was standin' on the side of the road
                                  A2                         D2
                                  Rain fallin' on my shoes
                                  E                               F#m
                                  Heading out for the East Coast
                                           A2                                D2                E
                                  Lord knows I've paid some dues gettin' through
                                  G           D2     A       D2
                                  Tangled up in blue
                                                                            A  D2 (x3)

                 She was married when we first met
                 Soon to be divorced
                 I helped her out of a jam, I guess
                 But I used a little too much force

                 We drove that car as far as we could
                 Abandoned it out West
                 Split up on a dark sad night
                 Both agreeing it was best

                                  She turned around to look at me
                                  As I was walkin' away
                                  I heard her say over my shoulder
                                  "We'll meet again someday on the avenue"
                                  Tangled up in blue

                 I had a job in the great north woods
                 Working as a cook for a spell
                 But I never did like it all that much
                 And one day the ax just fell

                 So I drifted down to New Orleans
                 Where I was lucky 'nough to be employed
                 Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat
                 Right outside of Delacroix

                                  But all the while I was alone
                                  The past was close behind
                                  I seen a lot of women
                                  But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew
                                  Tangled up in blue

                 She was workin' in a topless place
                 And I stopped in for a beer
                 I just kept lookin' at the side of her face
                 In the spotlight so clear

                 And later on when the crowd thinned out
                 I's just about to do the same
                 She was standing there in back of my chair
                 Said to me, "Don't I know your name?"

                                  I muttered somethin' underneath my breath
                                  She studied the lines on my face
                                  I must admit I felt a little uneasy
                                  When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
                                  Tangled up in blue

                 She lit a burner on the stove
                 And offered me a pipe
                 "I thought you'd never say hello"
                 She said, "You look like the silent type"

                 Then she opened up a book of poems
                 And handed it to me
                 Written by an Italian poet
                 From the thirteenth century

                                  And every one of them words rang true
                                  And glowed like burnin' coal
                                  Pourin' off of every page
                                  Like it was written in my soul from me to you
                                  Tangled up in blue

                 I lived with him on Montague Street
                 In a basement down the stairs
                 There was music in the cafes at night
                 And revolution in the air

                 Then he started into dealing with slaves
                 And something inside of him died
                 She had to sell everything she owned
                 And froze up inside

                                  And when finally the bottom fell out
                                  I became withdrawn
                                  The only thing I knew how to do
                                  Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew
                                  Tangled up in blue

                 So now I'm goin' back again
                 I got to get to her somehow
                 All the people we used to know
                 They're an illusion to me now

                 Some are mathematicians
                 Some are carpenter's wives
                 Don't know how it all got started
                 I don't know what they're doin' with their lives

                                  But me, I'm still on the road
                                  Headin' for another joint
                                  We always did feel the same
                                  We just saw it from a different point of view
                                  Tangled up in blue...
                                             *Outro*    (verse & chorus)