I?m Not There
Bob Dylan

This song is fairly simple. I play it open in standard tuning, but you play C-
chord shapes if you put a Capo on the 4th fret. The lyrics are what I hear from
the recording, in some parts they are hard to pick up. Enjoy.

B			
Everything?s alright and she?s all the time in my 
A
Neighborhood, she cries both 
C#m
Day and night I know  
B			B/E B     B/E B  
Because I was there


B
It?s a milestone but she?s
A
Down on her luck and the
C#m
Day makes her lonely but to
B		 B/E B               B/E B
Me, hard to buck, I was there


E
I believe that she?d stop him if she 
Abm
Wants time to care, I
A
Believe that she?d look upon 
E
Beside him to care and I 
E   Abm
Go by the Lord and when she?s 
A				B		
On my way but I don?t belong there


	B
No I don?t belong to her I don?t 
A
Belong to anyone, she?s my 
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Christ forsaken angel but she don?t 
B
Hear me cry
	   B
She?s a lone-hearted mystic and she 
A
Can carry on when I?m 
C#m
There she?s alright but when she?s 
B
Not when I?m gone


        E
Heaven knows that the answer she don?t 
Abm
Call no one she?s the 
A
Wave, foresailing beauty, for she?s
E
Mine, for the one and I 
E
Lost her hesitation by
Abm
Temptation lest it runs, but she
A
Don?t follow me, but I?m 
B
Not there, I?m gone 


B
Now I?ve cried tonight like I
A
Cried the night before and I?ll
C#m
Feast on the eyes but I
B
Dream about the door
B
So long, Jesus, Savior, my
A
Faith worth to tell it don?t
C#m
Have consolation she?s my
B
Love fare thee well


E
Now, her smile is contagious I was
Abm
Born to love her but she
A
Knows that the kingdom waits so
E
High above her and I 
E
Run but I race, but it?s 
Abm
Not too fast or soon but
A
I don?t deceive her, I?m not
B
There, I?m gone







B
Well it?s all about diffusion that I 
B
Cry for her fell I don?t 
A
Need anybody now, beside 
C#m
Me to tell and it?s 
B
All affirmation I receive but it?s not she?s her
A
Own crowning beauty but she 
C#m
Don?t like to spot it she 
B
Won?t

E
Yes, she?s gone like the rainbow that
Abm
Shining yesterday but
A
Now she?s home beside me and I
E
Liked it if she stayed
E
She?s her own forsaken beauty and she
Abm
Don?t trust anyone and I
A
Wished I was beside her but I?m
B
Not there, I?m gone

B
Well it?s a too hard to stay and I
A
Don?t bother leave it?s all
C#m
Bad sorts abusing and she?s
B
Hard, too hard to leave
B
It?s a law, it?s a crime the way she
A
Boss me around but she
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Told all to hate me but this
B
Dog, forsaken clown







E
Yes I believe that it?s rightful Oh I
Abm
Believe it in my mind I?ve been
A
Told like a said when I before
E
Carry on the crime and she?s
E
On like I told her like I
Abm
Said, carry on I wish 
A
I was there to help her but I?m not
B
There, I?m gone