Song: Early Roman Kings Artist: Bob Dylan Album: Tempest (2012) Style: John Lee Hooker & Bo Diddley Blues. Tabbed: rikigo URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0IQiQcnN58&feature=related Tuning: Standard Chords: EADGBe === 355433 === 333433 === 81010988 === 888988 Method: Upstroke-Downstroke-Upstroke/Downstroke. | -G11-G | -G11-G | | -G11-G | -G11-G | -G11-G Ah the early Roman kings, in their shark skin suits. -G11-G -C11-C Bow ties and buttons, high-top boots. -C11-C -G11-G Drivin' the spikes in, blazin' the rails. -G11-G -C11-C Nailed in their coffins, in top hats and tails. -C11-C -G11-G Fly away over, fly away, flap your wings. -G11-G Fly by night, like the early Roman kings. Bridge: | -G11-G | -G11-G | | -G11-G | -G11-G | -G11-G Ah the early Roman kings, were never really born. -G11-G -C11-C Comin' down the mountain, distributing the corn. -C11-C -G11-G Speedin' through the forest, ah racin' down the track. -G11-G -C11-C Ya trying' to get away, they drag you back. -C11-C -G11-G Tomorrow is Friday, we'll see what it brings. -G11-G Everybody's talkin' about the early Roman kings. Bridge: | -G11-G | -G11-G | | -G11-G | -G11-G | -G11-G The peddlers and the meddlers, they buy and they sell. -G11-G -C11-C They destroyed your city, they'll destroy you as well. -C11-C -G11-G They're lecherous and treacherous, a-hell-bent for leather. -G11-G -C11-C Each of 'em bigger, than all men put together. -C11-C -G11-G Sluggers and muggers, wearin' fancy gold rings. -G11-G All the women goin' crazy, for the early Roman kings. Bridge: | -G11-G | -G11-G | | -G11-G | -G11-G | -G11-G I could dress up you wounds, with a blood-clotted rag. -G11-G -C11-C I ain't afraid to make love, to a bitch of a hag. -C11-C -G11-G If you see me comin' and you're standin' there, -G11-G -C11-C Wave your handkerchief in the air. -C11-C -G11-G I ain't dead yet, my bell still still rings. -G11-G I keep my fingers crossed like the early Roman kings. Bridge: | -G11-G | -G11-G | | -G11-G | -G11-G | -C11-C I could strip you of life, strip you of bread. -G11-G -C11-C Ship you down, to the house of death. -C11-C -G11-G One day, you will ask for me. -G11-G -C11-C They'll be no-one else, that you'll wanna see. -C11-C -G11-G Bring down fiddle, tune up my strings. -G11-G I'm gonna brake it wide open, like the early Roman kings. Bridge: | -G11-G | -G11-G | | -G11-G | -G11-G | -C11-C I was up on Black Mountain, the day Detroit fell. -G11-G -C11-C They killed them all off and they sent them to Hell. -C11-C -G11-G Ding-dong-daddy, you're comin' up short. -G11-G -C11-C They'll put you on trial, in a Sicilian Court. -C11-C -G11-G I have had my fun, I've had my flings. -G11-G Goin' shake 'em on down, like the early Roman kings. Coda: | -G11-G | -G11-G | | -G11-G | -G11-G | (End)