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Bob Dylan - The Ballad of the Gliding Swan: chords

E                E7
Tenderly William kissed his wife.
        A                      F#/A#
Then he opened her head with a butcher's knife.
          E          B          C#m     A
And the swan on the river went gliding by.
      E                      B      E
the swan on the river went gliding by.

Lady Margaret's pillow was wet with tears.
Nobody's been on it in twenty years.
And the swan on the river goes gliding by.
The swan on the river goes gliding by.

Little Billy Brown will shake with fright.
He's got a new daddy and mommy every night.
And the swan on the river goes laughing by.
The swan on the river goes laughing by.

"I've got a sad surprise" the doctor said.
"A twenty-pound baby without any head."
The swan on the river went lookin' ...

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A

Chord A

A#

Chord A#

C#m

Chord C#m

E

Chord E

E7

Chord E7

B

Chord B