Bob Dylan - Belle Isle guitar tab
Belle Isle
Trad./arr by Bob Dylan
Released on Self Portrait (1970)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
G7sus4 xx3013
C/e xx2013
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C
C
One evenin' for pleasure
F C G C
I rambled to view the fair fields all alone
C F
Down by the banks of Loch Erin
G C
Where beauty an' pleasure were known
Am Em
I spied a fair maid at her labor
Am G
Which caused me to stay for a while
C Am Em
An' I thought of a goddess of beauty
F Fm C
Bloomin' bright star of Bright Isle.
C Am Em
I humbled myself to her beauty
F G C
"Fair maiden where do you belong?
C Am Em
Are you from heaven descended
Dm G7
Abidin' in Cupid's fair throne."
Am Em
"Young man I will tell you a secret
Am Em
It's true I'm a maid that is poor
C Am
And to part from my vows and my promise
F Fm
Is more that my heart can endure.
C Em/b Am
Therefore I'll remain at my service
Em G
And go through all my hardship and toil
C Em/b Am
And wait for the lad that has left me
F G C
All alone on the banks of Belle Isle."
C . Am . Em . . . G . G7sus4 . C/e . G .
C Am Em
"Young maiden I wish not to banter
F G C
'T'is true I've come here in disguise
C Em/b Am
I came here to fulfill our last promise
Dm G
An' hoped to give you a surprise
Am G
I own you're a maid I love dearly
Am Em G
An' you've been in my heart all the while
C Em/b Am
For me there is no other damsel
F G C
Than my bloomin' bright star of Belle Isle."
C . Am . |Em . . . |F . . . |Fm . . .
C . Em/b . |Am . . . |F . G . |C . . .