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 . . .