Intro : C Dm7 C Dm7 C Dm7 C Dm7
1st verse :
C Dm7
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Em F
You threw the bums a dime in your prime,
G G
didn't you?
C Dm7 Em
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
F
You thought they were all
G G
Kiddin' you
Pre Chorus:
F G
You used to laugh about
F G
Everybody that was hangin' out
F Em Dm7 C
Now you don't talk so loud
F Em Dm7 C
Now you don't seem so proud
F C G
About having to be scrounging for your next meal
C F G
How does it feel
C F G
How does it feel
C F G
To be without a home
C F G
Like a complete unknown
C F G
Like a rolling stone?
C F G
2nd verse :
C Dm7 Em
Ah,You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
F
But you know you only used to get
G G
Juiced in it
C Dm7 Em
Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
F
But now you're gonna have to get
G G
Used to it
Pre Chorus:
F G
You said you'd never compromise
F G
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
F C Dm7 ? C
He's not selling any alibis
F C Dm7 C
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
Dm F G G
And say do you want to make a deal?
C F G
How does it feel
C F G
How does it feel
C F G
To be on your own
C F G
With no direction home
C F G
A complete unknown
C F G
Like a rolling stone?
C F G
3rd verse:
C Dm7 Em
You never turned around to see the frowns
F G
On the jugglers and the clowns, when they all come down and did
G
Tricks for you
C Dm7
You never understood that it ain't no good
Em F
You shouldn't let other people get your
G G
Kicks for you
Pre Chorus:
F G
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
F G
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
F C Dm7 C
Ain't it hard when you discover that
F C Dm7 C
He really wasn't where it's at
Dm Dm F G G
After he took from you everything he could steal
C F G
How does it feel
C F G
How does it feel
C F G
To be on your own
C F G
With no direction home
C F G
A complete unknown
C F G
Like a rolling stone?
C F G
4th verse:
C Dm7 Em
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
F G
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they
G
Got it made
C Dm7
Exchanging all precious gifts
Em F
But you'd better take your diamond ring,
G G
you'd better pawn it babe
Pre Chorus:
F G
You used to be so amused
F G
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
F C Dm7 C
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
F C Dm7 G
When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose
Dm Dm F G G
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal
C F G
How does it feel
C F G
How does it feel
C F G
To be on your own
C F G
With no direction home
C F G
A complete unknown
C F G
Like a rolling stone?
C F G
(fade)