Bob Dylan - Honest with Me: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Honest with Me" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Honest with Me Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Bob Dylan

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Honest with Me" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

             F7
Well, I’m stranded in the city that never sleeps
Some of these women they just give me the creeps
I’m avoidin’ the Southside the best I can
These memories I got, they can strangle a man

        A#7
Well, I came ashore in the dead of the night
                   F7
Lot of things can get in the way when you're
trying to do what's right
     C7
You don't understand it, my feeling for you
          F7
You'd be honest with me if you only knew.

I'm not sorry for nothing I've done
I'm glad I fought, I only wish we won
The siamese twins are coming to town
People can't wait, they've gathered around

When I left my home the sky split open wide
I never wanted to go back there, I'd rather have died
You don't understand it, my feeling for you
You'd be honest with me if only you knew

My woman got a face like a teddy bear
She's tossin' a baseball bat in the air
The meat is so tough you can't cut it with a sword
I'm crashing my car trunk first into the board

You say that my eyes are pretty and my smile is nice
Well, I'd sell it to you at a reduced price
You don't understand it, my feeling for you
You'd be honest with me if only you knew

Some things are too terrible to be true,
I won't come here no more if it bothers you.
There's a Southern Pacific leaving at 9:45
I'm having a hard time believing
some people were ever alive

I'm stark naked but I don't care
I'm going off into the woods, I'm huntin' bare
You don't understand it, my feeling for you
Well, you'd be honest with me if only you knew


I'm here to create the new imperial empire
I'm gon' do whatever circumstances require
I care so much for you I didn't think I could
I can't tell my heart that you're no good

Well, my parents, they warned me not to waste my years
And I still got their advice oozing out of my ears
You don't understand it, my feeling for you
Well, you'd be honest with me if only you knew


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#7

Guitar chord A#7

C7

Guitar chord C7

F7

Guitar chord F7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Honest with Me" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Honest with Me" by Bob Dylan.

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