Bob Dylan - I Contain Multitudes: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "I Contain Multitudes" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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   C               C6
Today, and tomorrow, and yesterday, too
Am               G/B       C
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Cdim                           Em         F6
Follow me close, I'm going to Bally-na-Lee
C                              G7
I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
   F                        F#dim
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
C/G        G    C
I contain multitudes

Got a tell-tale heart like Mr. Poe
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
I'll drink to the truth and the things we said
I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
I contain multitudes

A red Cadillac and a black mustache
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
I rollick and I frolic with all the young dudes
C/G        G    C  E+
I contain multitudes

    Am
I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
C/G                     D9/F#                E+
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
     Am
I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
     C/G                                  D7/F#
I go right where all things lost are made good again.

I sing the songs of experience like William Blake.
I have no apologies to make.
Everything's flowing all at the same time.
I live on a boulevard of crime.
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods.
I contain multitudes.

Pink pedal-pushers, red blue jeans
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
All the old queens from all my past lives
I carry four pistols and two large knives
I'm a man of contradictions,
I'm a man of many moods
I contain multitudes

You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
But not all of it, only the hateful part
I'll sell you down the river,
I'll put a price on your head
What more can I tell you?
I sleep with life and death in the same bed

Get lost, madame, get up off my knee,
Keep your mouth away from me.
I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind.
I'll see to it that there's no love left behind.
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin's preludes,
I contain multitudes


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

C6

Guitar chord C6

D7

Guitar chord D7

D9

Guitar chord D9

Em

Guitar chord Em

E+

Guitar chord E+

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

F#dim

Guitar chord F#dim

F6

Guitar chord F6

G

Guitar chord G

G7

Guitar chord G7

B

Guitar chord B

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 "I Contain Multitudes" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "I Contain Multitudes" by Bob Dylan.

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