Every Grain of Sand Chords & Lyrics by Bob Dylan

Every Grain of Sand

guitar chords lyrics

Bob Dylan

The best way to play this song is as follows:


Capo on the third fret:

Intro | C F | C F | C F | C F ||


C F C F
In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need

C F G Gsus4 G
When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
C F C F
There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere,
C F G Gsus4 G
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair.



G G7 C G
Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake,
G7 C G F
Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break.
C Fmaj9 C Fmaj9
In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand
C Fmaj9 G G7 C
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.



C F C F
Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear,
C F G Gsus4 G
Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer.
C F C F
The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way
C F G Gsus4 G
To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.



G G7 C G
I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
G7 C G F
And every time I pass that way I always hear my name.
C Fmaj9 C Fmaj9
Then onward in my journey I come to understand
C Fmaj9 G G7 C
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand.


Solo ||: C F | C F | C F | G Gsus4 G :||
| G G7 | C G | G G7 | C G F |
| C Fmaj9 | C Fmaj9 | C Fmaj9 | G G7 C ||




C F C F
I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
C F G Gsus4 G
In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light,
C F C F
In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space,
C F G Gsus4 G
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face.




G G7 C G
I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
G7 C G F
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me.
C Fmaj9 C Fmaj9
I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man
C Fmaj9 G G7 C
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.


Coda ||: C F | C F | C F | G Gsus4 G :||
| G G7 | C G | G G7 | C G F |
| C Fmaj9 | C Fmaj9 | C Fmaj9 | G G7 C ||

Songs finished.

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