[Intro]
C
[Verse]
C Dm
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Em F G
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
C Dm
People'd call, say Beware doll,
Em F G
you're bound to fall. You thought they were all kiddin' you
[Pre-chorus]
F G F
You used to laugh about
G
Everybody that was hangin' out
F Em Dm C
Now you don't talk so loud
F Em Dm C
Now you don't seem so proud
Dm F G
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
[Chorus]
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 G
Like a rolling stone?
[Verse]
C Dm Em
Aww, you've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
F G
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
C Dm Em
Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
F G
And now you're gonna have to get used to it
[Pre-chorus]
F G F
You said you'd never compromise
G
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
F Em Dm C
He's not selling any alibis
F Em Dm C
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
Dm F G
And say do you want to make a deal?
[Chorus]
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
Like a complete unknown
C F G G
Like a rolling stone
[Verse]
C Dm
Aww, You never turned around to see the frowns
Em F G
On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you
C Dm Em
You never understood that it ain't no good
F G
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
[Pre-chorus]
F G F
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
G
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
F Em Dm C
Ain't it hard when you discover that
F Em Dm C
He wasn't really where it's at
Dm F G
After he took from you everything he could steal.
[Chorus]
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
Like a complete unknown
C F G G
Like a rolling stone
[Verse]
C Dm Em
Aww, Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
F G
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
C Dm Em
Exchanging all kind of precious gifts
F G
But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
[Pre-chorus]
F G F
You used to be so amused
G
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
F Em Dm C
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
F Em Dm C
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
Dm F G
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
[Chorus]
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
Like a complete unknown
C F G
Like a rolling stone
[Outro]
C F G 4x
[Intro]
C
[Verse]
C Once upon a time
Dm
you dressed so fine
Em You threw the bums a dime
F G
in your prime, didn't you?
C Dm
People'd call, say Beware doll,
Em you're bound to fall. You thought
F G
they were all kiddin' you
[Pre-chorus]
F G F
You used to laugh about
G
Everybody that was hangin' out
F Em Dm C
Now you don't talk so loud
F Em Dm C
Now you don't seem so proud
Dm About having to be scrounging
F G
for your next meal.
[Chorus]
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 G
Like a rolling stone?
[Verse]
C Aww, you've gone to the finest
Dm Em
school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only
F G
used to get juiced in it
C Nobody has ever taught you
Dm Em
how to live on the street
F And now you're gonna
G
have to get used to it
[Pre-chorus]
F G F
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp,
G
but now you realize
F Em Dm C
He's not selling any alibis
F As you stare into
Em Dm C
the vacuum of his eyes
Dm And say do you want
F G
to make a deal?
[Chorus]
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
Like a complete unknown
C F G G
Like a rolling stone
[Verse]
C Aww, You never turned
Dm
around to see the frowns
Em F On the jugglers and the clowns
G
when they all did tricks for you
C You never understood
Dm Em
that it ain't no good
F You shouldn't let other people
G
get your kicks for you
[Pre-chorus]
F
G F
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his
G
shoulder a Siamese cat
F Em Ain't it hard when
Dm C
you discover that
F Em Dm C
He wasn't really where it's at
Dm After he took from you
F G
everything he could steal.
[Chorus]
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
Like a complete unknown
C F G G
Like a rolling stone
[Verse]
C Dm Aww, Princess on the steeple
Em
and all the pretty people
F G
They're all drinkin', thinkin'
that they got it made
C Dm Exchanging all kind
Em
of precious gifts
F But you'd better take your diamond
G
ring, you'd better pawn it babe
[Pre-chorus]
F G F
You used to be so amused
G
At Napoleon in rags and
the language that he used
F Em Go to him now, he calls
Dm C
you, you can't refuse
F Em When you got nothing,
Dm C
you got nothing to lose
Dm You're invisible now, you
F G
got no secrets to conceal.
[Chorus]
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
Like a complete unknown
C F G
Like a rolling stone
[Outro]
C F G 4x