I Am The Man, Thomas
Written
by Ralph Stanley and Larry Sparks
All information is from the Swedish site "My Back Pages"
there
have been a few lyric and comment edits by bobsboots.com
Performed by Bob Dylan during 1999 (various locations)
Lyrics transcribed by seabreez (based on Ralph Stanley's own version)
The two chords discovered by Eyolf Østrem
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G
I am the Man Thomas
I am the Man
Look at these nail scars
D G
Here in my hand
G
They drove me up the hill, Thomas
I am the Man
They made me carry the cross, Thomas
D G
I am the Man
I am the Man, Thomas
I am the Man
Look at these nail scars
Here in my hand
They crowned my head with thorns, Thomas
I am the Man
They nailed me to the cross, Thomas
I am the Man
I am the Man, Thomas
I am the Man
Look at these nail scars
Here in my hand
They pierced me in the side, Thomas
I am the Man
On the cross I died, Thomas
I am the Man
I am the Man Thomas
I am the Man
Look at these nails scars
Here in my hand
They buried me in the tomb, Thomas
I am the Man
In three days I rose, Thomas
I am the Man
I am the Man Thomas
I am the Man
Look at these nails scars
Here in my hand
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Dylan seems to have combined verse two and three into the following:
They pierced my side with thorns, Thomas I am the Man
They made me carry the cross, Thomas I am the Man
It's hard to work out exactly, though (Bob apparently thought so too).
A suggestion for a word instead of thorns is "swords". At one show the
third line was, I believe, sung: "They drove me off a cliff,
Thomas"
From: Cover Songs Performed by Bob
Dylan http://www.bobsboots.com/info.html