All I Really Want To Do Chords

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All I Really Want To Do by Bob Dylan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E and Asus. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			This song is a #1 hit off his 1964 album 'Another Side Of Bob Dylan'. 

Intro: A 


D          A            E        A 
I ain't lookin' to compete with you, 
D        A          E     A 
Beat or cheat or mistreat you, 
D       A      E     A 
Simplify you, classify you, 
D      A        E    A 
Deny, defy or crucify you. 
      D               A D A 
All I really want to do 
      E                   Asus A D A E A 
Is, baby, be friends with you. 



        D        A           E         A 
No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you, 
D               A      E    A 
Frighten you or uptighten you, 
D         A       E         A 
Drag you down or drain you down, 
D          A      E          A 
Chain you down or bring you down. 
      D               A D A 
All I really want to do 
     E                     Asus A D A E A 
Is, baby, be friends with you. 



     D    A         E        A 
I ain't lookin' to block you up 
D         A         E       A 
Shock or knock or lock you up, 
D             A       E   A 
Analyze you, categorize you, 
D     A          E         A 
Finalize you or advertise you. 
D                    A D A 
All I really want to do 
     E                     Asus A D A E A 
Is, baby, be friends with you. 



     D            A        E    A 
I don't want to straight-face you, 
D        A            E       A 
Race or chase you, track or trace you, 
   D              A      E    A 
Or disgrace you or displace you, 
D       A           E      A 
Or define you or confine you. 
D                     A D A 
All I really want to do 
     E                     Asus A D A E A 
Is, baby, be friends with you. 



   D             A      E   A 
I don't want to meet your kin, 
D         A         E    A 
Make you spin or do you in, 
D    A             E        A 
Or select you or dissect you, 
D        A           E    A 
Or inspect you or reject you. 
D                    A D A 
All I really want to do 
     E                       Asus A D A E A 
Is, baby, be friends with you. 



   D             A    E   A 
I don't want to fake you out, 
D        A          E        A 
Take or shake or forsake you out, 
D       A                     E       A 
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me, 
D        A        E      A 
See like me or be like me. 
D                       A D A 
All I really want to do 
      E                      Asus A D A E A 
Is, baby, be friends with you. 


Enjoy! 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante