Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) Chords

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Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) by Bob Dylan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			E                    A       E 
everybody's building the big ships and the boats 
A                               E                       
some are building monuments and others are  
             A 
jotting down notes 
E                A 
everbody's in despair 
E              A 
every girl and boy 
         E                B 
but when Quinn the eskimo gets here 
A                 E 
everbody jump for joy 
E 
come all without 
B             E 
come all winthin 
               B 
you'll not see nothing like the 
A      E 
mighty quinn 
Oh you know I like to do just like the rest 
You know I like my sugar sweet but guarding fumes and making haste 
You know it ain't my cup of meat 
Everybody's out the trees, feeding pigeons all under the limb 
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here the pigeons gonna run to him 
Oh come all without, come all within 
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn 
Come all without, come all within 
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn. 
 
A cat's meow and a cow's moo to you know I, I could recite them all 
Just tell me where it hurts you, honey, and I'll tell you who to call 
Nobody can get asleep, there's someone on everybody's toes 
When Quinn the Eskimo gets here everybody's gonna want to doze 
Oh come all without, come all within 
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn 
Come all without, come all within 
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn. 
 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante