This is the version from the Bob Dylan Album "Self Portrait" which has many subtle
lyrical differences from the version on "Biograph"
Bob Dylan / Manfred Mann / The Grateful Dead / The Hollies
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)
(Bob Dylan)
(VERSE 1):
A D A D
Well, Everybody's building big ships and boats
A D A D
Some are making monuments and others are jotting down notes
A D A D
Everybody's in dispair, every girl and boy
A E
But when Quinn, The Eskimo, gets here
D A
Everybody's gonna jump for joy
(CHORUS):
A
Come all without,
E A
Come all within,
A E D A
You'll not see nothing like The Mighty Quinn
(VERSE 2):
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A D
Whoa! You know I like to do just a-like the rest
A D
You know, I like my sugar sweet
A D
But, jumpin' queues and makin' haste
A D
You know that ain't my cup of meat
A D A D
Everybody's out there feeding pidgeons out on a limb
A E
But when Quinn, The Eskimo, gets here,
D A
Them pidgeons gonna run to him
Whoa!
(REPEAT CHORUS)
[Well, that guitar now!]
(GUITAR SOLO)
(VERSE 3):
A D
A cow's moo and a cat's meow
A D
You know, I- I can recite them all
A D A A
Tell me where it hurts you honey and I'll tell you who to call
A D
Nobody can get any sleep
A D
You know, there's someone on everyone's toes
A E D A
Quinn, The Eskimo, gets here everybody's gonna wanna doze
(REPEAT CHORUS)