Wicked Messenger
as performed by (the)Faces
from the album Firs Step
written by Bob Dylan

tabbed by Clayton Ptak
evenflow_pj@yahoo.com
11-15-2002

Kickass rock song, first heard it today and had to figure it out. 
You can tell if you listen to the song that it doesnt go right 
from the first riff into the second one, there is a moment there 
which I always just use to improvise something from the low D back 
up to the high(er) E note to begin the next riff. 
------------------------------------------------------------------
almighty Em

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------12-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|---12/14-----14--12---12h14--12----------------------------------------------
A|-------------------14------------14p12--10--12b13r12--10------10-------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------12------12---10~~--

E|------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------
G|----------12------------------------------------------
D|---12/14-----14--12---12h14--12-----------------------
A|-------------------14------------14p12--10------------
E|--------------------------------------------10h12~~~--


lyrics from http://www.slopbucket.com/bob/tbob/

THE WICKED MESSENGER
(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)
1968, 1976 Dwarf Music

There was a wicked messenger
From Eli he did come,
With a mind that multiplied
The smallest matter.
When questioned who had sent for him,
He answered with his thumb,
For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter.

He stayed behind the assembly hall,
It was there he made his bed,
Oftentimes he could be seen returning.
Until one day he just appeared
With a note in his hand which read,
"The soles of my feet, I swear they're burning."

Oh, the leaves began to fallin'
And the seas began to part,
And the people that confronted him were many.
And he was told but these few words,
Which opened up his heart,
"If ye cannot bring good news, then don't bring any."