Grateful Dead – Cosmic Charlie (Guitar)

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As recorded by Grateful Dead (From the 1969 Album AOXOMOXOA) [Intro] A [Verse 1]
A
Cosmic Charlie, "How do you do?"

A                             G
Truckin' in style along the avenue

A
Dum de dum de doodley do

      G                D       A    G D A
Go on home your mama's calling you
[Verse 2]
A
Kalico, kahlia tell me the news

A                                     G
Calamity's waitin' for the way to get to her

A
Rosy red and electric blue,

               G               D       A   G D A
I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe
[Bridge]
A7
Say you'll come back, when you can

    D         A        D          E7
Whenever your airplane happens to land

A7
Maybe I'll be back here too

   D     E         A               E
It all depends on, what's with you
[Verse 3]
A
Hung up waiting for a windy day

A                                    G
Kite on ice, since the first of February

A
Mama keeps saying that, the wind might blow

                  G        D          A     G D A
But standing here I say, I just don't know
[Verse 4]
A
New ones coming as the old ones go

A                                       G
Every thing's moving here, but much too slowly

A
A little bit quicker and we might have time

                   G                 D      A   G D A
To say "How do you do?" before we're left behind
[Bridge]
    C#m F#m  E    G      D  A    D
Callio  pe   wail like a seaside zoo

    C#m       Bm       A            E/G#
The very last lately inquired about you

     D           A      D
It's really very one or two

    E         B           D/F#   A
The first you wanted, the last I knew
[Guitar Solo] A F# [Verse 5]
A
I just wonder, if you shouldn't feel

A                                G
Less concerned about the deep unreal

A
The very first word is "How do you do?"

             G                D       A    G D
But last "Go home your mama's calling you"

A       G  D    A       G D    A       G D    A       G  D   A
Calling youuu,  calling youuu, calling youuu, calling youuu
[Guitar Solo] A G A G A G D A [Outro]
A     G                D       A
Go on home your mama's callin' you

A     G                D       A
Go on home your mama's callin' you

A     G                D       A
Go on home your mama's callin' you

A     G                D       A
Go on home your mama's callin' you
A E A E A
A     G                D       A
Go on home your mama's callin' you