Grateful Dead – Eyes Of The World (Guitar)

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Runs and Embellishments: Define: Intro variations

     DUD  UU    U
e|----11---9----7-----|
B|----12---10---9-----|
G|----13---9----8-----|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

you can also try:

     DUD  UU   U
e|----11---9---7-----|
B|----12---9---9-----|
G|----13---9---8-----|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

but it sounds the same to me *shrugs* ____________________________________________ Define: Riff #1

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--------------------9--8--6------|
D|-------------9--11-----------9---|
A|---7--9^11-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

____________________________________________ Define: C#m to B during bridge (optional):

e|---4----------------------------------------------|
B|---5--4h6h4------4--------------------------2-----|
G|---6---------6---4--------------------------2-----|
D|---6-------------4--------------------------2-----|
A|---4----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

C#m B A this lazy gate ... of a winter's summer home ____________________________________________ Define: Riff #2 (during G to C chorus) (optional):

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------12--11--10--------------|
D|--------------12--14--------------12--9--12---|
A|---10--12^14----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

____________________________________________ Define: Riff #3 (during E flat jam)

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|------------8--6-------------|
D|---------8--------8--6--8----|
A|---6--9----------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|------------8--6-------------|
D|---------8--------8--6--5----|
A|---6--9----------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

and sometimes:

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------7b8---|
G|------------8--6--------------|
D|---------8--------8--6--------|
A|---6--9-----------------------|
E|------------------------------|

____________________________________________ Chords and tabs (including chord variants and embellishments(this is important)): Emaj7: x7989x Emaj7sus4: x798(10)x Bmadd9: x79779 and x7977(10) Emaj7 (during closing jam): xxx(16)(16)(16) Emaj7sus4 (during closing jam): xxx(16)(16)(17) During chorus, the (A D A) is a quick upstroke x57775 from the 577655 downstrokes ____________________________________________ [Verse 1] Intro variation (optional in vocabulary) (do if jamming into verse or from another song. it's iconic.)

Emaj7             A D A             Emaj7 (or Riff #1) Bm  A
Right outside this      lazy summer home

Emaj7                           A D A                Emaj7 (or Riff #1) Bm  A
You ain’t got time to call your       soul a critic, no

A                 C#m*      B                   A   (* = C#m > B embellishment at top)
Right outside the lazy gate of winter’s summer home

C#m                 B                  D             A
Wonderin’ where the nut-thatch winter’s wings a mile long

E                A     E       A  C
Just carried the bird away

[Chorus] G C G (or Riff #2 optional) C Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world

        G                          C                             G    C   C#
But the heart has its beaches, its homelands and thoughts of its own

D C G (or Riff #2 optional) C Wake now, discover, that you are the song that morning brings

        G                          C                           D    Bm  A
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own

[Jam #1] THERE IS NO A IN JAM #1, ONLY JAM #2 (Emaj7 x2 | Bm x2) x4 (feel free to mess around with... Emaj7sus4: xx798(10)x Bmadd9: x797779 ...too Use E Ionian scale during the Emaj7, then switch to E Mixolydian scale during the Bm [Verse 2]

      Emaj7                   A D A                  Emaj7 (or Riff #1) Bm  A
There comes a redeemer and he       slowly too fades away

      Emaj7               A D A                     Emaj7 (or Riff #1) Bm  A
There follows a wagon behind him that’s loaded with clay

        A                          C#m*                    B     A  (* = C#m > B embellishment at top)
And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom and decay - ay

    E                         A                         E       A  C
And night comes so quiet it’s close on the heels of the day

[Chorus] G C G (or Riff #2 optional) C Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world

        G                          C                             G    C   C#
But the heart has its beaches, its homelands and thoughts of its own

D C G (or Riff #2 optional) C Wake now, discover, that you are the song that morning brings

        G                          C                           D    Bm  A
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own

[Jam #2] Emaj7 x2 Bm A Use E Ionian scale during the Emaj7, then switch to E Mixolydian scale during the Bm and the A [Verse 3]

Emaj7                   A D A               Emaj7 (or Riff #1) Bm  A
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

Emaj7                   A D A                    Emaj7 (or Riff #1) Bm  A
Sometimes we visit your country and live in your home

A                         C#m*    B                  A    (* = C#m > B embellishment at top)
Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone

E                           A                          E      A C
Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own

[Chorus] G C G (or Riff #2 optional) C Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world

        G                          C                             G    C   C#
But the heart has its beaches, its homelands and thoughts of its own

D C G (or Riff #2 optional) C Wake now, discover, that you are the song that morning brings

        G                          C                         D    Bm  A
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own

LAND HARD ON Emaj7 [Jam #3 / Studio outro] (While Phil is bass soloing) (Emaj7: xxx(16)(16)(16)) x3 (Emaj7sus4: xxx(16)(16)(17)) x1 (theory time: basically you're hitting the high A after the Emaj7 on the 16th fret) (1974 Style Jams) (Using 10/19/74 and 11/11/73 for reference) *Note at some point, go down to Emaj7 on 7th fret from 16th for a lower push toward G#m (so it's not high up) G#m x2 Emaj7 x2 G#m x2 Emaj7 x4 D#m x2 D#dim x Emaj7 x4 D#dim x 2 Riff #3 four times (Dm x2 Riff #3 four times) x3 don't forget the high note squeal Jerry would do sometimes (check vocabulary end of Riff #3) ____________________________________________ Final thoughts: ALL INVERSIONS WELCOME DURING ENDING E FLAT JAM. DON'T ONLY PLAY CHORDS, BOB PLAYED NOTES TOO.