Grateful Dead – Lost Sailor - Saint Of Circumstance (Guitar)
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This is a tab for Both Lost Sailor and Saint of Circumstance. I have used the studio version and the version
played on 10/10/82 for reference.
I. LOST SAILOR
F#m GMaj7
[Verse 1]
F#m Gmaj7 F#m Gmaj7 Compass card is spinning F#m GMaj7 Em Helm is swingin' to and fro F#m Gmaj7 F#m7 GMaj7 Oooooooh where's the dog star F#m Gmaj7 Em Oooooooh where's the moon
[Chorus]
A D You're lost sailor Em A You've been too long at sea Lick before next verse E|----------------------------| B|--10--8-----13--11----------| G|---------9----------12--14--| D|----------------------------| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|
F#m GMaj7 x4
Play variations of this lick over the chords E|------9----------| B|--10-----10--12--| G|-----------------| D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------|
[Verse 2]
F#m GMaj7 F#m Some days the gales are howling F#m GMaj7 Em Some days the sea is still as glass F#m GMaj7 F#m GMaj7 Oooooooh reef the mainsail F#m GMaj7 Em Ooooooooh lash the mast
[Chorus 2]
A D You're lost sailor Em A You've been too long at sea E|----------------------------| B|--10--8-----13--11----------| G|---------9----------12--14--| D|----------------------------| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------| Bm Em Bm Now the shore-lights beckon A A/G E BbMaj7 A A/G Yeah there's a price for being free
F#m GMaj7 x3
Play variations of this lick over the chords E|---------------------| B|--12b14--12--10--12--| G|---------------------| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------|
[Bridge]
A A/G G#m Yeah the sea birds cry AMaj7* G#m AMaj7* There's a ghost wind blowin' G#m AMaj7* B A It's calling you to that misty swirling sea G#m AMaj7* G#m AMaj7* Till the chains of your dreams are broken G#m A A/G E BbMaj7 No place in this world you can be
*AMaj7 are more implied than played as a full chord
This is played over the final line during the lyrics on the Go to Heaven record E|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|--8--------9--------10--------11--------| D|-----6--------6---------6---------6-----| A|--------6--------6---------6---------6--| E|----------------------------------------|
[Interlude]
A A/G F#m GMaj7
F#m GMaj7 x3
Solo Over Verse Chords
F#m GMaj7
F#m GMaj7 Em
F#m GMaj7
F#m GMaj7 Em
[Chorus 3]
A D You're lost sailor Em A You've been too long at sea E|----------------------------| B|--10--8-----13--11----------| G|---------9----------12--14--| D|----------------------------| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------| Bm Em Bm Now the shore-lights beckon A A/G E BbMaj7 Yeah there's a price for being free
A A/G F#m GMaj7
These four chords are improvised over both musically and lyrically as live Bob would sing and improvise over
lyrical themes presented in the song. Below are examples of what Bob would sing provided by the lyric sheet
for this song on Dead.net. But channel your inner Bob and just have fun :)
Drifting yeah drifting
Yeah drifting and dreaming
'Cause there's a place you've never been
Maybe a place you've never seen
You can hear her calling on the wind
Go on and drift your life away
Yeah just drifting and dreaming
Maybe drift your life away
Drifting and dreaming
Yes I'm going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream
II. SAINT OF CIRCUMSTANCE
C/Bb5 Polychord( 6 8 5 5 5 x )
A G D A x3
[Verse 1]
A G D
A This must be heaven C#dim7 C Bm BbMaj7 Tonight I crossed the line A You must be the angel C#dim7 C Bm BbMaj7 E7 I thought I might never find BbMaj7 A Was it you I heard singing A/G F#m GMaj7 Oh while I was chasing dreams F#m GMaj7 Driven by the wind F#m GMaj7 Like the dust that blows around
And the rain fallin' down
A G D A x3
But I never know
Just don't ever know now
[Verse 2]
A G D
A This must be heaven C#dim7 C Bm BbMaj7 'Cause here's where the rainbow ends A And at last it's the real thing C#dim7 C Bm BbMaj7 E BbMaj7 Or close enough to pretend A When that wind blows A/G F#m GMaj7 And the night starts to fall F#m GMaj7 I can hear the silence call F#m GMaj7 It's a certain sort of sound
C/Bb5
And the rain fallin' down
[Chorus]
E D A Holes in what's left of my reason E D A Holes in the knees of my blues E D A Odds against me been increasing B But I'll pull through Lick starts at the B on "through" E|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|--------------6--------------| D|--9--7--6--------9--7--6-----| A|-----------9--------------9--| E|-----------------------------| E D A Never could read no road-map E D A Now I don't know what the weather might do E Hear that witch wind whine D A See that dog star shine
D C/Bb5
I got a feelin' there's no time to lose
Half Time
A A/G F#m GMaj7
C/Bb5 (4 Bars)
Half Time
A A/G F#m GMaj7
A G D A x3
[Verse 3]
A G D
A Well it's been heaven C#dim7 C Bm7 BbMaj7 Even rainbow's will end A Now my sails are filling C#dim7 C The wind so willing Bm BbMaj7 E7 BbMaj7 And I'm good as gone again A I'm still walkin' A/G F#m GMaj7 So I'm sure that I can dance F#m GMaj7 Just a saint of circumstance F#m GMaj7 Just a tiger in a trance
And the rain fallin' down
C/Bb5
Rain falling down
Hold the C/Bb5 as long as you want to solo. They would go for awhile on that one chord live. The studio
version is 16 bars but the live version from 10/10/82 is 56 bars so just go as long as you want.
[Outro]
A G D A x4
A G D Sure don't know what I'm goin' for
A G D
A G D But I'm gonna go for it for sure
A G D
Vamp on this for as long as you'd like. Channel your inner Bob once again and go crazy they could go on this
for awhile so just have fun with it.
C/Bb5 x4
Half Time
A A/G F#m GMaj7
A