Grateful Dead – Run For The Roses (Guitar)

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from album of the same name by Jerry Garcia Band 1978 Transcribed by M Nocera (Intro/chorus)
A    D    A   G
Run, run, run for the roses.

    A          G         D
The quicker it opens the sooner it closes.

A       G       D
Man, oh man, oh friend of mine,

A        G         D   A
All good things in all good time
(D u D u D u D u) A B A B A B A B (Verse 1)
E               A                      D  A  E  A
  Reach for the sun, catch hold of the moon

E                    A                      D  A  E  A
  They^Òre both too heavy, but what can you do?

F#m              E                     D  A  E  A
  Reach for the stars, smack into the sky

E                   A                        D
  You don^Òt want to live but your chicken to die

F#m         E          D      hold D
Ooh, you're chicken to die
(Chorus) (Verse 2)
E               A                        D  A  E  A
  Run for the money, caught short on the rent

E       A                       D  A  E  A
  Big ideas but the cash is all spent

F#m                E                 D  A  E  A
  The trouble with love is its other face

E                   A                          D
  You just want the cup but you don't want the race

F#m           E           D     hold D
   No, you don't want the race
(Chorus) (Verse chord pattern jam) (Chorus chord pattern jam) (Verse 3)
E               A                       D  A  E  A
  Reach for the rose, get caught on the briar

E                   A                          D  A  E  A
  You're warming to love, next thing there's a fire

F#m                  E                     D  A  E  A
  If you've got the "do-re", I've got the "mi"

E            A                    D
  I've got a notion, we're all at sea

F#m     E            D       hold D
  Yes,  we're all at sea
(Chorus x2)... end