Grateful Dead – Run For The Roses (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 23:07:06 -0400 From: Michael Nocera <[email protected]> Subject: g/grateful_dead/run_for_the_roses.crd > > 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 2x)..end