Grateful Dead – Unbroken Chain (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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # #----------------------------------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: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 15:27:22 -0500 (EST) From: Gregory EISENBERG <[email protected]> Anyway the piece is pretty straight foward, of course listening to it over and over will help. The * is just to show you that the verses are almost the same, except the line marked with the * The ** means this chord is played in a bar with a funky meter probably somethig like 3/8 but I am not totally sure. Also the outro I am not completely sure of, but I think I am close. Unbroken Chain -------------- Am C
Dm          F
Blue light rain,

Csus4           C
well unbroken chain,

Am             Eb      *
Looking for familiar faces

F       Em        G       C/G  G     Am      C
in an empty window pane.

Dm            Fsus4
Listening for the secret,

Csus4         Am
searching for the sound

C        G/B                Am
But I could only hear the preacher

G                     F           Em    G  C/G G
and the baying of his hounds.
Am C
Dm        F
Willow sky, woh,

Csus4           C
I walk and wonder why,

F               G          *
They say love your brother,

F       Em              G       C/G  G     Am      C
but you will catch it when you try.

Dm                 Fsus4
Roll you down the line poor boy,

Csus4          Am
drop you for a loss,

C           G/B                Am
Ride you out on the cold railroad

G               F           Am
and nail you to a cross.
||: G C Fsus4 F :|| 4 times Am C
Dm        F
November and more,

Csus4           C
as I wait for the score,

Dm7              Cmaj7       *
They're telling me forgiveness

F       Em          G       C/G  G     Am      C
is the key to every door.

Dm             Fsus4
A slow winter day

Csus4               Am
a night like forever

C              G/B            Am
sink like a stone,

G             F        Em     Dm     C  Dm
float like the feather.
||: G C Fsus4 F :|| 4 times Cm7 Fmaj7 Dm7 Em** G Gsus4
Cm7          Fmaj7
Lilac rain, unbroken chain

Dm7                 Em**  G    Gsus4
Song of the Saw-Whet owl.

Cm7                   Fmaj7
Out on a mountain, it'll drive you insane

Dm7                   Em**  G     Gsus4
Listening to the winds howl.

Cm7                 Fmaj7
Unbroken chain of sorrow and pearls,

Dm7                 Em**          G   Gsus4
Unbroken chain of sky and sea.

Cm7                 Fmaj7
Unbroken chain of the western wind,

Dm7                 Em**           G        Am/G    G
Unbroken chain of you and me.
Outro: A7 C D9 Cmaj7 D7 Gsus4
         Bm     Em      C           Em            Bm      G
         A        Em   (or something like this!!)