Grateful Dead – Uncle Johns Band (Guitar)

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Uncle John's Band chords (for acoustic guitar) Grateful Dead 1970 (Workingman's Dead) ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_John%27s_Band G Gsus* G G Gsus G G D C D 4x
         G                  C       G               C         G
Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more 

                            C    G                C              G
'Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door.

Am                      Em  C                D
Think this through with me, let me know your mind.

C     D          G       D  C   G    D       G
Woh - oh, what I want to know,    is are you kind?

       G             C         G              C        G
It's a buck dancer's choice my friend; better take my advice.

                 C        G            C             G
You know all the rules by now, and the fire from the ice.

Am                 Em  C                   D
Will you come with me, won't you come with me?

C     D          G       D  C   G      D        G    G
Woh - oh, what I want to know,    will you come with me?

G             C   G      Am       G        D
Goddamn, well I declare, have you seen the like?

      C                  Em    G                  D        C        D
Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is don't tread on me.

G                      C     Am      G      D
Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide

C                G   Em         G       D        C        D
Come with me, or go alone, he's come to take his children home
G D C D 4x
         G              C         G            C           G
It's the same story the crow told me; it's the only one he knows.

                 C       G         C                 G
Like the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go.

Am               Em    C              D
Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait

C     D          G       D  C   G       D        G    G
Woh - oh, what I want to know,    where does the time go?

G           C      G           C                G
I live in a silver mine, and I call it Beggar's Tomb

           C   G         C                G
I got me a violin, and I beg you call the tune

Am        Em      C               D
Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice.

C     D          G       D  C   G     D        G    G
Woh - oh, what I want to know,    how does the song go?

G                          C     Am     G    D
Come hear the Uncle John's Band, by the riverside

C                  G     Em    G      D        C      D
Got some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide

G                      C     Am      G      D
Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide

C                G   Em         G       D        C        D
Come on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home

C     D          G       D  C  G     D        G    G
Woh - oh, what I want to know,   how does the song go?

G                          C     Am     G    D
Come hear the Uncle John's Band, by the riverside

C                  G     Em    G      D        C      D
Got some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide

G                      C     Am      G      D
Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide

C                G   Em         G       D        C        D
Come on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home
G D C D 4x
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e|---3-|
B|-1---|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|---3-|
** Alternates: Capo III G = E Gsus = Esus C = A Am = F#m Em = C#m D = B Capo V G = D Gsus = Dsus C = G Am = Em Em = Bm D = A Open (These chords are not in the original key) G = A Gsus = Asus C = D Am = Bm Em = F#m D = E Set8