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
* 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
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