Grateful Dead – Uncle Johns Band (Ukulele)

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[Intro] G G Bm C D G Am C D
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[Verse 1]
         G
Well the first days are the hardest days

          C        G
Don't you worry anymore

      G
Cause when life looks like Easy Street

         C              G
There is danger at your door

Am                      Em
Think this through with me

C                 D
Let me know your mind

C    D         G       C
Woah-ho what I want to know

G      D   G
Is are you kind?

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[Verse 2]
       G
It's a buck dancer's choice my friend

       C          G
Better take my advice

G
You know all the rules by now

        C              G
And the fire from the ice

Am                 Em
Will you come with me

C                   D
Won't you come with me

C    D         G       C
Woah-ho what I want to know

G    D        G
Will you come with me?

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[Verse 3]
G                   C
God damn, well, I declare

Am       Em       D
Have you seen the like

      C
Their walls are built of cannon balls

      G     D        C        D
Their motto is don't tread on me

G                      C
Come hear Uncle John's Band

Am      Em     D
Playing to the tide

C
Come with me or go alone

     G       D        C        D
He's come to take his children home
G Bm C D (x4)
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[Verse 4]
         G
It's the same story the crow told me

         C           G
It's the only one he know

G
Like the morning sun you come

    C                 G
And like the wind you go

Am               Em
Ain't no time to hate

C              D
Barely time to wait

C    D         G       C
Woah-ho what I want to know

G     D        G
Where does the time go?
[Verse 5]
G
I live in a silver mine

      C                 G
And I call it "Beggar's Tomb"

G
I got me a violin

      C                G
And I beg you call the tune

Am        Em
Anybody's choice

C               D
I can hear your voice

C    D         G       C
Whoa-ho what I want to know

G   D        G
How does the song go?

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[Verse 6]
G                      C
Come hear Uncle John's Band

Am     Em   D
By the riverside

C
Got some things to talk about

G      D        C      D
Here beside the rising tide

G                      C
Come hear Uncle John's Band

Am      Em     D
Playing to the tide

C
Come on along or go alone

     G       D        C        D
He's come to take his children home
[Outro] Dm G C Dm (x7)
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Dm
Whoa-ho what I want to know

C            G
How does the song go?
[Ending] N.C. Come hear Uncle John's Band N.C. By the riverside N.C. Got some things to talk about N.C. Here beside the rising tide
G                      C
Come hear Uncle John's Band

Am      Em     D
Playing to the tide

C
Come with me or go alone

     G       D        C        D
He's come to take his children home

Dm      G   C   Dm   (x3)
Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh

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