Chords for The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band (Studio Version)
Tempo:
132.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [C] [D]
[G] [D] [Em] [D]
[G] Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore.
Cause when life looks like easy street, there [C] is danger [G] at your door.
[Am]
Think this [Em] through with me, [C]
let me know [D] you're mine.
[C]
[D] Whoa, [G] what I [Am] want to know [G]
[D] is [G] are you kind?
It's a block dancer's choice my friends, [C] better take [G] my advice.
You know all the rules by now [C] and the fire [G] from the ice.
[Am] Will you come [Em] with me?
[Am] Won't you come [D] with me?
[G] Whoa, what I want to know, [Bm] will you [G] come with me?
God damn will I be glad, [A] have [G] you [D] seen the like?
[C] Their walls are built of [G] cannonballs, their mother [D] is [C] don't [D] tread on me.
[G] Come hear Uncle John's bed, [Am] playing [G] [D] to the tide.
[C] Come with me or go alone, [G] he's come [D] to take [Em] his children [D] home.
[G] [Bm] [C] [G]
[C] [Em] [D] [G]
[D] [C] [G] [D] [G]
It's the same story, the prodo, [Em] it's the only [G] one you know.
Like the morning sun you come [C] and like [G] the wind you blow.
[Am] Ain't no time to [Em] hate, barely time to [D] wait.
[G] Whoa, what I want to know, [Bm] where does [G] the time go?
I dip in a silver mine [Am] and I [G] call it Vegas too.
I got me a violin [C] and I bake it [G] called the tune.
[Am]
[Em] Anybody's choice, I can hear [D] your voice.
[F] [G] Whoa, what I want to know, [D] how [G] does the song go?
[C] [G]
Come hear [Em] Uncle John's bed by the river [D]
side.
[C] Got some things to talk about, [G] built [D] beside [G] the rising tide.
Come hear Uncle John's bed, playing to the [D] tide.
[C] Come along or go alone, [G] he's come [D] to take his children home.
[G] [D]
[Gm] [D]
[Gm] [C] [Dm]
[Gm] [D] [Gm]
[Dm] [C]
[Dm] [C] [D]
Whoa, what I want to know, [C]
how does [G] the song go?
[N] Come hear Uncle John's bed by the river side.
Got some things to talk about, built beside the [G] rising tide.
Come hear Uncle John's bed, playing to the [D] tide.
[C]
Come along or go alone, he's [D] come to [C] take his children [D]
home.
[G] [D] [Gm] [G] [Dm] [C]
[G]
[D]
[N]
[D] [C] [D]
[G] [D] [Em] [D]
[G] Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore.
Cause when life looks like easy street, there [C] is danger [G] at your door.
[Am]
Think this [Em] through with me, [C]
let me know [D] you're mine.
[C]
[D] Whoa, [G] what I [Am] want to know [G]
[D] is [G] are you kind?
It's a block dancer's choice my friends, [C] better take [G] my advice.
You know all the rules by now [C] and the fire [G] from the ice.
[Am] Will you come [Em] with me?
[Am] Won't you come [D] with me?
[G] Whoa, what I want to know, [Bm] will you [G] come with me?
God damn will I be glad, [A] have [G] you [D] seen the like?
[C] Their walls are built of [G] cannonballs, their mother [D] is [C] don't [D] tread on me.
[G] Come hear Uncle John's bed, [Am] playing [G] [D] to the tide.
[C] Come with me or go alone, [G] he's come [D] to take [Em] his children [D] home.
[G] [Bm] [C] [G]
[C] [Em] [D] [G]
[D] [C] [G] [D] [G]
It's the same story, the prodo, [Em] it's the only [G] one you know.
Like the morning sun you come [C] and like [G] the wind you blow.
[Am] Ain't no time to [Em] hate, barely time to [D] wait.
[G] Whoa, what I want to know, [Bm] where does [G] the time go?
I dip in a silver mine [Am] and I [G] call it Vegas too.
I got me a violin [C] and I bake it [G] called the tune.
[Am]
[Em] Anybody's choice, I can hear [D] your voice.
[F] [G] Whoa, what I want to know, [D] how [G] does the song go?
[C] [G]
Come hear [Em] Uncle John's bed by the river [D]
side.
[C] Got some things to talk about, [G] built [D] beside [G] the rising tide.
Come hear Uncle John's bed, playing to the [D] tide.
[C] Come along or go alone, [G] he's come [D] to take his children home.
[G] [D]
[Gm] [D]
[Gm] [C] [Dm]
[Gm] [D] [Gm]
[Dm] [C]
[Dm] [C] [D]
Whoa, what I want to know, [C]
how does [G] the song go?
[N] Come hear Uncle John's bed by the river side.
Got some things to talk about, built beside the [G] rising tide.
Come hear Uncle John's bed, playing to the [D] tide.
[C]
Come along or go alone, he's [D] come to [C] take his children [D]
home.
[G] [D] [Gm] [G] [Dm] [C]
[G]
[D]
[N]
Key:
G
D
C
Em
Am
G
D
C
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
[G] Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry _ anymore. _
Cause when life looks like easy street, there [C] is danger [G] at your door.
_ [Am] _
Think this [Em] through with me, _ _ [C]
let me know [D] you're mine.
_ _ [C] _
[D] Whoa, [G] what I [Am] want to know [G] _
[D] is [G] are you kind? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's a block _ dancer's choice my friends, [C] better take [G] my advice.
_ You know all the rules by now [C] and the fire [G] from the ice.
_ [Am] Will you come [Em] with me?
_ _ [Am] _ Won't you come [D] with me?
_ _ [G] Whoa, what I want to know, _ [Bm] will you [G] come with me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ God damn will I be glad, [A] have [G] you [D] seen the like? _
_ [C] Their walls are built of _ [G] cannonballs, their mother [D] is [C] don't [D] tread on me.
[G] Come hear Uncle John's bed, [Am] playing [G] [D] to the tide. _
[C] _ Come with me or go alone, [G] he's come [D] to take [Em] his children [D] home.
[G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's the same story, the prodo, [Em] it's the only [G] one you know.
_ Like the morning sun you come [C] and like [G] the wind you blow.
_ _ [Am] Ain't no time to [Em] hate, _ _ _ barely time to [D] wait.
_ _ [G] _ Whoa, what I want to know, _ [Bm] where does [G] the time go? _ _ _ _ _
I dip in a silver mine [Am] and I [G] call it Vegas too.
_ _ I got me a violin [C] and I bake it [G] called the tune.
_ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] Anybody's choice, _ _ I can hear [D] your voice.
_ _ [F] _ [G] Whoa, what I want to know, _ [D] how [G] does the song go?
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Come hear [Em] Uncle John's bed by the river [D]
side.
_ [C] Got some things to talk about, [G] built [D] beside [G] the rising tide.
_ Come hear Uncle John's bed, playing to the [D] tide. _
_ [C] Come along or go alone, [G] he's come [D] to take his children home.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Whoa, what I want to know, [C] _
how does [G] the song go? _ _ _
_ _ [N] Come hear Uncle John's bed by the river side. _
_ Got some things to talk about, _ built beside the [G] rising tide.
_ Come hear Uncle John's bed, playing to the [D] tide.
_ _ [C]
Come along or go _ alone, he's [D] come to [C] take his children [D] _ _ _
home.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
[G] Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry _ anymore. _
Cause when life looks like easy street, there [C] is danger [G] at your door.
_ [Am] _
Think this [Em] through with me, _ _ [C]
let me know [D] you're mine.
_ _ [C] _
[D] Whoa, [G] what I [Am] want to know [G] _
[D] is [G] are you kind? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's a block _ dancer's choice my friends, [C] better take [G] my advice.
_ You know all the rules by now [C] and the fire [G] from the ice.
_ [Am] Will you come [Em] with me?
_ _ [Am] _ Won't you come [D] with me?
_ _ [G] Whoa, what I want to know, _ [Bm] will you [G] come with me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ God damn will I be glad, [A] have [G] you [D] seen the like? _
_ [C] Their walls are built of _ [G] cannonballs, their mother [D] is [C] don't [D] tread on me.
[G] Come hear Uncle John's bed, [Am] playing [G] [D] to the tide. _
[C] _ Come with me or go alone, [G] he's come [D] to take [Em] his children [D] home.
[G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's the same story, the prodo, [Em] it's the only [G] one you know.
_ Like the morning sun you come [C] and like [G] the wind you blow.
_ _ [Am] Ain't no time to [Em] hate, _ _ _ barely time to [D] wait.
_ _ [G] _ Whoa, what I want to know, _ [Bm] where does [G] the time go? _ _ _ _ _
I dip in a silver mine [Am] and I [G] call it Vegas too.
_ _ I got me a violin [C] and I bake it [G] called the tune.
_ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] Anybody's choice, _ _ I can hear [D] your voice.
_ _ [F] _ [G] Whoa, what I want to know, _ [D] how [G] does the song go?
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Come hear [Em] Uncle John's bed by the river [D]
side.
_ [C] Got some things to talk about, [G] built [D] beside [G] the rising tide.
_ Come hear Uncle John's bed, playing to the [D] tide. _
_ [C] Come along or go alone, [G] he's come [D] to take his children home.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Whoa, what I want to know, [C] _
how does [G] the song go? _ _ _
_ _ [N] Come hear Uncle John's bed by the river side. _
_ Got some things to talk about, _ built beside the [G] rising tide.
_ Come hear Uncle John's bed, playing to the [D] tide.
_ _ [C]
Come along or go _ alone, he's [D] come to [C] take his children [D] _ _ _
home.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _