Chords for Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band (Studio Version)

Tempo:
140.6 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

C

Em

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band (Studio Version) chords
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Key:
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
Em
121
Am
2311
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
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To learn Grateful Dead - Uncle Johns Band chords with lyrics, anchor your practice on these foundational chords: C, D, C, G, D, G, C. A good strategy is to initiate at 70 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 141 BPM. For a balanced sound, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: G.

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[G] .
.
[D] .
[C] [D] [G] [D] .
[C] [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] Woah, oh, [G] what I want to know .
[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 look by your [G] pumped eyes.
[Am] Will you come with [Em] me?.
[C].
Won't you come with [D] me?.
[C].
[D] Woah, oh, what [G] I want to know, [D] will you [G] come with me?
.
.
God damn, will I be glad, [Am] have [Em] you [D] seen the light?
.
[C] There was a built-up cannonball, [G] them [D] monarchists [G] don't tread [D] on me.
[G] Come hear [Am] Uncle John's band [G] playing to [D] the tide.
.
[C] Come with me, oh, go along, [G] please [D] come to [Em] take his children [D] home.
[G] [C] .
[D] [G] [Bm] [C] [G] .
.
.
It's the same story, the bro-do, he gives the only one to know.
Like the morning sun, you come and like the wind, you go.
[Am] Ain't no [Em] time to hate, [C] barely time to [E].
[D] wait.
[G] Woah, oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?
.
I live in a silver mine [Am] and I call it [G] Baker's tomb.
.
I got me a violin and [C] I'll take you [G] called to.
[Am] .
[Em] Anybody's choice, I can hear your [D] voice.
[G].
Woah, oh, what I want to know, [D] how [G] does the song go?
.
.
Come hear [Em] Uncle John's band by the [D] riverside.
[C] .
Got some things to talk [G] about here [D] beside [Em] the [D] rising [G] tide.
Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the [D] tide.
.
[C] Go along, but don't follow, [G] please come [D] to [Am] take his children [D] .
home.
[Em] .
[Dm] [Gm] [Am] [D] .
[Gm] [C] [E] [Dm] .
[G] [Dm] .
[C] [Dm] [Gm] .
[Dm] .
[C] [D] .
Woah, oh, what I want to [C] know, how does [G] the song go?
.
Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside.
.
Got some things to talk about here beside the rising tide.
.
Come hear Uncle John's [A] band [G] playing to the [D] tide.
[C].
Go along, but don't follow, [Em] .
please come to take his children [D] home.
[G] [Dm] .
[G] [Dm] .
[G] .
[D] .
[N] .

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This song was composed by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia.

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