Chords for Bob Weir and Ratdog on Today Show playing Ashes in Glass 11-11-2000 Rockefeller Plaza New York

_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] We're back with Bob Weir, co [B]-founder of The Grateful Dead, and he's here [C#] with his traveling
band, Rat Dog.
You sound great, by the [N] way.
I'm curious, you were on tour so much of the time over the years with The Dead, but you
always had side projects.
Why [A] was that?
I love [D#m] to play.
Come [N] on. _
All right, good answer.
You have been working with the guys in Rat Dog since the early 90s, but this is your
first recording, and it's all new material, right?
Why did you finally decide to go into the studio with it?
Well, after the personnel in the band stabilized for a while, and we weren't teaching the new
guy whoever that was the old book, then we had time to write.
We started writing, and the next logical thing was to put it on wax.
It seems like nowadays music is so _
It almost seems computer generated, or it's like
some marketing genius got together and created some free fab act designed to appeal to a
very specific, narrow demographic group.
Your music isn't like that at all.
Your fan base really does span generations.
That's a unique opportunity you have [D] to create music from your soul, right?
You can't [A] computer generate something like [N] that.
The guy or the instruments? _ _
The guy.
The sticks?
The guy with the sticks. _ _
We're all about having fun, opening up the sky if we can. _
And opening up a bottle of snake oil.
Tell us all about your other passion, which is food.
I have occasion every now and again to mess around in the kitchen, and a bunch of friends
sort of got on me about, hey, listen, man, you should bottle this stuff.
You could sell it for profit like Paul Newman does, or sell it for non-profit.
And it seemed like a decent idea, so that's what we're doing.
Terrific, and it's not computer generated either.
He was up early this morning in his kitchen whipping this up.
Tell us what you're going to whip up for us right now.
We're going to do a most condensed version of [F#] Ashes in Glass.
They seem to be familiar with it.
Take it away. _
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[F#] Is my _ [C#] earpiece [D] still working?
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_ I [G] don't know.
_ [N] _ One, two, three.
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_ _ [A] What tomorrow [D] brings is ashes [F#m] and glass.
[A] And I can't tell you, [D] child, as to shall [F#m] pass.
_ [A] If all the world were [D] a wish with gold and [F#m] gray.
_ [E] And in the end, there's [D] nothing left to [F#m] say.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] If all the silly, [D] dumb, best [F#m] laid plans [A] _
became the master [D] and the fall [F#m] of man.
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If all the earth were [D] baked to hard red [F#m] clay, _ [A] _
not so far from [D] where we are [F#m] today.
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_ _ We're on our way, come [E] on, darling, let's swing and [A] sway.
Daddy's going to find us a better [E] way.
If that better way don't [A] fold, Daddy's going to find us a better [E] boat.
If that tattered boat don't [A] sail, grab a bucket, baby, and start to [E] sail.
And if that bucket spring a [A] leak, a little mist will help to [E] pre-care. _
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_ [A] _ _ What if fire come [D] raining on [F#m] the hills, _ [A] and mountains made of [D] rust and cooped hills.
[A] _ And all God's children [D] find themselves alone, _ [A] and all the poets [D] to glory [F#m] stone.
_ [D] _ Yes, we're on our own, no way out and no way home.
[E] Come on, darling, time to sing.
[A] Daddy's going to find that old brass ring.
[E] If that old brass ring don't fit, [A] Daddy's going to get a fixin' to [E] it.
If that old brass ring stay [A] broke, Daddy's going to buy you a billy goat.
[E] If that billy goat don't [A] bark, if that old boat kick start [E] to yell.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ What if Baltimore [D] brings ashes [F#m] in the glass, [A] and I can't tell you, [D] Charleston, [F#m] Chauvin.
_ [A] If those four horsemen [D] can't be turned [F#m] away, _ [A] and everyone's too [D] paralyzed to [F#m] pray. _ _ _
Too paralyzed to pray, _ _ and the jury's out on judgment day. _ _ _ _ _
And there ain't nothing left to say, _ _ _ _ nothing left to say, I went and let it weigh.
[E] Come on, darling, we can [A] fly.
Daddy got stacks of [E] alibis, alibis shot for a [A] bow.
Come on, Charleston, let's rock and [E] roll.
But if that bull takes us to [A] France, he's been walking us out of [E] net.
Keep on dancing, [A] sing the tune, we'll be dancing all around the [E] moon.
And if that big old moon go [A] pop, the ashes to ashes, bread and dust to [E] dust.
Leave it tight for one last [A] break, we'll be dancing all around the [E] world again. _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] Red Dog, thank you very much, and we'll be back with [A] more, right after these messages. _ _ _ _
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[F] Let's hear it for the lady, [C] the one whose [N] work is done.
_ _ _ [G] Here's to you, Mom.
From a car with [C] the right stuff to get you through it all.
Chevy Malibu.
The car you depend on every [N] day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Once again, thanks to Bob, we're in Red Dog.
You guys are fantastic.
_ [F#] Listen, before we go, we want to update you on the latest election [N] news.
Later today, Governor Bush's campaign is expected to announce whether or not they're going to
challenge in court a Florida hand recount.
Additionally, in addition to Florida, two other states are still up for grabs.
Oregon and New Mexico.
[A] And coming up tomorrow, [C] before either the Bush's or the Gorth move into the White House,
they might want [G#] to check it out, make sure the [D#] foundation is sound, the plumbing.
We're going to have Mr.
[Dm] Fix-It here to talk about red flags, what to [G#] look for when buying your dream home.
See you tomorrow, [A#] everybody.
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