Chords for Grateful Dead - 06 - Uncles John's Band (Lyrics) Studio Version
Tempo:
131.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Em
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [C]
[D] [G] [D] [C]
[D] [G] Well the first days are the hardest days, don't [C] you [G] worry anymore.
Cause when life looks like easy street, [C] there is danger [G] at your door.
[Am] Think this through [Em] with me, let me know [D] you're mine.
[Em]
[D] [G] What I want to know [D] is [G] are you kind?
It's a buck dancers choice, my friends [C] better take [G] my advice.
You know all the rules by now [C] and look by it [G] from the eyes.
[Am] Will you come with [Em] me?
[C] Won't you come [D] with me?
[Em] [D] Oh, oh, [G] I want to know, [D] will you [G]
come with me?
God damn, will I declare, [A] [Em] have you [D] seen the like?
[C] Their walls are built of cans and [G] bombs, them [D] [C] motherfuckers don't [D] tread on me.
[G] Come hear Uncle [C] John [Am] Fred [G] playing to [D] the type.
[C] Come with me, although [G] alone, he's come [D] to [C] take his children [D]
home.
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [Bm] [C] [G]
[D]
[G]
It's the same story, the code, only it's [C] the only [G] one to know.
Like the morning sun, you come [C] and like [G] the wind, you go.
[Am] Ain't no time [Em] to hate, barely time to [D] wait.
[G] Oh, oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?
I live in a silver mine [C] and I [G] call it Vegas too.
I got me a violin [C] and I beg you [G] call too.
[Am]
[Em] Anybody's choice, [C] I can hear [D] your voice.
[G] Oh, oh, what I want to know, [D] how [G] does the song go?
Come hear [Em] Uncle John Fred by the [D]
riverside.
[C] Got some things to talk [G] about here [D] beside [Em] the [D] rising tide.
[G] Come hear Uncle John Fred playing to the [D] type.
[C] Come alone, don't go alone, [G] he's [D] come to [A] take his [D] children home.
[G] [D]
[Gm] [Am] [D]
[Eb] [C] [E] [Dm]
[G] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [C] [D]
[Dm] Oh, oh, what I want [C] to know, how [G] does the song go?
[F] Come hear Uncle John Fred by the riverside.
Got some things to talk about here [E] beside the rising tide.
[G]
Come hear Uncle John Fred [A]
[G] playing to the [D] type.
[C] Come alone, don't go alone, [Em] he's [D] come to [Em] take his children [D] home.
[G] [Dm]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[A]
[D]
[D] [C]
[D] [G] [D] [C]
[D] [G] Well the first days are the hardest days, don't [C] you [G] worry anymore.
Cause when life looks like easy street, [C] there is danger [G] at your door.
[Am] Think this through [Em] with me, let me know [D] you're mine.
[Em]
[D] [G] What I want to know [D] is [G] are you kind?
It's a buck dancers choice, my friends [C] better take [G] my advice.
You know all the rules by now [C] and look by it [G] from the eyes.
[Am] Will you come with [Em] me?
[C] Won't you come [D] with me?
[Em] [D] Oh, oh, [G] I want to know, [D] will you [G]
come with me?
God damn, will I declare, [A] [Em] have you [D] seen the like?
[C] Their walls are built of cans and [G] bombs, them [D] [C] motherfuckers don't [D] tread on me.
[G] Come hear Uncle [C] John [Am] Fred [G] playing to [D] the type.
[C] Come with me, although [G] alone, he's come [D] to [C] take his children [D]
home.
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [Bm] [C] [G]
[D]
[G]
It's the same story, the code, only it's [C] the only [G] one to know.
Like the morning sun, you come [C] and like [G] the wind, you go.
[Am] Ain't no time [Em] to hate, barely time to [D] wait.
[G] Oh, oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?
I live in a silver mine [C] and I [G] call it Vegas too.
I got me a violin [C] and I beg you [G] call too.
[Am]
[Em] Anybody's choice, [C] I can hear [D] your voice.
[G] Oh, oh, what I want to know, [D] how [G] does the song go?
Come hear [Em] Uncle John Fred by the [D]
riverside.
[C] Got some things to talk [G] about here [D] beside [Em] the [D] rising tide.
[G] Come hear Uncle John Fred playing to the [D] type.
[C] Come alone, don't go alone, [G] he's [D] come to [A] take his [D] children home.
[G] [D]
[Gm] [Am] [D]
[Eb] [C] [E] [Dm]
[G] [Dm] [C]
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [C] [D]
[Dm] Oh, oh, what I want [C] to know, how [G] does the song go?
[F] Come hear Uncle John Fred by the riverside.
Got some things to talk about here [E] beside the rising tide.
[G]
Come hear Uncle John Fred [A]
[G] playing to the [D] type.
[C] Come alone, don't go alone, [Em] he's [D] come to [Em] take his children [D] home.
[G] [Dm]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[A]
[D]
Key:
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C
Em
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C
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [G] Well the first days are the hardest days, don't [C] you [G] worry _ anymore.
_ Cause when life looks like easy street, [C] there is danger [G] at your door. _ _
[Am] Think this through [Em] with me, _ _ let me know [D] you're mine.
_ [Em] _
_ [D] _ [G] What I want to know _ [D] is [G] are you kind? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a buck dancers choice, my friends [C] better take [G] my advice.
_ _ You know all the rules by now [C] and look by it [G] from the eyes.
_ [Am] Will you come with [Em] me?
_ _ [C] _ Won't you come [D] with me?
_ _ [Em] [D] Oh, oh, [G] I want to know, _ [D] will you [G]
come with me? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ God damn, will I declare, _ [A] _ [Em] have you [D] seen the like?
_ _ [C] Their walls are built of cans and [G] bombs, them _ [D] [C] motherfuckers don't [D] tread on me.
[G] Come hear Uncle [C] John [Am] Fred [G] playing to [D] the type. _
_ [C] Come with me, although [G] alone, he's come [D] to [C] take his children [D]
home.
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's the same story, the code, only it's [C] the only [G] one to know. _ _
Like the morning _ sun, you come [C] and like [G] the wind, you go.
_ [Am] _ Ain't no time [Em] to hate, _ _ _ barely time to [D] wait.
_ _ [G] _ Oh, oh, what I want to know, _ where does the time go? _ _ _ _ _
I live in a silver mine [C] and I [G] call it Vegas too.
_ I got me a violin [C] and I beg you [G] call too.
_ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] Anybody's choice, _ _ [C] I can hear [D] your voice.
_ [G] _ _ Oh, oh, what I want to know, _ [D] how [G] does the song go? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come hear [Em] Uncle John Fred by the [D] _
riverside.
[C] _ Got some things to talk [G] about here [D] beside [Em] the [D] rising tide.
[G] _ _ Come hear Uncle John Fred playing to the [D] type. _
_ [C] Come alone, don't go alone, [G] he's [D] come to [A] take his [D] children home.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ [E] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Oh, oh, what I want [C] to know, _ how [G] does the song go? _ _ _
_ _ [F] Come hear Uncle John Fred by the riverside. _ _
Got some things to talk about _ here [E] beside the rising tide.
[G] _
Come hear Uncle John Fred [A] _
[G] playing to the [D] type.
_ [C] Come alone, don't go alone, [Em] he's [D] come to [Em] take his children [D] _ _ home.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [G] Well the first days are the hardest days, don't [C] you [G] worry _ anymore.
_ Cause when life looks like easy street, [C] there is danger [G] at your door. _ _
[Am] Think this through [Em] with me, _ _ let me know [D] you're mine.
_ [Em] _
_ [D] _ [G] What I want to know _ [D] is [G] are you kind? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a buck dancers choice, my friends [C] better take [G] my advice.
_ _ You know all the rules by now [C] and look by it [G] from the eyes.
_ [Am] Will you come with [Em] me?
_ _ [C] _ Won't you come [D] with me?
_ _ [Em] [D] Oh, oh, [G] I want to know, _ [D] will you [G]
come with me? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ God damn, will I declare, _ [A] _ [Em] have you [D] seen the like?
_ _ [C] Their walls are built of cans and [G] bombs, them _ [D] [C] motherfuckers don't [D] tread on me.
[G] Come hear Uncle [C] John [Am] Fred [G] playing to [D] the type. _
_ [C] Come with me, although [G] alone, he's come [D] to [C] take his children [D]
home.
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's the same story, the code, only it's [C] the only [G] one to know. _ _
Like the morning _ sun, you come [C] and like [G] the wind, you go.
_ [Am] _ Ain't no time [Em] to hate, _ _ _ barely time to [D] wait.
_ _ [G] _ Oh, oh, what I want to know, _ where does the time go? _ _ _ _ _
I live in a silver mine [C] and I [G] call it Vegas too.
_ I got me a violin [C] and I beg you [G] call too.
_ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] Anybody's choice, _ _ [C] I can hear [D] your voice.
_ [G] _ _ Oh, oh, what I want to know, _ [D] how [G] does the song go? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come hear [Em] Uncle John Fred by the [D] _
riverside.
[C] _ Got some things to talk [G] about here [D] beside [Em] the [D] rising tide.
[G] _ _ Come hear Uncle John Fred playing to the [D] type. _
_ [C] Come alone, don't go alone, [G] he's [D] come to [A] take his [D] children home.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ [E] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Oh, oh, what I want [C] to know, _ how [G] does the song go? _ _ _
_ _ [F] Come hear Uncle John Fred by the riverside. _ _
Got some things to talk about _ here [E] beside the rising tide.
[G] _
Come hear Uncle John Fred [A] _
[G] playing to the [D] type.
_ [C] Come alone, don't go alone, [Em] he's [D] come to [Em] take his children [D] _ _ home.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _