Chords for Grateful Dead - Black-Throated Wind (Washington, DC 6/14/91)
Tempo:
81.2 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
G
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [E]
[B] [E] [D]
[F#] [E]
[C#m] to the stage.
Bringing me down.
[F#m] I'm running the ground.
[D] [A] One in the line of the [E] interstate cars.
Passing me by.
[F#m] Buses and sirens.
[D] Bouncing like stones from [E] the street shot on Mars.
[Bm] But I'm here by [A] the road.
Bound to the low.
I picked up in 10 [G#],000 cafes and bars.
[A] All over the rush of the drivers that won't pick me up.
[D] The highway, [G#] the moon, [E] the clouds and the stars.
[D] The black-toated wind [C#] keeps [A] on blaring it.
With its words of a lie when [Em] nothing [C] is new.
[A] [D] And our mother [A] America [E] night.
[A] Lies from the light.
[G] [D] When I turn and [E] amuse.
[C] [E]
[C#m] [D]
[E] [C#m] [E] [D] [E]
Alice in the [F#m] city of blues.
[F#] In the [D]
midst [A] of a storm I'd most rather [E] forget.
Try to pretend it came [F#m] to an end.
Because you [A] weren't the woman I once [E] thought I'd met.
But [A] I can't deny.
[Bm] Times have gone by.
I never had [A] doubts or thoughts of [E] regret.
And I was a man [D] when all this began.
[A] [Bm]
Who wouldn't [D] think twice about being [E] there yet.
[D] The black-toated wind [C#m] [A] whispering sin.
Speaking of [E] life that passes like [C] dew.
[A]
[D] Forced me to [A] see.
You were [Em] done better by me.
[G] [D] Better by me than [A] I am done by you.
[E]
[D] [E]
[Bm] [E] What's to be found [A] racing around.
You [D] carry [A] a pen wherever [E] you go.
For the blues.
[F#m] And the yums.
[D] Where you ain't [A] gonna learn what you don't [E] wanna know.
[A] So I gave you my eyes.
Yes they were just a disguise.
[Bm] We'll have to look [E] as well as you see.
[A] And catch your glance.
And make a dance.
Make a [Bm] dance.
[D] Of looking at you.
[E] Looking at me.
[D] The black-toated [C#] wind.
[A] Keeps on pouring in.
With its words of [E] a lie.
That could almost [C] be true.
[A] [D] Another [A] American night.
[E] Here [A] comes the light.
[G] I'm turning around.
[A] That's what I'm gonna do.
[G] Well I'm going [D] back home.
That's what I'm [A] gonna do.
[G] Well you're done better [D] by me than I am done [A] by you.
[G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
[G] Well I'm turning [D] around.
That's what I'm gonna do.
[A] [D] Well I'm going back home.
Yes, [A] that's what I'm gonna do.
[G] Well you're done better [D] by me than [A] I am done by you.
[Em]
[D] Oh, oh, and I'm [A] drowning in you.
[G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
[D] I'm turning around.
That's what I'm gonna [A] do.
[G] Well I'm going, [D] going back home.
That's [A] what I'm gonna do.
[E] Well [A] you're done better by me than I am done by you.
Than I am done by [D] you.
[A] Going back home.
[G] Going back home.
[D] Going back home.
[A] Going back home.
Going back home.
[D] Oh, oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
[G] [D] Oh, oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
[G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
[G] [D] [A]
[Am]
[B] [E] [D]
[F#] [E]
[C#m] to the stage.
Bringing me down.
[F#m] I'm running the ground.
[D] [A] One in the line of the [E] interstate cars.
Passing me by.
[F#m] Buses and sirens.
[D] Bouncing like stones from [E] the street shot on Mars.
[Bm] But I'm here by [A] the road.
Bound to the low.
I picked up in 10 [G#],000 cafes and bars.
[A] All over the rush of the drivers that won't pick me up.
[D] The highway, [G#] the moon, [E] the clouds and the stars.
[D] The black-toated wind [C#] keeps [A] on blaring it.
With its words of a lie when [Em] nothing [C] is new.
[A] [D] And our mother [A] America [E] night.
[A] Lies from the light.
[G] [D] When I turn and [E] amuse.
[C] [E]
[C#m] [D]
[E] [C#m] [E] [D] [E]
Alice in the [F#m] city of blues.
[F#] In the [D]
midst [A] of a storm I'd most rather [E] forget.
Try to pretend it came [F#m] to an end.
Because you [A] weren't the woman I once [E] thought I'd met.
But [A] I can't deny.
[Bm] Times have gone by.
I never had [A] doubts or thoughts of [E] regret.
And I was a man [D] when all this began.
[A] [Bm]
Who wouldn't [D] think twice about being [E] there yet.
[D] The black-toated wind [C#m] [A] whispering sin.
Speaking of [E] life that passes like [C] dew.
[A]
[D] Forced me to [A] see.
You were [Em] done better by me.
[G] [D] Better by me than [A] I am done by you.
[E]
[D] [E]
[Bm] [E] What's to be found [A] racing around.
You [D] carry [A] a pen wherever [E] you go.
For the blues.
[F#m] And the yums.
[D] Where you ain't [A] gonna learn what you don't [E] wanna know.
[A] So I gave you my eyes.
Yes they were just a disguise.
[Bm] We'll have to look [E] as well as you see.
[A] And catch your glance.
And make a dance.
Make a [Bm] dance.
[D] Of looking at you.
[E] Looking at me.
[D] The black-toated [C#] wind.
[A] Keeps on pouring in.
With its words of [E] a lie.
That could almost [C] be true.
[A] [D] Another [A] American night.
[E] Here [A] comes the light.
[G] I'm turning around.
[A] That's what I'm gonna do.
[G] Well I'm going [D] back home.
That's what I'm [A] gonna do.
[G] Well you're done better [D] by me than I am done [A] by you.
[G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
[G] Well I'm turning [D] around.
That's what I'm gonna do.
[A] [D] Well I'm going back home.
Yes, [A] that's what I'm gonna do.
[G] Well you're done better [D] by me than [A] I am done by you.
[Em]
[D] Oh, oh, and I'm [A] drowning in you.
[G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
[D] I'm turning around.
That's what I'm gonna [A] do.
[G] Well I'm going, [D] going back home.
That's [A] what I'm gonna do.
[E] Well [A] you're done better by me than I am done by you.
Than I am done by [D] you.
[A] Going back home.
[G] Going back home.
[D] Going back home.
[A] Going back home.
Going back home.
[D] Oh, oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
[G] [D] Oh, oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
[G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
[G] [D] [A]
[Am]
Key:
A
D
E
G
Bm
A
D
E
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ to the stage.
Bringing me down.
[F#m] I'm running the ground.
[D] _ [A] One in the line of the [E] interstate cars. _
_ _ Passing me by.
[F#m] _ Buses and sirens.
[D] _ Bouncing like stones from [E] the street shot on Mars.
_ [Bm] But I'm here by [A] the road.
_ Bound to the low.
_ I picked up in 10 [G#],000 cafes and bars.
_ _ [A] All over the rush of the drivers that won't pick me up.
_ _ [D] The highway, [G#] the moon, [E] the clouds and the stars.
_ _ [D] The black-toated wind [C#] keeps [A] on blaring it.
With its words of a lie when [Em] nothing [C] is new.
[A] _ _ [D] And our mother [A] America [E] night.
[A] Lies from the light.
[G] _ [D] When I turn and [E] amuse.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C#m] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
Alice in the [F#m] city of blues.
[F#] In the [D]
midst [A] of a storm I'd most rather [E] forget. _ _ _
Try to pretend it came [F#m] to an end. _ _
Because you [A] weren't the woman I once [E] thought I'd met. _ _
But [A] I can't deny.
_ [Bm] Times have gone by.
I never had [A] doubts or thoughts of [E] regret. _ _ _
And I was a man [D] when all this began.
[A] _ _ [Bm] _
Who wouldn't [D] think twice about being [E] there yet. _ _
[D] The black-toated wind [C#m] _ [A] whispering sin.
Speaking of [E] life that passes like [C] dew.
_ [A] _ _
[D] _ Forced me to [A] see.
You were [Em] done better by me. _
[G] _ [D] Better by me than [A] I am done by you. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] What's to be found [A] racing around.
You _ _ [D] carry [A] a pen wherever [E] you go.
_ _ _ For the blues.
[F#m] And the yums.
_ _ _ [D] Where you ain't [A] gonna learn what you don't [E] wanna know.
_ _ _ [A] So I gave you my eyes.
Yes they were just a disguise.
[Bm] _ We'll have to look [E] as well as you see.
_ _ [A] And catch your glance.
And make a dance.
Make a [Bm] dance.
[D] Of looking at you.
[E] Looking at me.
_ _ [D] The black-toated [C#] wind.
[A] Keeps on pouring in.
With its words of [E] a lie.
That could almost [C] be true.
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] Another [A] American night.
[E] Here [A] comes the light.
[G] I'm turning around.
[A] That's what I'm gonna do.
_ _ [G] Well I'm going [D] back home.
That's what I'm [A] gonna do.
_ _ [G] Well you're done better [D] by me than I am done [A] by you.
_ _ [G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
_ _ _ [G] Well I'm turning [D] around.
That's what I'm gonna do.
[A] _ _ _ [D] Well I'm going back home.
Yes, [A] that's what I'm gonna do.
_ _ [G] Well you're done better [D] by me than [A] I am done by you.
_ [Em] _
[D] Oh, oh, and I'm [A] drowning in you.
_ _ [G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
_ _ [D] I'm turning around.
That's what I'm gonna [A] do.
_ _ [G] Well I'm going, [D] going back home.
That's [A] what I'm gonna do.
[E] Well [A] you're done better by me than I am done by you.
Than I am done by [D] you.
_ _ [A] Going back home.
[G] Going back home.
[D] Going back home.
[A] Going back home.
Going back home.
[D] Oh, oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
_ _ [G] _ [D] Oh, oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
_ _ [G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ to the stage.
Bringing me down.
[F#m] I'm running the ground.
[D] _ [A] One in the line of the [E] interstate cars. _
_ _ Passing me by.
[F#m] _ Buses and sirens.
[D] _ Bouncing like stones from [E] the street shot on Mars.
_ [Bm] But I'm here by [A] the road.
_ Bound to the low.
_ I picked up in 10 [G#],000 cafes and bars.
_ _ [A] All over the rush of the drivers that won't pick me up.
_ _ [D] The highway, [G#] the moon, [E] the clouds and the stars.
_ _ [D] The black-toated wind [C#] keeps [A] on blaring it.
With its words of a lie when [Em] nothing [C] is new.
[A] _ _ [D] And our mother [A] America [E] night.
[A] Lies from the light.
[G] _ [D] When I turn and [E] amuse.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C#m] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
Alice in the [F#m] city of blues.
[F#] In the [D]
midst [A] of a storm I'd most rather [E] forget. _ _ _
Try to pretend it came [F#m] to an end. _ _
Because you [A] weren't the woman I once [E] thought I'd met. _ _
But [A] I can't deny.
_ [Bm] Times have gone by.
I never had [A] doubts or thoughts of [E] regret. _ _ _
And I was a man [D] when all this began.
[A] _ _ [Bm] _
Who wouldn't [D] think twice about being [E] there yet. _ _
[D] The black-toated wind [C#m] _ [A] whispering sin.
Speaking of [E] life that passes like [C] dew.
_ [A] _ _
[D] _ Forced me to [A] see.
You were [Em] done better by me. _
[G] _ [D] Better by me than [A] I am done by you. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] What's to be found [A] racing around.
You _ _ [D] carry [A] a pen wherever [E] you go.
_ _ _ For the blues.
[F#m] And the yums.
_ _ _ [D] Where you ain't [A] gonna learn what you don't [E] wanna know.
_ _ _ [A] So I gave you my eyes.
Yes they were just a disguise.
[Bm] _ We'll have to look [E] as well as you see.
_ _ [A] And catch your glance.
And make a dance.
Make a [Bm] dance.
[D] Of looking at you.
[E] Looking at me.
_ _ [D] The black-toated [C#] wind.
[A] Keeps on pouring in.
With its words of [E] a lie.
That could almost [C] be true.
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] Another [A] American night.
[E] Here [A] comes the light.
[G] I'm turning around.
[A] That's what I'm gonna do.
_ _ [G] Well I'm going [D] back home.
That's what I'm [A] gonna do.
_ _ [G] Well you're done better [D] by me than I am done [A] by you.
_ _ [G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
_ _ _ [G] Well I'm turning [D] around.
That's what I'm gonna do.
[A] _ _ _ [D] Well I'm going back home.
Yes, [A] that's what I'm gonna do.
_ _ [G] Well you're done better [D] by me than [A] I am done by you.
_ [Em] _
[D] Oh, oh, and I'm [A] drowning in you.
_ _ [G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
_ _ [D] I'm turning around.
That's what I'm gonna [A] do.
_ _ [G] Well I'm going, [D] going back home.
That's [A] what I'm gonna do.
[E] Well [A] you're done better by me than I am done by you.
Than I am done by [D] you.
_ _ [A] Going back home.
[G] Going back home.
[D] Going back home.
[A] Going back home.
Going back home.
[D] Oh, oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
_ _ [G] _ [D] Oh, oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
_ _ [G] Oh, [D] oh, and I'm drowning [A] in you.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _