Chords for Grateful Dead - Just a Little Light - 7/10/89 (Pro-Shot)
Tempo:
71.5 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Em
Dm
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] I'm just a
[A] [F] [Am] kid who's never been in love.
[G]
[A] [Dm]
[Am] [A]
[Am] [Am] [A] [Am] [A]
[Am] [Am] Well, [A] [Am]
[Am] [C] [Am]
[Am]
there ain't nobody [E] safer [A] than [Am] someone who just cares.
[Em]
And it isn't even [A] lonely when [Am] no one's ever there.
I had a lot of dreams once.
[D] Some of [G] them came [D] true.
[Em] But honey, sometimes, baby, [Am] one fortune falls on you.
[Dm] You know I've been [Em] a soldier [Am] in the arms of the night.
[Dm] And I'll find the [Em] thing that I've [Am] always wanted.
[Dm] Maybe it's trembling like [Em] a spell.
[A] I will [Am] try with all my might [D] to give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
[Em] Just a little [Am] light.
[G] [Am]
[C] [Am] I've [A] always heard that virtue ought to be [Am] a total reward.
[D] But it never comes so [Em] easy.
[Am] When you're living [Em] by the [Am] sword, you take it hard to be heartless.
[Dm] When you look at me that way, [Em] you're as [G] mighty as a bow.
That [Am] will grow the stones away.
[Dm] Even though I'm in a [Em] stranger's, [Am] full of irony and spite.
[G] [Dm] Holding a little button [Em] and telephone, or [Am] thinking about [D] it.
Something's sounds [Em] around you, [Am] and it's easy to not delight.
[D] To [Dm] give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
[E] Just a [Am] little light.
[C] You could be criss-crossed another highway,
[G] Drowning in the night.
[Dm] You could be criss-crossed another white table,
[Am] Spending all my price.
[G] There's a tingling, a reddening, a glistening.
[D] Like the sound of a single thunder.
[C]
And I begin to wonder, [Am] if the [E] blood I feel is under [F] hold tonight.
[Am] [F]
[G] [Am] [B] [D] [F]
[Am] [F]
[C] [Am] [Dm] Even though I'm in a [Em] stranger's, [A] full of irony [G] and spite.
[Am] [Dm] Holding a little button and [Em] telephone, [Am] or thinking about it.
[Dm]
Something's sounds [Em] around you, [Am] and it's easy to [F#] not [Dm] delight.
To give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
[C]
[Dm] [F]
[Em] Just a [Am] little light.
[C] [Am] [Dm] To give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
[Am] [Am] Just a little light.
[Dm] Excuse me?
[Em] [F] Just a little sweetness.
[Am] Just a little light.
[Dm]
[Em] [F] [E] Just [Am] a little light.
[Am] [A] [D]
[A] [F] [Am] kid who's never been in love.
[G]
[A] [Dm]
[Am] [A]
[Am] [Am] [A] [Am] [A]
[Am] [Am] Well, [A] [Am]
[Am] [C] [Am]
[Am]
there ain't nobody [E] safer [A] than [Am] someone who just cares.
[Em]
And it isn't even [A] lonely when [Am] no one's ever there.
I had a lot of dreams once.
[D] Some of [G] them came [D] true.
[Em] But honey, sometimes, baby, [Am] one fortune falls on you.
[Dm] You know I've been [Em] a soldier [Am] in the arms of the night.
[Dm] And I'll find the [Em] thing that I've [Am] always wanted.
[Dm] Maybe it's trembling like [Em] a spell.
[A] I will [Am] try with all my might [D] to give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
[Em] Just a little [Am] light.
[G] [Am]
[C] [Am] I've [A] always heard that virtue ought to be [Am] a total reward.
[D] But it never comes so [Em] easy.
[Am] When you're living [Em] by the [Am] sword, you take it hard to be heartless.
[Dm] When you look at me that way, [Em] you're as [G] mighty as a bow.
That [Am] will grow the stones away.
[Dm] Even though I'm in a [Em] stranger's, [Am] full of irony and spite.
[G] [Dm] Holding a little button [Em] and telephone, or [Am] thinking about [D] it.
Something's sounds [Em] around you, [Am] and it's easy to not delight.
[D] To [Dm] give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
[E] Just a [Am] little light.
[C] You could be criss-crossed another highway,
[G] Drowning in the night.
[Dm] You could be criss-crossed another white table,
[Am] Spending all my price.
[G] There's a tingling, a reddening, a glistening.
[D] Like the sound of a single thunder.
[C]
And I begin to wonder, [Am] if the [E] blood I feel is under [F] hold tonight.
[Am] [F]
[G] [Am] [B] [D] [F]
[Am] [F]
[C] [Am] [Dm] Even though I'm in a [Em] stranger's, [A] full of irony [G] and spite.
[Am] [Dm] Holding a little button and [Em] telephone, [Am] or thinking about it.
[Dm]
Something's sounds [Em] around you, [Am] and it's easy to [F#] not [Dm] delight.
To give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
[C]
[Dm] [F]
[Em] Just a [Am] little light.
[C] [Am] [Dm] To give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
[Am] [Am] Just a little light.
[Dm] Excuse me?
[Em] [F] Just a little sweetness.
[Am] Just a little light.
[Dm]
[Em] [F] [E] Just [Am] a little light.
[Am] [A] [D]
Key:
Am
Em
Dm
A
F
Am
Em
Dm
[Am] I'm just a _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F] [Am] kid who's never been in love.
[G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
[Am] _ [Am] Well, [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
there ain't nobody [E] safer [A] than [Am] someone who just cares.
[Em]
And it isn't even [A] lonely when [Am] no one's ever there. _
I had a lot of dreams once.
[D] Some of [G] them came [D] true.
[Em] But honey, sometimes, baby, [Am] one fortune falls on you.
[Dm] You know I've been [Em] a soldier [Am] in the arms of the night.
[Dm] And I'll find the [Em] thing that I've [Am] always wanted.
_ _ [Dm] Maybe it's trembling like [Em] a spell.
[A] I will [Am] try with all my might [D] to give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness. _ _ _
_ [Em] Just a little [Am] light.
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _
[C] _ [Am] _ I've [A] always heard that virtue ought to be [Am] a total reward.
[D] But it never comes so [Em] easy.
[Am] When you're living [Em] by the [Am] sword, you take it hard to be heartless.
[Dm] When you look at me that way, [Em] you're as [G] mighty as a bow.
That [Am] will grow the stones away.
[Dm] Even though I'm in a [Em] stranger's, [Am] full of irony and spite.
[G] [Dm] Holding a little button [Em] and telephone, or [Am] thinking about _ [D] it.
Something's sounds [Em] around you, [Am] and it's easy to not delight.
[D] To [Dm] give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
_ _ _ _ [E] Just a [Am] little light.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] You could be criss-crossed another highway,
[G] Drowning in the night.
[Dm] You could be criss-crossed another white table,
[Am] Spending all my price.
[G] There's a tingling, a reddening, a glistening.
[D] Like the sound of a single thunder.
[C]
And I begin to wonder, [Am] if the [E] blood I feel is under [F] hold tonight.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ [Am] _ [B] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Even though I'm in a [Em] stranger's, [A] full of irony [G] and spite.
[Am] [Dm] Holding a little button and [Em] telephone, [Am] or thinking about it.
_ [Dm]
Something's sounds [Em] around you, [Am] and it's easy to [F#] not [Dm] delight.
To give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Just a [Am] little light.
[C] _ [Am] _ [Dm] To give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
_ [Am] [Am] Just a little light.
_ [Dm] Excuse me?
[Em] _ [F] Just a little sweetness.
[Am] Just a little light.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] Just [Am] a little light.
[Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [F] [Am] kid who's never been in love.
[G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
[Am] _ [Am] Well, [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
there ain't nobody [E] safer [A] than [Am] someone who just cares.
[Em]
And it isn't even [A] lonely when [Am] no one's ever there. _
I had a lot of dreams once.
[D] Some of [G] them came [D] true.
[Em] But honey, sometimes, baby, [Am] one fortune falls on you.
[Dm] You know I've been [Em] a soldier [Am] in the arms of the night.
[Dm] And I'll find the [Em] thing that I've [Am] always wanted.
_ _ [Dm] Maybe it's trembling like [Em] a spell.
[A] I will [Am] try with all my might [D] to give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness. _ _ _
_ [Em] Just a little [Am] light.
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _
[C] _ [Am] _ I've [A] always heard that virtue ought to be [Am] a total reward.
[D] But it never comes so [Em] easy.
[Am] When you're living [Em] by the [Am] sword, you take it hard to be heartless.
[Dm] When you look at me that way, [Em] you're as [G] mighty as a bow.
That [Am] will grow the stones away.
[Dm] Even though I'm in a [Em] stranger's, [Am] full of irony and spite.
[G] [Dm] Holding a little button [Em] and telephone, or [Am] thinking about _ [D] it.
Something's sounds [Em] around you, [Am] and it's easy to not delight.
[D] To [Dm] give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
_ _ _ _ [E] Just a [Am] little light.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] You could be criss-crossed another highway,
[G] Drowning in the night.
[Dm] You could be criss-crossed another white table,
[Am] Spending all my price.
[G] There's a tingling, a reddening, a glistening.
[D] Like the sound of a single thunder.
[C]
And I begin to wonder, [Am] if the [E] blood I feel is under [F] hold tonight.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ [Am] _ [B] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Even though I'm in a [Em] stranger's, [A] full of irony [G] and spite.
[Am] [Dm] Holding a little button and [Em] telephone, [Am] or thinking about it.
_ [Dm]
Something's sounds [Em] around you, [Am] and it's easy to [F#] not [Dm] delight.
To give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Just a [Am] little light.
[C] _ [Am] _ [Dm] To give you [Em] just [F] a little sweetness.
_ [Am] [Am] Just a little light.
_ [Dm] Excuse me?
[Em] _ [F] Just a little sweetness.
[Am] Just a little light.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] Just [Am] a little light.
[Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _