Chords for How to play Shakedown Street by the Grateful Dead on the banjo

Tempo:
113.75 bpm
Chords used:

G

Dm

F

Em

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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How to play Shakedown Street by the Grateful Dead on the banjo chords
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[G] Shakedown Street by The Grateful Dead.
I don't listen to Dead at all but I like the song.
It's tough to kind of pick a version to figure out so I'm taking concepts from a couple different
Then the one rundown that I heard on one of the versions was the [Em] 14th, [Dm] [G] [F]
[D] [G] 17th, 19th,
[D] 14th, [G] 7th, 8th, [F] 10th, [G] 3rd, 7th, [Dm] [G]
and then this is just the [Dm] hook.
[Em] [Dm] 5th, 3rd, 2nd fret.
100%  ➙  114BPM
G
2131
Dm
2311
F
134211111
Em
121
C
3211
G
2131
Dm
2311
F
134211111
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[G] _ _ _ _ Shakedown Street by The Grateful Dead.
I don't listen to Dead at all but I like the song.
_ It's tough to kind of pick a version to _ _ figure out so I'm taking concepts from a couple different
versions that I listen to.
It starts in the D [Dm] minor.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Then the one rundown that I heard on one of the versions was the _ _ _ [Em] 14th, _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ 17th, 19th, _
_ [D] _ 14th, [G] 7th, 8th, _ [F] 10th, [G] 3rd, 7th, [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ and then this is just the _ [Dm] hook.
It's _ [F] just the top two fronts.
_ _ [Em] _ [Dm] 5th, 3rd, 2nd fret.
_ [Em] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ You can do 13th and [F] 15th _ [G] or _ _ _ as a rule which is nice to always do on banjo.
So [F] I would do that [G] twice.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
Then I would [Dm] do_
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ and the lick into it _ is_
_ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ _ [G] That's
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
the G and then I would pop here down to the D.
G, sorry. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [G] Sorry. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ [C] The 3rd or you can do the 7th, C7th here.
Just adding. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ And _ _ _ then for [Am] this other component it's an A minor and you're just [F] adding the F to it. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ I think actually what it is is an F _ [Fm] [G] but you're dropping [Ab] that high F down to [F] an _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] A. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Em] _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Em] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ C7.
_ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
And that's _ basically Shakedown Street, [N] the major concepts of it.
I'm going to post the tab too.
It's a little rough.
I'm not exactly organized.
As I said it's kind of tough because it's a jam piece.
So it depends on where the person is going as to what you're playing over top.
But those are the major concepts.
[Am] I really like that chord.
It's a nice chord.
_ [G] Subscribe if you want to _ post up here different versions as to just whenever anybody requests.
So if you want to request a song just feel free to add it into the comment section.
And I hope