Chords for Mason's Children - Grateful Dead
Tempo:
129.4 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
G
B
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] Heh heh [A] heh heh heh.
[E] [G] [Dm]
[G] [D]
[E] [G]
[G] [D]
[E] [G]
[A] [A] [E] Mason died on Monday.
[F] He [F#] breaked him in the wall.
[D] All his [A] children grew and grew.
[E]
They never grew so tall.
[F#]
Oh oh oh oh.
[B]
They may never grow so tall [D]
again.
[A] [Bm] [E]
[Em] [A] [E]
[B]
[E] He dug him up on Tuesday.
[F]
He [F#] hardly aged a day.
[D] Tom and Ma [A] he ever knew.
[E] They never knew so much.
[F#] Oh oh oh oh.
[B] They may never know so much [D] [A] [Bm] [A]
[E] again.
[G] [A]
[B] Mason was a mighty [F#m] man.
Mighty man was he.
[A] All he said were,
Come back [B] home, [C#m] don't you [B] weep for me.
[C#m] [E] [G] [A]
[B] [E] [G] [B]
[E] The wall collapsed on Wednesday.
[F#] He chalked it up to bake.
[D#m] [D] All his [A] children ran and hid.
[E] They never did so well.
[C#] Oh oh [F#] oh oh.
[B] So they never showed their [D] face [Bm] [A]
[E] again.
[G]
[E] [Em] [A]
[E] Thursday came then Friday.
[F#] The buyers called and died.
[D] The masons [A] children took the stew.
[E] And cleaned up where the piece [F#] was threw.
[B] So they never had such [D] time as [A] before.
[Bm]
[E] [G] [A]
[G] [B] Take me to the weepin' man.
[F#m] He paid back what was loaned.
[A] If he's in some other land,
[C#m] Write [A]
it off [Bm] as [B] stone.
[E]
[Em]
[A]
[N]
[E] [G] [Dm]
[G] [D]
[E] [G]
[G] [D]
[E] [G]
[A] [A] [E] Mason died on Monday.
[F] He [F#] breaked him in the wall.
[D] All his [A] children grew and grew.
[E]
They never grew so tall.
[F#]
Oh oh oh oh.
[B]
They may never grow so tall [D]
again.
[A] [Bm] [E]
[Em] [A] [E]
[B]
[E] He dug him up on Tuesday.
[F]
He [F#] hardly aged a day.
[D] Tom and Ma [A] he ever knew.
[E] They never knew so much.
[F#] Oh oh oh oh.
[B] They may never know so much [D] [A] [Bm] [A]
[E] again.
[G] [A]
[B] Mason was a mighty [F#m] man.
Mighty man was he.
[A] All he said were,
Come back [B] home, [C#m] don't you [B] weep for me.
[C#m] [E] [G] [A]
[B] [E] [G] [B]
[E] The wall collapsed on Wednesday.
[F#] He chalked it up to bake.
[D#m] [D] All his [A] children ran and hid.
[E] They never did so well.
[C#] Oh oh [F#] oh oh.
[B] So they never showed their [D] face [Bm] [A]
[E] again.
[G]
[E] [Em] [A]
[E] Thursday came then Friday.
[F#] The buyers called and died.
[D] The masons [A] children took the stew.
[E] And cleaned up where the piece [F#] was threw.
[B] So they never had such [D] time as [A] before.
[Bm]
[E] [G] [A]
[G] [B] Take me to the weepin' man.
[F#m] He paid back what was loaned.
[A] If he's in some other land,
[C#m] Write [A]
it off [Bm] as [B] stone.
[E]
[Em]
[A]
[N]
Key:
A
E
G
B
D
A
E
G
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Heh heh [A] heh heh heh.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ Mason died on Monday.
_ [F] He [F#] breaked him in the wall.
_ [D] _ All his [A] children grew and grew.
[E]
They never grew so tall.
[F#]
Oh oh oh oh.
_ _ _ [B]
They may never grow so tall [D]
again.
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] He dug him up on Tuesday.
_ [F]
He [F#] hardly aged a day. _ _
[D] Tom and Ma [A] he ever knew.
_ [E] They never knew so much.
[F#] Oh oh oh oh. _ _
_ [B] They may never know so much [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[E] again.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ Mason was a mighty [F#m] man.
Mighty man was _ he.
[A] _ All he said were,
Come back [B] home, [C#m] don't you [B] weep for _ _ _ me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _
_ [E] The wall collapsed on Wednesday.
_ [F#] He chalked it up to bake. _
[D#m] _ _ [D] All his [A] children ran and hid.
[E] They never did so well.
[C#] Oh oh [F#] oh oh.
[B] So they never showed their [D] face _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] again.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ Thursday came then Friday. _
_ [F#] The buyers called and died. _
_ [D] The masons [A] children took the stew.
[E] And cleaned up where the piece [F#] was threw. _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] So they never had such [D] time as _ [A] before.
[Bm] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] Take me to the weepin' man.
[F#m] He paid back what was loaned.
_ [A] If he's in some other land,
[C#m] Write [A]
it off [Bm] as _ _ [B] stone. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ Mason died on Monday.
_ [F] He [F#] breaked him in the wall.
_ [D] _ All his [A] children grew and grew.
[E]
They never grew so tall.
[F#]
Oh oh oh oh.
_ _ _ [B]
They may never grow so tall [D]
again.
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] He dug him up on Tuesday.
_ [F]
He [F#] hardly aged a day. _ _
[D] Tom and Ma [A] he ever knew.
_ [E] They never knew so much.
[F#] Oh oh oh oh. _ _
_ [B] They may never know so much [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[E] again.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ Mason was a mighty [F#m] man.
Mighty man was _ he.
[A] _ All he said were,
Come back [B] home, [C#m] don't you [B] weep for _ _ _ me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _
_ [E] The wall collapsed on Wednesday.
_ [F#] He chalked it up to bake. _
[D#m] _ _ [D] All his [A] children ran and hid.
[E] They never did so well.
[C#] Oh oh [F#] oh oh.
[B] So they never showed their [D] face _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] again.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ Thursday came then Friday. _
_ [F#] The buyers called and died. _
_ [D] The masons [A] children took the stew.
[E] And cleaned up where the piece [F#] was threw. _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] So they never had such [D] time as _ [A] before.
[Bm] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] Take me to the weepin' man.
[F#m] He paid back what was loaned.
_ [A] If he's in some other land,
[C#m] Write [A]
it off [Bm] as _ _ [B] stone. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _