Chords for Top 25 Grateful Dead Songs
Tempo:
105.25 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
G
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[C]
[Am] Alabama get away, get away, [D]
Alabama get [B] away.
In [A] the
[E] attics [G] of my own [C#] hell and then [G] you came.
[D] For the first reasons, first reasons just in mind.
I don't trust nothing.
[A] The [E] other direction [A] she was going.
[E] [D]
I'm [F]
[A] [G]
[Dm] [C] [G]
[D] still alive, ain't no luck.
[D] [E] I learned [C] there's gonna be a party tonight, [F] uh-huh.
Hey, [Cm] Saturday night, [C] [G] yeah, uh-huh.
[A#] One more [C] time.
[E] There's mosquitoes on the river,
[A]
[E] Fish are rising up [A] like birds.
I'm gonna grab a tasty, elegant pie.
We may be [Em] going to hell in a [B] bucket, baby.
[E] But at least I'm enjoying [B] the ride.
[F#]
[C] I ain't [D] never seen a day,
I ain't ever seen [G] a man come alive.
[C]
Preaching on the burning [F] show, [C] [G] California.
[C] I'll be knocking on [G] the golden [C] door.
The lights [Am] are shining, [Em] birds [G] are winging,
No one's brain is falling [A] from a heavy sky.
[D] What do [D#m] you want?
[C#] [E]
[A]
Shooting mango, your nozzle's glowing,
[Em] Head's on empty and [A] I don't care so much.
[B] Fire, fire on the [D] mouthpiece.
[G] Come hear Uncle [E] John's band playing to [D] the tide.
[E] Come, you're trucking, got my tips, can't restrain.
[A] Keep trucking, life's a doo [D]-dum.
[C]
Driving that train, [D] you're on cocaine.
[F] Casey Jones, you better [Cm] watch your speed.
Come [E] on ahead, [A] roll away, [D] doo-doo.
[A]
Roll away, [D] doo-doo.
[G]
[C]
[B] Must be getting early, [E] cops are running late.
[F#]
Paint my number, [B] morning sky [E] looks so phony.
[F#] Drawing a spray, getting everywhere.
[E]
Got a can of curse left there,
[F#] Draw the curtains, I don't care,
It's all a ride, [F#]
[B] I'll feel [E] the cat-fire.
[G]
[Em]
[Am] [G]
[C]
[E] [G]
[C] [G] I let out from Reno, I [C] was trailed by 20 [G] hounds.
Didn't get to sleep that [C] night, till the morning came around.
[D] Set out to run, but I drink my time,
[A] A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
I get home before daylight, [Am] just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
[G]
Ran into the devil, [C] baby, lonely, plenty pills.
[G]
Spent the night in Utah, and keep up in the hills.
[D]
Set out to run, but I drink my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D]
tonight.
I [G]
ran down to the levee, but [C] the devil caught me there.
[G]
He took my $20 bill, [C] and vanished in the air.
[D] Set out to run, but I drink my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before daylight, [Am] just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night.
[C] The first one's named Sweet Ann Marie, and she's my RC line.
[D] Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my trail.
[Am] And if he catches up with me, [C] I'll spend my [D] life in jail.
[G]
Got a wife in Chino, [C] baby, the one in Cherokee.
[G]
First one say she got my [C] child, but it don't [Am] look like me.
[D]
Set out to run, but I take my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend [D] of mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
[G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[D] [A]
[D] [Am]
[D]
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night.
The [C] first one's named Sweet Ann Marie, and she's my RC line.
Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my [E] trail.
And if he catches up with [C] me, I'll spend my life [D] in jail.
[G] Got a wife in Chino, baby, [C] the one in Cherokee.
[G] First one say she got my [C] child, but it don't look like me.
[D] Set out to run, but I take my [Am] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
[N]
[C]
[Am] Alabama get away, get away, [D]
Alabama get [B] away.
In [A] the
[E] attics [G] of my own [C#] hell and then [G] you came.
[D] For the first reasons, first reasons just in mind.
I don't trust nothing.
[A] The [E] other direction [A] she was going.
[E] [D]
I'm [F]
[A] [G]
[Dm] [C] [G]
[D] still alive, ain't no luck.
[D] [E] I learned [C] there's gonna be a party tonight, [F] uh-huh.
Hey, [Cm] Saturday night, [C] [G] yeah, uh-huh.
[A#] One more [C] time.
[E] There's mosquitoes on the river,
[A]
[E] Fish are rising up [A] like birds.
I'm gonna grab a tasty, elegant pie.
We may be [Em] going to hell in a [B] bucket, baby.
[E] But at least I'm enjoying [B] the ride.
[F#]
[C] I ain't [D] never seen a day,
I ain't ever seen [G] a man come alive.
[C]
Preaching on the burning [F] show, [C] [G] California.
[C] I'll be knocking on [G] the golden [C] door.
The lights [Am] are shining, [Em] birds [G] are winging,
No one's brain is falling [A] from a heavy sky.
[D] What do [D#m] you want?
[C#] [E]
[A]
Shooting mango, your nozzle's glowing,
[Em] Head's on empty and [A] I don't care so much.
[B] Fire, fire on the [D] mouthpiece.
[G] Come hear Uncle [E] John's band playing to [D] the tide.
[E] Come, you're trucking, got my tips, can't restrain.
[A] Keep trucking, life's a doo [D]-dum.
[C]
Driving that train, [D] you're on cocaine.
[F] Casey Jones, you better [Cm] watch your speed.
Come [E] on ahead, [A] roll away, [D] doo-doo.
[A]
Roll away, [D] doo-doo.
[G]
[C]
[B] Must be getting early, [E] cops are running late.
[F#]
Paint my number, [B] morning sky [E] looks so phony.
[F#] Drawing a spray, getting everywhere.
[E]
Got a can of curse left there,
[F#] Draw the curtains, I don't care,
It's all a ride, [F#]
[B] I'll feel [E] the cat-fire.
[G]
[Em]
[Am] [G]
[C]
[E] [G]
[C] [G] I let out from Reno, I [C] was trailed by 20 [G] hounds.
Didn't get to sleep that [C] night, till the morning came around.
[D] Set out to run, but I drink my time,
[A] A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
I get home before daylight, [Am] just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
[G]
Ran into the devil, [C] baby, lonely, plenty pills.
[G]
Spent the night in Utah, and keep up in the hills.
[D]
Set out to run, but I drink my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D]
tonight.
I [G]
ran down to the levee, but [C] the devil caught me there.
[G]
He took my $20 bill, [C] and vanished in the air.
[D] Set out to run, but I drink my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before daylight, [Am] just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night.
[C] The first one's named Sweet Ann Marie, and she's my RC line.
[D] Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my trail.
[Am] And if he catches up with me, [C] I'll spend my [D] life in jail.
[G]
Got a wife in Chino, [C] baby, the one in Cherokee.
[G]
First one say she got my [C] child, but it don't [Am] look like me.
[D]
Set out to run, but I take my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend [D] of mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
[G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[D] [A]
[D] [Am]
[D]
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night.
The [C] first one's named Sweet Ann Marie, and she's my RC line.
Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my [E] trail.
And if he catches up with [C] me, I'll spend my life [D] in jail.
[G] Got a wife in Chino, baby, [C] the one in Cherokee.
[G] First one say she got my [C] child, but it don't look like me.
[D] Set out to run, but I take my [Am] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
[N]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Alabama get away, get away, [D]
Alabama get [B] away.
In [A] the _ _
_ _ [E] attics [G] of my own [C#] hell and then [G] you came.
_ _ [D] For the first reasons, first reasons just in mind.
I don't trust nothing.
[A] The _ [E] other direction [A] she was going.
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ I'm _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[D] _ still alive, _ _ ain't no luck.
[D] _ _ [E] I learned [C] there's gonna be a party tonight, [F] uh-huh.
_ Hey, [Cm] Saturday night, _ [C] _ [G] yeah, uh-huh.
[A#] One more [C] time.
[E] There's mosquitoes on the river,
[A] _
_ _ [E] Fish are rising up [A] like birds.
I'm gonna grab a tasty, elegant pie.
_ We may be [Em] going to hell in a [B] bucket, baby.
_ [E] But at least I'm enjoying [B] the ride.
[F#] _
_ [C] I ain't [D] never seen a day,
I ain't ever seen [G] a man come alive.
_ [C]
Preaching on the burning [F] show, _ [C] _ [G] California.
_ _ [C] I'll be knocking on [G] the golden [C] door.
The lights [Am] are shining, [Em] birds [G] are winging,
No one's brain is falling [A] from a heavy sky.
_ _ _ [D] _ What do [D#m] you want?
_ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Shooting mango, your nozzle's glowing,
[Em] Head's on empty and [A] I don't care so much.
_ [B] Fire, _ _ fire on the [D] mouthpiece.
[G] Come hear Uncle [E] John's band playing to [D] the tide.
_ [E] Come, _ _ _ _ you're trucking, got my tips, can't restrain.
[A] Keep trucking, _ life's a doo [D]-dum. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ Driving that train, [D] you're on cocaine.
[F] _ _ Casey Jones, you better [Cm] watch your speed.
Come [E] on ahead, [A] roll away, _ [D] doo-doo.
_ _ _ [A]
Roll away, [D] doo-doo.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Must be getting early, [E] cops are running late.
[F#] _
Paint my number, [B] morning sky [E] _ looks so phony.
_ [F#] Drawing a spray, getting everywhere.
[E]
Got a can of curse left there,
[F#] Draw the curtains, I don't care,
_ It's all a ride, [F#] _
_ [B] I'll feel [E] the cat-fire.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] I let out from Reno, I [C] was trailed by 20 [G] hounds.
Didn't get to sleep that [C] night, till the morning came around.
[D] Set out to run, but I drink my time,
[A] A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
I get home before daylight, [Am] just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Ran into the devil, [C] baby, lonely, plenty pills.
[G]
Spent the night in Utah, and keep up in the hills.
[D]
Set out to run, but I drink my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D]
tonight.
_ I _ _ _ [G]
ran down to the levee, but [C] the devil caught me there.
[G]
He took my $20 bill, [C] and vanished in the air.
[D] Set out to run, but I drink my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before daylight, [Am] just might get some sleep [D] tonight. _ _ _ _ _ _
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night.
[C] The first one's named Sweet Ann Marie, and she's my RC line.
[D] Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my trail.
[Am] And if he catches up with me, [C] I'll spend my [D] life in jail.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Got a wife in Chino, [C] baby, the one in Cherokee.
[G] _
First one say she got my [C] child, but it don't [Am] look like me.
[D]
Set out to run, but I take my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend [D] of mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night.
The [C] first one's named Sweet Ann Marie, and she's my RC line.
Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my [E] trail.
And if he catches up with [C] me, I'll spend my life [D] in jail.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Got a wife in Chino, baby, [C] the one in Cherokee.
[G] First one say she got my [C] child, but it don't look like me.
[D] Set out to run, but I take my [Am] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Alabama get away, get away, [D]
Alabama get [B] away.
In [A] the _ _
_ _ [E] attics [G] of my own [C#] hell and then [G] you came.
_ _ [D] For the first reasons, first reasons just in mind.
I don't trust nothing.
[A] The _ [E] other direction [A] she was going.
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ I'm _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[D] _ still alive, _ _ ain't no luck.
[D] _ _ [E] I learned [C] there's gonna be a party tonight, [F] uh-huh.
_ Hey, [Cm] Saturday night, _ [C] _ [G] yeah, uh-huh.
[A#] One more [C] time.
[E] There's mosquitoes on the river,
[A] _
_ _ [E] Fish are rising up [A] like birds.
I'm gonna grab a tasty, elegant pie.
_ We may be [Em] going to hell in a [B] bucket, baby.
_ [E] But at least I'm enjoying [B] the ride.
[F#] _
_ [C] I ain't [D] never seen a day,
I ain't ever seen [G] a man come alive.
_ [C]
Preaching on the burning [F] show, _ [C] _ [G] California.
_ _ [C] I'll be knocking on [G] the golden [C] door.
The lights [Am] are shining, [Em] birds [G] are winging,
No one's brain is falling [A] from a heavy sky.
_ _ _ [D] _ What do [D#m] you want?
_ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Shooting mango, your nozzle's glowing,
[Em] Head's on empty and [A] I don't care so much.
_ [B] Fire, _ _ fire on the [D] mouthpiece.
[G] Come hear Uncle [E] John's band playing to [D] the tide.
_ [E] Come, _ _ _ _ you're trucking, got my tips, can't restrain.
[A] Keep trucking, _ life's a doo [D]-dum. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ Driving that train, [D] you're on cocaine.
[F] _ _ Casey Jones, you better [Cm] watch your speed.
Come [E] on ahead, [A] roll away, _ [D] doo-doo.
_ _ _ [A]
Roll away, [D] doo-doo.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Must be getting early, [E] cops are running late.
[F#] _
Paint my number, [B] morning sky [E] _ looks so phony.
_ [F#] Drawing a spray, getting everywhere.
[E]
Got a can of curse left there,
[F#] Draw the curtains, I don't care,
_ It's all a ride, [F#] _
_ [B] I'll feel [E] the cat-fire.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] I let out from Reno, I [C] was trailed by 20 [G] hounds.
Didn't get to sleep that [C] night, till the morning came around.
[D] Set out to run, but I drink my time,
[A] A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.
I get home before daylight, [Am] just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Ran into the devil, [C] baby, lonely, plenty pills.
[G]
Spent the night in Utah, and keep up in the hills.
[D]
Set out to run, but I drink my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D]
tonight.
_ I _ _ _ [G]
ran down to the levee, but [C] the devil caught me there.
[G]
He took my $20 bill, [C] and vanished in the air.
[D] Set out to run, but I drink my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before daylight, [Am] just might get some sleep [D] tonight. _ _ _ _ _ _
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night.
[C] The first one's named Sweet Ann Marie, and she's my RC line.
[D] Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my trail.
[Am] And if he catches up with me, [C] I'll spend my [D] life in jail.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Got a wife in Chino, [C] baby, the one in Cherokee.
[G] _
First one say she got my [C] child, but it don't [Am] look like me.
[D]
Set out to run, but I take my [A] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend [D] of mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night.
The [C] first one's named Sweet Ann Marie, and she's my RC line.
Second one is prison, baby, the sheriff's on my [E] trail.
And if he catches up with [C] me, I'll spend my life [D] in jail.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Got a wife in Chino, baby, [C] the one in Cherokee.
[G] First one say she got my [C] child, but it don't look like me.
[D] Set out to run, but I take my [Am] time,
A friend of the devil is a friend of [D] mine.
I get home before [Am] daylight, just might get some sleep [D] tonight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _