Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead

G--||--|-|-||---  G--||--|-|-||---
12th fret:  b  d-a   b-g   a-f#-d-a . . b-a-b-d-a-f#-a-b-d-g-e-g-a-f#-d-a

              G3(fing.)            G                                    C   |  |  |    G  | - |

Well the first days are the hardest days . don't you worry any more
            G3(fing.)                G                             C     |   |    |       G  | - |
'Cause when life looks like easy street there is danger at your door
Am(fing)                          Em..|-|  C(fing.)              D | - |
Think this through with me . . . let me know yer mind
C        D             G          D       C  G      D          G-| . . . . . . .
Whoa oh what I want to know oh oh is are you kind

         G--||--|-|-||---                                          C   |  |  |          G  | - |
It's a buck dancer's choice my friends . better take . . my advice
       G--||--|-|-||---                                   C     |   |    |   G  | - |
You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice
Am(fing)                    Em..|-|  C(fing.)                     D | - |
Will you come with me . . . won't you come with me
C        D             G          D       C  G          D              G - | . . . . . . .
Whoa oh what I want to know oh oh will you come with me

/G G                                  C6--C   Am          G           D  | - |
     God damn well I decla-aire . . . have you seen the like
            C                                                      G        D          C            D
The-air walls are built of cannonballs their motto is don't tread on me
G                                             C               Am      G        D  | - |
Come . . . hear . . uncle John's band . . . . playing to the tide
C                                                 G               D           C          D
Come . with me or go alone he's come . to take his children home

G . . Bm . . C - | D-| (x4)

            G--||--|-|-||---                                       C |   |        |    G  | - |
It's the same story the crow told me . it's the only one . he knows
G--||--|-|-||---                                      C     |     |        |     G  | - |
Like the morning sun you come . and like the wind you go
Am(fing.)               Em..|-|    C(fing)               D  | - |
Ain't no time to hate . . . . barely time to wait
C        D             G      D        C  G  D                      G  -  | . . . . .
Whoa oh what I want know oh oh where does the time go

G--||--|-|-||---                       C   |   |      |       G  | - |

I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb
G--||--|-|-||---                    C    |      |     |   G  | - |
I've got me a violin and I beg you call a tune
Am(fing.)        Em..|-|    C(fing.)               D  | - |
Anybody's choice . . . I can hear your voice
C        D             G          D       C  G           D           G - | . . . . . . .
Whoa oh what I want to know oh oh how does the song go

G                                   C            Am     G     D    | - |
Come hear uncle John's band . . . by the riverside
C                                                   G         D          C       D
Got some things to talk about . . . here beside the rising tide
/G G                                    C6-C      Am      G        D  | - |
     Come hear uncle John's band . . playing to the tide
C                                                 G           D          C  -  |   D    Dm
Come on along or go alone he's come to take his children home

a-g    f-d    e-c   e-d  Dm2 (x7)

--0870(fing.) . . . . . . .                                     C                         G  -   |
           Whoa oh what I want to know oh oh how does the song go
N.C.
Come . . . hear . . uncle John's band . . . . by the riverside . . . . . . .
Got some things to talk about . . . here . . beside . the rising tide

/G G                                   C6-C     Am       G        D  | - |
     Come hear uncle John's band . . playing to the tide
C                                                   G           D          C           D
Come on along or go alone . he's come to take his children home

Dm  a-g   f-d  e-c  e-d   Dm2  a-g   f-d  e-c  e-d
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . da-da-da-da  da-dah
Dm2  a-g   f-d  e-c  e-d   Dm2  a-g   f-d  e-c  e-d   (--0870)
da-da-da-da  da-dah . . . . . . . . da-da-da-da  da-dah
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Written by Jerry Garcia /  Grateful Dead

C6 = regular C or I prefer C4, must sing 6th

JC&Timmy || JC Setlist || Tunelist

JC & Timmy - Uncle John's Band (RMBL)

JC & Timmy - Uncle John's Band (BC)

Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band (YT)

Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band (Alpine Valley 89) (YT)

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