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Uncle John's Band Chords

Music by: Grateful Dead · 1970
Genre Rock Tone G major BPM 134 Views 1968
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[Intro 1]
[G][G][G][G]
[G][Bm][C][D]
[G][Bm][C][D]

[Verse 1]
Well the [G]first days are the hardest days,
don't you [C]worry any[G]more
'Cause [G]when life looks like easy street,
there is [C]danger at your [G]door

[Pre-chorus 1]
[Am]Think this through with [Em]me,
[C]let me know your [D]mind
[C]Woah- [D]oh, what I [G]want to [C]know,[Am]
[G]is are[D] you kin[G]d?

[Verse 2]
It's a [G]buck dancer's choice my friend
better [C]take my ad[G]vice
[G]You know all the rules by now
and the [C]fire from the [G]ice

[Pre-chorus 2]
[Am]Will you come with [Em]me
[C]Won't you come with [D]me
[C]Woah- [D]oh what I [G]want to [C]know,[Am]
[G]will you[D] come wit[G]h me?

[Chorus 1]
[G]Goddamn, well I dec[C]lare,
[Am]have you [G]seen the [D]like
Their [C]walls are built of cannonballs,
their [G]motto [D]is don't [C]tread on [D]me
[G]Come hear Uncle John's [C]Band
[Am]playing [G]to the [D]tide
[C]Come with me, or go alone,
he's [G]come to [D]take his [C]children [D]home

[Interlude 1]
[G][Bm][C][D]
[G][Bm][C][D]
[G][Bm][C][D]
[G][Bm][C][D]

[Verse 3]
[G]It's the same story the crow told me;
it's the [C]only one he [G]knows
[G]Like the morning sun you come
and [C]like the wind you [G]go

[Pre-chorus 3]
[Am]Ain't no time to [Em]hate,
[C]barely time to [D]wait
[C]Woah- [D]oh what I [G]want to [C]know,[Am]
[G]where doe[D]s the tim[G]e go?

[Verse 4]
[G]I live in a silver mine
and I [C]call it "Beggar's [G]Tomb"
[G]I got me a violin
and I [C]beg you call the [G]tune

[Pre-chorus 4]
[Am]Anybody's [Em]choice,
[C]I can hear your v[D]oice
[C]Woah- [D]oh what I [G]want to [C]know,[Am]
[G]how doe[D]s the son[G]g go

[Chorus 2]
[G]Come hear Uncle John's [C]Band
[Am]by the r[G]iversi[D]de
[C]Got some things to talk about,
[G]here be[D]side the [C]ri sing [D]tide
[G]Come hear Uncle John's Ban[C]d
[Am]playing [G]to the [D]tide
[C]Come on along, or go alone,
he's [G]come to [D]take his [C]children [D]home

[Interlude 2]
[Dm][G][C]
[Dm][G][C]
[Dm][G][C]
[Dm][G][C]
[Dm][G][C]
[Dm][G][C]
[Dm][G][C]
[Dm][Dm]

[Bridge 1]
[Dm]Woah-oh, what I want to know,
[C]how does the son[G]g go?

[Chorus 3]
Come hear Uncle John's Band
by the riverside
Got some things to talk about,
here beside the rising tide
[G]Come hear Uncle John's Ban[C]d
[Am]playing [G]to the [D]tide
[C]Come on along, or go alone,
he's [G]come to [D]take his [C]children [D]home

[Outro 1]
[Dm]
[G]Duh-duh-duh- [C]duh- duh- [Dm]duh
[G]Duh-duh-duh- [C]duh- duh- [Dm]duh
[G]Duh-duh-duh [C]duh- duh- [Dm]duh
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