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Uncle John’s Band

By Grateful Dead

Guitar

Ukulele

Intro

G

D

C

D

G

D

C

D

Verse

Well the

G

first days are the

C

hardest

G

days, don't you

C

worry any

G

more

G

'Cause when life looks like easy street, there is

C

danger at your

G

door.

Am

Think this through with

Em

me,

C

let me know your

D

mind.

C

Woh -

D

oh, what I

G

want to

D

kno

C

w,

G

is

D

are you

G

kind?

Verse

It's a buck dancer's

C

choice my

G

friend; better

C

take my a

G

dvice.

You know all the

C

rules by

G

now, and the

C

fire from the

G

ice.

Am

Will you come with

Em

me,

C

won't you come with

D

me?

C

Woh -

D

oh, what I

G

want to

D

kno

C

w,

G

will

D

you come

G

with me?

Verse

G

Goddamn, well

C

I de

G

clare,

Am

have you

G

seen the

D

like?

Their

C

walls are built of

Em

cannon

G

balls, their motto

D

is don't

C

tread on

D

me.

Verse

G

Come hear Uncle John's

C

Band,

Am

playing

G

to the

D

tide

C

Come with me, or go a

Em

lone, he's

G

come to

D

take his

C

children

D

home

Intro *

G

D

C

D

G

D

C

D

Verse

It's the

G

same story the

C

crow told

G

me; it's the

C

only one he

G

knows.

Like the morning

C

sun you

G

come, and

C

like the wind you

G

go.

Am

Ain't no time to

Em

hate,

C

barely time to

D

wait

C

Woh -

D

oh, what I

G

want to

D

kno

C

w,

G

where

D

does the

G

time go?

Verse

I live in a

C

silver

G

mine, and I

C

call it Beggar's

G

Tomb

I got me a

C

viol

G

in, and I

C

beg you call the

G

tune

Am

Anybody's

Em

choice,

C

I can hear your

D

voice.

C

Woh -

D

oh, what I

G

want to

D

kno

C

w,

G

how

D

does the

G

song go?

Chorus

G

Come hear Uncle John's

C

Band,

Am

by the

G

river

D

side

C

Got some things to talk a

Em

bout,

G

here be

D

side the

C

risin'

D

tide

G

Come hear Uncle John's

C

Band,

Am

playing

G

to the

D

tide

C

Come on along or go a

Em

lone, he's

G

come to

D

take his

C

children

D

home

Bridge

C

Woh -

D

oh, what I

G

want to

D

kno

C

w,

G

how

D

does the

G

song go?

Chorus *

G

Come hear Uncle John's

C

Band,

Am

by the

G

river

D

side

C

Got some things to talk a

Em

bout,

G

here be

D

side the

C

risin'

D

tide

G

Come hear Uncle John's

C

Band,

Am

playing

G

to the

D

tide

C

Come on along or go a

Em

lone, he's

G

come to

D

take his

C

children

D

home

Intro *

G

D

C

D

G

D

C

D

This Grateful Dead song is categorized as and has the chords Am, C, D, Em, G.