Throwing Stones
By Grateful Dead
Verse
Bm
Picture a
A
bright blue ball just
E
spinning, spinning
A
free
Bm
Dizzy w
G
ith eternity.
A
E
Paint it with a skin of sky, brush
A
in some clouds and
E
sea
Call it
Bm
home for you and me.
A
Bm
A peaceful
A
place or so it looks
E
from space
A
Bm
A cl
G
oser look reve
A
als the human race.
E
Full of hope, full of grace, is th
A
e human face.
E
But afra
Bm
id, we may our lay home
A
to waste.
Chorus
E
There's a fear down here we c
D
an't f
A
orget
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Hasn't got a name j
D
ust ye
A
t
E
Always awake, alw
D
ays aro
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und
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Singing ashes,ashes a
D
ll fall
A
down, as
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hes,ashes,all fall down
Verse
Bm
Now watch
A
as the ball revolves a
E
nd the nighttime fa
A
lls
Bm
And
G
again the hunt
A
begins and again the bloodwind calls
E
By and by again, the morning sun w
A
ill rise
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But the
Bm
darkness never goes from
A
some men's eyes.
Bm
It strolls t
A
he sidewalks and it ro
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lls the streets
A
Bm
Stak
G
ing turf, divi
A
ding up meat.
E
Nightmare spook, piec
A
e of heat,
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It's you
Bm
and me, you and me.
A
Chorus
E
Click, flashblade in gh
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etto n
A
ight.
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Rudies looking fo
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r a f
A
ight.
E
Rat cat alley r
D
oll them b
A
ones.
E
Need that cash to fe
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ed that jo
A
nes
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And the politicians t
D
hrowing s
A
tones
E
Singing ashes,ashes
D
all fall d
A
own, a
E
shes,ashes all fall down
Bridge
C#m
Commissars and
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pin-striped bosses
E
roll the dice
Bm
Any way they
G
fall guess who gets to
A
pay the price.
E
Money green is the
A
only
E
way,
You can buy
Bm
WHOLE GOD DAMNED GOVERNMENT TO
A
DAY.
Chorus
E
So the kids they d
D
ance, they shake their b
A
ones
E
And the politicians th
D
rowing s
A
tones
E
Singing ashes,ashes a
D
ll fall d
A
own, a
E
shes,ashes, all fall down
Verse
Bm
Heartless
A
powers try to tell us
E
what to think
A
Bm
If the spirit's
G
sleeping, then
A
the flesh is ink.
And hist
Bm
ory's page, it is thusl
A
y carved in stone
Bm
The future's here, we a
A
re it, we are on our own.
A
D
A
We are on our own (repeat and jam)
Verse
Bm
If the gam
A
e is lost then we're a
E
ll the same
A
Bm
No o
G
ne left to pla
A
ce or take the blame.
E
We will leave t
A
his place an
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empty stone
Or this
Bm
shinning ball of blue w
A
e can call our home
Chorus
E
So the kids they d
D
ance, they shake their b
A
ones
E
And the politicia
D
ns are throwing s
A
tones
E
Singing ashes,a
D
shes all fall do
A
wn, a
E
shes,ashes all fall down
Verse
Bm
Shooting p
A
owders back and forth
E
A
Bm
Sing
G
ing "black goe
A
s south while white comes north"
E
And the whole w
A
orld full of
E
petty wars
Singing
Bm
"I got mine and you got
A
yours."
Chorus
E
And the current fa
D
shions set the
A
pace.
E
Lose your step, f
D
all out of gr
A
ace.
E
And the radical he r
D
ant and r
A
age,
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Singing "someone got to t
D
urn the p
A
age"
E
And the rich man in his s
D
ummer h
A
ome,
E
Singing "Just leave well e
D
nough a
A
lone"
E
But his pants are down, his
D
cover's b
A
lown
E
And the politicians are thr
D
owing st
A
ones
E
So the kids they dance they sh
D
ake their b
A
ones
E
Cause its all too clear we're
D
on our o
A
wn
E
Singing ashes,a
D
shes all fall d
A
own, a
E
shes,ashes all fall down
Outro
Bm
Picture a
A
bright blue ball just
E
spinning, spinning
A
free
Bm
It's diz
G
zying, the po
A
ssibilities.
E
Ashes, Ashes all fall down.