UNCLE JOHN'S BAND
Greatful Dead
G C G
Oh, the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more,
G C G
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street there is danger at your door.
Amin Emin C D
Think this through with me; let me know your mind.
C D G D C G D G
Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, is are you kind.
G C G
It's a buck dancer's choice, my friend, better take my advice;
G C G
You know all the rules by now, and the fire from the ice.
Amin Emin C 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, will you come with me?
G C G Amin G D
God damn! well I declare! Have you seen the like?
D C G D C D
Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is "Don't tread on me".
G C Amin G D
Come hear Uncle John's band playing by the riverside,
C G D C D
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide.
G Bmin C D G Bmin C D G Bmin C D G Bmin C D
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.
Amin Emin C 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, 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.
Amin Emin C 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, how does the song go?
G C Amin 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 C Amin 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.
Dmin G C Dmin G C Dmin G C Dmin G C
I II I II I II I II
II C G
Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, how does the song go?
(A capella)
Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide.
G C Amin G D
Come here 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.
Dmin G C Dmin G C Dmin G C I
La lala lala, la lala lala, la lala lalaaaaa......
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