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 Shakedown Street  [Garcia/Hunter] 

        You tell me this town ain't got no heart. 
        Well, well, well, you can never tell. 
        The sunny side of the street is dark. 
        Well, well, well, you can never tell. 

        Maybe that's cause it's midnight, and the dark of the moon besides. 
        Maybe the dark is from your eyes (maybe the dark is from your eyes). 
        Maybe the dark is from your eyes (maybe the dark is from your eyes). 
        Maybe the dark is from your eyes (maybe the dark is from your eyes). 
        You know you got such dark eyes. 

        [Chorus] 
        Nothin' shakin' on Shakedown Street; used   to be the heart of town. 
        Don't tell   me this town ain't got no heart. 
        You just   gotta poke around. 

        You think you've seen this town clear through. 
        Well, well, well, you can never tell. 
        Nothin' here that could int'rest you. 
        Well, well, well, you can never tell. 

        It's not because you missed out on the thing that we had to start. 
        Maybe you had too much too fast (maybe you had too much too fast). 
        Maybe you had too much too fast (maybe you had too much too fast). 
        Maybe you had too much too fast (maybe you had too much too fast). 
        Or just overplayed your part. 

        [Chorus] 
        [Jam on verse, bridge, & chorus chords] 

        Since I'm passin' your way today, 
        Well, well, well, you can never tell. 
        I just stopped in 'cause I want to say: 
        Well, well, well, you can never tell. 

        [Bridge] 
        I recall your darkness when it crackled like a thunder cloud. 
        Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart (Don't tell me this...) 
        Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart (Don't tell me this...) 
        Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart (Don't tell me this...) 
        When I can hear it beat out loud. 
 

 She Belongs To Me  [Bob Dylan] 

        She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back. 
        She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back. 
        She'll take the dark out of the nighttime, & paint the daytime black. 

        You will start out standing, proud to steal anything she sees. 
        You will start out standing, proud to steal anything she sees. 
        And wind up peeking through a keyhole, down upon your knees. 

        She'll never stumble, she's got no place to fall. 
        She'll never stumble, she's got no place to fall. 
        She's nobody's child, the law can't touch her at all. 

        [Jam] 

        She wears an Egyptian ring, that sparkles before she speaks. 
        She wears an Egyptian ring, that sparkles before she speaks. 
        She's a hypnotist collector, you are a walking antique. 

        Bow down to her on Sunday, salute her when her birthday comes. 
        Bow down to her on Sunday, salute her when her birthday comes. 
        For Halloween give her a trumpet, and for Christmas give her drums. 

        She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back. 
        She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back. 
        She'll take the dark out of the nighttime, & paint the daytime black. 
 

 She's Mine  [?] 

        Well she's little and she's low, right down on the ground 
        Well the way she acts makes a rabbit huddle 'round 
        She's mine, well she's mine little and low crippled and she's blind 

        Everybody's laughin' where I go 'cause I'm leading my old lady 
        Down the road, but she's mine 
        Well she's mine little and low poor child crippled and blind 

        She's my baby crippled and blind 
        She's still my girl, she's mine 
 

 Shining Star  [Leo Graham and Paul Richmond] 

         Honey you are my shining star, don't you go away. 
        Wanna be right here where you are, till my dying day. 

        Honey you're trying, trying to find a love that blows your mind 
        Girl don't you realize, I've been hypnotized trying to love you 
         all the time 

         Honey I never been lonely. I feel my love to you only. 
         To you only, to you only. 

        [Chorus] 

        Feels so good when we're lying next to each other lost in love 
        And baby when we touch never so much you're all I ever could love 

        Feels so good when we're lying next to each other lost in love 
        And baby when we touch never so much you're all I ever could love 

 
 Ship of Fools  [Garcia/Hunter] 

        Went to see the captain, strangest I could find, 
        Laid my proposition down, laid it on the line. 
        I won't slave for beggar's pay, likewise gold and jewels, 
        But I would slave to learn the way to sink your ship of fools. 

        Ship of fools on a cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from me. 
        It was later than I thought when I first believed you, 
        Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools. 

        Saw your first ship sink and drown, from rockin' of the boat, 
        And all that could not sink or swim was just left there to float. 
        I won't leave you drifting down, but woh it makes me wild, 
        With thirty years upon my head to have you call me child. 

        Ship of fools on a cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from me. 
        It was later than I thought when I first believed you, 
        Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools. 

        The bottles stand as empty, as they were filled before. 
        Time there was and plenty, but from that cup no more. 
        Though I could not caution all, I still might warn a few: 
        Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools. 

        Ship of fools on a cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from me. 
        It was later than I thought, when I first believed you, 
        Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools. 

        It was later than I thought when I first believed you, 
        Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools. 
 

 Silver Threads and Golden Needles  [D.Reynolds/J.Rhodes] 

        I grew up in ragged gingham, where love is a sacred thing 
        You grew up in silk and satins, where love's just a passing thing 
        I know now you never loved me, oh I know I was just a fool 
        To think your pride would let you play love by the golden rule 

        [Chorus] 
        Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine 
        And I dare not drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine 
        You can't buy my love with money 'cause I ain't never been that kind 
        Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine 

        [Jam] 

        I don't want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room 
        All I want's the love you've promised once beneath the haloed moon 
        But you think I should be happy with your money and your name 
        Sit alone and bide my sorrows while you play love's cheating game 

        [Chorus] 
        Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine 
        And I dare not drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wi---ne 
        You can't buy my love with money 'cause I ain't never been that kind 
        Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine 

        [Chorus] 
        Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine 
        And I dare not drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wi---ne 
        You can't buy my love with money 'cause I ain't never been that kind 
        Silver threads and golden needles cannot me--nd this heart of mine 

 Simple Twist Of Fate  [Dylan] 

        They sat together in the park   as the evening sky grew dark 
        She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones 
        Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight 
        And watched out for a simple twist of fate 

        They walked along by the old canal, a little confused I remember well 
        And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright 
        He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train 
        Moving with a simple twist of fate 

        [Jam] 

        A saxophone someplace far off played as she was walkin' by the arcade 
        As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up 
        She dropped a coin into the cup of the blind man at the gate 
        And forgot about a simple twist of fate 

        He woke up, the room was bare, he didn't see her anywhere 
        He told himself he didn't care pushed the window open wide 
        Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate 
        Brought on by a simple twist of fate 

        [Jam] 

        He hears the ticking of the clocks 
        And walks along with a parrot that talks 
        Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailors all come in 
        Maybe she'll pick him out again, how long must he wait 
        Once more for a simple twist of fate 

        People tell me it's a sin, to know and feel too much within 
        I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring 
        She was born in the spring, but I was born too late 
        Blame it on a simple twist of fate 
        Blame it on a simple twist of fate. 
 

 Sing Me Back Home  [Merle Haggard] 

        The warden led the prisoner down the hallway to his doom. 
        I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest. 
        And I heard him tell the warden just before they reached my cell. 
        Let my guitar playin' friend fill my request. 

        [Chorus] 
        Sing me back home a song I used to hear. 
        Make my old memories come alive. 
        Sing me away and turn back the year. Sing me back home before I die. 

        I remember one Sunday morning when a choir from down the street. 
        Came in to sing a few old gospel songs. 
        And I heard him tell the singers there's a song my mother sang. 
        Could I hear it once before you travel on? 

        [Chorus] 

        Sing me back home before I die. 
 
 

 Sitting In Limbo  [?] 

        Sitting here in limbo, but I know it won't be long. 
        Sitting here in limbo, like a bird without a song. 
        Well they're putting up resistance, but I know 
        that my faith will lead me on. 

        Sitting here in limbo, waiting for the dice to roll. 
        Sitting here in limbo, got some time to search my soul. 
        Well they're putting up resistance but I know 
        that my faith will lead me on. 
        I don't know where life will lead me, but I know where I've been. 
        I can't say what life will show me, but I know what I've seen. 
        Tried my hand at love and friendship, 
        But all that is passed and gone. 
        This little boy is moving on. 

        Sitting here in limbo waiting for the tide to flow. 
        Sitting here in limbo knowing that I have to go. 
        Well they're putting up resistance, but I know 
        that my faith will lead me on. 
        Sitting in limbo. 
 

 Sitting on Top of the World  [Jacobs and Carter] 

        Mississippi River so big and wide, 
        Blond haired woman on the other side. 
        Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry 
        'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world. 

        I worked all summer, spring and fall, 
        Blond haired woman the cause of it all. 
        Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry 
        'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world. 
 
        I saw her in Dallas and El Paso. 
        Said come back baby, I need you so. 
        Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry 
        'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world. 

        Mississippi River so big and wide, 
        Blond haired woman on the other side. 
        Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry 
        'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world. 
 

 Smokestack Lightnin'  [Chester Burnette] 

        Oh, smokestack lightnin', shinin' just like gold 
        Why can't you hear me cryin'? Ooooo 
        Oh, stop your train, let a hobo ride 
        Why can't you hear me cryin'? Ooooo 

        Oh, fare you well, I never see you no more 
        Why can't you hear me cryin'? Ooooo 

        Oh, stop your train, let a poor boy ride, callin' yes I do 
        Let a poor boy ride, let his foot step on 

        Oh, who've been you baby, since I've been gone 
        A little pretty boy?  Tell me all ooooh 
 

 So Many Roads  [Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter]  

         Thought I heard a blackbird singing up on a bluebird hill 
        Call me a whining boy if you will 
        Born where the sun don't shine 
        And I don't deny my name 
        No place to go, ain't that a shame. 
 
        Thought I heard that KC whistle moaning sweet and low 
        Thought I heard that KC when she blow 
        Down where the sun don't shine 
        Underneath the Kokomo 
        Whining boy ain't got no place to go. 
 
        So many roads I tell you, 
        So many roads I know 
        So many roads, so many roads. 
        Mountain high, river wide, 
        So many roads to ride 
        So Many roads, so many roads. 
 
        Thought I heard a jug band playing 
        If you don't who else will 
        From over on the far side of the hill 
        All I know the sun don't shine 
        And the rain refuse to fall 
        You don't seem to hear me when I call. 
 
        Wind inside and the wind outside 
        Tangled in a window blind 
        Tell me why you treat me so unkind 
        Down where the sun don't shine 
        Lonely and I call your name 
        No place else to go ain't that a shame. 
 
        New York to San Francisco, so many roads I know 
        All I want is one to take me home 
        High road to the low road, so many roads I know 
        So many roads, so many roads. 
 
        From the land of the midnight sun 
        Where the ice blue roses grow 
        Along those roads of gold and silver snow 
        Howling wide or moaning low 
        So many roads I know 
        So many roads to ease my soul 
        So many roads to ease my soul. 
 

 
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