Can't Come Down chords by
Grateful Dead 
Key: A major•
Intro 1
A
Verse 1
A
I'm flying down deserted streets
Wrapped in mother's
winding sheets
G
Asbestos boots on flaming feet
A
Dreaming of forbidden treats
When uniforms on nighttime beats
Ask me where I'm going and what I eat
Verse 2
I answer them with a voice so sweet
D
Em
I can't come down
It's plain to see
A
I can't come down
I've been set free
B
G
D
Who you are and what you do
C
B
Don't make no difference to me
Interlude 1
D
A
Verse 3
A
Well someone's trying to
tell me where it's at
How I do this and why I do that
G
A
With secret smiles, like a Cheshire Cat
And leather wings like a vampire bat
I fly away to my cold water flat
And eat my way to a bone of fat
And I say to the man with the funny hat
G
D
I
Verse 4
Bb
can't come down
Em
It's plain to see
C
I can 't come down
A
I've been set free
B
G
F
G
Who you are and what you do
C
Don't make no difference to me
Interlude 2
B
D
A
Verse 5
A
G
They say I've begun to lose my grip
A
My hold on reality is starting to slip
Tell me to get off this trip
They say that it's like a sinking ship
Life's sweet wine's too warm to sip
And if I drink I'll surely flip
I just say as I take a nip
Verse 6
D
Bb
I can't come down
Em
It's plain to see
C
I can't come down
A
I've been set free
D
G
F
G
D
Who you are and what you do
C
Don't make no difference to me
Interlude 3
B
D
A
Verse 7
A
So, as I dream of cotton seas
And granite halls and redwood trees
An ugly eye that only sees
Endless mirrors and infinite me's
About the winter's coming freeze
This afterthought I say with ease
To all of you who made your pleas
D
I
Verse 8
can't come down
Em
It's plain to see
C
I can 't come down
A
I've been set free
B
G
D
Who you are and what you do
C
Don't make no difference to me
Outro 1
B
D
A
A
D
A
D
A
D
A
G
A
A
A
A
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA G D Em B...
A
G
D
Em
B
C
Bb
F
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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