St. Stephen chords by 
Grateful Dead 
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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Saint Stephen with a rose, in and out of the garden
he goes
Country garden in the wind and
the rain
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Wherever he goes the people all complain
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Verse 2
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Stephen prospered in his time,
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well he may and he may decline
Did it matter, does it now? Stephen
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would answer if he only knew how
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Wishing well with a golden bell,
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bucket hanging clear to hell
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Hell halfway twixt now and then
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Stephen fill it up and lower down
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and lower down again
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Verse 3
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Lady finger, dipped in moonlight,
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writing "What for?" across the morning sky
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Sun light splatters, dawn with answer ,
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darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye
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Verse 4
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Speed ing arrow,
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sharp and nar row
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What a lot of fleet ing matters
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you have spurned
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Sev eral sea sons with their treason s
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Wrap the babe in scarlet colors,
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call it your own
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Did he doubt or did he try? Answers
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aplenty in the bye and bye
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Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills
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One man gathers what another man spill s
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Saint Stephen will remain,
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all he's lost he shall regain
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Seashore washed by the suds and foam,
Been here so long,
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he's got to calling it home
Verse 6
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Fortune comes a crawlin', calliope woman,
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spin nin' that curious sense of your own
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Can you answer, yes I can
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But what would be the
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answer to the answer man?
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