Uncle John's Band chords by
Grateful Dead

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Key: G major

Intro 1

G

G

G

G

G

Bm

C

D

G

Bm

C

D

Verse 1

G

Well the first days are the hardest days,

C

G

don't you worry anymore

G

'Cause when life looks like easy street,

C

G

there is danger at your door

Pre-chorus 1
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
Think this through with me,
C C 
 
D D 
 
let me know your mind
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
Woah- oh, what I want to know,
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
is are you kind?

Verse 2

G

It's a buck dancer's choice my friend

C

G

better take my advice

G

You know all the rules by now

C

G

and the fire from the ice

Pre-chorus 2

Am

Em

Will you come with me

C

D

Won't you come with me

C

D

G

C

Am

Woah- oh what I want to know,

G

D

G

will you come with me?

Chorus 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
Goddamn, well I declare,
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
have you seen the like
C C 
 
Their walls are built of cannonballs,
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
their motto is don't tread on me
G G 
 
C C 
 
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
playing to the tide
C C 
 
Come with me, or go alone,
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
he's come to take his children home

Interlude 1

G

Bm

C

D

G

Bm

C

D

G

Bm

C

D

G

Bm

C

D

Verse 3

G

It's the same story the crow told me;

C

G

it's the only one he knows

G

Like the morning sun you come

C

G

and like the wind you go

Pre-chorus 3

Am

Em

Ain't no time to hate,

C

D

barely time to wait

C

D

G

C

Am

Woah- oh what I want to know,

G

D

G

where does the time go?

Verse 4

G

I live in a silver mine

C

G

and I call it "Beggar's Tomb"

G

I got me a violin

C

G

and I beg you call the tune

Pre-chorus 4

Am

Em

Anybody's choice,

C

D

I can hear your voice

C

D

G

C

Am

Woah- oh what I want to know,

G

D

G

how does the song go

Chorus 2
G G 
 
C C 
 
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
by  the riverside
C C 
 
Got some things to talk about,
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
here beside the ri sing tide
G G 
 
C C 
 
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
playing to the tide
C C 
 
Come on along, or go alone,
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
he's come to take his children home

Interlude 2
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Dm Dm

Bridge 1

Dm

Woah-oh, what I want to know,

C

G

how does the song go?

Chorus 3
Come hear Uncle John's Band
by the riverside
Got some things to talk about,
here beside the rising tide
G G 
 
C C 
 
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
playing to the tide
C C 
 
Come on along, or go alone,
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
he's come to take his children home

Outro 1

Dm

G

C

Dm

Duh-duh-duh- duh- duh- duh

G

C

Dm

Duh-duh-duh- duh- duh- duh

G

C

Dm

Duh-duh-duh duh- duh- duh

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