Uncle John's Band
The Grateful Dead               


Intro: G  Bm  C  D  (2x)

         G                                         C        G
Well the first days are the hardest days don't you worry anymore
                                                 C              G
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street there is danger at your door
Am                      Em  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-ho-o is are you kind?

                                              C         G
It's a buck dancer's choice my friends better take my advice
                                      C             G
You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice
Am                 Em  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-ho-o will you come with me?

                   C G    Am       G        D
God damn, well I declare! Have you seen the like?
      C                        Em           G     D          C       D
Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is "Don't tread on me"
G                      C    Am      G      D
Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide
C                   Em         G       D        C        D
Come with me or go alone, he's come to take his children home


G  Bm  C  D  (4x)

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
Am               Em    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-ho-o where does the time go?

                              C                G
I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb
                        C                G
I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune
Am        Em     C               D
Anybody's choice I can hear your voice
C    D          G       D    C  G     D        G
Whoa-ho, what I want to know-ho-o how does the song go?

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


Dm   G  C  (7x)
Dmsus2

C              G            D  C              G
Whoa-oh what I want to know-ho-o 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    Am      G      D
Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide
C                    Em        G       D        C        D
Come on along or go alone he's come to take his children home
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