Uncle Johns Band - Grateful Dead
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Artist: Grateful Dead
Song: Uncle johns band
Tabbed by RainLord

[Intro]
(Guitar 1 and 2)
(Guitar 2 comes in)
G
e|-------------3-3--3--------------------3-3—-3--------------------------|
B|----0--------0-0—-0-----------0--------0-0--0--------------------------|
G|--0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-------0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0------------------------|
D|--0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-------0-0--0-0---0-0—-0-0------------------------|
A|--2----2-2----------2-------2----2-2----------2------------------------|
E|--3----3-3----------3-------3----3-3----------3------------------------|

[Guitar 3]
e|--7--10------7------5----------7-7-10-5-5---7--3-3-5-2p0----------------|
B|--------10------8—----7p5-------8------7--------5--------3--------------|
G|-------------------------7----------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G C G
e|E----------------------------3---5--3-2-----------------------------5-3\2\|
B|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore,

G C G
e|-------------------------------------10—7--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------10----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

'Cause when life looks like easy street there is danger at your door.

Am Em C D
e|----------------------------------------------------10-10----------------|
B|--------------------------5-5--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------4-4--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Think this through with me, Let me know you’re mind.

C D G D C G D G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------8---7-8-10-8-8-8|
G|----------------------------------------------7-7--9-7-9---9-------------|
D|-----------------------------------------9-10----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Woh-oh what I want to know, is are you kind?

G C G
e|---------------------------------10--8-7---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------8-7-5----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------7--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

It’s a buck dancer’s choice my friend, better take my advice.

G C G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice.

Am Em C D
e|---------------------------------------------------------10-10-----------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7-9-9---------------------------7-----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Will you come with me? Won’t you come with me?

C D G D C G D G
e|--------------7-----------------------------------7--10-8-7--------------|
B|--------------------------------------------8-7-5----------10-8----------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------9-7-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------10-9|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Who-oh what I want to know, will you come with me?

G C G Am G D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Goddamn well I declare, have you seen the like?

D C G D C G D
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------7/10-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------7-----------------------------7---/7-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------9----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Their walls are built of cannonballs; their motto is “don’t tread on me.”

G Am G D
e|-----------------------------------------------------------7/8\7---------|
B|------------------------------------------------------8-10-------10-8----|
G|----------------------------------------------------9--------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, playing to the tide.

C G D C D
e|--------------------------------------7----7--5----5--3------3-2---------|
B|---------------------------------8-10------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------7-9-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Come with me or go alone, he’s come to take his children home.

Solo:
G Bm C D G Bm C D G Bm
e|----------------7-8-7----7-8-9-/10---------------------------------------|
B|----------------------10-------------8-----------------------------------|
G|---7----5-4--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------7-5-------------------------10-10-9--7-9-7------9-10-9-7---9-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------10-----------10--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-3--3-3-2--2-------0-0---2---2---3-3-3-2-2-0-0-0--2--2--3-3-3--2--2------|
B|-0--0-0-3--3----1--1-1---3---3---0-0-0-3-3-1-1-1--3--3--0-0-0--3--3------|
G|-0--0-0-4--4----0--0-0---2---2---0-0-0-4-4-0-0-0--2--2--0-0-0--4—-4------|
D|-0--0-0-4--4----2--2-2---0---0---0-0-0-4-4-2-2-2--0--0--0-0-0--4--4------|
A|-2--2-2-2--2----3--3-3-----------2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3--------2-2-2--2—-2------|
E|-3--3-3--------------------------3-3-3------------------3-3-3------------|

C D G Bm C D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-9-7-9-7-9-7-9--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------9-10-9-7-----7----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------10---9-10--9-10-7-9--7-9--------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------10-8-7-------------|

e|----0-0---2---2---3---3--3----2--2------0--0--0---2--2-------------------|
B|-1--1-1---3---3---0---0--0----3--3------1--1--1---3--3-------------------|
G|-0--0-0---2---2---0---0--0----4--4------0--0--0---2--2-------------------|
D|-2--2-2---0---0---0---0--0----4--4------2—-2--2---0--0-------------------|
A|-3--3-3-----------2---2--2----2--2------3—-3--3--------------------------|
E|------------------3---3--3-----------------------------------------------|

G C G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------8---7--5-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

It’s the same story, the crow told me, it’s the only one he knows.

G C G
e|-----------------------------------10------------------------10-8-7------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------10-8-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go.

Am Em C D
e|--------------------------------------------------------10--10-----------|
B|----------------------------5---5----------8-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Ain’t no time to hate, barely time to wait.

C D G D C G D G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------/8-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------7-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------9---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------7-9--10------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------10--------------|

Woh-oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?

G C G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------7----7----|
B|------------------------------10h12-------------------8---8-10---10---10-|
G|---------------------12-11-10---------------------------7----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar’s Tomb.

G C G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune.

Am Em C D
e|----------------------------10-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------/10-12-/10-12-------------------------------9\8\7-----------|
G|-------------------------10----------------------------------9-7--7----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Anybody’s choice, I can hear your voice.

C D G D C G D G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------8|
G|-------------------------------------------------------7-7--7---7/9-7-9--|
D|-------------------------------------------------9--10-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Who-oh what I want to know, how does the song go?

G Am G D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------5-7--7--------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, by the riverside.

C G D C D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------5-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------5-7---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Got, some things to talk about, here, beside the rising tide.

G C G D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------7--7--------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, playing to the tide.

C G D C D
e|----------------------------------------7-------5-------3----2-----------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Come on along or go alone, he’s come, to take his children home.

G Dm C Dm
e|--------------------------|
B|—-------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-3/5-7-5------------------|
A|---------8-5--7---7-5-----|
E|----------------8---------|
x 7
e|---3--3-3--1-1--0-0--1----|
B|---0--0-0--3-3--1-1--3----|
G|---0--0-0--2-2--0-0--2----|
D|---0--0-0--0----2----0----|
A|---2------------3---------|
E|---3----------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5-3--3-5-3--3-5-3-—3-5-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----0------0------0------0-----------------------------------------------|
B|----3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-----------------------------------------------|
G|----2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-----------------------------------------------|
D|----0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Dsus2 C G G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Who-oh what I want to know, how does the song go?

[No guitar]

Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, by the riverside.
Got, some things to talk about, here, beside the rising tide.

G Am G D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------10-8-7--------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------9-7----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Come hear Uncle John’s band, playing to the tide.

C G D C D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Come on along or go alone, he’s come, to take his children home.

G Dm C Dm
e|--------------------------|
B|—-------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-3/5-7-5------------------|
A|---------8-5--7---7-5-----|
E|----------------8---------|
x 3
e|---3--3-3--1-1--0-0--1----|
B|---0--0-0--3-3--1-1--3----|
G|---0--0-0--2-2--0-0--2----|
D|---0--0-0--0----2----0----|
A|---2------------3---------|
E|---3----------------------|

Na na na na, na na.


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| p Pull-off
| \ Slide down
| / Slide up
| h Hammer-on

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Song info
Uncle Johns Band
Grateful Dead
2001
  • Rock
  • Classic Rock
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