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Grateful Dead : Misc

  1. Alabama Getaway
  2. Black Muddy River
  3. Monkey And The Engineer
  4. Stella Blue
  5. Sugaree
  6. The Wheel

Alabama Getaway
1980

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E
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D
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C
C
A
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A
32 teeth in a jawbone, Alabama trying for none
E
D
C
C
A
Before I have to hit him, I hope he's got the sense to run Reason the poor girls love him, promise him everything Why they all believe him? He wears a big diamond ring
A
Alabama getaway, getaway
D
Alabama getaway, getaway
E
Only way to please me
D
C
C
A
x2
Just turn 'round and leave and walk away |
A
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D
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E
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D
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C
C
A
| Major Domo Billy Bojangles, sat down and had a drink with me Said "What about Alabama? It keeps a coming back to me" I heard your plea in the courthouse, witness box began to rock and rise 49 sister states had Alabama in their eyes Alabama getaway, getaway Alabama getaway, getaway Only way to please me Just turn 'round and leave and walk away |
A
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D
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E
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D
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C
C
A
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x2
Major said why don't we give him rope enough to hang himself? No need to worry the jury, they'll probably take care of themselves 23rd psalm Major Domo, reserve me a table for three Down in the valley of the shadow, just you, Alabama, and me Alabama getaway, getaway Alabama getaway, getaway Only way to please me Just turn 'round and leave and walk away
Repeat chorus three times to fade

Black Muddy River
1987

As performed by Bob Dylan in Melbourne, Australia, 06-Apr-1992
A truly remarkable example of Dylan's ability to get through a text that he
only has a faint recollection of, and still giving the impression that
something meaningful is going on. He gets the refrain fairly right, and a
line or two from the original lyrics flash by, but apart from that there is
no relation at all between what he sings and what Hunter wrote.
Here are Hunter's lyrics with Dylan's arrangement.
A
Bm
D
A
When the last rose of summer pricks my finger
A
Bm
D
And the hot sun chills me to the bone
A
Bm
D
A
When I can't hear the song for the singer
F#m
E
D
And I can't tell my pillow from a stone
E
A
D
A
I will walk alone by the black muddy river
F#m
E
D
And sing me a song of my own
E
A
D
A
I will walk alone by the black muddy river
F#m
E
D
And dream me a dream of my own When the last bolt of sunshine hits the mountain And the stars start to splatter in the sky When the moon splits the southwest horizon With the scream of an eagle on the fly I will walk alone by the black muddy river And listen to the ripples as they moan I will walk alone by the black muddy river And sing me a song of my own
Bm
E
Black muddy river
A
F#m
Roll on forever
E
A
Don't care how deep or wide
E
A
If you got another side
D
C#m
Roll muddy river
Bm(7)
A
Roll muddy river
D
E
A
Black muddy river roll When it seems like the night will last forever And there's nothing left to do but count the years When the strings of my heart start to sever And stones fall from my eyes instead of tears I will walk alone by the black muddy river And dream me a dream of my own I will walk alone by the black muddy river And sing me a song of my own And sing me a song of my own |:
F#m
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E
.
D
. :|
A

Monkey And The Engineer

<Jesse Fuller>
Jesse Fuller plays the origin in E with crossed A harp
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G
C
G
Once upon a time there was an engineer
G
A7
D
Drove a locomotive both far and near
G
C
Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool
G
A7
D
G
Watchin' everything the engineer would move One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat He left the monkey sittin' on the driver's seat The monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gun And did ninety miles an hour down the main line run
G
C
G
Big locomotive, right on time
G
A7
D
Big locomotive, comin' down the line
G
C
Big locomotive, number ninety-nine
G
A7
D
G
Left the engineer with a worried mind
Intro Lick
The engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone Tell him all about his locomotive was gone Get on the wire, switch operator to right 'Cause the monkey's got the main line sewed up tight Switch operator got the message in time Said, "There's a north bound limit on the same main line Open up the switch, I'm gonna let him through the hole 'Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control!" Big locomotive, right on time Big locomotive, comin' down the line Big locomotive, number ninety-nine Left the engineer with a worried mind

Stella Blue
1973

E
Emaj7
Asus4
A
Em
C7
B7
E
A
E
B
E
A
E
B
E
Emaj7
Asus4
A
All the years combine, they melt into a dream
Em
C7
B7
A broken angel sings from a guitar
E
Emaj7
Asus4
A
In the end, there's just a song comes crying like the night
Em
C7
B7
Through all the broken dreams and vanished years
E
Stella Blue
A
E
Stella Blue When all the cards are down, there's nothing left to see There's just the pavement left and broken dreams In the end, there's still that song comes crying like the wind Down every lonely street that's ever been Stella Blue Stella Blue
B
E
A
I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel
E
B
Can't win for tryin'
B
E
A
E
A
Dust off those rusty strings just one more time
E
B
A
Gonna make 'em shine
Instrumental verse (both parts)
It all rolls into one and nothing comes for free There's nothing you can hold For very long And when you hear that song come crying like the wind It seems like all this life was just a dream Stella Blue Stella Blue
A
E

Sugaree
1972

From Jerry Garcia's solo album "Garcia".
Played with barre chords throughout.
B
E
A
E
When they come to take you down When they bring that wagon round When they come to call on you
B
E
And drag your poor body down
F#m
C#m
A
E
Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me
B
C#m
A
E
Please forget you know my name, my darling Sugaree
B
E
C#m
A
E
Shake it, shake it Sugaree, just don't tell them that you know me
B
E
C#m
A
E
Shake it, shake it Sugaree, just don't tell them that you know me You thought you was the cool fool And never could do no wrong Had everything sewed up tight How come you lay awake all night long Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me Please forget you know my name, my darling Sugaree Shake it, shake it Sugaree, just don't tell them that you know me Shake it, shake it Sugaree, just don't tell them that you know me Well in spite of all you had gained You still had to stand out in the pouring rain One last voice is calling you And I guess it's time you go Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me Please forget you know my name, my darling Sugaree Shake it, shake it Sugaree, just don't tell them that you know me Shake it, shake it Sugaree, just don't tell them that you know me Well shake it up now Sugaree I'll meet you at the jubilee And if that jubilee don't come Well I'll meet you on the run Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me Please forget you know my name, my darling Sugaree Shake it, shake it Sugaree, just don't tell them that you know me Shake it, shake it Sugaree, just don't tell them that you know me Shake it, shake it Sugaree, just don't tell them that you know me
B
E
C#m
A
E
B
Shake it, shake it Sugaree, just don't tell them that you know me

The Wheel
1972

From Jerry Garcia's solo album "Garcia".
C
G
C
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down You can't let go and you can't hold on You can't go back and you can't stand still
F
Bb
C
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will
C
C
F
Bb
C
Won't you try just a little bit harder? Couldn't you try just a little bit more? Won't you try just a little bit harder? Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
G
Round, round robin run around
G
D
Got to get back to where you belong
G
Little bit harder, just a little bit more
D
G
Little bit further than you gone before
G
C
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down You can't let go and you can't hold on You can't go back and you can't stand still
F
Bb
C
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will
C
F
Bb
C
F
Bb
C
C
F
Small wheel turn by the fire and rod Big wheel turnin' by the grace of God Every time that wheel turn 'round Bound to cover just a little more ground
C
C
C
C
C
F
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down You can't let go and you can't hold on You can't go back and you can't stand still
F
Bb
C
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will
F
Bb
C
C
C
Bb
Bb
C
F
Bb
C
Won't you try just a little bit harder? Couldn't you try just a little bit more? Won't you try just a little bit harder? Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
C