{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1055464,"song":"Uncle Johns Band","artist":"Grateful Dead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1055464-uncle-johns-band-chords-by-grateful-dead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1055464?type=chord","rating":4.60606,"votes":966,"content":"Uncle John's Band chords (for acoustic guitar)\r\nGrateful Dead 1970 (Workingman's Dead) **\r\n\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_John%27s_Band\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gsus[/ch]* [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gsus[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  4x\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more [/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThink this through with me, let me know your mind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWoh - oh, what I want to know,    is are you kind?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a buck dancer's choice my friend; better take my advice.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know all the rules by now, and the fire from the ice.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill you come with me, won't you come with me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWoh - oh, what I want to know,    will you come with me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGoddamn, well I declare, have you seen the like?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is don't tread on me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome with me, or go alone, he's come to take his children home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  4x\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's the same story the crow told me; it's the only one he knows.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAin't no time to hate, barely time to wait[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWoh - oh, what I want to know,    where does the time go?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI live in a silver mine, and I call it Beggar's Tomb[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got me a violin, and I beg you call the tune[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnybody's choice, I can hear your voice.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWoh - oh, what I want to know,    how does the song go?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome hear the Uncle John's Band, by the riverside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGot some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWoh - oh, what I want to know,   how does the song go?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome hear the Uncle John's Band, by the riverside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGot some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  4x\r\n\r\n[tab]*  \r\ne|---3-|\r\nB|-1---|\r\nG|-----|\r\nD|-----|\r\nA|-----|\r\nE|---3-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n** Alternates:\r\n\r\nCapo III\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gsus[/ch] = [ch]Esus[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   = [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   = [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    = [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nCapo V\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gsus[/ch] = [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   = [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   = [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gsus[/ch] = [ch]Asus[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   = [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   = [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\nSet8","plain_text":"Uncle John's Band chords (for acoustic guitar)\nGrateful Dead 1970 (Workingman's Dead) **\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_John%27s_Band\n\nG Gsus* G  G Gsus G\n\nG D  C D  4x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG D  C D  4x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG D  C D  4x\n\n\n\n** Alternates:\n\nCapo III\n\nG    = E\nGsus = Esus\nC    = A\nAm   = F#m\nEm   = C#m\nD    = B\n\nCapo V\n\nG    = D\nGsus = Dsus\nC    = G\nAm   = Em\nEm   = Bm\nD    = A\n\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\n\nG    = A\nGsus = Asus\nC    = D\nAm   = Bm\nEm   = F#m\nD    = E\n\nSet8","chords":["G","Gsus","D","C","Am","Em","B","A","E","Esus","F#m","C#m","Dsus","Bm","Asus"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}