{"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":2065249,"song":"Throwing Stones","artist":"Grateful Dead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2065249-throwing-stones-chords-by-grateful-dead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2065249?type=chord","rating":4.8409,"votes":29,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPicture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDizzy with eternity.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPaint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCall it home for you and me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA peaceful place or so it looks from space[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA closer look reveals the human race.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFull of hope, full of grace, is the human face.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut afraid, we may our lay home to waste.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThere's a fear down here we can't forget[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHasn't got a name just yet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAlways awake, always around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSinging ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes,all fall down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse}\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow watch as the ball revolves and the nighttime falls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd again the hunt begins and again the bloodwind calls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBy and by again, the morning sun will rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut the darkness never goes from some men's eyes.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStaking turf, dividing up meat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNightmare spook, piece of heat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's you and me, you and me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nClick, flashblade in ghetto night.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRudies looking for a fight.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch] \r\nRat cat alley roll them bones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNeed that cash to feed that jones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the politicians throwing stones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSinging ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes all fall down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCommissars and pin-striped bosses roll the dice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAny way they fall guess who gets to pay the price.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMoney green or proletarian gray,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSelling guns instead of food today.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo the kids they dance, they shake their bones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the politicians throwing stones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSinging ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes,all fall down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHeartless powers try to tell us what to think[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf the spirit's sleeping, then the flesh is ink.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd history's page, it is thusly carved in stone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe future's here, we are it, we are on our own.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf the game is lost then we're all the same[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo one left to place or take the blame.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe will leave this place an empty stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr this shinning ball of blue we can call our home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo the kids they dance, they shake their bones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the politicians are throwing stones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSinging ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes all fall down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShipping powders back and forth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSinging \"black goes south while white comes north\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the whole world full of petty wars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSinging \"I got mine and you got yours.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the current fashions set the pace.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLose your step, fall out of grace.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the radical he rant and rage,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nSinging \"someone got to turn the page\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the rich man in his summer home,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSinging \"Just leave well enough alone\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut his pants are down, his cover's blown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the politicians are throwing stones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo the kids they dance they shake their bones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause its all too clear we're on our own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSinging ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes all fall down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPicture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's dizzying, the possibilities.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAshes, Ashes all fall down.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Bm","A","E","G","D","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}