{"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":2780371,"song":"St Stephen","artist":"Grateful Dead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2780371-st-stephen-chords-by-grateful-dead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2780371?type=chord","rating":4.73743,"votes":115,"content":"[Intro]\r\n| [ch]B[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaint Stephen with a rose,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn and out of the garden he goes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCountry garland in the wind and the rain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWherever he goes the people all complain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDid Stephen prospered in his time?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell he may and he may decline.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDid it matter, does it now?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStephen would answer if he only knew how.[/tab]\r\n\r\nB Lick\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWishing well with a golden bell,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBucket hanging clear to hell,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHell halfway twixt now and then,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nStephen fill it up and lower down and lower down again.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLady finger, dipped in moonlight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWriting \"What for?\" across the morning sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSunlight splatters, dawn with answer,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDarkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSpeeding arrow, sharp and narrow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSeveral seasons  with their treasons,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWrap the babe in scarlet colors, call it your own.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDid he doubt or did he try?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnswers aplenty in the bye and bye,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTalk about your plenty, talk about your ills,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne man gathers what another man spills.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaint Stephen will remain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll he's lost he shall regain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSeashore washed by the suds and foam,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBeen here so long, he's got to calling it home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nFortune comes a crawlin', calliope woman,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSpinnin' that curious sense of your own.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCan you answer? Yes I can.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut what would be the answer to the answer man?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n| B B | D D A A E E | D D A A B B | A A D D E E | D D A A B B |\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB Lick\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge\n\n[Verse]","chords":["B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]}}}