[Intro]
E G A C D E G A C D
A C D F G A C D F G E
[Verse 1]
E G A C D E G A C
There's mosquitoes on the river, Fish are rising up like birds
D E G A C D E
It's been hot for seven weeks now, too hot to even speak now, did you hear what I just heard?
E G A C D E G A C D
Say it might have been a fiddle, Or it could have been the wind
E G A C D E
But there seems to be a beat now, I can feel it my feet now, listen here it comes again!
[Walk up]
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D|---------|
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E|-0-2-3-4-|
[Verse 2]
[Chord Fingerings]
A7 Adim7 Bdim/A A A6 Bdim/A A Adim7
e|-X-----X------X-----0-| |-0-----7------0-----8-|
B|-5-----4------3-----2-| |-7-----6------5-----7-|
G|-6-----5------4-----2-| |-6-----7------6-----8-|
D|-5-----4------3-----2-| |-7-----7------7-----7-|
A|-0-----0------0-----0-| |-X-----X------X-----X-|
E|-X-----X------X-----X-| |-X-----X------X-----X-|
A7 Adim7 Bdim/A A
There's a band out on the highway, They're high steppin' into town
A7 Adim7 Bdim/A A
It's a rainbow full of sound, It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns
A6 Bdim/A A Adim7
Everybody's dancin'
A6 Bdim/A A Adim7 D E
C'mon children, C'mon children, Come on clap your hands
[Verse 3]
A C D F G A C D F G
Sun went down in honey, And the moon came up in wine
A C D F G D E A E F# B
You know stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord the band kept us so busy, we forgot about the time
[Verse 4]
E G A C D E G A C D
They're a band beyond description, Like Jehovah's favorite choir
E G A C D E
People joining hand in hand, while the music played the band, Lord, they're setting us on fire
E G A C D E G A C D
Crazy rooster crowin' midnight, Balls of lightin' roll along
E G A C D E
Old men sing about their dreams, women laugh and children scream, and the band keeps playin' on
[Walk up]
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B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|-0-2-3-4-|
[Verse 5]
[Chord Fingerings]
A7 Adim7 Bdim/A A A6 Bdim/A A Adim7
e|-X-----X------X-----0-| |-0-----7------0-----8-|
B|-5-----4------3-----2-| |-7-----6------5-----7-|
G|-6-----5------4-----2-| |-6-----7------6-----8-|
D|-5-----4------3-----2-| |-7-----7------7-----7-|
A|-0-----0------0-----0-| |-X-----X------X-----X-|
E|-X-----X------X-----X-| |-X-----X------X-----X-|
A7 Adim7 Bdim/A A
Keep on dancin' thru the daylight, Greet the mornin' air with song
A7 Adim7 Bdim/A A
No ones's noticed, but the band's all packed and gone, was it ever there at all?
A6 Bdim/A A Adim7
But they keep on dancin'
A6 Bdim/A A Adim7 D E
C'mon children, C'mon children, Come on clap your hands
[Verse 6]
A C D F G A C D F G
Well the cool breeze came on Tuesday, And the corn's a bumper crop
A C D F G D E A
And the fields are full of dancin', full of singin' and romancin', the music never stoppedThe Music Never Stopped chords and lyrics
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[Intro] E G A C D E G A C D A C D F G A C D F G E [Verse 1] [Verse 3] [Verse 4] [Verse 6]
The Music Never Stopped Chords by Grateful Dead
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