Hes Gone

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He's Gone -- Grateful Dead (Hunter, Garcia)
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D D7
Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb,
G A D
You know better but I know him.
D D7
Like I told you, what I said,
G A D
Steal your face right off your head.
[Chorus]
G D G D A G A
Now he's gone, now he's gone. He's gone, he’s gone.
G A
Like a steam locomotive rollin' down the track,
G D D7/C G D
He's gone, gone, and nothin's gonna bring him back, he's gone.
[Verse 2]
D D7
Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride,
G A D
Hot as a pistol but cool inside.
D D7
Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile,
G A D
Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile.
[Chorus]
G D G D A G A
Now he's gone, now he's gone. He's gone, he’s gone.
G A
Like a steam locomotive rollin' down the track,
G D D7/C G D
He's gone, gone, and nothin's gonna bring him back, he's gone.
[Instrumental bridge 1]
Em D Em D D7 G D
(then solo over verse changes)
[Bridge 2]
A C G
Goin' where the wind don't blow so strange,
A C G
Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain.
C G F
Lost one round but the prize wasn't anything,
C Cm G A
A knife in the back and more of the same, same old...
[Verse 1]
D D7
Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb,
G A D
You know better but I know him.
D D7
Like I told you, what I said,
G A D
Steal your face right off your head.
[Chorus]
G D G D A G A
Now he's gone, now he's gone. He's gone, he’s gone.
G A
Like a steam locomotive rollin' down the track,
G D D7/C G D
He's gone, gone, and nothin's gonna bring him back, he's gone.
G A
Like a steam locomotive rollin' down the track,
G D D7/C G D
He's gone, gone, and nothin's gonna bring him back, he's gone.
[Outro]
D
Ooh, nothin’s gonna bring him back.

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He's Gone -- Grateful Dead (Hunter, Garcia)
[Intro] 
D
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Instrumental bridge 1]
[Bridge 2]
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Outro]

Hes Gone Chords by Grateful Dead

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