The Music Never Stopped Tab

"The Music Never Stopped"
Blues For Allah (1975)
The Grateful Dead
Written by: Bob Weir, John Barlow
 
 
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D|--------------------2---0------X-----X-----|   x3
A|----------------------------4--X--3--X-----|
E|--12\---0---3---0--------------X-----X-----|
 
 
    E                 A7       C
e|--7\------0--------5---5-----3-------------|
B|--9\----------0----5---5-----5-------------|
G|--9\---4-----------6---6-----5-------------|
D|--9\---6-----------5---5-----5-------------|   x2
A|--7\---5-----------7---7-----3-------------|
E|--7\---------------5---5-----3-------------|
 
 
    E                 A7         C
e|--7\------0--------5---5-----8----8----------|
B|--9\----------0----5---5-----8----8----------|
G|--9\---4-----------6---6-----9----9----------|
D|--9\---6-----------5---5-----10---10---------|  (only difference is full 8th fret C barred chord)
A|--7\---5-----------7---7-----10---10---------|
E|--7\---------------5---5-----8----8----------|
 
 
           E                     A7    C
There's mosquitoes on the river
         E                      A7    C
Fish are rising up like birds
          E
It's been hot for seven weeks now,
A7              C
Too hot to even speak now,
        E
Did you hear what I just heard?
 
 
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D|-------------2---0------X-----X-----|     start "0 3b 0" as soon as "heard" is said
A|---------------------4--X--3--X-----|
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       E                         A7    C
Say it might have been a fiddle
      E                         A7    C
Or it could have been the wind
          E
But there seems to be a beat now
      A7              C
I can feel it my feet now
E
Listen here it comes again!
 
 
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A|--------------|
E|--0--2--3--4--|
(climb up, land on A on 5th fret)
 
    A               A    A7              A7
e|--5---------------5----5---------------5--|
B|--5---------------5----8---------------8--|
G|--6---------------6----6---------------6--|
D|--7---------------7----5---------------5--|
A|--7---------------7----7---------------7--|
E|--5---------------5----5---------------5--|
      There's a band out on the highway
 
 
 
  Cdim7              Cdim7       A              A
e|--5------------------5---------5--------------5--|
B|--7------------------7---------5--------------5--|
G|--5------------------5---------6--------------6--|
D|--7------------------7---------7--------------7--|
A|--6------------------6---------7--------------7--|
E|--5------------------5---------5--------------5--|
      They're high steppin' into town
 
 
 
    A               A    A7              A7
e|--5---------------5----5---------------5--|
B|--5---------------5----8---------------8--|
G|--6---------------6----6---------------6--|
D|--7---------------7----5---------------5--|
A|--7---------------7----7---------------7--|
E|--5---------------5----5---------------5--|
       It's a rainbow    full of sound
 
 
 
  Cdim7              Cdim7            A              A
e|--5------------------5--------------5--------------5--|
B|--7------------------7--------------5--------------5--|
G|--5------------------5--------------6--------------6--|
D|--7------------------7--------------7--------------7--|
A|--6------------------6--------------7--------------7--|
E|--5------------------5--------------5--------------5--|
    It's fireworks,    calliopes, and clowns!
 
 
            A        A7    Cdim7     A     A# (same shape, sixth fret)
Everybody's dancin'
A               A7              Cdim7             A      A
C'mon children, C'mon children, Come on clap your hands
 
 
      D     E
e|----5-----7-----|
B|----7-----9-----|
G|----7-----9-----|
D|----7-----9-----|
A|----5-----7-----|
E|----5-----7-----|
 
 
A                       D   Fmaj7
Sun went down in honey
        A                     D   Fmaj7
And the moon came up in wine
         A
You know stars were spinnin' dizzy,
         D               Fmaj7
Lord the band kept us so busy
G     D    E        A
We forgot about the time
 
 
      E        F#          B
e|-------0------2---2------2---|
B|----------0---2------2---4---|
G|----1---------3----------4---|       strum on B for a little, then hit the chord once again
D|----2---------4----------4---|       and land on A for next verse
A|----2---------4----------2---|
E|--------------2----------2---|
 
 
          A                        D   Fmaj7
They're a band beyond description,
       A                       D   Fmaj7
Like Jehovah's favorite choir
       A
People joining hand in hand
          D                Fmaj7
While the music played the band,
      A
Lord, they're setting us on fire.
 
 
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B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-------------2---0------X-----X-----|     start "0 3b 0" as soon as "fire" is said
A|---------------------4--X--3--X-----|
E|---0--3b--0-------------X-----X-----|
 
 
      A                          D   Fmaj7
Crazy rooster crowin' midnight,
         A                    D   Fmaj7
Balls of lightin' roll along
        A
Old men sing about their dreams,
      D                  Fmaj7
Women laugh and children scream
        A
And the band keeps playin' on.
 
 
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B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--0--2--3--4--|
(climb up, land on A on 5th fret)
 
 
    A                  A        A7              A7
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B|--5------------------5--------8---------------8--|
G|--6------------------6--------6---------------6--|
D|--7------------------7--------5---------------5--|
A|--7------------------7--------7---------------7--|
E|--5------------------5--------5---------------5--|
       Keep on dancin' thru the daylight,
 
 
  Cdim7                Cdim7      A              A
e|--5--------------------5--------5--------------5--|
B|--7--------------------7--------5--------------5--|
G|--5--------------------5--------6--------------6--|
D|--7--------------------7--------7--------------7--|
A|--6--------------------6--------7--------------7--|
E|--5--------------------5--------5--------------5--|
       Greet the mornin' air with song
 
 
 
    A                     A       A7                        A7
e|--5---------------------5-------5-------------------------5--|
B|--5---------------------5-------8-------------------------8--|
G|--6---------------------6-------6-------------------------6--|
D|--7---------------------7-------5-------------------------5--|
A|--7---------------------7-------7-------------------------7--|
E|--5---------------------5-------5-------------------------5--|
       No ones's noticed, but the band's all pack and gone
 
 
 
  Cdim7           Cdim7      A           A
e|--5---------------5--------5-----------5--|
B|--7---------------7--------5-----------5--|
G|--5---------------5--------6-----------6--|
D|--7---------------7--------7-----------7--|
A|--6---------------6--------7-----------7--|
E|--5---------------5--------5-----------5--|
        Was it ever there at all?
 
 
 
 
                 A        A7    Cdim7     A     A# (same shape, sixth fret)
But they kept on dancin'
A               A7              Cdim7             A      A
C'mon children, C'mon children, Come on clap your hands
 
 
      D     E
e|----5-----7-----|
B|----7-----9-----|
G|----7-----9-----|
D|----7-----9-----|
A|----5-----7-----|
E|----5-----7-----|
 
 
         A                            D   Fmaj7
Well the cool breeze came on Tuesday
        A                     D    Fmaj7
And the corn's a bumper crop
        A
And the fields are full of dancin'
        D              Fmaj7
Full of singin' and romancin'
    D     E     A
The music never stopped
 
 
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