Uncle Johns Band Tab

Artist: Grateful Dead
Song: Uncle johns band
Tabbed by RainLord
 
[Intro]
(Guitar 1 and 2)
(Guitar 2 comes in)
     G
e|-------------3-3--3--------------------3-3—-3--------------------------|
B|----0--------0-0—-0-----------0--------0-0--0--------------------------|
G|--0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-------0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0------------------------|
D|--0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-------0-0--0-0---0-0—-0-0------------------------|
A|--2----2-2----------2-------2----2-2----------2------------------------|
E|--3----3-3----------3-------3----3-3----------3------------------------|
 
[Guitar 3]
e|--7--10------7------5----------7-7-10-5-5---7--3-3-5-2p0----------------|
B|--------10------8—----7p5-------8------7--------5--------3--------------|
G|-------------------------7----------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
    G                                                 C      G
e|----------------------------3---5--3-2-----------------------------5-3\2\|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore,
 
     G                                                C              G
e|-------------------------------------10—7--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------10----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   'Cause when life looks like easy street there is danger at your door.
 
      Am                     Em    C                  D
e|----------------------------------------------------10-10----------------|
B|--------------------------5-5--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------4-4--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Think this through with me,  Let me know you’re mind.
 
  C  D          G       D C  G     D       G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------8---7-8-10-8-8-8|
G|----------------------------------------------7-7--9-7-9---9-------------|
D|-----------------------------------------9-10----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Woh-oh what I want to know,   is are you kind?
 
   G                                            C         G
e|---------------------------------10--8-7---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------8-7-5----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------7--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
It’s a buck dancer’s choice my friend, better take my advice.
 
     G                                     C             G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice.
 
     Am                 Em         C                   D
e|---------------------------------------------------------10-10-----------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------7-9-9---------------------------7-----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Will you come with me?        Won’t you come with me?
 
 C    D         G        D C G    D          G
e|--------------7-----------------------------------7--10-8-7--------------|
B|--------------------------------------------8-7-5----------10-8----------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------9-7-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------10-9|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Who-oh what I want to know, will you come with me?
 
          G              C    G   Am       G        D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        Goddamn well I declare, have you seen the like?
 
   D    C                           G                  D     C    G   D
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------7/10-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------7-----------------------------7---/7-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------9----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Their walls are built of cannonballs; their motto is “don’t tread on me.”
 
     G                             Am     G       D
e|-----------------------------------------------------------7/8\7---------|
B|------------------------------------------------------8-10-------10-8----|
G|----------------------------------------------------9--------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, playing to the tide.
 
         C                    G                   D         C      D
e|--------------------------------------7----7--5----5--3------3-2---------|
B|---------------------------------8-10------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------7-9-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        Come with me or go alone, he’s come to take his children home.
 
[Solo]
      G   Bm      C        D       G     Bm  C      D     G      Bm
e|----------------7-8-7----7-8-9-/10---------------------------------------|
B|----------------------10-------------8-----------------------------------|
G|---7----5-4--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------7-5-------------------------10-10-9--7-9-7------9-10-9-7---9-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------10-----------10--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-3--3-3-2--2-------0-0---2---2---3-3-3-2-2-0-0-0--2--2--3-3-3--2--2------|
B|-0--0-0-3--3----1--1-1---3---3---0-0-0-3-3-1-1-1--3--3--0-0-0--3--3------|
G|-0--0-0-4--4----0--0-0---2---2---0-0-0-4-4-0-0-0--2--2--0-0-0--4—-4------|
D|-0--0-0-4--4----2--2-2---0---0---0-0-0-4-4-2-2-2--0--0--0-0-0--4--4------|
A|-2--2-2-2--2----3--3-3-----------2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3--------2-2-2--2—-2------|
E|-3--3-3--------------------------3-3-3------------------3-3-3------------|
 
    C        D       G           Bm        C         D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-9-7-9-7-9-7-9--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------9-10-9-7-----7----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------10---9-10--9-10-7-9--7-9--------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------10-8-7-------------|
 
e|----0-0---2---2---3---3--3----2--2------0--0--0---2--2-------------------|
B|-1--1-1---3---3---0---0--0----3--3------1--1--1---3--3-------------------|
G|-0--0-0---2---2---0---0--0----4--4------0--0--0---2--2-------------------|
D|-2--2-2---0---0---0---0--0----4--4------2—-2--2---0--0-------------------|
A|-3--3-3-----------2---2--2----2--2------3—-3--3--------------------------|
E|------------------3---3--3-----------------------------------------------|
 
    G                                                C          G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------8---7--5-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   It’s the same story, the crow told me, it’s the only one he knows.
 
       G                                  C                G
e|-----------------------------------10------------------------10-8-7------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------10-8-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go.
 
         Am               Em           C                     D
e|--------------------------------------------------------10--10-----------|
B|----------------------------5---5----------8-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        Ain’t no time to hate,        barely time to wait.
 
      C   D         G        D C  G     D            G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------/8-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------7-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------9---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------7-9--10------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------10--------------|
    Woh-oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?
 
 G                                     C                G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------7----7----|
B|------------------------------10h12-------------------8---8-10---10---10-|
G|---------------------12-11-10---------------------------7----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I live in a silver mine        and I call it Beggar’s Tomb.
 
     G                       C                G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune.
 
      Am        Em                  C               D
e|----------------------------10-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------/10-12-/10-12-------------------------------9\8\7-----------|
G|-------------------------10----------------------------------9-7--7----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Anybody’s choice,              I can hear your voice.
 
   C   D        G       D  C  G   D       G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------8|
G|-------------------------------------------------------7-7--7---7/9-7-9--|
D|-------------------------------------------------9--10-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Who-oh what I want to know, how does the song go?
 
     G                             Am     G     D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------5-7--7--------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, by the riverside.
 
     C                           G            D      C      D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------5-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------5-7---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Got, some things to talk about, here, beside the rising tide.
 
     G                              C      G     D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------7--7--------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, playing to the tide.
 
     C                     G                   D        C       D
e|----------------------------------------7-------5-------3----2-----------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Come on along or go alone, he’s come, to take his children home.
 
      G       Dm          C    Dm
e|--------------------------|
B|—-------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-3/5-7-5------------------|
A|---------8-5--7---7-5-----|
E|----------------8---------|
                                        x 7
e|---3--3-3--1-1--0-0--1----|
B|---0--0-0--3-3--1-1--3----|
G|---0--0-0--2-2--0-0--2----|
D|---0--0-0--0----2----0----|
A|---2------------3---------|
E|---3----------------------|
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5-3--3-5-3--3-5-3-—3-5-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----0------0------0------0-----------------------------------------------|
B|----3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-----------------------------------------------|
G|----2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-----------------------------------------------|
D|----0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
         Dsus2                        C           G   G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        Who-oh what I want to know, how does the song go?
 
[No guitar]
Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, by the riverside.
Got, some things to talk about, here, beside the rising tide.
 
     G                            Am     G     D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------10-8-7--------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------9-7----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Come hear Uncle John’s band, playing to the tide.
 
     C                     G                   D        C       D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Come on along or go alone, he’s come, to take his children home.
 
      G       Dm          C    Dm
e|--------------------------|
B|—-------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-3/5-7-5------------------|
A|---------8-5--7---7-5-----|
E|----------------8---------|
                                        x 3
e|---3--3-3--1-1--0-0--1----|
B|---0--0-0--3-3--1-1--3----|
G|---0--0-0--2-2--0-0--2----|
D|---0--0-0--0----2----0----|
A|---2------------3---------|
E|---3----------------------|
Na na na na, na na.
 
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| p  Pull-off
| \  Slide down
| /  Slide up
| h  Hammer-on
 
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