Baritone ukulele cover of Uncle John’s Band by Grateful Dead from the album, Workingman’s Dead
Chords and Lyrics:
[Intro] G D C D [Verse] G C G Oh, the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more, G C G 'Cause when life looks like Easy Street there is danger at your door. Am Em C D Think this through with me; let me know your mind. C D G D C G D G Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, is are you kind. G C G It's a buck dancer's choice, my friend, better take my advice; G C G You know all the rules by now, and the fire from the ice. Am Em C D Will you come with me, won't you come with me? C D G D C G D G Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, will you come with me? [Refrain] G C G Am G D God damn! Well I declare! Have you seen the like? D C G D C D Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is "Don't tread on me". G C Am G D Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide, C G D C D Come with me or go alone, he's come to take his children home [Instrumental] G Bm C D G Bm C D G Bm C D G Bm C D [Verse] G C G It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows; G C G Like the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go. Am Em C D Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait. C D G D C G D G Whoa-oh, what I want know-oh, where does the time go? G C G I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb; G C G I've got me a violin and I beg you, call a tune. Am Em C D Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice. C D G D C G D G Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, how does the song go? [Refrain] G C Am G D Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside C G D C D Got some things to talk about here beside the rising tide. G C Am G D Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide C G D C D Come on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home. [Instrumental] Dm G C repeat [Bridge] D5 C G Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, how does the song go? (A capella) Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside [Chorus/Outro] Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide. G C Am G D Come here Uncle John's band playing to the tide, C G D C D Come on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home. Dm G C Dm G C Dm G C Dsus2 La lala lala, la lala lala, la lala. lalaaaaa...... https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/grateful-dead/uncle-johns-band-chords-1055464
Email Sent Nov 25th, 2020:
One time,
I went to a record store in a hipster area of Orange County where rich suburban kids like to buy vinyls because apparently “that’s how music is supposed to sound.”
I’m not disagreeing, and I can see how the ritual of changing records and dropping the needle feels better than just pressing play on an expensive rectangle…
But it all sounds the same to me…
Hell, for months now I’ve been listening to and recording music with cheap earbuds — and only the right side works.
Sure, I may be cheap, but I’m mostly lazy…
And quite frankly, I don’t really care.
Anyway,
I discovered a bargain bin (because I’m cheap) out front with a bunch of used cd’s that were $1 each.
While most of them were complete crap, I managed to prospect a few gems:
- Limp Bizkit’s Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water for nostalgic reasons.
- Eminem’s The Eminem Show because I lost my last one and it’s quite possibly one of my favorite albums of all time.
- And The Grateful Dead’s Greatest Hits because the cover looked cool and the The Grateful Dead is one of those famous bands that I always heard about but never took the chance to really listen.
I loved it, and while I’m not a “Dead Head”, I really dig some of their songs — especially the one I’m about to show you.
Here’s your priority access, first look at my new cover of Uncle John’s Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I3820HR-IQ
I really love this song, it’s beautiful, but I don’t know a lot of people who know it.
If you’d like, check out the original here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIajKGHZRk
I also learned from the movie The Music Never Stopped, (great movie btw) that this song got some flak from mainstream radio because of the overtly controversial lyric, “goddamn”.
Ooh ooh, the movie was also based on a true story from a really good book titled An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks. Great Read.
Alright, I’ll quit nerding out on you guys…
Feel free to leave a like or comment.
Thanks,
The Grateful Dylan
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