American Beauty Album chords by Grateful Dead

Chords with lyrics

American Beauty (1970)

1. Box of Rain
2. Friend of the Devil
3. Sugar Magnolia
4. Operator
5. Candyman
6. Ripple
7. Brokedown Palace
8. Til the Morning Comes
9. Attics of My Life
10. Truckin'


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--------Box of Rain--------
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A augmentedA Bm7/A A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 (x2)

D MajorD      A minorAm
Look out of any window
E minorEm      C majorC        G+G
Any morning, any evening, any day

D MajorD     A minorAm
Maybe the sun is shining
E minorEm          G+G           A augmentedA
Birds are winging, no rain is falling from a heavy sky
D MajorD      G+G         A minorAm      E minorEm   D MajorD
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
  C majorC       D MajorD           A minorAm       G+G
For this is all a dream we dreamed, one afternoon long ago

D MajorD      A minorAm
Walk out of any doorway
E minorEm       C majorC             G+G
Feel your way, feel your way like the day before

D MajorD      A minorAm
Maybe you'll find direction
E minorEm
Around some corner where
G+G          A augmentedA
It's been waiting to meet you

D MajorD      G+G
What do you want me to do?
  A minorAm             E minorEm    D MajorD
To watch for you while you're sleeeeeeeeping?
   A minorAm         C majorC        G+G        D MajorD
Then please don't be surprised when you find me dreaming too

D MajorD     A minorAm
Look into any eyes
E minorEm            C majorC          G+G
You find by you, you can see clear to another day
D MajorD     A minorAm         E minorEm
Maybe been seen before through other eyes
  G+G           A augmentedA
On other days while going home
D MajorD      G+G         A minorAm       E minorEm   D MajorD
What do you want me to do, to do for you, to see you through?
   C majorC       E minorEm         D MajorD      G+G
It's all a dream we dreamed, one after-noon long a-go

D MajorD          A minorAm    E minorEm
Walk into splintered sunlight, inch your way through
C majorC           G+G
Dead dreams to another land
D MajorD      A minorAm           E minorEm
Maybe you're tired and broken, your tongue is twisted with
G+G           A augmentedA
Words half-spoken and thoughts unclear

D MajorD      G+G         A minorAm       E minorEm   D MajorD
What do you want me to do, to do for you, to see you through?

 A minorAm        C majorC         G+G         D MajorD
A augmentedA box of rain will ease the pain, and love will see you through

G+G          A minorAm    E minorEm
Just a box of rain, wind and water
  C majorC        A augmentedA        D MajorD
Be-lieve it if you need it, if you don't, just pass it on

G+G        A minorAm    E minorEm
Sun and shower, wind and rain
C majorC       D MajorD       E minorEm      A augmentedA
In and out the window, like a moth before a flame

A augmentedA    D MajorD       E minorEm
And it's just a box of rain
    G+G        D MajorD
I don't know who put it there
D MajorD         B minorBm     G+G        A augmentedA
Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare.

A augmentedA    D MajorD       E minorEm
And it's just a box of rain
   G+G        D MajorD
Or a ribbon for your hair
    E minorEm
Such a long, long time to be gone
   G+G        D MajorD
And a short time to be there

D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD Asus4Asus4

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--------Friend of the Devil--------
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e|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|
G+G|-0---------------|
D MajorD|---4-2-0---------|
A augmentedA|---------3-2-0---|
E MajorE|---------------3-| x4

G+G

G+G             C majorC
I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
G+G                    C majorC
Didn't get to sleep last night 'till the morning came around

D MajorD
Set out runnin' but I take my time
 A minorAm
A augmentedA friend of the devil is a friend of mine
  D MajorD               A minorAm             D MajorD
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight

G+G              C majorC
Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
 G+G              C majorC
I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills

D MajorD
Set out runnin' but I take my time
 A minorAm
A augmentedA friend of the devil is a friend of mine
  D MajorD               A minorAm             D MajorD
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight

 G+G               C majorC
I ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there
  G+G               C majorC
He took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air

D MajorD
Set out runnin' but I take my time
 A minorAm
A augmentedA friend of the devil is a friend of mine
  D MajorD               A minorAm             D MajorD
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

D MajorD
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night,
  C majorC
The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie, and she's my hearts delight.
  D MajorD
The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on my trail,
  A minorAm               C majorC        D MajorD
And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail.

G+G               C majorC
Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
  G+G                   C majorC
The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me

D MajorD
Set out runnin' but I take my time
 A minorAm
A augmentedA friend of the devil is a friend of mine
  D MajorD               A minorAm             D MajorD
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight


Guitar Solo: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD

D MajorD
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
  C majorC
The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie, and she's my hearts delight
  D MajorD
The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on my trail
  A minorAm               C majorC        D MajorD
And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail

G+G               C majorC
Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
  G+G                   C majorC
The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me.

D MajorD
Set out runnin' but I take my time
 A minorAm
A augmentedA friend of the devil is a friend of mine
  D MajorD               A minorAm             D MajorD
If I get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight


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--------Sugar Magnolia--------
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A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA (x2)
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA

A augmentedA            D MajorD  A augmentedA
Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming
     G+G     E MajorE    A augmentedA
heads all empty and I don't care
A augmentedA      C# minorC#m     F# minorF#m
Saw my baby down by the river
E MajorE          D MajorD      A augmentedA   E MajorE A augmentedA
Knew she had to come up soon for air

A augmentedA                D MajorD A augmentedA
Sweet blossom come on, under the willow
      G+G       E MajorE    A augmentedA
We can have high times if you'll abide
A augmentedA          C# minorC#m    F# minorF#m
We can discover the wonders of nature
E MajorE           D MajorD      A augmentedA     E MajorE A augmentedA
Rollin' in the rushes down by the riverside

D MajorD       G+G    D MajorD            A augmentedA    D MajorD
She's got everything delightful, she's got everything I need
D MajorD          G+G     D MajorD           E MajorE   A augmentedA   E MajorE A augmentedA
Takes the wheel when I'm seeing double, pays my ticket when I speed

A augmentedA                 D MajorD A augmentedA
She comes skimmin' through rays of violet
    G+G     E MajorE    A augmentedA
She can wade in a drop of dew
A augmentedA         C# minorC#m   F# minorF#m
She don't come and I don't follow
E MajorE           D MajorD     A augmentedA   E MajorE A augmentedA
Waits backstage while I sing to you

A augmentedA           D MajorD A augmentedA
She can dance a cajun rhythm
      G+G     E MajorE     A augmentedA
Jump like a willys in four-wheel drive
A augmentedA              C# minorC#m        F# minorF#m
She's my summer love in the spring, fall, and winter
E MajorE         D MajorD    A augmentedA   E MajorE A augmentedA
She can make happy any man alive

A augmentedA    G+G   D MajorD A augmentedA
Sugar magnolia
A augmentedA      G+G     D MajorD A augmentedA
ringing that bluebell
A augmentedA      G+G     D MajorD A augmentedA
Caught up in sunlight
A augmentedA      E MajorE      G+G        D MajorD
Come on out singing I'll walk you in the sunshine
D MajorD               A augmentedA  E MajorE A augmentedA
Come on honey, come along with me

D MajorD       G+G    D MajorD            A augmentedA    D MajorD
She's got everything delightful, she's got everything I need
D MajorD               G+G       D MajorD
A augmentedA breeze in the pines and the sun and bright moonlight
D MajorD            E MajorE   A augmentedA   E MajorE A augmentedA
Lazing in the sunshine, yes indeed

A augmentedA              D MajorD A augmentedA
Sometimes when the cuckoo's crying
A augmentedA        E MajorE    A augmentedA
when the moon is halfway down
BB         E MajorE    BB
Sometimes when the night is dying
BB          A augmentedA   E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA BB
I take me out and I wander around
BB    A augmentedA    E MajorE BB
I wander around

BB    E MajorE   BB F#F#       E MajorE      BB
Sunshine daydream, walking in the tall trees
BB        E MajorE   BB F#F# E MajorE       BB
Going where the wind goes, blooming like a red rose

Ride out singin', I'll walk you in the morning sunshine, sunshine daydream...


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--------Operator--------
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  FF           C majorC   A7A7     DmDm     C majorC   FF
e|-----------------8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
BB|--10p9-10p9-10p9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
G+G|-----------------------9-8-9-------------------10----10-12-10----------10~--------10~--------10~-------10~-|--
D MajorD|--------------------10-------10---10-11-12~-12----12-----------10-12-10---10-12-10---10-12-10---10-12-10---|--
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--


FF
Operator, can you help me? Help me if you please
Bb majorBb                 FF          FF F#F#
Give me the right area code and the number that I need
G+G          C majorC    A7A7
My rider left upon a midnight flyer
DmDm       C majorC   FF
Singin' like a summer breeze

FF
Think she's somewhere down south, down about Baton Rouge
Bb majorBb                 FF         FF F#F#
I just cain't remember no number, a number I can use
G+G            C majorC       A7A7
Directory don't have it, central done forgot it
DmDm      C majorC     FF
Got to find a number to use

[Intro]

FF
Tryin' to check out a number, tryin' to run down a line
Bb majorBb                         FF             FF F#F#
Operator said that's privileged information and it ain't no business o' mine
G+G                C majorC         A7A7
It's floodin' down in Texas, the poles are down in Utah
DmDm      C majorC    FF
Got to find a private line

FF
She could be hanging 'round a steel mill, working in a house of blue light
Bb majorBb                   FF           FF F#F#
Riding a get-away bus out of Portland, talkin' to the night
G+G                   C majorC        A7A7
I don't know where she's gone, I don't care where she's been
DmDm         C majorC    FF
Long as she's been doin' it right

(now slap that Bb majorBb harp in your rack & blow with all yer might like so...)

Solo: (same chords as verse)
[Intro]

DmDm              FF
Long as she's been doing it right


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--------Candyman--------
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    Bb majorBb    FF     C majorC           G+G
e|------6-6-------5-5----------------------|----|-------------------7-7-7-7----------------|--|
BB|---------------------------5---5-3-------|----|--5-5-5---/8-~-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-------------|--|
G+G|-6/7--------4/5--------------------5-----|-x4-|------------------------------------------|--|
D MajorD|----------------------4/5----5-----------|----|------------------------------------------|--|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------|----|------------------------------------0-0-2-|--|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------|----|--------------------------------3-3-------|--|


C majorC                  G minorGm       FF
Come all you pretty women, with your hair a hanging down
FF                       G+G
Open up your windows ?cause the Candyman's in town
G+G        DmDm   G+G          DmDm
Come on boys and gamble, roll those laughing bones
FF                      G+G
Seven come eleven, boys I'll take your money home

Bb majorBb       FF    C majorC
Look out, look out the Candyman
Bb majorBb   FF       C majorC
Here he come and he's gone again
A minorAm        G+G
Pretty lady ain't got no friend 'til the
FF       G+G
Candyman comes around again

A augmentedA|------0-0-2-|
E MajorE|--3-3-------|

C majorC              G minorGm         FF
I come from Memphis where I learned to talk the jive
FF                      G+G
When I get back to Memphis be one less man alive
G+G        DmDm    G+G        DmDm
Good morning Mr. Benson, I see you're doing well
FF                       G+G
If I had me a shotgun I'd blow you straight to hell

Bb majorBb       FF    C majorC
Look out, look out the Candyman
Bb majorBb   FF       C majorC
Here he come and he's gone again
A minorAm        G+G
Pretty lady ain't got no friend 'til the
FF       G+G
Candyman comes around again

Solo: same chords as verse and chorus (with "oooohh"s)

A augmentedA|------0-0-2-|
E MajorE|--3-3-------|

C majorC             G minorGm        FF
Come on boys and wager if you have got the mind
FF                      G+G
If you've got a dollar, boys, lay it on the line
G+G       DmDm   G+G        DmDm
Hand me my old guitar, pass the whiskey round
FF                            G+G
Won't you tell everybody you meet that the Candyman's in town

Bb majorBb       FF    C majorC
Look out, look out the Candyman
Bb majorBb   FF       C majorC
Here he come and he's gone again
A minorAm        G+G
Pretty lady ain't got no friend 'til the
FF       G+G
Candyman comes around again

  FF    C majorC
e|-----------------|
BB|-1---------------|
G+G|---2------0------|
D MajorD|-----3~-----2----|
A augmentedA|--------------3~-|
E MajorE|-----------------|

Bb majorBb       FF    C majorC
Look out, look out the Candyman
Bb majorBb   FF       C majorC
Here he come and he's gone again


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--------Ripple--------
**********************

           G+G             C majorC                  G+G
E MajorE|--------------------3--|-----------------------0--|-------------------------------------|--|
BB|--------------------0--|-----0-----0-----------1--|-------------------------------------|--|
G+G|--------------------0--|--0-----2-----0--------0--|------0~-0h2-0~---------0h2-0--------|--|
D MajorD|--------------0-----0--|-----------------0--2--2--|--0h2-------------0-2----------2-0---|--|
A augmentedA|--2-----2--3--------2--|-----------------------3--|-------------------------------------|--|
e|-----3-----------3--3--|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|--|

          G+G               C majorC     G+G   D MajorD  C majorC      G+G
E MajorE|-----------------3--|---------------------------0--|-------------------------------3--|--|
BB|-----------------0--|---------0-----0-----------1--|------0-0-1--------------------0--|--|
G+G|-----------------0--|------0-----2-----0--------0--|--0h2--------2----------0-2-0--0--|--|
D MajorD|--------------0--0--|--0h2----------------0--2--2--|---------------0h2-2-----------0--|--|
A augmentedA|--2-----2--3-----2--|---------------------------3--|-------------------------------2--|--|
e|-----3-----------3--|------------------------------|-------------------------------3--|--|

G+G                   C majorC
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
C majorC                    G+G
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
G+G                    C majorC
Would you hear my voice come through the music
C majorC     G+G    D MajorD  C majorC        G+G
Would you hold it near as it were your own?

G+G                   C majorC
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
C majorC               G+G
Perhaps they're better left unsung
G+G             C majorC
I don't know, don't really care
G+G      D MajorD   C majorC      G+G
Let there be songs to fill the air

A minorAm       D MajorD
Ripple in still water
      G+G      C majorC
When there is no pebble tossed
  A augmentedA    D MajorD
Nor wind to blow

        G+G          C majorC
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
C majorC                G+G
If your cup is full may it be again
G+G             C majorC
Let it be known there is a fountain
G+G      D MajorD  C majorC        G+G
That was not made by the hands of men

G+G             C majorC
There is a road, no simple highway
C majorC                G+G
Between the dawn and the dark of night
G+G            C majorC
And if you go no one may follow
G+G      D MajorD  C majorC     G+G
That path is for your steps alone

A minorAm       D MajorD
Ripple in still water
      G+G      C majorC
When there is no pebble tossed
  A augmentedA    D MajorD
Nor wind to blow

    G+G          C majorC
You who choose to lead must follow
C majorC             G+G
But if you fall you fall alone
G+G                 C majorC
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
G+G       D MajorD  C majorC        G+G
If I knew the way I would take you home

G+G    C majorC
La Da Da Da
C majorC    G+G
La Da Da Da Da
G+G             C majorC
La Da Da La Da La Da Da Da Da
G+G           C majorC
La Da Da Da La Da Da Da Da
G+G    D MajorD C majorC    G+G
La Da Da Da La Da Da Daa


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--------Brokedown Palace--------
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G+G

G+G         A minorAm
Fare you well, my honey
Bb majorBb    FF         C majorC
fare you well my only true one
G+G            DmDm
All the birds that were singing
Bb majorBb          C majorC     FF
are flown, except you alone

FF          Bb majorBb
Going to leave this brokedown palace,
   FF      DmDm      Bb majorBb      FF
On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll
FF       A minorAm     Bb majorBb  FF
Make myself a bed in the waterside
         G+G      Bb majorBb     FF
In my time, In my time, I will roll, roll roll

FF     A augmentedA
In a bed, in a bed,
    Bb majorBb        FF   G+G
By the waterside I will lay my head
FF           G+G          Bb majorBb   FF
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul

FF                Bb majorBb
River going to take me, sing me sweet and sleepy
FF         DmDm       Bb majorBb    FF
Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home
G+G         A minorAm     Bb majorBb     FF
It's a far gone lullaby, sung many years ago.
        G+G            Bb majorBb     FF
Mama, mama many worlds I've come since I first left home

FF      A augmentedA
Goin' home, goin' home,
    Bb majorBb        FF    G+G
By the waterside I will rest my bones
FF          G+G          Bb majorBb    FF
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul

FF        Bb majorBb
Going to plant a weeping willow
    FF      DmDm      Bb majorBb     FF
On the bank's green edge it will grow, grow, grow
FF      A minorAm  Bb majorBb    FF
Sing a lullaby beside the water
        G+G       Bb majorBb      FF
Lovers come and go, the river roll, roll, roll

FF       A augmentedA
Fare you well, fare you well,
 Bb majorBb         FF     G+G
I love you more than words can tell
FF          G+G          Bb majorBb    FF
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul

Doo doot doos (with same chords as last verse)


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--------Till The Morning Comes--------
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 E MajorE     D MajorD     A augmentedA        E MajorE    D MajorD
e|-----7-7-|-----5-5-|------------5-5-|-----7-7-----5-5-|--|
BB|-7/9-----|-5/7-----|-----5-5--7-----|-7/9-----5/7-----|--|
G+G|---------|---------|-5/6------------|-----------------|--|
D MajorD|---------|---------|----------------|-----------------|--|
A augmentedA|---------|---------|----------------|-----------------|--|
E MajorE|---------|---------|----------------|-----------------|--|

 A augmentedA           E MajorE    D MajorD     A augmentedA         E MajorE   D MajorD      A augmentedA
e|-7pb9r7-5-7---5-7-5-|-----7-7-----5-5-------------------|-----7--------5----5\---|--|
BB|------------7-------|-7/9-----5/7---------5-7---5-7-5-7-|-7/9------5/7------5\---|--|
G+G|--------------------|------------------/6-----6---------|-------9--------7?-6\---|--|
D MajorD|--------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|--|
A augmentedA|--------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|--|
E MajorE|--------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|--|

         E MajorE   G+G D MajorD
Till the morning comes
       A augmentedA
it'll do you fine
         E MajorE   G+G D MajorD
Till the morning comes
        A augmentedA
like a highway sign
        E MajorE        D MajorD
Showing you the way, leaving no doubt
    A augmentedA   E MajorE     D MajorD    A augmentedA
Of the way on in or the way back out

E7E7+9        A7A7 E7E7+9        A7A7
Tell you what I'll do, I'll watch out for you
B7B7+5    B7B7  E7E7  A7A7      D MajorD
You're my woman now, make yourself easy
       DmDm         A minorAm  E MajorE
Make yourself easy, make yourself easy

         E MajorE  G+G D MajorD
Till we all fall down
       A augmentedA
it'll do you fine
       E MajorE   G+G D MajorD
Don't think about
        A augmentedA
what you left behind
      E MajorE            D MajorD
The way you came or the way that you go
     A augmentedA     E MajorE      D MajorD    A augmentedA
Let your tracks be lost in the dark and snow

E7E7+9        A7A7 E7E7+9        A7A7
Tell you what I'll do, I'll watch out for you
B7B7+5    B7B7  E7E7  A7A7      D MajorD
You're my woman now, make yourself easy
       DmDm         A minorAm  E MajorE
Make yourself easy, make yourself easy

         E MajorE   G+G D MajorD
When the shadows grow
       A augmentedA
it'll do you fine
          E MajorE  G+G D MajorD
When the cold winds blow
        A augmentedA
it'll ease your mind
       E MajorE            D MajorD
The shape it takes could be yours to chose
   A augmentedA    E MajorE     D MajorD    A augmentedA
What you may win, what you may lose

E7E7+9        A7A7 E7E7+9        A7A7
Tell you what I'll do, I'll watch out for you
B7B7+5    B7B7  E7E7  A7A7      D MajorD
You're my woman now, make yourself easy
       DmDm         A minorAm  E MajorE
Make yourself easy, make yourself easy

B minorBm     A augmentedA  E MajorE
You're my woman now (make yourself easy)...

E7E7+9: x 0 2 1 3 3  B7B7+5: x 2 1 2 0 3


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--------Attics of My Life--------
*********************************
  A augmentedA              E MajorE     A augmentedA     A augmentedA  Esus4Esus4
e|---------|---|---|---------|----0~-------------|---0--------------|
BB|---------|---|---|---------|----0~--------------|---0-------------|
G+G|-------2-|-%-|-%-|-------2-|-1~-----------2-2-2-|-1-----------2---|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-|-%-|-%-|-2---2-2-|-2~-------2-2-1-2-4-|-2-----1-----2-4-|
A augmentedA|-4-3-4---|---|---|-0---0---|-2~---------0-------|-2-------4-3-2---|
E MajorE|---------|---|---|---4-----|------0-------------|-0---------------|
                              In the...

Esus4Esus4 E MajorE BB  E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE   A augmentedA    E MajorE  BB A augmentedA    E MajorE
In the attics of my life, full of cloudy dreams unreal.

Esus4Esus4  E MajorE   B7B7 E MajorE   B7B7 E MajorE   A augmentedA  E MajorE   BB A augmentedA    E MajorE
Full of tastes no tongue can know, and lights no eye can see.

E MajorE  G#G#  A augmentedA   E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA        E MajorE
When there was no ear to hear, you sang to me.

E MajorE B7B7  E MajorE   B7B7 E MajorE  A augmentedA    E MajorE  BB   A augmentedA   E MajorE
I have spent my life seeking all that's still unsung.

Esus4Esus4  E MajorE  B7B7 E MajorE  B7B7 E MajorE   A augmentedA  E MajorE   BB A augmentedA    E MajorE
Bent my ear to hear the tune, and closed my eyes to see.

E MajorE  G#G#  A augmentedA    E MajorE   F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA         F# minorF#m F#F# BB
When there were no strings to play, you played to me.

BB      A augmentedA       D MajorD  A augmentedA E MajorE   Esus4Esus4    E7E7 Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
In the book of love's own dream, where all the print is blood.

   Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA Aus4 A augmentedA D MajorD BB    B7B7       E MajorE
Where all the pages are my days, and all my lights grow old.

A augmentedA      Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  Esus4Esus4  D MajorD BB  B7B7   A augmentedA E MajorE Esus4Esus4
When I had no wings to fly, you flew to me, you flew to me.

E MajorE   B7B7   E MajorE   B7B7 E MajorE    A augmentedA    E MajorE  BB  A augmentedA  E MajorE
In the secret space of dreams, where I dreaming lay amazed.

Esus4Esus4  E MajorE B7B7  E MajorE  B7B7 E MajorE   A augmentedA    E MajorE BB  A augmentedA  E MajorE
When the secrets all are told, and the petals all unfold.

E MajorE  G# minorG#m  A augmentedA   E MajorE  F# minorF#m E/A         E MajorE  A augmentedA E MajorE
When there was no dream of mine, you dreamed of me.


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--------Truckin'--------
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The chords in this song work well with a blues shuffle styled strumming.
Try out playing alternating between the 5th and 6th in the power chord form
(ex. E MajorE would be A augmentedA|-2-2-4-4-|...repeat for each chord)
        E MajorE|-0-0-0-0-|

Also the verses that are just E MajorE sound good if you throw in some E7s

 E MajorE
E|-----------------------------------------------|--|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|--|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|--|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|--|
A augmentedA|--5h7-7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7-7--5------------------|--|
E MajorE|-------------------------------7--6--5--3--0---|--|


E MajorE                A augmentedA
Truckin' got my chips cashed in. Keep truckin', like the do-dah man
BB                A augmentedA          E MajorE
Together, more or less in line, just keep truckin' on

E MajorE
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
Chicago, New York, Detroit and it's all on the same street
Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings

E MajorE              A augmentedA
Dallas, got a soft machine. Houston, too close to New Orleans
BB                 A augmentedA
New York's got the ways and means, but just won't let you be

E MajorE
Most of the cast that you meet on the streets speak of true love
Most of the time they're sittin' and cryin' at home
One of these days they know they gotta get goin'
Out of the door and down on the streets all alone

E MajorE               A augmentedA
Truckin', like the do-dah man. Once told me "You've got to play your hand"
BB                    A augmentedA
Sometimes your cards ain't worth a dime, if you don't lay'em down

A augmentedA             D MajorD     A augmentedA  G+G D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me
A augmentedA         D MajorD   A augmentedA   G+G D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
Other times I can barely see.
D MajorD      B minorBm   F#F#
Lately it occurs to me
    Amaj7Amaj7          E MajorE
What a long, strange trip it's been.

E MajorE
What in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Livin' on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine,
All a friend can say is "Ain't it a shame?"

E MajorE               A augmentedA
Truckin', up to Buffalo. Been thinkin', you got to mellow slow
BB                  A augmentedA
Takes time, to pick a place to go, and just keep truckin' on

E MajorE
Sittin' and starin' out of the hotel window
Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again
I'd like to get some sleep before I travel
But if you got a warrant, I guess you're gonna come in.

E MajorE                A augmentedA
Busted, down on Bourbon Street, Set up, like a bowlin' pin
BB                    A augmentedA
Knocked down, it get's to wearin' thin. They just won't let you be

E MajorE
You're sick of hangin' around and you'd like to travel;
Get tired of travelin' and you want to settle down.
I guess they can't revoke your soul for tryin',     E MajorE FF F#F# G+G G#G#
Get out of the door and light out and look all around.

A augmentedA             D MajorD     A augmentedA  G+G D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me
A augmentedA         D MajorD   A augmentedA   G+G D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
Other times I can barely see.
D MajorD      B minorBm   F#F#
Lately it occurs to me
    Amaj7Amaj7          E MajorE
What a long, strange trip it's been.

E MajorE              A augmentedA
Truckin', I'm a goin' home. Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong
BB                    A augmentedA            E MajorE
Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin' on.

E MajorE


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