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Franklins Tower by Grateful Dead

Chords with lyrics

This is how I learned "Franklin's Tower" by the Dead. I don't know if the
chords are right because a friend of mine showed me how to play it. In any
case, here it is:

Artist:Greatful Dead
Song: "Franklin's Tower"
Album :Blues For Allah
Written By:Robert Hunter (Words); Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann (Music)

A: 002220   G:320033   D: 000323

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In another time's forgotten space, your ...

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Wild flower seed on the sand and stone, ...
home

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Roll away the dew. Roll away the dew. ...

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I'll tell you where the four winds dwell, ...

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                Chord diagramG+G
It can ring, turn night to day, it can ...

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Roll away the dew. Roll away the dew. ...

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God save the child who rings the bell, ...

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One watch by night, one watch by day, ...

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      Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G
Roll away the dew. Roll away the dew....

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               Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
Some come to laugh thier past away, ...

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                  Chord diagramG+G
Whichever way your pleasure tends, if ...
wind

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Roll away the dew. Roll away the dew...
dew.

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             Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G
In Franklin's Tower the four winds sleep, ...

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Wild flower seed in the sand and wind, may ...

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Roll away the dew. Roll away the dew...


This song could be dead solid perfect or totally wrong, I don't know.
However, this is how I learned it and this is how I play it. If it is
totally wrong, at least the words are here. That is all!

No Worries!
Bill Schofield (and Caroline)
[email protected]

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