Mission chords by Grateful Dead

Chords with lyrics

I think the words here are pretty undisputed, since they're easy
to pick out. I put in almost no single note riffs because 1) I'm
typing this from memory, and 2) I only have one tape of this
song (Boston Music Hall, '76 I think). My attempt to construct
the opening base line from memory is sporadic at best - people
who know better are urged to speak up.

Also, anyone feel free to offer chord alternatives. The A(c# bass)
after "turned around to see" might be a C# minorC#m or an F#m... I'm only
certain about the bass there (when I play it, A augmentedA sounds best).

For anyone who missed my Built to Last posting, hyphens and elipses
are for syntactic clarity and have no musical meaning.

B minorBm - C#7C#7 - F# minorF#m
        C#7C#7     E minorEm     G+G
I turn and walk away, then I ...
  D MajorD         A augmentedA       C#7C#7       F# minorF#m
It looks as though ...
           C#7C#7      E minorEm      G+G
I must turn down your offer, but ...
       D MajorD       A augmentedA       C#7C#7    F# minorF#m - F#F#
You know I'm ready to give ...
B minorBm - C#7C#7 - D....  (bass: b-c#-e-c#-b-lower e)
A... D-A...
D-E              D MajorD   A augmentedA        D MajorD  A(c# bass)
 Someone called my name, you know ...
    B minorBm       E MajorE    A augmentedA    D MajorD         E MajorE
It was midnight in the Mission, ...
   D MajorD  ..E.. B minorBm    C# minorC#m     D MajorD       A augmentedA
Come again,   walking along in ...
G+G   D MajorD   B minorBm   C# minorC#m     D MajorD       A augmentedA    D...
Come again, walking along ...

Ten years ago I walked this street....... (chorus repeat)

All the things I planned to ...... (chorus repeat, keep repeating)

B minorBm - C# minorC#m - D MajorD - E MajorE - A augmentedA (oooh...)


I have chords for Picasso Moon, but not all the riffs yet. If even
one single person writes and asks me to post them, I will. Does
anyone have authoritative words for that song? I have a strange
copy with "Oooh, we're just dancin'..." all over it.

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Paul Anderson
Reed College, Portland OR

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