Shady Grove chords by The Black Crowes

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:

G+G F#F# FF G+G
A augmentedA G#G# C majorC
G+G


🎸 Verse:

C majorC                     G+G
Meet me by the banks of the sweet primrose
C majorC                  FF
Follow it down to the shady grove
Bb majorBb                   FF
Bonnie blow the breeze by the cabin door
Bb majorBb         A augmentedA      G+G
No two lovers could ask for more
C majorC                  G+G
So grab your fiddle and your old banjo
C majorC                  FF
Play a country blues so sweet and slow
   Bb majorBb                FF
We'll sing along to the drunkard's doom
  Bb majorBb          A augmentedA
And rock all night by the silvery moon
D MajorD          C majorC
These old trees grow straight to heaven
Bb majorBb           FF   G+G
So it goes in the shady grove

🎸 Verse 2:

C majorC                     G+G
When the old hen crackles and the ground gets cold
C majorC                     FF
Our fine buck skin dances through the snow
Bb majorBb                   FF
We'll take to town on a Saturday night
Bb majorBb          A augmentedA
You and me baby make such a sight
D MajorD          C majorC
Whiskey, wine, name your pleasure
Bb majorBb           FF
So it goes in the shady grove


🎸 Bridge:

G+G
Hey boys, gather round

We'll put it up and they'll tear it down

Hey boys, rockabye

Kiss the pretty girls goodbye

Hey boys, up on high

Don't you stop 'til you reach the sky

Hey boys, let it ring

A augmentedA song for everyone to sing

🎸 Interlude:

G+G F#F# FF G+G
A augmentedA G#G# C majorC
G+G


🎸 Verse 3:

C majorC                     G+G
When the fish start biting at the new mayflies
C majorC                 FF
The muddy roads have all done dried
Bb majorBb                  FF
The honeysuckle says it's summertime
Bb majorBb           A augmentedA
That old yellow sun is mighty kind
D MajorD        C majorC
Hear the seasons come with reasons
Bb majorBb           FF
So it goes in the shady grove


🎸 Bridge 2:

G+G
Hey boys, gather round

Don't you stop 'til you reach the sky

Hey boys, let it ring

A augmentedA song for everyone to sing


🎸 Solo:

G+G F#F# FF G+G
G MajorG F#F# FF G+G
G MajorG F#F# FF G+G
G MajorG F#F# FF G+G


Coda:

A augmentedA          C majorC
Won't you be my lullaby, babe?
A augmentedA          C majorC
In the sweet bye and bye, babe
A augmentedA
It's okay to cry and let the sadness pass you by
           C majorC     G+G
And know I'll always love you, babe


🎸 Bridge 3:

G+G
Hey boys, gather round

I'll put it up and they'll tear it down

Hey boys, rockabye

Kiss the pretty girls goodbye

Hey boys, up on high

Don't you stop 'til you reach the sky

Hey boys, let it ring

A augmentedA song for everyone to sing

A augmentedA song for everyone to sing

A augmentedA song for everyone to sing

A augmentedA song for everyone to sing

A augmentedA song for everyone to sing

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