Shady Grove chords by The Black Crowes

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

G F# F G
A G# C
G


🎸 Verse:

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

🎸 Verse 2:

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


🎸 Bridge:

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 song for everyone to sing


🎸 Interlude:

G F# F G
A G# C
G


🎸 Verse 3:

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


🎸 Bridge 2:

G
Hey boys, gather round

Don't you stop 'til you reach the sky

Hey boys, let it ring

A song for everyone to sing


🎸 Solo:

G F# F G
G F# F G
G F# F G
G F# F G


Coda:

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


🎸 Bridge 3:

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 song for everyone to sing

A song for everyone to sing

A song for everyone to sing

A song for everyone to sing

A song for everyone to sing