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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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Chord diagramA augmentedA  Bm7/A  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 (x2)
Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA minorAm
Look out of any window
Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G
Any morning, any evening, any day

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

Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA minorAm
Walk out of any doorway
Chord diagramE minorEm             Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramG+G
Feel your way, feel your way like the day before

Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA minorAm
Maybe you'll find direction
Chord diagramE minorEm
Around some corner where
Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramA augmentedA
It's been waiting to meet you

Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G
What do you want me to do?
   Chord diagramA minorAm                         Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramD MajorD
To watch for you while you're sleeeeeeeeping?
     Chord diagramA minorAm                 Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD
Then please don't be surprised when you find me dreaming too

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

Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramE minorEm
Walk into splintered sunlight, inch your way through
Chord diagramC majorC                      Chord diagramG+G
Dead dreams to another land
Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA minorAm                     Chord diagramE minorEm
Maybe you're tired and broken, your tongue is twisted with
Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramA augmentedA
Words half-spoken and thoughts unclear

Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramD MajorD
What do you want me to do, to do for you, to see you through?

  Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA box of rain will ease the pain, and love will see you through

Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramE minorEm
Just a box of rain, wind and water
   Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramD MajorD
Be-lieve it if you need it, if you don't, just pass it on

Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramE minorEm
Sun and shower, wind and rain
Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramA augmentedA
In and out the window, like a moth before a flame

Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramE minorEm
And it's just a box of rain
        Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD MajorD
I don't know who put it there
Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramB minorBm          Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramA augmentedA
Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare.

Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramE minorEm
And it's just a box of rain
     Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD MajorD
Or a ribbon for your hair
        Chord diagramE minorEm
Such a long, long time to be gone
      Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD
And a short time to be there

Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramAsus4Asus4

***********************************
--------Friend of the Devil--------
***********************************

e|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-0---------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---4-2-0---------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------3-2-0---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------3-| x4

Chord diagramG+G

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Guitar Solo:  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramD MajorD

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

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

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


******************************
--------Sugar Magnolia--------
******************************

Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA  (x2)
Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA

Chord diagramA augmentedA                        Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming
          Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramA augmentedA
heads all empty and I don't care
Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramC# minorC#m         Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Saw my baby down by the river
Chord diagramE MajorE                    Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA
Knew she had to come up soon for air

Chord diagramA augmentedA                                Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Sweet blossom come on, under the willow
            Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramA augmentedA
We can have high times if you'll abide
Chord diagramA augmentedA                   Chord diagramC# minorC#m        Chord diagramF# minorF#m
We can discover the wonders of nature
Chord diagramE MajorE                     Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA
Rollin' in the rushes down by the riverside

Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD
She's got everything delightful, she's got everything I need
Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA
Takes the wheel when I'm seeing double, pays my ticket when I speed

Chord diagramA augmentedA                                  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA
She comes skimmin' through rays of violet
        Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramA augmentedA
She can wade in a drop of dew
Chord diagramA augmentedA                  Chord diagramC# minorC#m     Chord diagramF# minorF#m
She don't come and I don't follow
Chord diagramE MajorE                     Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA
Waits backstage while I sing to you

Chord diagramA augmentedA                     Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA
She can dance a cajun rhythm
            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Jump like a willys in four-wheel drive
Chord diagramA augmentedA                           Chord diagramC# minorC#m               Chord diagramF# minorF#m
She's my summer love in the spring, fall, and winter
Chord diagramE MajorE                  Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA
She can make happy any man alive

Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Sugar magnolia
Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA
ringing that bluebell
Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Caught up in sunlight
Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD MajorD
Come on out singing I'll walk you in the sunshine
Chord diagramD MajorD                              Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Come on honey, come along with me

Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD
She's got everything delightful, she's got everything I need
Chord diagramD MajorD                             Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA breeze in the pines and the sun and bright moonlight
Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA
Lazing in the sunshine, yes indeed

Chord diagramA augmentedA                           Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Sometimes when the cuckoo's crying
Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramA augmentedA
when the moon is halfway down
Chord diagramBB                  Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramBB
Sometimes when the night is dying
Chord diagramBB                   Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramBB
I take me out and I wander around
Chord diagramBB        Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramBB
I wander around

Chord diagramBB        Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramF#F#             Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramBB
Sunshine daydream, walking in the tall trees
Chord diagramBB               Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE              Chord diagramBB
Going where the wind goes, blooming like a red rose

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


************************
--------Operator--------
************************

   Chord diagramFF                     Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramA7A7         Chord diagramDmDm          Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramFF
e|-----------------8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
Chord diagramBB|--10p9-10p9-10p9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------9-8-9-------------------10----10-12-10----------10~--------10~--------10~-------10~-|--
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------10-------10---10-11-12~-12----12-----------10-12-10---10-12-10---10-12-10---10-12-10---|--
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--


Chord diagramFF
Operator, can you help me?  Help me if you please
Chord diagramBb majorBb                                  Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramFF Chord diagramF#F#
Give me the right area code and the number that I need
Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramA7A7
My rider left upon a midnight flyer
Chord diagramDmDm              Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramFF
Singin' like a summer breeze

Chord diagramFF
Think she's somewhere down south, down about Baton Rouge
Chord diagramBb majorBb                                  Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramFF Chord diagramF#F#
I just cain't remember no number, a number I can use
Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramA7A7
Directory don't have it, central done forgot it
Chord diagramDmDm            Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramFF
Got to find a number to use

[Intro]

Chord diagramFF
Tryin' to check out a number, tryin' to run down a line
Chord diagramBb majorBb                                                 Chord diagramFF                          Chord diagramFF Chord diagramF#F#
Operator said that's privileged information and it ain't no business o' mine
Chord diagramG+G                                Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramA7A7
It's floodin' down in Texas, the poles are down in Utah
Chord diagramDmDm            Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramFF
Got to find a private line

Chord diagramFF
She could be hanging 'round a steel mill, working in a house of blue light
Chord diagramBb majorBb                                     Chord diagramFF                      Chord diagramFF Chord diagramF#F#
Riding a get-away bus out of Portland, talkin' to the night
Chord diagramG+G                                      Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramA7A7
I don't know where she's gone, I don't care where she's been
Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramFF
Long as she's been doin' it right

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

Solo: (same chords as verse)
[Intro]

Chord diagramDmDm                            Chord diagramFF
Long as she's been doing it right


************************
--------Candyman--------
************************

        Chord diagramBb majorBb        Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G
e|------6-6-------5-5----------------------|----|-------------------7-7-7-7----------------|--|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------5---5-3-------|----|--5-5-5---/8-~-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-------------|--|
Chord diagramG+G|-6/7--------4/5--------------------5-----|-x4-|------------------------------------------|--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------4/5----5-----------|----|------------------------------------------|--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------------------------|----|------------------------------------0-0-2-|--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------|----|--------------------------------3-3-------|--|


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

Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC
Look out, look out the Candyman
Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramC majorC
Here he come and he's gone again
Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramG+G
Pretty lady ain't got no friend 'til the
Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
Candyman comes around again

Chord diagramA augmentedA|------0-0-2-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--3-3-------|

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

Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC
Look out, look out the Candyman
Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramC majorC
Here he come and he's gone again
Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramG+G
Pretty lady ain't got no friend 'til the
Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
Candyman comes around again

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

Chord diagramA augmentedA|------0-0-2-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--3-3-------|

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

Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC
Look out, look out the Candyman
Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramC majorC
Here he come and he's gone again
Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramG+G
Pretty lady ain't got no friend 'til the
Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
Candyman comes around again

   Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
e|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-1---------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---2------0------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----3~-----2----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------3~-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|

Chord diagramBb majorBb             Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC
Look out, look out the Candyman
Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramC majorC
Here he come and he's gone again


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

                      Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramC majorC                                    Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------3--|-----------------------0--|-------------------------------------|--|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------0--|-----0-----0-----------1--|-------------------------------------|--|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------0--|--0-----2-----0--------0--|------0~-0h2-0~---------0h2-0--------|--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------0-----0--|-----------------0--2--2--|--0h2-------------0-2----------2-0---|--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2-----2--3--------2--|-----------------------3--|-------------------------------------|--|
e|-----3-----------3--3--|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|--|

                   Chord diagramG+G                              Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------3--|---------------------------0--|-------------------------------3--|--|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------0--|---------0-----0-----------1--|------0-0-1--------------------0--|--|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------0--|------0-----2-----0--------0--|--0h2--------2----------0-2-0--0--|--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------0--0--|--0h2----------------0--2--2--|---------------0h2-2-----------0--|--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2-----2--3-----2--|---------------------------3--|-------------------------------2--|--|
e|-----3-----------3--|------------------------------|-------------------------------3--|--|

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

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

Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramD MajorD
Ripple in still water
           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC
When there is no pebble tossed
    Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD
Nor wind to blow

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

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

Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramD MajorD
Ripple in still water
           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC
When there is no pebble tossed
    Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD
Nor wind to blow

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

Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
La Da Da Da
Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G
La Da Da Da Da
Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramC majorC
La Da Da La Da La Da Da Da Da
Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramC majorC
La Da Da Da La Da Da Da Da
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G
La Da Da Da La Da Da Daa


********************************
--------Brokedown Palace--------
********************************

Chord diagramG+G

Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA minorAm
Fare you well, my honey
Chord diagramBb majorBb       Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramC majorC
fare you well my only true one
Chord diagramG+G                       Chord diagramDmDm
All the birds that were singing
Chord diagramBb majorBb                    Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF
are flown, except you alone

Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramBb majorBb
Going to leave this brokedown palace,
      Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramDmDm            Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramFF
On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll
Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramBb majorBb    Chord diagramFF
Make myself a bed in the waterside
                  Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramBb majorBb          Chord diagramFF
In my time, In my time, I will roll, roll roll

Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramA augmentedA
In a bed, in a bed,
       Chord diagramBb majorBb                Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G
By the waterside I will lay my head
Chord diagramFF                     Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramFF
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul

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

Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramA augmentedA
Goin' home, goin' home,
       Chord diagramBb majorBb                Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramG+G
By the waterside I will rest my bones
Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramBb majorBb       Chord diagramFF
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul

Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramBb majorBb
Going to plant a weeping willow
       Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramDmDm           Chord diagramBb majorBb          Chord diagramFF
On the bank's green edge it will grow, grow, grow
Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramBb majorBb       Chord diagramFF
Sing a lullaby beside the water
                Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramFF
Lovers come and go, the river roll, roll, roll

Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramA augmentedA
Fare you well, fare you well,
  Chord diagramBb majorBb                 Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G
I love you more than words can tell
Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramBb majorBb       Chord diagramFF
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul

Doo doot doos (with same chords as last verse)


**************************************
--------Till The Morning Comes--------
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  Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramD MajorD
e|-----7-7-|-----5-5-|------------5-5-|-----7-7-----5-5-|--|
Chord diagramBB|-7/9-----|-5/7-----|-----5-5--7-----|-7/9-----5/7-----|--|
Chord diagramG+G|---------|---------|-5/6------------|-----------------|--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------|---------|----------------|-----------------|--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------|---------|----------------|-----------------|--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------|---------|----------------|-----------------|--|

  Chord diagramA augmentedA                     Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|-7pb9r7-5-7---5-7-5-|-----7-7-----5-5-------------------|-----7--------5----5\---|--|
Chord diagramBB|------------7-------|-7/9-----5/7---------5-7---5-7-5-7-|-7/9------5/7------5\---|--|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------|------------------/6-----6---------|-------9--------7 -6\---|--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|--|

                 Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD
Till the morning comes
             Chord diagramA augmentedA
it'll do you fine
                 Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD
Till the morning comes
               Chord diagramA augmentedA
like a highway sign
                Chord diagramE MajorE               Chord diagramD MajorD
Showing you the way, leaving no doubt
        Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramA augmentedA
Of the way on in or the way back out

Chord diagramE7E7+9               Chord diagramA7A7  Chord diagramE7E7+9                Chord diagramA7A7
Tell you what I'll do, I'll watch out for you
Chord diagramB7B7+5       Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE7E7   Chord diagramA7A7            Chord diagramD MajorD
You're my woman now, make yourself easy
              Chord diagramDmDm                  Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramE MajorE
Make yourself easy, make yourself easy

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

Chord diagramE7E7+9               Chord diagramA7A7  Chord diagramE7E7+9                Chord diagramA7A7
Tell you what I'll do, I'll watch out for you
Chord diagramB7B7+5       Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE7E7   Chord diagramA7A7            Chord diagramD MajorD
You're my woman now, make yourself easy
              Chord diagramDmDm                  Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramE MajorE
Make yourself easy, make yourself easy

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

Chord diagramE7E7+9               Chord diagramA7A7  Chord diagramE7E7+9                Chord diagramA7A7
Tell you what I'll do, I'll watch out for you
Chord diagramB7B7+5       Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE7E7   Chord diagramA7A7            Chord diagramD MajorD
You're my woman now, make yourself easy
              Chord diagramDmDm                  Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramE MajorE
Make yourself easy, make yourself easy

Chord diagramB minorBm          Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramE MajorE
You're my woman now (make yourself easy)...

Chord diagramE7E7+9: x 0 2 1 3 3    Chord diagramB7B7+5: x 2 1 2 0 3


*********************************
--------Attics of My Life--------
*********************************
   Chord diagramA augmentedA                           Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramEsus4Esus4
e|---------|---|---|---------|----0~-------------|---0--------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------|---|---|---------|----0~--------------|---0-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------2-|-%-|-%-|-------2-|-1~-----------2-2-2-|-1-----------2---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2-2-2-2-|-%-|-%-|-2---2-2-|-2~-------2-2-1-2-4-|-2-----1-----2-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4-3-4---|---|---|-0---0---|-2~---------0-------|-2-------4-3-2---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------|---|---|---4-----|------0-------------|-0---------------|
                                                            In  the...

Chord diagramEsus4Esus4  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramBB    Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramB7B7 Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramBB Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramE MajorE
In the attics of my life, full of cloudy dreams unreal.

Chord diagramEsus4Esus4   Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramB7B7 Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramB7B7  Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE
Full of tastes no tongue can know, and lights no eye can see.

Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramG#G#    Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE
When there was no ear to hear, you sang to me.

Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramB7B7   Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramB7B7 Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE
I have spent my life seeking all that's still unsung.

Chord diagramEsus4Esus4   Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramB7B7 Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramB7B7  Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE
Bent my ear to hear the tune, and closed my eyes to see.

Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramG#G#    Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramF# minorF#m  Chord diagramF#F#  Chord diagramBB
When there were no strings to play, you played to me.

Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramEsus4Esus4        Chord diagramE7E7  Chord diagramAsus4Asus4  Chord diagramA augmentedA
In the book of love's own dream, where all the print is blood.

     Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA Aus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramBB        Chord diagramB7B7             Chord diagramE MajorE
Where all the pages are my days, and all my lights grow old.

Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramAsus4Asus4  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramEsus4Esus4   Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramBB    Chord diagramB7B7      Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramEsus4Esus4
When I had no wings to fly, you flew to me, you flew to me.

Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramB7B7     Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramB7B7 Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramBB    Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramE MajorE
In the secret space of dreams, where I dreaming lay amazed.

Chord diagramEsus4Esus4    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramB7B7  Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramE MajorE
When the secrets all are told, and the petals all unfold.

Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramG# minorG#m   Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramF# minorF#m E/A                  Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE
When there was no dream of mine, you dreamed of me.


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--------Truckin'--------
************************

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. Chord diagramE MajorE would be Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2-2-4-4-|...repeat for each chord)
                Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-0-0-0-|

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

  Chord diagramE MajorE
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|--|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------------------------------------|--|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------------------------------|--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--5h7-7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7-7--5------------------|--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------7--6--5--3--0---|--|


Chord diagramE MajorE                                Chord diagramA augmentedA
Truckin' got my chips cashed in. Keep truckin', like the do-dah man
Chord diagramBB                                Chord diagramA augmentedA                   Chord diagramE MajorE
Together, more or less in line, just keep truckin' on

Chord diagramE 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

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

Chord diagramE 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

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

Chord diagramA augmentedA                         Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramA augmentedA
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me
Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramA augmentedA
Other times I can barely see.
Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramB minorBm      Chord diagramF#F#
Lately it occurs to me
       Chord diagramAmaj7Amaj7                   Chord diagramE MajorE
What a long, strange trip it's been.

Chord diagramE 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 "

Chord diagramE MajorE                             Chord diagramA augmentedA
Truckin', up to Buffalo. Been thinkin', you got to mellow slow
Chord diagramBB                                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Takes time, to pick a place to go, and just keep truckin' on

Chord diagramE 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.

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

Chord diagramE 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',         Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramFF Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramG#G#
Get out of the door and light out and look all around.

Chord diagramA augmentedA                         Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramA augmentedA
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me
Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramA augmentedA
Other times I can barely see.
Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramB minorBm      Chord diagramF#F#
Lately it occurs to me
       Chord diagramAmaj7Amaj7                   Chord diagramE MajorE
What a long, strange trip it's been.

Chord diagramE MajorE                           Chord diagramA augmentedA
Truckin', I'm a goin' home. Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong
Chord diagramBB                                       Chord diagramA augmentedA                       Chord diagramE MajorE
Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin' on.

Chord diagramE MajorE


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