China Cat Sunfloweri Know You Rider chords by Grateful Dead

Chords with lyrics

Verse:

G+G                   FF
Look for a while at the China Cat sunflower,
G+G                   FF
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
G+G                FF
Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,
G+G                         FF     G+G
Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream like wind.

Solo:

G+G - FF x

D MajorD D D MajorD D  C majorC D MajorD

Verse 2:

G+G                   FF
Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandanna,
G+G                       FF
Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.
G+G                      FF
A augmentedA leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle,
G+G                 FF
To a double-E waterfall over my back.

G+G FF x4

D MajorD D D MajorD   C majorC  D MajorD

Solo:
E MajorE  D MajorD
BB x3
A augmentedA  BB

G+G                   FF
Comic book colors on a violin river Cryin' Leonardo,
G+G                   FF
Words from out a silk trombone.
G+G                   FF
I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls,
G+G                   FF
In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee.

G+G  FF x4

D MajorD D D MajorD   C majorC D MajorD

I Know you Rider:

D MajorD            C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
D MajorD            C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
   FF     C majorC     FF    C majorC  FF  D MajorD
Gonna miss your baby, from rollin' in your arms.

D MajorD

D MajorD               C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
Lay down last night, Lord I could not take my rest;
D MajorD               C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
Lay down last night, Lord I could not take my rest;
  FF    C majorC         FF     C majorC  FF  D MajorD
My mind was wanderin' like the wild geese in the west.

Solo:

D MajorD            C majorC    G+G    D MajorD x3
FF     C majorC     FF    C majorC  FF  D MajorD


D MajorD            C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
The sun will shine in my back door someday;
D MajorD            C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
The sun will shine in my back door someday;
   FF     C majorC   FF    C majorC  FF  D MajorD
March winds will blow all my troubles away.

D MajorD             C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
I wish I was a headlight, on a North bound train;
D MajorD             C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
I wish I was a headlight, on a North bound train;
FF      C majorC   FF      C majorC    FF  D MajorD
I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain.

N.C.
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;