Ship Of Fools chords by Grateful Dead

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and is based upon the contemporaneous and recorded experience of the
emotional instants
in time entitled "Ship of Fools" by the creators of the experience and
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Ship of Fools (Robert Hunter-Jerome Garcia(rest easy jerry))
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[NOTE:  CAN (AND FOR AUTHENTICITY SHOULD) BE PLAYED A WHOLE STEP DOWN BY
SUITABLE TRANSPOSITION TO THE APPROPRIATE BAR CHORDS (C-->Bb, G-->F, etc.) --
BELOW IS THE MOST CONVENIENT OPEN CHORD RENDITION FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR.]

IMPORTANT NOTE:  I don't know the name of the chord labeled "?" below; it is
played:  low E, A - not played
                       D - 1st fret
                       G - 2nd fret
	     B - 1st fret
                high E - 2nd fret
(It's like a DM7 but with a D# replacing the fundamental on the D string; it
can also be played
by moving up the neck so that the D and B string are played on the 4th, 7th,
or 10th fret,
keeping the same relative structure.)


C                      G    F   ?                       C
Went to see the captain, ...

C         EM7   F      Em    Dm              G
laid my proposition down...

G                       F          C     Em                       Dm
I won't slave for beggar's pay, ...

                  (optional)
F                (D)      C                        G        F            C
but I would slave to learn the way to ...


C          G   F                C
Ship of  fools ...,

C         G  F                        Am
ship of  fools ...

Am                                  ?
It was later than I thought when ...

          F                        G          F          C       Take your pick;
         G                         F                      C        the boys
have played it at least ...
now I cannot share ...


(same chord structure as above for the rest of the song)



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peace,
kevin flood
kflood@phast.umass.edu