Tough Mama chords by Jerry Garcia Band

Chords with lyrics

Tough Mama
Jerry Garcia Band
Bob Dylan Cover
(live versions also played by Garcia and Saunders & Legion of Mary)

Note* Instrumental Verse Chords measures may vary - depending on how heavy Jerry throws on the Jam!


Intro:  D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA

D MajorD   B minorBm    A augmentedA
Tough Mama -- meat shaking on your bones
D MajorD   B minorBm   A augmentedA
I'm gonna take you down to the river and get you stoned.
B minorBm               A augmentedA
Sister's on the highway with that steel driving crew
B minorBm              F# minorF#m   E minorEm    G+G
Papa's in the big house her working days are through
C majorC   G+G   A augmentedA
Tough Mama -- can I blow a little smoke on you?

D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    B minorBm   A augmentedA

B minorBm   F# minorF#m E minorEm G+G    C majorC  G+G  A augmentedA


D MajorD   B minorBm    A augmentedA
Dark Beauty -- Won't you move it on over and make some room?
D MajorD   B minorBm     A augmentedA
It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.
B minorBm               A augmentedA
Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,
B minorBm              F# minorF#m   E minorEm    G+G
You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies.
C majorC   G+G    A augmentedA
Dark Beauty -- with that long night's journey in your eyes.


D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    B minorBm   A augmentedA

B minorBm   F# minorF#m E minorEm G+G    C majorC  G+G  A augmentedA


D MajorD   B minorBm    A augmentedA
Sweet Goddess -- born of a blinding light and a changing wind,
D MajorD   B minorBm     A augmentedA
Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been.
B minorBm               A augmentedA
Jack the Cowboy went up north He's buried in your past.
B minorBm              F# minorF#m   E minorEm    G+G
The Lone Wolf went out drinking That was over pretty fast.
C majorC   G+G     A augmentedA
Sweet Goddess -- Your perfect stranger's comin' in at last.

D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    B minorBm   A augmentedA

B minorBm   F# minorF#m E minorEm G+G    C majorC  G+G  A augmentedA


D MajorD   B minorBm    A augmentedA
Silver Angel -- with the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,
D MajorD    B minorBm     A augmentedA
I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive.
B minorBm               A augmentedA
Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch,
B minorBm              F# minorF#m   E minorEm    G+G
I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch.
C majorC   G+G  A augmentedA
Sweet Goddess It must be time to carve another notch.


D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    B minorBm   A augmentedA

B minorBm   F# minorF#m E minorEm G+G    C majorC  G+G  A augmentedA


D MajorD   B minorBm      A augmentedA
I'm crestfallen -- the world of illusion is at my door,
D MajorD    B minorBm      A augmentedA
I ain't haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.
B minorBm               A augmentedA
The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight,
B minorBm              F# minorF#m   E minorEm    G+G
I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.
C majorC   G+G    A augmentedA
Dark Beauty -- meet me at the border late tonight.


D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    D MajorD B minorBm  A augmentedA    B minorBm   A augmentedA

B minorBm   F# minorF#m E minorEm G+G    C majorC  G+G  A augmentedA