ARTIST: The Grateful Dead
TITLE: Uncle John's Band
Lyrics and Chords


Well the first days are the hardest days
Don't you worry any more
'Cause when life looks like easy street
There is danger at your door
Think this through with me
Let me know your mind
Wo oh, what I want to know is are you kind?

/ G - / C G / : / Am Em / C D / CD GD CG DG /

It's a buck dancer's choice my friend
Better take my advice
You know all the rules by now
And the fire from the ice
Will you come with me
Won't you come with me
Wo oh, what I want to know, will you come with me?

   God damn, well I declare
   Have you seen the like
   Their walls are built of cannon balls
   Their motto is "don't tread on me"

   / G C / AmG D / C - / GD CD /

   Come hear Uncle John's Band
   Playing to the tide
   Come with me or go alone
   He's come to take his children home

It's the same story the crow told me
It's the only one he knows
Like the morning sun you come
And like the wind you go
Ain't no time to hate
Barely time to wait
Wo oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?

I live in a silver mine
And I call it Beggar's Tomb
I got me a violin
And I beg you call the tune
Anybody's choice
I can hear your voice
Wo oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

   Come hear Uncle John's Band
   By the river side
   Got some things to talk about
   Here beside the rising tide

   Come hear Uncle John's Band
   Playing to the tide
   Come along or go alone
   He's come to take his children home

Interlude: / Dm GC Dm GC / / / Dm GC D - /

Wo oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

/ CD GD CG DG /

{Repeat last two choruses, first a capella}

{Interlude}

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