Uncle John's Band
Grateful Dead
Tabbed by RainLord
This is my first tab, so I apologize in advance for any mistakes or difficulty. I tried
listen very carefully to the lead parts of the song (in G major by the way) so some of
is written is very faint, listen closely to hear it. I'd thank the author of version 1
the help with the chords, but they're anonymous right now so I can't mention them by
Sorry.
Anyway, have fun!
Intro:
Guitar 1 and 2
Guitar 2 comes in
G
|E-------------3-3--3--------------------3-3—-3--------------------------|
|B----0--------0-0—-0-----------0--------0-0--0--------------------------|
|G--0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-------0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0------------------------|
|D--0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-------0-0--0-0---0-0—-0-0------------------------|
|A--2----2-2----------2-------2----2-2----------2------------------------|
|E--3----3-3----------3-------3----3-3----------3------------------------|
Guitar 3
|E--7--10------7------5----------7-7-10-5-5---7--3-3-5-2p0----------------|
|B--------10------8—----7p5-------8------7--------5--------3--------------|
|G-------------------------7----------------------------------------------|
|D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G C G
|E----------------------------3---5--3-2-----------------------------5-3\2\|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore,
G C G
|E-------------------------------------10—7--------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------10----------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
'Cause when life looks like easy street there is danger at your door.
Am Em C D
|E----------------------------------------------------10-10----------------|
|B--------------------------5-5--------------------------------------------|
|G--------------------------4-4--------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Think this through with me, Let me know you’re mind.
C D G D C G D G
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---------------------------------------------------------8---7-8-10-8-8-8|
|G----------------------------------------------7-7--9-7-9---9-------------|
|D-----------------------------------------9-10----------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Woh-oh what I want to know, is are you kind?
G C G
|E---------------------------------10--8-7---------------------------------|
|B----------------------------------------------------------8-7-5----------|
|G----------------------------------------------------------------7--------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
It’s a buck dancer’s choice my friend, better take my advice.
G C G
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice.
Am Em C D
|E---------------------------------------------------------10-10-----------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------7-9-9---------------------------7-----------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Will you come with me? Won’t you come with me?
C D G D C G D G
|E--------------7-----------------------------------7--10-8-7--------------|
|B--------------------------------------------8-7-5----------10-8----------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------------9-7-----|
|D---------------------------------------------------------------------10-9|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Who-oh what I want to know, will you come with me?
G C G Am G D
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Goddamn well I declare, have you seen the like?
D C G D C G D
|E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B------------------------------------7/10-------------------------------|
|G----------------------------------7-----------------------------7---/7-|
|D------------------------------------------------------------------9----|
|A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Their walls are built of cannonballs; their motto is “don’t tread on me.”
G Am G D
|E-----------------------------------------------------------7/8\7---------|
|B------------------------------------------------------8-10-------10-8----|
|G----------------------------------------------------9--------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, playing to the tide.
C G D C D
|E--------------------------------------7----7--5----5--3------3-2---------|
|B---------------------------------8-10------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------7-9-----------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Come with me or go alone, he’s come to take his children home.
Solo:
G Bm C D G Bm C D G Bm
|E----------------7-8-7----7-8-9-/10---------------------------------------|
|B----------------------10-------------8-----------------------------------|
|G---7----5-4--------------------------------------------------------------|
|D------------7-5-------------------------10-10-9--7-9-7------9-10-9-7---9-|
|A--------------------------------------------------------10-----------10--|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|E-3--3-3-2--2-------0-0---2---2---3-3-3-2-2-0-0-0--2--2--3-3-3--2--2------|
|B-0--0-0-3--3----1--1-1---3---3---0-0-0-3-3-1-1-1--3--3--0-0-0--3--3------|
|G-0--0-0-4--4----0--0-0---2---2---0-0-0-4-4-0-0-0--2--2--0-0-0--4—-4------|
|D-0--0-0-4--4----2--2-2---0---0---0-0-0-4-4-2-2-2--0--0--0-0-0--4--4------|
|A-2--2-2-2--2----3--3-3-----------2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3--------2-2-2--2—-2------|
|E-3--3-3--------------------------3-3-3------------------3-3-3------------|
C D G Bm C D
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G--7-9-7-9-7-9-7-9--------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------9-10-9-7-----7----------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------------10---9-10--9-10-7-9--7-9--------------------|
|E------------------------------------------------------10-8-7-------------|
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|E----0-0---2---2---3---3--3----2--2------0--0--0---2--2-------------------|
|B-1--1-1---3---3---0---0--0----3--3------1--1--1---3--3-------------------|
|G-0--0-0---2---2---0---0--0----4--4------0--0--0---2--2-------------------|
|D-2--2-2---0---0---0---0--0----4--4------2—-2--2---0--0-------------------|
|A-3--3-3-----------2---2--2----2--2------3—-3--3--------------------------|
|E------------------3---3--3-----------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/grateful_dead/uncle_johns_band_tab_ver_2.html ]
G C G
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B------------------------------------8---7--5-----------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
It’s the same story, the crow told me, it’s the only one he knows.
G C G
|E-----------------------------------10------------------------10-8-7------|
|B--------------------------------------------------------------------10-8-|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go.
Am Em C D
|E--------------------------------------------------------10--10-----------|
|B----------------------------5---5----------8-----------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ain’t no time to hate, barely time to wait.
C D G D C G D G
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B------------------/8-----------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------------------7-|
|D---------------------------------------------------------------------9---|
|A------------------------------------------------------------7-9--10------|
|E---------------------------------------------------------10--------------|
Woh-oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?
G C G
|E---------------------------------------------------------------7----7----|
|B------------------------------10h12-------------------8---8-10---10---10-|
|G---------------------12-11-10---------------------------7----------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar’s Tomb.
G C G
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune.
Am Em C D
|E----------------------------10-----------------------------------------|
|B-----------/10-12-/10-12-------------------------------9\8\7-----------|
|G-------------------------10----------------------------------9-7--7----|
|D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Anybody’s choice, I can hear your voice.
C D G D C G D G
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B------------------------------------------------------------------------8|
|G-------------------------------------------------------7-7--7---7/9-7-9--|
|D-------------------------------------------------9--10-------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Who-oh what I want to know, how does the song go?
G Am G D
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------5-7--7--------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, by the riverside.
C G D C D
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------------------------------5-|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------5-7---|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Got, some things to talk about, here, beside the rising tide.
G C G D
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------7--7--------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, playing to the tide.
C G D C D
|E----------------------------------------7-------5-------3----2-----------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Come on along or go alone, he’s come, to take his children home.
G Dm C Dm
|E--------------------------|
|B—-------------------------|
|G--------------------------|
|D-3/5-7-5------------------|
|A---------8-5--7---7-5-----|
|E----------------8---------|
| x 7
|E---3--3-3--1-1--0-0--1----|
|B---0--0-0--3-3--1-1--3----|
|G---0--0-0--2-2--0-0--2----|
|D---0--0-0--0----2----0----|
|A---2------------3---------|
|E---3----------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B----5-3--3-5-3--3-5-3-—3-5-----------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|E----0------0------0------0-----------------------------------------------|
|B----3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-----------------------------------------------|
|G----2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-----------------------------------------------|
|D----0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-----------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Dsus2 C G G
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Who-oh what I want to know, how does the song go?
No guitar:
Come, hear, Uncle John’s band, by the riverside.
Got, some things to talk about, here, beside the rising tide.
G Am G D
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------10-8-7--------------|
|G------------------------------------------------------------9-7----------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Come hear Uncle John’s band, playing to the tide.
C G D C D
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Come on along or go alone, he’s come, to take his children home.
G Dm C Dm
|E--------------------------|
|B—-------------------------|
|G--------------------------|
|D-3/5-7-5------------------|
|A---------8-5--7---7-5-----|
|E----------------8---------|
| x 3
|E---3--3-3--1-1--0-0--1----|
|B---0--0-0--3-3--1-1--3----|
|G---0--0-0--2-2--0-0--2----|
|D---0--0-0--0----2----0----|
|A---2------------3---------|
|E---3----------------------|
Na na na na, na na.
