Uncle John's Band
Workingman's Dead
(Garcia/Hunter)

 Last Updated 07/12/96

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Intro

G

G  D*  C  D   G   D*   C  D


This is the chord documented by the Dead. Spence however, hears a change in later performances to a Bm. I agree and advise you to try it. 


         G
Well the first days are the hardest days,
          C         G
Don't you worry any more,
       G
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street,
         C              G
There is danger at your door.
Am                      Em
Think this through with me,
C                D
Let me know your mind,
C   D          G       Am   G
Wo, oh, what I want to know,
   D       G
Is are you kind?

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?

G                 C
Goddamn, well I declare,
Am       G        D
Have you seen the like?
      C
Their walls are built of cannonballs,
      G     D         C        D
Their motto is "Don't tread on me".
G                      C    Am      G      D
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide,
C
Come with me, or go alone,
     G       D        C        D
He's come to take his children home.


G  D  C  D     G   D   C   D

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?

G                      C    Am     G    D
Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside,
C
Got some things to talk about,
G      D        C      D
Here beside the rising tide.

G                      C    Am      G      D
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide,
C
Come on along, or go alone,
     G       D        C        D
He's come to take his children home.

Outro
G                            C            G
Wo, oh, what I want to know, how does the song go.


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Intro
(^) Slide Up  (\) Slide Down  (h) Hammer On  (p) Pull Off  (b) Bend

RA Tab Support Audio (18K)

MIDI Tab Support Audio (unclej1.mid)

E---7--10------7--------------------------------------------
B----------10-----8--8--10--8--7----------------------------
G---------------------------------9--7----------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

E---7--7--10------7-----------------------------------------
B-------------10-----8--8--10--7----------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

Return To Base


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Jam
(^) Slide Up  (\) Slide Down  (h) Hammer On  (p) Pull Off  (b) Bend

RA Tab Support Audio (36K)

MIDI Tab Support Audio (unclej2.mid)

E----------------------------|--0-------0------0------0-----
B----------------------------|----3---3---3--3---3--3---3---
G---2--0---------------------|------------------------------
D---------3--0--2-----2--0---|------------------------------
A------------------3---------|------------------------------
E----------------------------|------------------------------

Return To Base


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Ed Bick's Tab Archive, 1997