'Uncle John's Band' by Grateful Dead - Guitar Tutorial

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Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more,
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'Cause when life looks like Easy Street there is danger 
at your door. 
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Think this through with me; let me know your mind. 
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Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, is are you kind. 
 
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It's a buck dancer's choice, my friend, better take my advice; 
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You know all the rules by now, and the fire from the ice. 
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Will you come with me, won't you come with me? 
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Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, will you come with me? 
 
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God damn! well I declare!  Have you seen the like? 
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Their walls are built of cannonballs,  
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Their motto is "Don't tread on me". 
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Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide, 
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Come with me, or go alone, he s come to take his children home 
 
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It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows; 
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Like the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go. 
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Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait. 
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Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, where does the time go? 
 
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I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb; 
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I've got me a violin and I beg you, call a tune. 
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Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice. 
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Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, how does the song go? 
 
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Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside 
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Got some things to talk about here beside the rising tide. 
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Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide 
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Come on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home. 
 
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Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, how does the song go? 
 
(A capella) 
Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside 
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide. 
 
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Come here Uncle John's band playing to the tide, 
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Come on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home. 
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	La lala lala,  la lala lala,  la lala lalaaaaa......