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From: healy@nosc.mil (Mike Healy)
Subject: Re: REQ: Grateful Dead "New Speedway Boogie"

Ah yes, at the end of their acoustic set, before Jerry would play
pedal steel with the New Riders, he would break out an
electric guitar and twang into that opening lick ...

Here's a start from memory:

New Speedway Boogie (in memory of Altamont)


Am										C				G		Am
Please don't dominate the rap Jack, if you got nothin' new to say.
And also please, don't back up the tracks, this train's got to run today.
Am										C				G			Am
I spent a little time on the mountain, spent a little time on the hill.
Am								C			G				D
Like some say, better run away; others say you better stand still.
Am											C       G			Am
Now I don't know but I been told that it's hard to run with the
						weight of gold
Am											C		G
On the other hand, I've heard it said, it's just as hard with the
									D
						weight of lead

Am									C			G		Am
Who can deny, who can deny, it's not just a change of style.
One step done and another begun, and I wonder how many miles.
Am										C				G			Am
I spent a little time on the mountain, spent a little time on the hill,
I saw things getting out of hand but I guess they always will.
Am											C			G			Am
Well, I don't know, but I've been told in the heat of the sun a man
						died of cold								
Am											C		G			D				
Keep on comin' or stand and wait with the sun so dark and the hour so late.

Am										C			G			Am
You can't overlook the lack, Jack, of any other highway to ride,
It's got no signs or dividing lines, and very few rules to guide.
Am										C			G			Am
Now I don't know but I've been told if the horse don't pull you
						got to carry the load.					
Am										C		G					D
I don't know whose back`s that strong; maybe find out before too long.

Am
One way or another, one way or another, this darkness has got to give.


Mike Healy

healy@nosc.mil


Grateful Dead albums
1990 Without a Net
1989 Built to Last
1987 In the Dark
1981 Dead Set
1981 Reckoning
1980 Go to Heaven
1978 Shakedown Street
1977 Terrapin Station
1976 Steal Your Face
1975 Blues for Allah
1974 The Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel
1973 Wake of the Flood
1973 History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1
1972 Europe '72
1971 The Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)
1970 American Beauty
1970 Workingman's Dead
1969 Live/Dead
1969 Aoxomoxoa
1968 Anthem of the Sun
1967 The Grateful Dead
Workingman's Dead tabs
01Uncle John's Band tabbass tab
02High Time tabbass tab
03Dire Wolf tabbass tab
04New Speedway Boogie tabbass tab
05Cumberland Blues tabbass tab
06Black Peter tabbass tab
07Easy Wind tabbass tab
08Casey Jones tabbass tab

 

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