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Jerry Garcia

Brokedown Palace

G                 Am
Fare thee well my honey
Bb         F            C
 Fare thee well my only true one
G                        Dm
All the birds that were singing
Bb                C      
Have flown except you alone

F
F                               Bb
Going to leave this broke-down palace
F                Dm           Bb          F
 On my hands and knees I will roll, roll, roll
F             Am  Bb               F
Make myself a bed  by the waterside
F           G                  Bb          F

Truckin'

E
Truckin', got my chips cashed in
A
Keep truckin', like the do-dah man
   B
Together, more or less in line
A                         
Just keep truckin' on

E 
E
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street

Chicago, New York, Detroit and it's all on the same street

Your typical city involved in a typical daydream

Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings
E
Dallas, got a soft machine
A
Houston, too close to New Orleans
B  
New York got the ways and means
A
But just won't let you be

Friend of the Devil

G'    G/f#     C/e  G/d    C          C/b    Am
I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
G'     G/f#   C/e        G/d         C           C/b   Am
Didn't get to sleep last night 'till the morning came around.
D
 Set out runnin' but I take my time
  Am
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
   D
If I get home before daylight,
  Am                  C       D
I just might get some sleep tonight.
Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills.

Black Muddy River

         A            Bm               D  A
When the last rose of summer pricks my finger
        A       Bm               D
And the hot sun chills me to the bone
       A              Bm           D   A
When I can't hear the song for the singer
      F#m           E             D
And I can't tell my pillow from a stone
E            A           D           A
I will walk alone by the black muddy river
    F#m       E          D
And sing me a song of my own
E            A           D           A
I will walk alone by the black muddy river
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