Lazy River Road Chords

by Grateful Dead
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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1 contributor total, last edit on May 24, 2024

Chords

G
D
C
Em
Bm
A7/G
C/G
Am
B

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Grateful Dead - Lazy River Road
Tabbed by Bryan Smith/snoopgrunt@aol.com
 
[Verse 1]
G              D        G
Way down along Sycamore Slough
C                     G
A white man sings the blues
G                D        G
Selling roses of papier mache
     C                   D
With flecks of starlight dew
Em                     D
I swiped a bunch and I threw it your way
C                    Bm
Where hazy moonlight glowed
 
[Chorus]
C   G     A7/G       C/G        G
Way down, down along lazy river road
 
[Verse 2]
G              D          G
Way down along Shadowfall Ward
C             G
End of the avenue
G                     D       G
Run hide seek in your own backyard
C                     D
Mama's backyard won't do
Em                    D
All night long I sang love's sweet song
C                     Bm
Down where the water flowed
 
[Chorus]
C   G     A7/G       C/G        G
Way down, down along lazy river road
 
[Bridge]
Am                 D
Moonlight wanes as hound dogs bay
Em          B         Em
Never quite catch the tune
Am                 D
Stars fall down in buckets like rain
Em                  B        Em
Till there ain't no standing room
Am                    B
Bright blue boxcars, train by train
Am                   B
Rattle while dreams unfold
 
[Chorus]
C   G     A7/G       C/G        G
Way down, down along lazy river road
 
[Verse 3]
G              D        G
Way down along Seminole Square
C                  G
Belly of the river tide
G               D         G
Call for me and I will be there
        C               D
For the price of a taxi ride
Em                         D
Night time double clutches into today
        C                     Bm
Like a truck downshifting its load
 
[Chorus]
C   G     A7/G       C/G        G
Way down, down along lazy river road
 
[Instrumental]
(Verse chords)
G D G
C G
G D G
C D
Em D
C Bm
 
(Chorus chords)
C G A7/G C/G G
 
[Bridge]
Am                 D
Moonlight wanes as hound dogs bay
Em          B         Em
Never quite catch the tune
Am                 D
Stars fall down in buckets like rain
Em                  B        Em
Till there ain't no standing room
Am                    B
Bright blue boxcars, train by train
Am                   B
Rattle while dreams unfold
 
[Chorus]
C   G     A7/G       C/G        G
Way down, down along lazy river road
 
[Verse 4]
G                 D                 G
Thread the needle right through the eye
    C                   G
The thread that runs so true
G                D        G
All the others I let pass by
  C           D
I only wanted you
Em                    D
I never cared much for careless love
      C                       Bm
But, oh, how your bright eyes glowed
 
[Chorus]
C   G     A7/G       C/G        G
Way down, down along lazy river road
C   G     A7/G       C/G        G
Way down, down along lazy river road
C   G     A7/G       C/G        G
Way down, down along lazy river road
 
[Outro]
C   G     A7/G       C/G        G
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7 comments
mjwalton1
Yes thank you! May I recommend the version, [Club front rehearsal, 2/18/93].
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AU79 XY
Beautiful
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GuiltyGearXXX
The A7/G is actually Bbdim7 I think. Also could you just copy and paste the chorus where it happens in the song it makes it harder to sightread if you keep having to scroll back up and it's only one line.
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