Throwing Stones Chords

by Grateful Dead
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author kevinbhaynes [a] 177. Last edit on Apr 20, 2021

Chords

Bm
A
E
G
D
C#m

Strumming

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[Verse]
Bm        A                     E                  A
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Bm     G             A
Dizzy with eternity.
E                                 A                   E
Paint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea
        Bm                      A
Call it home for you and me.
Bm        A                     E                  A
A peaceful place or so it looks from space
Bm  G             A
A closer look reveals the human race.
E                                 A                   E
Full of hope, full of grace, is the human face.
        Bm                      A
But afraid, we may our lay home to waste.
 
[Chorus]
E                            D     A
There's a fear down here we can't forget
E                  D     A
Hasn't got a name just yet
E                D      A
Always awake, always around
E                    D       A       E
Singing ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes,all fall down
 
[Verse}
Bm        A                     E                  A
Now watch as the ball revolves and the nighttime falls
Bm  G             A
And again the hunt begins and again the bloodwind calls
E                                 A                   E
By and by again, the morning sun will rise
        Bm                      A
But the darkness never goes from some men's eyes.
Bm          A                     E                  A
It strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets
Bm  G             A
Staking turf, dividing up meat.
E                    A                   E
Nightmare spook, piece of heat,
        Bm                     A
It's you and me, you and me.
 
[Chorus]
E                      D     A
Click, flashblade in ghetto night.
E                D    A
Rudies looking for a fight.
E              D         A
Rat cat alley roll them bones.
E                   D         A
Need that cash to feed that jones
E                    D        A
And the politicians throwing stones
E                   D         A     E
Singing ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes all fall down
 
[Bridge]
C#m            A                  E
Commissars and pin-striped bosses roll the dice
Bm           G                      A
Any way they fall guess who gets to pay the price.
E              A           E
Money green or proletarian gray,
        Bm                     A
Selling guns instead of food today.
 
[Chorus]
E                 D                       A
So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
E                     D       A
And the politicians throwing stones
E                    D        A     E
Singing ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes,all fall down
 
[Verse]
Bm        A                     E                  A
Heartless powers try to tell us what to think
Bm              G             A
If the spirit's sleeping, then the flesh is ink.
        Bm                     A
And history's page, it is thusly carved in stone
Bm                     A
The future's here, we are it, we are on our own.
 
[Verse]
Bm        A                     E                  A
If the game is lost then we're all the same
Bm  G             A
No one left to place or take the blame.
E              A           E
We will leave this place an empty stone
        Bm                     A
Or this shinning ball of blue we can call our home
 
[Chorus]
E                 D                       A
So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
E                D                A
And the politicians are throwing stones
E              D               A    E
Singing ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes all fall down
 
[Verse]
E          D              A
Shipping powders back and forth
E                     D                      A
Singing "black goes south while white comes north"
E                 D              A
And the whole world full of petty wars
E                 D              A
Singing "I got mine and you got yours."
E                 D              A
And the current fashions set the pace.
E                D            A
Lose your step, fall out of grace.
E                   D        A
And the radical he rant and rage,
E                        D        A
Singing "someone got to turn the page"
E                        D      A
And the rich man in his summer home,
E                         D      A
Singing "Just leave well enough alone"
E                           D        A
But his pants are down, his cover's blown
E                          D       A
And the politicians are throwing stones
E                             D          A
So the kids they dance they shake their bones
E                            D        A
Cause its all too clear we're on our own
E              D              A     E
Singing ashes,ashes all fall down, ashes,ashes all fall down
 
[Outro]
Bm        A                     E                  A
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Bm      G            A
It's dizzying, the possibilities.
E
Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
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