Biography:
The Jerry Garcia Band was an American rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia started the band in 1975. Of his many side projects, this was the main one, until his death in 1995.
Jerry Garcia Band employs many of the same elements and similar style to the Grateful Dead, such as rock influenced by blues, folk, country, and jazz.
Over the years, the lineup of the Jerry Garcia Band changed a number of times. The one constant member besides Garcia himself was bassist John Kahn.
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Tough Mama
Jerry Garcia Band
Bob Dylan Cover
(live versions also played by Garcia and Saunders & Legion of Mary)
Note* Instrumental Verse Chords measures may vary - depending on how heavy Jerry throws on the Jam!
Intro: D Bm A D Bm A
D Bm A
Tough Mama -- meat shaking on your bones
D Bm A
I'm gonna take you down to the river and get you stoned.
Bm A
Sister's on the highway with that steel driving crew
Bm F#m Em G
Papa's in the big house her working days are through
C G A
Tough Mama -- can I blow a little smoke on you?
D Bm A D Bm A Bm A
Bm F#m Em G C G A
D Bm A
Dark Beauty -- Won't you move it on over and make some room?
D Bm A
It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.
Bm A
Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,
Bm F#m Em G
You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies.
C G A
Dark Beauty -- with that long night's journey in your eyes.
D Bm A D Bm A Bm A
Bm F#m Em G C G A
D Bm A
Sweet Goddess -- born of a blinding light and a changing wind,
D Bm A
Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been.
Bm A
Jack the Cowboy went up north He's buried in your past.
Bm F#m Em G
The Lone Wolf went out drinking That was over pretty fast.
C G A
Sweet Goddess -- Your perfect stranger's comin' in at last.
D Bm A D Bm A Bm A
Bm F#m Em G C G A
D Bm A
Silver Angel -- with the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,
D Bm A
I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive.
Bm A
Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch,
Bm F#m Em G
I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch.
C G A
Sweet Goddess It must be time to carve another notch.
D Bm A D Bm A Bm A
Bm F#m Em G C G A
D Bm A
I'm crestfallen -- the world of illusion is at my door,
D Bm A
I ain't haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.
Bm A
The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight,
Bm F#m Em G
I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.
C G A
Dark Beauty -- meet me at the border late tonight.
D Bm A D Bm A Bm A
Bm F#m Em G C G A
Jerry Garcia Band
Bob Dylan Cover
(live versions also played by Garcia and Saunders & Legion of Mary)
Note* Instrumental Verse Chords measures may vary - depending on how heavy Jerry throws on the Jam!
Intro: D Bm A D Bm A
D Bm A
Tough Mama -- meat shaking on your bones
D Bm A
I'm gonna take you down to the river and get you stoned.
Bm A
Sister's on the highway with that steel driving crew
Bm F#m Em G
Papa's in the big house her working days are through
C G A
Tough Mama -- can I blow a little smoke on you?
D Bm A D Bm A Bm A
Bm F#m Em G C G A
D Bm A
Dark Beauty -- Won't you move it on over and make some room?
D Bm A
It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.
Bm A
Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,
Bm F#m Em G
You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies.
C G A
Dark Beauty -- with that long night's journey in your eyes.
D Bm A D Bm A Bm A
Bm F#m Em G C G A
D Bm A
Sweet Goddess -- born of a blinding light and a changing wind,
D Bm A
Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been.
Bm A
Jack the Cowboy went up north He's buried in your past.
Bm F#m Em G
The Lone Wolf went out drinking That was over pretty fast.
C G A
Sweet Goddess -- Your perfect stranger's comin' in at last.
D Bm A D Bm A Bm A
Bm F#m Em G C G A
D Bm A
Silver Angel -- with the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,
D Bm A
I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive.
Bm A
Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch,
Bm F#m Em G
I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch.
C G A
Sweet Goddess It must be time to carve another notch.
D Bm A D Bm A Bm A
Bm F#m Em G C G A
D Bm A
I'm crestfallen -- the world of illusion is at my door,
D Bm A
I ain't haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.
Bm A
The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight,
Bm F#m Em G
I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.
C G A
Dark Beauty -- meet me at the border late tonight.
D Bm A D Bm A Bm A
Bm F#m Em G C G A
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