• Song:

    Let It Grow

  • Artist:

    Grateful Dead

  • Album:

    Without a Net (disc 1)

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    						Let it grow


   10   8            10   8    	        12   10   	      6 5
-|-|-|-|-|-       -|-|-|-|-|-        -|-|-|-|-|-    -|-|-|-|----|
-|-|-|-|-|-      -|-|o|-|-|-         -|-|o|-|-|-    -|-|-|-|----|
-|-|o|-|-|-       -|-|o|-|-|-         -|-|o|-|-|-    -|-|-|-|o--|
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-|-|-|-|o|-       -|-|-|-|o|-         -|-|-|-|o|-    -|-|-|-|o--|
-|-|-|-|-|-      -|-|-|-|-|-         -|-|-|-|-|-    -|-|-|-|----|
     I		       C (x32010@1)  D(I)		    A7 (x02220@1)
  9     6    	    9   7		 7   5		    9   7
-|-|-|-|-|-       -|-|-|o|-|-         -|-|-|-|-|-    -|-|-|-|o--|
-|-|o|-|-|-      -|o|-|-|-|-         -|-|-|-|-|-    -|-|-|-|o---|
-|o|-|-|-|-      -|-|-|o|-|-         -|-|o|-|-|-    -|-|o|-|----|
-|-|-|o|-|-      -|-|-|o|-|-         -|-|-|o|-|-    -|-|o|-|----|
-|-|-|-|o|-      -|-|-|o|-|-         -|-|-|-|o|-    -|-|-|-|o---|
-|-|-|-|-|-       -|-|-|o|-|-         -|-|-|-|-|-    -|-|-|-|o--|
    II               Bmin7 (x2022x@1)		  A(I) 		    III
						    (some kind of Echord) (022100@1)    9   7	      7   5		 7   5		    9   7
-|-|-|-|o|-      -|-|-|-|o|-         -|-|-|-|o|-     -|-|-|-|o--|
-|-|o|-|-|-      -|-|-|-|o|-         -|-|o|-|-|-    -|-|-|-|o---|
-|-|o|-|-|-      -|-|o|-|-|-         -|-|o|-|-|-    -|-|o|-|----|
-|-|-|o|-|-      -|-|o|-|-|-         -|-|-|o|-|-    -|-|o|-|----|
-|-|-|-|o|-      -|-|o|-|-|-         -|-|-|-|o|-    -|-|-|o|----|
-|-|-|-|o|-       -|-|-|-|o|-        -|-|-|-|o|-    -|-|-|-|o---|
     B (x2444x@1)    	     D(II) (x43141@2)A(II)     	   Emin (022032@1)    5   3	      4   2	       5     2
-|-|-|-|o|-       -|-|-|-|o|-         -|-|-|-|o---|
-|-|-|-|o|-      -|-|-|-|o|-         -|o|-|-|-----|
-|-|o|-|-|-      -|-|o|-|-|-         -|-|o|-|-----|
-|-|o|-|-|-      -|-|o|-|-|-         -|-|-|-|o----|
-|-|o|-|-|-      -|-|-|o|-|-           -|-|-|o|---|
-|-|-|-|o|-      -|-|-|-|o|-         -|-|-|-|o----|
   C(II)	     Bmin (x2022x@1) IV

   10   8	     12  10          	12  10		      5 4
-|-|-|-|o|-	  -|-|-|-|o|-	     -|-|-|-|o|-	-|-|-|-|--|
-|-|o|-|-|-	  -|-|-|-|o|-	     -|-|o|-|-|-	-|-|-|o|--|
-|-|o|-|-|-	  -|-|o|-|-|-	     -|-|o|-|-|-	-|-|-|o|--|
-|-|-|o|-|-	  -|-|o|-|-|-	     -|-|-|o|-|-	-|-|-|-|o-|
-|-|-|-|o|-	  -|-|o|-|-|-	     -|-|-|-|o|-	-|-|-|-|--|
-|-|-|-|o|-	  -|-|-|-|o|-	     -|-|-|-|o|-	-|-|-|-|--|
   C(III) (x1333x@3)    G(II) (135211@3)		D(III)		     V

      7 6	   10     7   		 7   5     	    5   3
-|-|-|-|-|-	  -|-|-|-|-|-	     -|-|-|-|o|-	-|-|-|-|o-|
-|-|-|o|-|-	  -|o|-|-|-|-	     -|-|o|-|-|-	-|-|o|-|--|
-|-|-|o|-|-	  -|-|o|-|-|-	     -|-|x|-|-|-	-|-|x|-|--|
-|-|-|-|o|-	  -|-|-|-|o|-	     -|-|o|-|-|-	-|-|o|-|--|
-|-|-|-|-|-	  -|-|-|-|-|-	     -|-|-|-|o|-	-|-|-|-|o-|
-|-|-|-|-|-	  -|-|-|-|-|-	     -|-|-|-|o|-	-|-|-|-|o-|
     VI      	      VII	        VIII		    IX
			       (A suspended something) (same thing with G)

    5   3
-|-|-|-|o|-
-|-|o|-|-|-
-|-|o|-|-|-
-|-|-|o|-|-
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   G(I)
 I     		I			           II		II
Morning comes, she follows the path to the river shore.
 I		I				      II	 II
Like the sun, her song is the latch on the morning's door.
 I	     C(I)
See the sun sparkle in the reeds;
 I	      C(I)	 	  Bmin7 (x2022x@1) D(I)
Silver beads fasten to the seeds.
 D(I)  		                    D(I)		      A(I)	 A(I)
She comes from the town where she's known as the woodcutter's daughter,
 A7 (x02220@1)			  A7 (x02020@1)     		    D(I)        D(I)
She's brown as the bank where she kneels down to gather her water,
 D(I)			   D(I)                    Bmin7 (x2022x@1)She bears it away with the love that the river has taught her.
 I  	      I   	   C(I)	  	  III
Let it flow, let it flow, wide and clean.
 I		        I   				  II
'Round and 'round, the cut of the plough and the furrowed field
 I		      I				    II
Seasons 'round, the bushels of corn and the barley meal
 I	       C(I)
Broken ground, open and beckoning
 I	       C(I)		      Bmin7 (x2022x@1)  D(I)
To the stream, black dirt live again!
 D(I)			      D(I)			 A(I)	  A(I)
The ploughman is broad as the back of the land that he's sowing
 A7 (x02220@1)	 	  A7 (x02220@1)		   D(I)	    D(I)
As he dances the circular track of his plough ever knowing
 D(I)				   D(I)				   Bmin7 (x2022x@1)That the work of his days measures more than just the planting and growing.
 I	     I   	  II    	III
Let it grow, let it grow, let me heal.

	-REFRAIN-
III   	       B (x2444x@1)          D(II) (x43141@2)A(II) EminWhat (022032@1)shall we say, shall we call it by a name?
C(II)	             G(I)   BminAs (x2022x@1)well to count the angels dancing on a pin.
III   B (x2444x@1)           D(II) (x43141@2)  A(II)    EminWater (022032@1)bright as the sky from which it came
D(II) (x43141@2)	              A(II)
Its name is on the earth and takes it in
   G(I)		      IV	       Emin (022032@1)name="chord_x43141@2">D(II)
It will not speak but stand inside the rain.
C(II)  G(I)   Bmin    Emin
Listen to the thunder shout
I     I	    C(I)
I AM, I AM, I AM
  III
I AM.

	-INSTRUMENTAL (follows chords of first verse once through)
			*then*
I	       I	                	 II		II
So it goes, we make what we make since the world began,
I		      I			     II
Nothing more than the love of woman, and the work of man.
I		C(I)
Seasons 'round, creatures great and small,
I	     C(II)		   Bmin7 (x2022x@1)  D(I)
Up and down, as they rise and fall
D(I)		C(III) (x1333x@3)  G(II) (135211@3)  D(III)(play twice as long as D(I),
Rise and fall.				then continue the pattern of
					the last three chords for a (x02210@1)				while until)...

I  I  I  II (repeat three measures of I, one measure II another while
until) ...


V   VI   VII, V   VI   VII, V   VI   VII   VII (jam on this for awhile, then)


VIII    A(II)    IX    G(II)  (repeat 4X)

III	III

	-REFRAIN-

The final jam is just like the first, only it starts from the I  I  I  II
part, ending with a slow fade on the III chord.

Sorry for making you read and print this twice.

			CHINACAT

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