• Song:

    Brokedown Palace

  • Artist:

    Grateful Dead

  • Album:

    Dick's Picks, Volume 35...

Brokedown Palace - The Grateful Dead
[inspired by versions from Paul Zimmerman and
bcurry@hpb.hwc.ca (Brent Curry)]

This is similar to the version on Dead Set, which is in G, not F, and easier
(for me) to play.  Enjoy!
-Carl
carl at carlthewebmaster dot com



	A     D A    D
	
	A                    Bm     C          G                 D
	   Fare you well, my honey,   fare you well my only true one.
	A                          Em          C                  D
	   All the birds that were singing are flown, except you alone

	G       C G      C  

	
	G                       C
	   Going to leave this     Broke-down Palace,
	
	      G            Em            C           G       C
	On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll
	
	G             B          C    G    
	Make myself a bed by the waterside,
	
	G                 A            C           G         C 
	In my time, in my time, I will roll, roll, roll
	
	G         B                C                G      A
	In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside I will lay my head
	
	G                   A                   C       G     C
	Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul

	G       C G      C  
	
	G                            C
	River gonna take me, Sing me sweet and sleepy
	
	G                 Em              C        G       C
	Sing me sweet and sleepy, all the way back home
	
	G             B          C         G    
	It's a far-gone lullaby, sung many years ago
	
	G                 A                         C             G      
	Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come, since I     first left home
	
	G           B                  C                G       A
	Going home, going home, by the waterside I will rest my bones
	
	G                   A                   C       G     C
	Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul
	
	
	G       C G      C  
	
	G                     C
		Going to plant a     weeping willow
	
	       G            Em            C           G       C
	By the bank's green edge, it will grow, grow, grow
	
	G               B  C              G    
	    Sing a lullaby    beside the water
	
	G                 A          C           G          C 
	Lovers come and go-the river roll, roll, roll
	
	G              B                C                  G         A
	Fare you well, fare you well, I love you more than words can tell
	
	G                   A                   C       G     C
	Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
	
	
	G       C G      C  
	
	G                    C
	(lead/solo)
	
	      G            Em            C           G       C
	(lead/solo)
	
	G             B          C         G    
	(lead/solo)
	
	G                 A            C      G          C 
	(lead/solo)
	
	G         B                     C                  G         A
	Fare you well, fare you well, I love you more than words can tell
	
	G                   A                   C       G     C
	Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
	
	G                   A                   C       G     
	Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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