• Song:

    Franklins Tower

  • Artist:

    Grateful Dead

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From: Schof26@aol.com
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 23:57:43 -0500
Subject: Franklin's Tower...From Bill

This is how I learned "Franklin's Tower" by the Dead.  I don't know if the
chords are right because a friend of mine showed me how to play it.  In any
case, here it is:

Artist:Greatful Dead
Song: "Franklin's Tower"
Album :Blues For Allah
Written By:Robert Hunter (Words); Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann (Music)

A: 002220     G:320033     D: 000323

A (x02220@1)                     G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)                      G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)                  GIn (320003@1)another time's forgotten space, your eyes looked from your mother's face

A (x02220@1)                          G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                   G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
                              G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                       GWild (320003@1)flower seed on the sand and stone, may the four winds blow you safely
home

A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A             G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A           G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
           G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)     GRoll (320003@1)away the dew.  Roll away the dew.  Roll away the dew.  Roll away the
dew.

A (x02220@1)                    G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                     G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)                          GI'll (320003@1)tell you where the four winds dwell, in Franklin's Tower there hangs a
bell

A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A                        G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)                               GIt (320003@1)can ring, turn night to day, it can ring like fire when you lose your way

A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A             G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
           G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)      GRoll (320003@1)away the dew.  Roll away the dew.  Roll away the dew.  Roll away the
dew.

A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
                                   G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)                      GGod (320003@1)save the child who rings the bell, it may have one good ring; baby, you
can't tell

A (x02220@1)                        G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)                     G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)    
One watch by night, one watch by day, if you get confused, listen to the
music play

A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)       GRoll (320003@1)away the dew.  Roll away the dew.  Roll away the dew.  Roll away the
dew.

A (x02220@1)                          G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
                             G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                  GSome (320003@1)come to laugh thier past away, some come to make it one more day

A (x02220@1)                  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A                  G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
                                    GWhichever (320003@1)way your pleasure tends, if you plant ice, you're gonna harvest
wind

A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A            G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)     GRoll (320003@1)away the dew.  Roll away the dew.  Roll away the dew.  Roll away the
dew.

A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                      G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
                          G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                           GIn (320003@1)Franklin's Tower the four winds sleep, like four lean hounds the
lighthouse keep

A (x02220@1)                    G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                       G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)                            G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)                     GWild (320003@1)flower seed in the sand and wind, may the four winds blow you home again

A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A            G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1) 
Roll away the dew.  Roll away the dew.  Roll away the dew.  Roll away the
dew.


This song could be dead solid perfect or totally wrong, I don't know.
However, this is how I learned it and this is how I play it.  If it is
totally wrong, at least the words are here.  That is all!

No Worries!
Bill Schofield (and Caroline)
Schof26@aol.com  



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