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Well the first days are the hardest days,
C G
Don't you worry any more,
G
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street,
C G
There is danger at your door.
Am Em
Think this through with me,
C D
Let me know your mind,
C D G Am G
Wo, oh, what I want to know,
D G
Is are you kind?
It's a buck dancer's choice my friend;
Better take my advice.
You know all the rules by now
And the fire from the ice.
Will you come with me?
Won't you come with me?
Wo, oh, what I want to know,
Will you come with me?
G C
Goddamn, well I declare,
Am G D
Have you seen the like?
C
Their walls are built of cannonballs,
G D C D
Their motto is 'Don't tread on me'.
G C Am G D
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide,
C
Come with me, or go alone,
G D C D
He's come to take his children home.
G D C D G D C D
It's the same story the crow told me;
It's the only one he knows.
Like the morning sun you come
And like the wind you go.
Ain't no time to hate,
Barely time to wait,
Wo, oh, what I want to know,
Where does the time go?
I live in a silver mine
And I call it Beggar's Tomb;
I got me a violin
And I beg you call the tune,
Anybody's choice,
I can hear your voice.
Wo, oh, what I want to know,
How does the song go?
G C Am G D
Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside,
C
Got some things to talk about,
G D C D
Here beside the rising tide.
G C Am G D
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide,
C
Come on along, or go alone,
G D C D
He's come to take his children home.
G C G
Wo, oh, what I want to know, how does the song go.
Written by Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter