U.S. BLUES
Grateful Dead

VERSE 1:
A              A
Red and white, blue suede shoes
    A              A
I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do
D                 D
Give me five, I'm still alive
D                E               B E   E B E
Ain't no luck, I learned to duck

VERSE 2:
A               A
Check my pulse, it don't change
A                     A
Stay seventy-two come shine or rain
D              D
Wave the flag, pop the bag
D              E             B E   E B E
Rock the boat, skin the goat

CHORUS:
B                                E
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high
B                                       E
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my

VERSE 3:
    A                 A
I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am
     A               A
Been hiding out in a rock and roll band
D                   D
Shake the hand that shook the hand of
D               E            B E   E B E
P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan

VERSE 4:
A                 A
Shine your shoes, light your fuse
A                    A
Can you use them old U.S. Blues?
     D                  D
I'll drink your health, share your wealth
D              E               B E   E B E
Run your life, steal your wife

CHORUS:
B                                E
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high
B                                       E
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my

SOLO (1/2 VERSE chords)

VERSE 5:
A            A
Back to back chicken shack
A                    A
Son of a gun, better change your act
      D             D
We're all confused, what's to lose?
        D                  E                   B E   E B E
You can call this song the United States Blues

CHORUS:
B               B                E
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high
B                B                      E
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my
B                B                      E
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my