Grateful Dead - Us Blues Chords

A Thing (x2)

[Verse 1]

A
Red and white, blue suede shoes
      A7
I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do?
D
Gimme five, I'm still alive
      E        B E    E B E
Ain't no luck, I learned to duck

A
Check my pulse, it don't change
  A7
Stay seventy-two come shine or rain
D
Wave the flag, pop the bag
  E  B E    E B E
Rock the boat, skin the goat


[Chorus]

 E         B
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high

 E         B
Summertime done, come and gone, my oh my


[Verse 2]

 A
I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am

  A7
Been hidin' out in a rock and roll band

 D
Shake the hand that shook the hand

     EB  E    E B E
Of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan

 A
Shine your shoes, light your fuse

    A7
Can you use them ol' U.S. Blues?

 D
I'll drink your health, share your wealth

  EB  E    E B E
Run your life, steal your wife


[Chorus]

 E         B
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high

 E         B
Summertime done, come and gone, my oh my
 *Solo*   (verse)
A
Back to back, chicken shack
      A7
Son of a gun, better change your act
D
We're all confused, what's to lose?

      E        B E    E B E
You can call this song the United States Blues


[Chorus]

 E         B
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high

 E         B
Summertime done, come and gone, my oh my
   my my, my my, my oh my, oh my


 E         B
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high

 E         B      E7
Summertime done, come and gone, my oh my