Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 23:07:06 -0400
From: Michael Nocera
Subject: g/grateful_dead/run_for_the_roses.crd

 "Run for the Roses"
 from album of the same name by Jerry Garcia Band
 1978
 transcribed by M Nocera

 (intro/chorus)
 A    D    A   G
 Run, run, run for the roses.
     A          G         D
 The quicker it opens the sooner it closes.
 A       G       D
 Man, oh man, oh friend of mine,
 A        G         D   A
 All good things in all good time

 (d  u  d  u  d  u  d  u)
  A  B  A  B  A  B  A  B

 (verse 1)
 E               A                      D  A  E  A
   Reach for the sun, catch hold of the moon
 E                    A                      D  A  E  A
   They^?re both too heavy, but what can you do?
 F#m              E                     D  A  E  A
   Reach for the stars, smack into the sky
 E                   A                        D
   You don^?t want to live but your chicken to die
 F#m         E          D	.hold D
 Ooh, you're chicken to die

 (chorus)

 (verse 2)
 E               A                        D  A  E  A
   Run for the money, caught short on the rent
 E       A                       D  A  E  A
   Big ideas but the cash is all spent
 F#m                E                 D  A  E  A
   The trouble with love is its other face
 E                   A                          D
   You just want the cup but you don't want the race
 F#m           E           D.	hold D
    No, you don't want the race

 (chorus)
 (verse chord pattern jam)
 (chorus chord pattern jam)

 (verse 3)
 E               A                       D  A  E  A
   Reach for the rose, get caught on the briar
 E                   A                          D  A  E  A
   You're warming to love, next thing there's a fire
 F#m                  E                     D  A  E  A
   If you've got the "do-re", I've got the "mi"
 E            A                    D
   I've got a notion, we're all at sea
 F#m     E            D.	.hold D
   Yes,  we're all at sea

 (chorus 2x)..end