Black-Throated Wind by Grateful Dead - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

	E	F#m
B	ringing me down,	I'm running aground,

	D	A	E
	Blind in the li	ght of the interstate c	ars

	E	F#m
	Passing me by,	the busses and semi's,

	D	A	E
	Plunging like st	ones from a slingshot on m	ars

	A	D	C#m	Bm	A
	But I'm here by the road, b	oun	d to the l	oad

	Bm	E
	That I picked up in ten thousand cafes and b	ars

	A	D	C#m	Bm	A
	Alone with the rush of the drivers who w	on't pick me	up

	Bm	E
	The highway, the moon, the clouds, and the s	tars

	D	C#m	A
	Black throated wind	, keeps on po	uring in

	E	C	A
With its words of a life where nothing is n	ew

	D	C#m	E	A
	Ah, mother am	erican night,	I'm lost fr	om the light

	G	D	A
	Oh,	I'm drowning in y	ou

	E	F#m	D	A	E
	I left St. Louis, city of b	lues,	in the midst of a s	torm I'd rather	forget

	E	F#m
	I tried to pretend it came to an	end

	D	A	E
	Cause you weren't the wo	man I once thought I'd	met

	A	D	C#m	Bm	A	Bm
	But I can't deny, that t	ime	s have gone	by B	m

	Bm	E
	Where I never had doubts or thoughts of r	egret

	A	D	C#m	Bm	A
	And I was a man when all this be	gan

	Bm	E
	Who wouldn't think twice about being there	yet

	D	C#m	A
	Black throated wind,	keeps on po	uring in

	E	C	A
And it speaks of a life that p	asses like dew

	D	C#m	E	A
	It's forced me to	see that you've done be	tter by	me

	G	D	A
	Better by	me than I've done by y	ou

	E	F#m
	Now what's to be found racing ar	ound.

	D	A	E
	You carry your p	ain wherever you g	o

	E	F#m
	All full of the blues and trying to l	ose

	D	A	E
	You ain't gonna le	arn what you don't wanna kn	ow

	A	D	C#m	Bm	A
	So I give you my eyes, an	d a	ll of their	lies

	Bm	E
	Please help them to learn as well as to s	ee

	A	D	C#m	Bm	A
	Capture a glance,	and	make it d	ance

	Bm	E
	Of looking at you, looking at	me

	D	C#m	A
	Black throated wind,	keeps on pou	ring in

	E	C	A
With its words of a lie that could al	most be true

	D	C#m	E	A
	Ah, mother am	erican night, h	ere co	mes the light

	G	D	A
	I'm turning ar	ound, that's what I'm go	nna do

	G	D	A
	Going back h	ome that's what I'm go	nna do

From: U270009@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU (black.peter@scarolina.edu)

Subject: CRD: Black-Throated Wind -- Grateful Dead

Black-Throated Wind -- Grateful Dead (Barlow, Weir)

INTRO: E -- Esus4 -- E

	E	F#m
	You're bringing me down,	I'm running around,

	D	A	E	Esus4
	Blind in the	lights of the interstate	cars,

	E	F#m
	Passing me by,	the buses and semis,

	D	A	E
	Plunging like	stones from a slingshot on	Mars.

	A	A7	D	DaddC#
	But I'm here by the	road,	bound to the	load,

	Bm	E
	I picked up in ten thousand cafes and	bars.

	A	A7	D	DaddC#
	Alone with the rush of the	drivers that	won't pick me	up,

	Bm	E
	The highway, the moon and the clouds and the	stars.

	D	F#m	A
	Black throated wind,	keeps on	pourin' in,

	E	C	A
With its words of a life where n	othing is n	ew,

	D	F#m	E	A	G
	Ah, mother	American night,	I pass	from the light,

	D	A	Asus4	A	E
Ah,	I'm drowning in	you.

I left St. Louie, city of blues,

In the midst of a storm I'd rather forget.

I tried to pretend it came to an end,

'Cause you weren't the woman I once thought I'd met.

But I can't deny, times have gone by,

I never had doubts or thoughts of regret.

I was a man when all this began,

Who wouldn't think twice about being that yet.

Black throated wind, whisper in sin,

And speaking on life that passes like dew.

It's forced me to see, you've done better by me,

Better by me than I've done by you.

Now what's to be found by racing around,

You carry your pain wherever you go,

Full of the blues and tryin' to lose,

You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know.

So I give you my eyes and all of their lies,

Please help them to learn as well as to see.

Capture a glance, and make it a dance,

But looking at you is looking at me.

Black throated wind, keeps pourin' in,

With its words of a life that could almost be true.

Ah, mother American night, here comes a light,

I'm turning around, that's what I'm gonna do.

Going back home, that's what I'm gonna do.

I'm turning around, that's what I'm gonna do.

Goin' back home, that's what I'm gonna do.

You've done better by me than I've done by you,

Oh, I'm drowning in you.

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