St. Stephen Chords by Grateful Dead
- Key: A
- BPM: 92
- Capo: no capo
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ST. STEPHEN CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] B D A E A B A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ D A B ■ ■ ■ [Verse] E D A E Saint Stephen with a rose in and out of the garden he goes D Country garden in the wind and the rain D Wherever he goes the people all complain E D A E Stephen prospered in his time well he may and he may decline D B E Did it matter does it now Stephen would answer if he only knew how B E D A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] D A E A E Wishing ■ ■ well with a golden bell bucket hanging clear to hell E Hell halfway twixt now and then D G A D A Stephen fill it up and lower down and lower down again ■ [Verse] D A E D A E D A E D ■ ■ Lady finger dipped in moonlight writing What for across the morning sky E D A E D A E D Sunlight splatters dawn with answer darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye ■ E D A D E Speeding arrow sharp and narrow ■ D A D What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned E D A E7 Several seasons with their treasons A D Wrap the babe in scarlet colors call it your own [Chorus] E D E D E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ D A E Did he doubt or did he try Answers aplenty in the bye and bye E Talk about your plenty talk about your ills E One man gathers what another man spills [Solo] B A E D E D E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] D A E Saint Stephen will remain all he's lost he shall regain D Seashore washed by the suds and foam D Been here so long he's got to calling it home E D A E Fortune comes a crawlin' calliope woman spinnin' that curious sense of your own D Can you answer yes I can A E D But what would be the answer to the answer man [Solo] E A B E A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] [End]