St. Stephen Chords by Grateful Dead

[Intro]
B D A E Esus4 A Amaj7 B7
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D E D A E D A E
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A A7 E7 A E E7 A E
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A E A E A E A E
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A7 E E7 A E
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[Verse]
                     A                                E   
Saint Stephen with a rose in and out of the garden he goes
                                   D   
Country garden in the wind and the rain
                                E       
Wherever he goes the people all complain
D A A7 E7 D A
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[Chorus]
E       D                                        E   E7     
Stephen prospered in his time well he may and he may decline
E             E7                                     E            
Did it matter does it now Stephen would answer if he only knew how
A B7 E D A E D A7
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E7                  D           A7             E            
Wishing well with a golden bell bucket hanging clear to hell
                   D           
Hell halfway twixt now and then
                   G         A              E    E7    B Bm7 B
Stephen fill it up and lower down and lower down again ■ ■   ■


[Verse]
E           D        A            E D            A              E       D  
Lady finger ■ dipped in moonlight ■ writing What for across the morning sky
E                    Bm7  A    E      D                   A            E      
■ Sunlight splatters dawn with answer darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye
               D       A   E     
Speeding arrow ■ sharp and narrow
              A                         E      
What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned
E7 E                    A     E        D
■  Several seasons with their treasons ■
                 A       Bm7            E       
Wrap the babe in scarlet colors call it your own


[Chorus]
E7 D7 D E E7
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       E        D                  A                      E  
Did he doubt or did he try Answers aplenty in the bye and bye
                D                          
Talk about your plenty talk about your ills
        D                              
One man gathers what another man spills


[Solo]
E A E A E A E E7
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[Inst]
E A E E7 A E7 D E
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[Verse]
                   D               A       E           
Saint Stephen will remain all he's lost he shall regain
                                E7  
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


[Chorus]
    E                               D         
But what would be the answer to the answer man


[Verse]
B B7 Gb7 B7 Gb7 B7 A B
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Db7 B7 Gbm7 E B Abm
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[Chorus]
A B Gbm7 D
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