St. Stephen Chords by Grateful Dead
- Key: A
- BPM: 87
- Capo: no capo
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ST. STEPHEN ACORDES
[Intro] B D A E Esus4 A Amaj7 B7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ D E D A E D A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A A7 E7 A E E7 A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A E A E A E A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A7 E E7 A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [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 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [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 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 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 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 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 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Inst] E A E E7 A E7 D E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [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 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Db7 B7 Gbm7 E B Abm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] A B Gbm7 D ■ ■ ■ ■