# # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## #From: healy@nosc.mil (Mike Healy) #Subject: Re: REQ: Grateful Dead "New Speedway Boogie" # #Ah yes, at the end of their acoustic set, before Jerry would play #pedal steel with the New Riders, he would break out an #electric guitar and twang into that opening lick ... # #Here's a start from memory: # #New Speedway Boogie (in memory of Altamont) # # Am C Please don't dominate the rap Jack, if you got nothin' new to say. Am And also please, don't back up the tracks, this train's got to run today. Am C I spent a little time on the mountain, spent a little time on the hill. Am Am C G Like some say, better run away; others say you better stand still. D Am C Now I don't know but I been told that it's hard to run with the Am weight of gold Am C On the other hand, I've heard it said, it's just as hard with the G D weight of lead Am C Who can deny, who can deny, it's not just a change of style. Am One step done and another begun, and I wonder how many miles. Am C I spent a little time on the mountain, spent a little time on the hill, Am I saw things getting out of hand but I guess they always will. Am C Well, I don't know, but I've been told in the heat of the sun a man Am died of cold Am C Keep on comin' or stand and wait with the sun so dark and the hour so late. D Am C You can't overlook the lack, Jack, of any other highway to ride, Am It's got no signs or dividing lines, and very few rules to guide. Am C Now I don't know but I've been told if the horse don't pull you Am got to carry the load. Am C I don't know whose back`s that strong; maybe find out before too long. D Am One way or another, one way or another, this darkness has got to give. Mike Healy healy@nosc.mil