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Artist: Grateful Dead
Track: U.S. Blues

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Red and white, blue suede shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do?
Gimme five, I'm still alive, ain't no luck, I learned to duck.
Check my pulse, it don't change. Stay seventy-two come shine or rain.
Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, skin the goat.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.

Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.
I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am; Been hidin' out in a rock and roll band.
Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan.
Shine your shoes, light your fuse. Can you use them ol' U.S. Blues?
I'll drink your health, share your wealth, run your life, steal your wife.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.

Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.
Back to back chicken shack. Son of a gun, better change your act.
We're all confused, what's to lose?
You can call this all the United States Blues.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.
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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues
“U.S. Blues” is a reflection of the political atmosphere in 1974, in which the specter of a modern-day presidential impeachment was no longer a fantasy, but an emerging reality.
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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Live at Alexandra Palace, London, September 10, 1974)
[Verse 1] / Red and white, blue suede shoes / I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do? / Give me five, I'm still alive / Ain't no luck, learned to duck / Check my pulse, it don't change
The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Live at County Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA, 6/16/74)
[Verse 1] / Red and white, blue suede shoes / I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do? / Give me five, I'm still alive / Ain't no luck, I learned to duck / Check my pulse, it don't change
The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Live in Hartford, CT, May 28, 1977)
[Verse 1] / Red and white, blue suede shoes / I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do? / Give me five, I'm still alive / Ain't no luck, I learned to duck / Check my pulse, it don't change
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[Verse 1] / Red and white, U.S. blue / I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do? / Give me five, I'm still alive / Ain't no luck, I learned to duck / Check my pulse, it don't change / Stay
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[Instrumental Break] / [Verse 1] / Red and white, blue suede shoes / I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do? / Give me five, I'm still alive / Ain't no luck, I learned to duck / Check my
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Q:Who wrote “U.S. Blues” by The Grateful Dead?
“U.S. Blues” by The Grateful Dead was written by Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia.
Q:Who produced “U.S. Blues (Live at Alexandra Palace, London, September 10, 1974)” by The Grateful Dead?
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