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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues
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“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 Versions
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See all of “U.S. Blues” by The Grateful Dead’s live versions
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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Live at Alexandra Palace, London, September 10, 1974)
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[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
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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Live at County Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA, 6/16/74)
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[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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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Live in Hartford, CT, May 28, 1977)
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[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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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Live at the Oakland Coliseum, October 9, 1976)
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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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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues Samples
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See all of “U.S. Blues” by The Grateful Dead’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Remastered Album Version)
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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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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Live at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, August 7, 1982)
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[Verse 1] / Red and white, blue suede shoes / I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do? / Give me five, I'm still alive / It ain't no luck, I learned to duck / Check my pulse, it don't change
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The Grateful Dead – Dark Star Jam / Spanish Jam / U.S. Blues (Live at Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, FL, June 23, 1974)
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[Part I: Dark Star Jam] / [Instrumental] / [Part II: Spanish Jam] / [Instrumental] / [Part III: U.S. Blues] / [Verse 1] / Red and white, blue suede shoes / I'm Uncle Sam, how do
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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Live at Great American Music Hall, SF, 8/13/75)
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[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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The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues (Live in Providence, RI, September 4, 1980)
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[Verse 1] / Red and white, blue suede shoes / I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do? / Give me five, I'm still alive / It ain't no luck, I learned to duck / Check my pulse, well, it don't
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The Harshed Mellows – U.S. Blues
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[Verse 1] / Red and white, ah, blue suede shoes / I'm Uncle Sam, said how do you do? Woo / Give me five, I'm still alive / It ain't no luck, I learned to duck / Go on, check my
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The Grateful Dead – Promised Land (Live at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, March 23, 1974)
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[Verse 1] / I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia / California on my mind / Straddled that Greyhound, it rode me past Raleigh / And on across Carolin' / Stopped in Charlotte and
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The Grateful Dead – Blues for Allah (Live at Great American Music Hall, SF, 8/13/75)
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[Blues For Allah / Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert] / Arabian wind / The needle's eye is thin / The Ships of State sail on mirage / And drown in
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The Grateful Dead – Black-Throated Wind (Live at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, March 23, 1974)
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[Verse 1] / Bringing me down / I'm running aground / Blind in the light of the interstate cars / Passing me by / The buses and semis / Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars
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The Grateful Dead – Playing in the Band (Part 2) (Live at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, March 23, 1974)
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[Instrumental] / [Chorus] / Playing / Playing in the band / Daybreak / Daybreak on the land / Playing / Playing in the band / Daybreak / Daybreak on the land / Playing / Like a
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The Grateful Dead – Wharf Rat (Live at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, March 23, 1974)
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[Verse 1] / Old man down / Way down down, down by the docks of the city / Blind and dirty / Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee / I got no dime but I got some time to
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The Grateful Dead – Uncle John's Band (Part 1) (Live at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, March 23, 1974)
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[Verse 1] / Well, the first days are the hardest days / Don't you worry anymore / 'Cause when life looks like Easy Street / There is danger at your door / Think this through with
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The Grateful Dead – Deal (Live at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, March 23, 1974)
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[Intro] / You can sure tell the ones that won their tickets over the radio / [Verse 1] / Since it cost a lot to win / And even more to lose / You and me bound to spend some time
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The Grateful Dead – China Cat Sunflower (Live at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, March 23, 1974)
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[Verse 1] / Look for a while at the china cat sunflower / Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun / Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono / Like a crazy quilt stargown through a
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The Grateful Dead – Big Railroad Blues (Live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, May 19, 1974)
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[Verse 1] / My mama told me, my papa told me, too / Well, my mama told me, papa told me, too / Well, I wouldn't be here trying to sing these railroad blues / Wish I had a-listened
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The Grateful Dead – Big River (Live at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, March 23, 1974)
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[Chorus] / Taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry / Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky / Tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river / And I'
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The Grateful Dead – Feel Like a Stranger (Live in Springfield, MA, September 3, 1980)
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[Verse 1] / Inside you're burning / I can see clear through / Your eyes tell more than you mean them to / Lit up and flashing / Like the reds and blues / Flashing out on the neon
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The Grateful Dead – Deep Elem Blues
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“Deep Elem Blues” is a traditional American folk song written about a neighborhood in East Dallas, Texas named Deep Ellum (also known as Deep Elm and Deep Elem). Deep Ellum has a
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The Grateful Dead – Me and Bobby McGee (Live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, May 19, 1974)
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[Verse 1] / Busted flat in Baton Rouge and waiting for a train / Feelin' near as faded as my jeans / Bobby flagged a diesel down, and just before it rained / Took us all the way to
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The Grateful Dead – Mexicali Blues (Live in Springfield, MA, September 3, 1980)
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[Verse 1] / Laid back in an old saloon, with a peso in my hand / Watching flies and children on the street / And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile
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Song Directory
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The Grateful Dead – Weather Report Suite (Live at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, March 23, 1974)
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[Prelude] / [Instrumental] / [Part 1] / [Verse 1] / Winter rain, now tell me why / Summers fade, and roses die / The answer came / The wind and rain / [Verse 2] / Golden hills, now
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The Grateful Dead – Black-Throated Wind (Live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, May 19, 1974)
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[Verse 1] / Bringing me down / I'm running aground / Blind in the light of the interstate cars / Passing me by / The buses and semis / Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars
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