Birdsong

Verse Verse Chorus Jam 1 -> Theme - drums - 1^st Half Verse(s) Chorus 2 Jam 2 -> Theme

Discography: “Ladies and Gentlemen” 4-71 Filmore East  DP 11 9/27/72 Stanley Theater Without A Net (’89-90)  So Many Roads (Nassau 3/29/90) Reckoning (acoustic ‘80) Garcia #1.

All I know is something like a bird within her sang,

All I know she sang and a little while and then flew off.

Tell me all that you know, I'll show you

snow and rain.

When you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why?

Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passin' by,

Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark,

fly through the night.

Don't cry now,

Don't you cry, don't you cry anymore, la da da da

Sleep in the stars

Don't you cry, dry your eyes on the wind,

la da da da

Birdsong 62bpm

Intro/Main Riff

E7 E7sus2 D E7

“1^st Half” |-Jerry---------------------|-----| |---------------------------|-----| |----9-7-9p7----9-9-7-9p7---|---%-| |----9-7-9p7-9--9-9-7-9p9-9-|-----| |-/7------------------------|-7---| |---------------------------|-----| | | |---------------------------|-----| |----9-7-9p7---10-9-7h9-----|---%-| |--9-9-7-9p7----9-9-7h9-----|-9---| |---------------------------|-----| |---------------------------|-----| |-Bob-----------------------|-----|

2^nd Half (Theme) |-E7-------------D---------E7-| |-----------------------------| |--------------------------9\-| |--------------------7---7-9\-| |-------7-9---7----9---9---7\-| |-/7-10---------10------------| | | |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |---------7---6----7-9-7-6----| |-/6--7-9--------9---------9--| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|

|-----------------------| |-----------------------| |---------------2-------| |-------4-2---4---4---2-| |-2-4-5-----5-------5---| |-----------------------| “Garcia” version

|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------| |-----5----5-4---|-----5----5-4--7-| |-6/7---0------7-|-6/7---0---------|

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|-10b12----12r10-10-9-|

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E7

V1. All I know is something like a bird within her sang, (Theme)

All I know she sang and a little while and then flew off. (Theme)

|-12--14--16----------12--14--12--10-|

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|--9--11--13-----------9--11---9---7-|

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|-Bob--------------------------------|(Bob = octaves over line 2)

C G D D A Tell me all that you know, I'll show you E snow and rain. Intro 1st Half x2

know Bob |-------| |-12/14-| |-------| |-12/14-| |-------| |-------|

|-rain--| |-------| |-------| |-------| |-5/7---| |---E---|

E7 (Bob = octaves)

V2. When you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why? (Theme)

Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passin' by, (Theme)

C G D D A Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark, E fly through the night. Intro 1st Half

|-night-| |-------| |-------| |-------| |-5/7---| |-------|

Chorus 1

C#m B

Don't cry now,

A E B A E B A E

Don't you cry, don't you cry anymore, la da da da

|-------| |-------| |-------| |-------| |-2-3-4-| |-------|

C#m B Sleep in the stars,

|----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |-4/6-4----------------| |-------6\4-2-4-2------| |-----------------4p2--|

A E B A E B A

Don't you cry, dry your eyes on the wind,

E E7 or G#m7-5: half dim: x11.12.11.12x

la da da da

E7 Jam #1 Leads are E mixo (A maj form)

Bob into Intro 1^st Half

Nice 4/71

Into…… 2^nd Half (Theme) x4 …Drums x4…1st Half Intro x4 …. Back into jam into….

Verse 1 or Verse 2 or Verse 1 & 2 (again)

Chorus 2

Into…… 2^nd Half (Theme)

End of Reckoning

E7 Jam #2

Into…… 2^nd Half (Theme)

End of DP11

Bob fragments

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