★ Intro ★ Truckin', got my chips cashed in Keep truckin', like the do-dah man Together, more or less in line Just keep truckin' on
★ Verse 1 ★ Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street Chicago, New York, Detroit and it's all on the same street Your typical city involved in a typical daydream Hang it up to see what tomorrow brings
★ Refrain ★ Dallas, got a soft machine Houston, too close to New Orleans New York got the ways and means But just won't let you be, no, no, no
★ Verse 2 ★ Most of the cats you meet on the street speak of true love Most of the time they're sittin' and cryin' at home One of these days they know they better get goin' Out of thе door and down on the street all alone
★ Refrain ★ Truckin', like thе do-dah man Once told me "You've got to play your hand" Sometimes your cards ain't worth a dime If you don't lay 'em down
★ Bridge ★ Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me Other times I can barely see Lately it occurs to me What a long, strange trip it's been
★ Verse 3 ★ What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? She's lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same Livin' on reds, and vitamin C, and cocaine All her friend can say is "Ain't it a shame"
★ Refrain ★ Truckin', up to Buffalo I've been thinkin', you got to mellow slow It takes time to pick a place to go And just keep truckin' on
★ Verse 4 ★ Sittin' and starin' out of the hotel window Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again I'd like to get some sleep before I travel But if you got a warrant, I guess you're gonna come in
★ Refrain ★ Busted, down on Bourbon Street Set up, like a bowling pin Knocked down, it gets to wearin' thin They just won't let you be
★ Verse 5 ★ You're sick of hangin' around and you'd like to travel Get tired of travelin' and you want to settle down I guess they can't revoke your soul for tryin' Get out of the door and light out and look all around
★ Bridge ★ Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me Other times I can barely see Lately it occurs to me What a long, strange trip it's been
★ Outro ★ Truckin', I'm a goin' home Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong Back home, sit down and patch my bones And get back truckin' on Hey now, get back truckin' on Hey now, get back truckin' on Hey now, get back truckin' on Ow, get back truckin' on Ow, get back truckin' on Hey, get back truckin' on Hey, hey, hey, get back truckin' on
The Grateful Dead - Pain In My Heart Pain in my heart treatin' me cold Where can my baby be Lord, noone know Pain in my heart won't let me be Where can my baby be Lord, where can she be And when my days
The Grateful Dead - It's All Over Now Baby Blue You must leave now take what you need, you think will last Whatever you wish to keep, you'd better grab it fast Yonder stands your orphan with his gun He’s crying like a fire in
The Grateful Dead - Ripple {Verse 1} If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it
The Grateful Dead - Rosa Lee McFall {Verse 1} Out on the lonely hillside In a cabin low and small Lived the sweetest rose of color My Rosa Lee McFall Her hair was brightsome color And her voice
The Grateful Dead - Sitting On Top Of The World {Verse 1} Mississippi river, so big and wide Blonde-headed woman on the other side Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry Because I'm sittin' on
The Grateful Dead - Smokestack Lightnin' {Verse 1} Whoa-oh, smokestack lightning Shining just like gold Why can't you hear me cryin' Ah-ooh Ah-ooh Ah-ooh {Verse 2}
The Grateful Dead - Black Peter {Verse 1} All of my friends come to see me last night I was laying in my bed and dying Annie Beauneu from Saint Angel Say "the weather down here so fine"
The Grateful Dead - Wake Up Little Susie {Verse 1: The Grateful Dead} Wake up, little Susie, wake up Wake up, little Susie, wake up The movie wasn't so hot It didn't have much of a plot We fell
The Grateful Dead - I’ve Been All Around This World {Verse 1} Up on the Blue Ridge mountain, there I'll take my stand Up on the Blue Ridge mountain, there I'll take my stand Rifle on my shoulder, six-shooter in my
The Grateful Dead - Katie Mae {Intro} What do you think I'm tryin' to do, man? Won't you just... Let me make my mistakes on my own, I don't need your help Let's get this thing
The Grateful Dead
Amidst the growing counter-culture scene in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Grateful Dead were founded by lead guitarist/vocalist Jerry Garcia, bass player Phil Lesh, rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann in Palo Alto in 1965, originally as The Warlocks. Percussionist Mickey Hart later joined the group in 1967 and other members cycled through the group in following years as the core remained intact. Their eclectic music formed the archetype for the “Jam Band” genre, combining elements from rock, blues, folk, country, bluegrass, and psychedelic music into improvisational performances.
Over the years the Dead released 22 recorded albums, although they were most famous for their improvisational jams at concerts, earning them a cult-like following of self-proclaimed “Dead Heads” who would follow the band from concert-to-concert throughout the band’s career.
The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and they’ve sold more than 40 million albums in total; all that with only one top 40 hit (“Truckin”), and one Top 10 hit (“Touch of Grey”) that came near the end of the band’s run, shortly before Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995. Grateful Dead was also ranked 57th in Rolling Stone’s “The Greatest Artists of All Time” issue in 2004 and 2005. Since then, various incarnations of the Dead have continued to tour, although a 2015 farewell tour was said to be the band’s last.
In 2015 Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann started a new group called Dead and Company with John Mayer, Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge, and former Dead keyboardist Jeff Chimenti which Weir has said may have a future in the studio and will continue to tour in coming years.
In 2008, The Grateful Dead named the University of California, Santa Cruz McHenry Library as the home of their complete archival history, including their recorded music, live bootlegs, and artworks. The collections are are now housed at UC Santa Cruz.