Viola Lee Blues Lyrics

by Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead Viola Lee Blues Lyrics

The judge decreed it, the clerk he wrote it.
Clerk he wrote it down indeed-a
Judge decreed it, clerk he wrote it down
Give you this jail sentence you'll be Nashville bound
before every solo:
1st solo:
Some got six month some got one solid.
Some got one solid year indeed-e
Some got six month some got one solid.
But me and my buddies all got lifetime here
2nd solo:
-/15---------------------------15\------11---11-13(15)-(15)13p11----11-11---|
-13(15)-/15----15---------------15----15p13\11-13(15)-13p11----11-11--------|
I wrote a letter I mailed in the, Mailed it in the air indeed-a
I wrote a letter I mailed in the air.
You may know by that I've got a friend somewhere
3rd solo:
-4--5(7)5p3---3----------------3---3--------------3(4)------|
-5(7)5p3------------------------------------7---7---------|
-13(15)~~---13(15)--13(15)-13(15)~~--13(15)13(15)-13p11----11-11-|
-5(7)5-5p3---5(7)---5(7)5--5(7)5p3---3(4)-----------------|
-11-13(15)-13(15)-13(15)13p11----13(15)~~--13(15)13P11--11----------|
-15-15-13-15-15(17)--15(17)-15(17)-15(17)15P13----13-13~~-|
-13(15)13P11----11-13(15)-13(15)----------|
crescendo begins
okay, I'm not going to transcribe the entire frenzy, because
it follows the same blues runs transcribed above.
Follow the G blues scale:
at the climax of the frenzy, play this chord over and over
then sing the airmail verse over

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