← Bluegrass Book

I've Been All Around This World

Grateful Dead

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play along

Intro

Legend:
| ^  -     bend
| / -      slide up
| \ -      slide down
| h -      hammer on
| p -      pull off

Verse 1

C
Upon the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I'll take my stand.
C                                C7 F               C
Upon the Blue Ridge Mountains,   there I'll take my stand.
  F
A rifle on my shoulder,
    C
Six shooter in my hand;
                          G           C
Lord, Lord, I've been all around this world.

Verse 2

C
Lulu, my Lulu come and open the door.
C             C7            F   C
Lulu, my Lulu come and open the door.
F
Before I have to walk on in
            C
With my old forty-four.
                          G           C
Lord, Lord, I've been all around this world.

Verse 3

C
Mama and Papa, little sister makes three.
C              C7     F            C
Mama and Papa, little sister makes three.
F
They're comin' in the mornin';
           C
That's the last you'll see of me.
                          G           C
Lord, Lord, I've been all around this world.

Verse 4

C
Hang me, oh, hang me, so I'll be dead and gone.
         C7              F                C
Hang me, oh, hang me, so I'll be dead and gone.
F
I wouldn't mind your hangin' boys,
        C
But you wait in jail so long.
                          G           C
Lord, Lord, I've been all around this world.

Verse 5

C
Upon the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I'll take my stand.
                    C7         F                  C
Upon the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I'll take my stand.
F
A rifle on my shoulder,
    C
Six shooter in my hand;
                          G           C
Lord, Lord, I've been all around this world.