Brokedown Palace Uke tab by Grateful Dead

7 Chords used in the song: A, Bm, C, G, D, Em, B

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Year:  1970
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3.93
(Intermediate)
Key: EmChords
A chordA                 Bm chordBm     C chordC         G chordG                 D chordD
Fare you well, my honey, fare you well my only true one.
A chordA Em chordEm C chordC D chordD
All the birds that were singing are flown, except you alone.


G chordG C chordC
Going to leave this brokedown palace,
G chordG Em chordEm C chordC G chordG
On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll.
G chordG Bm chordBm C chordC G chordG
Make myself a bed in the waterside,
A chordA C chordC G chordG
In my time, In my time, I will roll, roll roll.


G chordG B chordB
In a bed, in a bed,
C chordC G chordG A chordA
By the waterside I will lay my head.
G chordG A chordA C chordC G chordG
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.


G chordG C chordC
River going to take me, sing me sweet and sleepy,
G chordG Em chordEm C chordC G chordG
Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home.
G chordG Bm chordBm C chordC G chordG
It\'s a far gone lullaby, sung many years ago.
A chordA C chordC G chordG
Mama, mama many worlds I\'ve come since I first left home.


G chordG B chordB
Goin\' home, goin\' home,
C chordC G chordG A chordA
By the waterside I will rest my bones,
G chordG A chordA C chordC G chordG
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.


G chordG C chordC
Going to plant a weeping willow,
G chordG Em chordEm C chordC G chordG
On the bank\'s green edge it will grow, grow, grow.
G chordG Bm chordBm C chordC G chordG
Sing a lullaby beside the water,
A chordA C chordC G chordG
Lovers come and go, the river roll, roll, roll.

G chordG B chordB
Fare you well, fare you well,
C chordC G chordG A chordA
I love you more than words can tell,
G chordG A chordA C chordC G chordG
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.

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About this song: Brokedown Palace

Faaare ye well, my honey
Fare ye well, my only true love
All the birds that were singin'
Have flown except you alone Wow, I am beginning to feel like a broken record when I say this is a legendary Grateful Dead song that displays Robert Hunter's work at its finest. I suppose that what happens when you have Box of Rain and Brokedown Palace one after the other in the alphabetical song list. Brokedown isn't as metaphysical as Box of Rain but instead a much more sincere and poignant love song.

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