Throwing Stones
Throwing Stones

Throwing Stones chords by Grateful Dead

N/A
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • Am

  • D

  • F

  • C

  • Dm

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • Am

  • D

  • F

  • C

  • Dm

  • Bm

    2
  • Intro 1


    Picture 
    a bright 
    blue 
    ball 
    just 
    Verse 1
    spinning, 

    spin
    ning 
    free 

    Dizzy 
    with 
    eternity 

    Paint 
    it with 
    a skin 
    of sky, 

    brush 
    in some 
    clouds 
    and sea 

    Call 
    it 
    home 
    for you 
    and me 

    peaceful 
    place, 

    or 
    so it 
    looks 
    from space 

    closer 
    look 
    reveals 
    the human 
    race 

    Full 
    of 
    hope, 
    full 
    of grace, 

    is the 
    hu
    man 
    face 

    But 
    afraid 
    we 
    may lay 
    our 

    home to 
    waste 

    Verse 2
    There's 
    fear 
    down 
    here 

    we can't 
    for
    get 

    Hasn't 
    got 
    a name 
    just 
    yet 

    Always 
    awake, 
    always 
    around 

    Singing 
    ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all fall 
    down 

    Ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    Verse 3
    Now 
    watch 
    as the ball 
    revolves 

    and the night-
    time falls 

    fall

    And again 
    the hunt 
    begins 
    and 

    again 
    the blood 
    wind 
    calls 

    By 
    and 
    by, 
    again, 

    the 
    morning 
    sun 
    will 
    rise 

    But the 
    darkness 
    never 
    goes 

    from some 
    men's 
    eyes 

    (Well I 
    know) 

    It strolls 
    the side
    walk 
    and it 

    roll
    the street

    Staking 
    turf, 
    dividing 
    up 
    meat 

    Nightmare 
    spook, 
    piece 
    of heat 

    It's 
    you 
    and me, 
    you 
    and 
    me 

    Verse 4
    Click 
    flash 
    blade 
    in 
    ghetto 

    night 

    Rudy's 
    looking 
    for 
    a fight 

    Rat 
    cat 
    alley, 
    roll 
    them 
    bones 

    Need 
    that 
    cash 
    to feed 
    that 
    Jones 

    And the 
    politicians 
    throwing 
    stone

    Singing 
    ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    Ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    Verse 5
    Commissars 
    and 

    pinstripe bosses 
    roll 
    the dice 

    Any
    way 
    they fall, 

    guess 
    who gets 
    to 
    pay 
    the price? 

    Money 
    green, 
    or proletarian 
    gray 

    Selling 
    guns 
    instead 
    of 
    food 
    today 

    So 
    the 
    kids 
    they 
    dance 

    and shake 
    their 
    bones 

    And 
    the politi
    cians 
    throwing 
    stones 

    Singing 
    ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    Ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 6
    Heartless 
    powers 
    try 
    to tell 

    us 
    what 
    to think 

    If the 
    spirit's 
    sleep
    ing 

    then the 
    flesh 
    is ink 

    History's 
    page 
    will 
    be neatly 

    carved 
    in stone 

    The 
    fu
    ture's 
    here, 

    we 
    are 
    it, we 
    are on 
    our 
    own 

    On our own, 
    on 
    our 
    own, 
    we 
    are on our 
    own 

    Interlude 2









    Verse 7
    If the 
    game 
    is lost, 
    then 
    we're 
    all the 
    same 

    No 
    one 
    left 
    to place 
    or take 
    the 
    blame 

    We will 
    leave 
    this 
    place 
    an empty 
    stone 

    Or that shin
    ing 
    ball 

    of blue 
    we 
    call 
    our home 

    Verse 8
    So 
    the 
    kids, 
    they dance, 

    they shake 
    their 
    bones 

    And the 
    politicians 
    throwing 
    stone

    Singing 
    ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all fall 
    down 

    Ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    Verse 9

    Shipping 
    powders 
    back 
    and forth 

    Singing 
    black 
    goes south 

    and white 
    comes 
    north 

    And the 
    whole 
    world 
    full 

    of 
    petty 
    wars 

    Singing 
    got 
    mine 
    and you 
    got 
    yours 

    While the 
    current 
    fashions 

    set 
    the pace 

    Lose 
    your step, 
    fall 
    out 
    of grace 

    The 
    radical, 
    he 
    rant 
    and rage 

    Singing 
    someone 
    got 
    to turn 
    the page 

    And the 
    rich 
    man 
    in his 

    summer 
    home 

    Singing 
    just 
    leave 
    well 
    enough 
    alone 

    But his 
    pants 
    are down, 

    his cover's 
    blown 

    And the 
    politicians 
    throwing 
    stones 

    So 
    the 
    kids, 
    they dance, 

    they shake 
    their 
    bones 

    'Cause it's 
    all 
    too 
    clear 

    we're on 
    our 
    own 

    Singing 
    ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    Ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    Picture 
    a bright 
    blue 
    ball 
    just spin
    Verse 10
    ning, 

    spinning 
    free 

    It's 
    dizzying, 
    the 
    possibilities 

    Verse 11
    Ashes, 
    ashes, 
    all fall 
    down 

    (Ashes, ashes, 
    all fall 
    down) 

    Ashes, ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    (Ashes, ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down) 

    Ashes, ashes, 
    all fall 
    down 

    (Ashes, ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down) 

    Ashes, ashes, 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    (Ashes, ashes, 
    all fall down) 

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