Grateful Dead Chords and Lyrics: Blow Away

Over the years, the Grateful Dead had a few different keyboard players, and the one thing that they had in common was that they were for the most part maligned by fans of the band. Brent Mydland was my favorite, and he had a fantastic voice that is really one of the better ones that I have heard in the genre of rock music. He was extremely soulful and expressive, and the texture of his voice was extraordinary. He also wrote some good songs, and this one, Blow Away, is my favorite.

Blow Away
(Mydland/Barlow)


Ab Eb
A man and a woman
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4 Bb
Come together as strangers.
Ab
When they part
Eb Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4 Bb
They're usually strangers still.
Ab Eb
It's like a practical joke
Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4 Bb
Played on us by our Maker.
Ab
Empty bottles,
Eb Bb Bbsus4 Bb Bbsus4 Bb
That can't be filled.

Cm Dm
Baby, who's to say
Eb F
It coulda been different now that it's done.
Cm
(Baby, who's to say....)
Dm
Baby, who's to say
Eb F
That it shoulda been anyway.
Cm Dm
Baby, who's to say
Eb F
That it even matters in the long run.
Cm
(Baby, who's to say.)
Dm
Give it just a minute.
Eb F
And it'll blow away.

It'll blow away.

Gm F
Gm Eb F

You fancy me to be
The master of your feelings.
You barely bruise me
With your looks to kill.
Though I admit
We were sometimes brutal in our dealings,
I never held you against your will.

Chorus

Jam on verse chords

Gm F
Gm Eb F


Your case against me is so
Very clearly stated
I plead no contest,
I turn and shrug.
I've come to figure all importance
overestimated.
You must mean water when you beg for blood.