Blues for Allah Tabs & Lyrics by Grateful Dead
Blues for Allah
guitar tabs lyrics
Written by Hunter/Garcia
Intro:
F
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|----2-3-4-5--4--3--------|
D|--3----------------3-----|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Verse 1:
A A E
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------4-3-0-1---------------|
G|----3--5----2~~-----3-5-3----2~~-----3-5---------0-2-3----------|
D|--3------5--------3--------3-------3-------------------3-2~~----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Arabian Wind
The Needle's Eye is thin
The Ships of State sail on mirage but drown in sand
Out in No-Man's Land
Where ALLAH does command
What good is spilling blood it will not grow a thing
A
E|------------------------------------------|
B|-------6-5-2-3----------------------------|
G|--2-3-----------2-5-3--------6-4----3-2---|
D|------------------------5-6-------4-------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
"Taste Eternity" the sword sings Blues for ALLAH In'sh'ALLAH
Verse 2:
They lie where they fall
There's nothing more to say
The desert stars are bright tonight let's meet as friends
The flower of Islam
The fruit of Abraham
The thousand stories have come round to one again
Verse 3:
A A E
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------4-3-0-1---------------|
G|----3--5----2~~-----3-5-3----2~~-----3-5---------0-2-3----------|
D|--3------5--------3--------3-------3-------------------3-2~~----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Arabian Night
Our gods pursue their fight
What fatal flowers of darkness spring from seeds of light
A
E|------------------------------------------|
B|-------6-5-2-3----------------------------|
G|--2-3-----------2-5-3--------6-4----3-2---|
D|------------------------5-6-------4-------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Bird of Paradise fly in white sky Blues for Allah In Sh'Allah
Verse 4:
Let's see with our heart
These things our eyes have seen
And know the truth will still lie somewhere in between
Interlude:
E w/ ascending and descending notes to resolve in F
Outro:
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2-3-4-5--4--3~----2-3-4-5--4--3~----2-3-4-5--4--3-------|
D|--3----------------------------------------------------3~---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------| (repeat)
Under Eternity
Under Eternity
Under Eternity Blue (repeat w/ above)
Bird of Paradise fly in white sky
Blues for ALLAH In Sh'ALLAH
