Terrapin Station
Originally performed by the Grateful Dead
Music by: Jerry Garcia
Words by Robert Hunter
Intro:
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E-----------10--
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G--------12-----
D--10-12--------
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G Dm
Let my inspiration flow in
C G F
token rhyme suggesting rhythm
C
that will not for sake me till
F C F C Am9 Dm9
tale is told and done
Lady With A Fan Ending
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B|----1-----6-5----
G|---------5---4-5-
D|--2-----7--------
A|-3-----8---------
E|-----------------
G Dm
While the fire lights a glow,
C G F
strange shadows from the flames will grow
C F
till things we've never seen will seem familiar
Shadows of a sailor, forming
winds both foul and fair, all swarm
down in Carlisle, he loved a lady
many years ago
Here besides him stands a man,
a soldier from the looks of him,
who came through any fights, but lost at love
While the storyteller speaks,
a door within the fire creaks;
suddenly flies open, and
a girl is standing there
Eyes a light, with glowing hair,
all that fancy paints as fair,
she take her fan and throws it in the lion's den
Which of you to gain me, tell, will
risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you
if you will not take the chance
The sail or gave at least a try;
the soldier, being much too wise,
strategy was his strength, and not disaster
First Solo (melody line) Terrapin Station
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Repeat up to the :| and then play the following twice: PO
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The sailor, coming out again, the
lady fairly leapt at him. That's
how it stands today. You
decide if he was wise.
The storyteller makes no choice.
Soon you willnot hear his voice.
His job is to share the light, and not to master.
This guitar solo should starts as you play the F at the last "master"
F
|: x5 :| 3-3-3 3-3-3
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F B
|--let it rings
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Em
H
E--7--8--10--7--8--10--------------15-------------
B----------------------12----15-17----17-15-17-17-
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C7
E------------17-15--------------15-17--18-17----15-
B-12-13-15---------17-----16-17--------19----17----
G-12-14-16---16-------16------------------------15-
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Fmaj7
Since the end is never told,
C9
we paid the teller off in gold
Fmaj7
in hopes he will come back, but he can not
E
be bought or sold.
A little fill
H
E----------
B----------
G--9--10--- several times
D----------
A--11------
E----------
E A A7 D
Inspiration, move me brightly
E
Light the song with sense and color;
A E A E
hold away despair. More than this will not ask.
C#m/G# Gmaj7 D/F# Dmaj7
Faced with myst'ries dark and vast,
E A D D#m7-5
statements just seem vain at last.
E
some rise,
E
some fall,
E
some climb
A
to get to Terrapin.
E A E
Counting stars by candlelight,
C#m D
all are dim, but one is bright:
E
the spiral light of Venus, rising
A
first and shining best,
E A E
oh, from the northwest corner of a
C#m/G# Gmaj7 D/F# Dmaj7
brandnew crescent moon
E A D D#m7-5
while crickets and cicadas sing
E
a rare and different tune,
D A
Terrapin Station.
Bm D/A E
In the shadow of the moon,
D A
Terrapin Station.
D E
And I know we'll be there soon.
E
(Terrapin) I can't figure out
E
(Terrapin) if it's end or beginning
E
(Terrapin) but the train's put its brakes on
E
(Terrapin) and the whistle is screaming
D
Terrapin¦.
H
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B-----------------
G-----7-7-9----7--
D--10-------10----
A-----------------
E-----------------
H
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G-9-7------7-----------------------------
D-----10-----10-9---9-10-9-----7--9--7---
A---------------------------10-----------
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Am G C G D
E|-0--0--0---3--3--3---0--0--0---3--3--3---2--2--------------
B|-1--1--1---0--0--0---1--1--1---0--0--0---3--3--1/3-5-3/1/3-
G|-2--2--2---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---2--2--------------
D|-2--2--2---0--0--0---2--2--2---0--0--0---0--0--------------
A|-0--0--0-------------3--3--3-------------------------------
E|-----------3--3--3-------------3--3--3---------------------
And again¦
H
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D-----10-----10-9---9-10-9-----7--9--7---
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E----------------------------------------
E Eb D
E----------------------------7--6--5----
B----------------------------9--8--7----
G----------------------------9--8--7----
D------9--7------------------9--8--7----
A-7-10------9-----7--9-7-----7--6--5----
E-------------10-------------------------
And repeat the above parts several times and
finally ends with E Eb D
Ending "Terrapin" section
The above section is repeated three times, then moved up a few steps to this, and there is an ascending arpeggio to get to this key that I haven't figured out yet. H
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G-----14-14-16----14--
D--17----------17-----
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H
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G-16-14-----14---------------------------
D-------17-----17-16--17-16-----12/14----
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Repeat the second half of the original riff, with the E Eb D chords Trey does this once:
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------12----------------------------------
D--/14-14-14-14-12------16-14--16-14-12--14-12----12/14--
A----------------------------------------------15--------
E--------------------------------------------------------
It seems the Grateful Dead play the original riff an octave up instead of this section, but I'm going mainly off of what I hear from Trey.
Repeat the second half of the original riff again, ending on E Eb D.