Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? 
       Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? 
      You ain't so big, you just tall, that's just about all. 

      You got me working boss man, a workin' around the clock, 
       I want a little drink of whiskey, you sure won't let me stop. 
       Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? 
       You ain't so big, you just tall, that's just about all. 

       [Jam] 

       I'm gonna get me a boss man, one gonna treat me right, 
       I work hard in the daytime, sure get drunk at night. 
       Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? 
       You ain't so big, you just tall, that's just about all. 

       [Jam] 

       You got me working boss man, a workin' around the clock, 
       I want a little drink of whiskey, you sure won't let me stop. 
       Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? 
       You ain't so big, you just tall, that's all. 
       You ain't so big, you just tall, that's just about all. 
 

 Big Boy Pete  [D.Harris/D.Terry] 

       The joint was jumping on the corner down on Honky Tonk Street, 
       All of a sudden up pulled a Cadillac and out stepped a can named Pete. 
       A diamond on every finger, he wore he wore a tailor made suit, 
       Black cigar, he wore a Stetson hat, 
       He wore a pair on cowboy boots, 
       Busted on through the door mad as he could be, 
       Don't mess around, I'll cut you down 'cause my name is Big Boy Pete. 
       The music stopped, there wasn't a sound, 
       Up in the corner stood Bad Man Brown. 
       He smiled and grinned, he said you know my friend, 
       Take two steps further I'm going kick you in the hide, 
       Forty-Five keep it alive, seven bullets on my side. 
       Brown pulled a knife, jumped on Pete, 
       Fought from the counter right on out to the street. 
       They swung from the north, swung from the south, 
       Pete got the blackjack out. 
       Brown went out his mind, yes he did, now we deeply see, 
       If you're ever down on the corner, down on Honky Tonk Street, 
       Don't mess around he'll cut you down, 
       Take a lesson from Big Boy Pete. 
 

 Big Railroad Blues  [N.Lewis] 

       Well my mama told me, my papa told me too. 
       Now my mama told me, papa told me too. 
       Well I shouldn't be here tryin' to sing these railroad blues. 

       Wish I had a'listened to what my mama said. 
       Wish I had a'listened to what my mama said. 
       Well I wouldn't be here tryin' to sleep in this cold iron bed. 

       [Jam] 

       Well I went to the depot, I never got there on time. 
       Went down to the depot, never got there on time. 
       Well my train done left, she's a rollin' down the line. 

       Mister jailer go away now, don't tell me no lies. 
       Mister jailer go away, don't tell me no lies. 
       When the train's going down, she's rollin' down the line. 

       [Jam] 

       Well my mama told me, my papa told me too. 
       Now my mama told me, papa told me too. 
       Well I shouldn't be here tryin' to sing these railroad blues. 

       Wish I had a'listened to what my mama said. 
       Wish I had a'listened to what my mama said. 
       Well I wouldn't be here tryin' to sleep in this cold iron bed. 

       [Jam] 

       Well my mama told me, my papa told me too. 
       Now my mama told me, papa told me too. 
       Well I shouldn't be here tryin' to sing these railroad blues. 
 

 Big River  [J.Cash] 

       [Chorus] 

       Well I taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry, 
       Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. 
       Tears I cried for that woman are gonna  flood you big river, 
       And I'm a gonna sit right here 'til I die. 

       I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota, 
       She tore me up everything I heard her drawl, that southern drawl. 
       Well I heard my dream went back downstream, cavortin' in Davenport, 
       And I follow you big river when you called. 

       [Chorus] 

       Well I followed her down to St. Louie, later on down the river, 
       Trader said she's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone. 
       Well I followed her down to Memphis, but she just walked off the bus, 
       She raised a few eyebrows and she went on down alone. 

       [Chorus] 

       Well I've gotten on down to Baton Rouge, River Queen roll on, 
       Take that woman down to New Orleans, New Orleans. 
       I give up, I've had enough, followed my blues on down to the gulf, 
       She loves you big river more than me. 

       [Chorus] 
       [Chorus] 
       And I'm a gonna sit right here 'til I die. 
       And I'm a gonna sit right here 'til I die. 
 

 Bird Song  [Garcia/Hunter] 

       All I know is something like a bird within her sang, 
       All I know she sang a little while and then flew on. 
       Tell me all that you know, I'll show you snow and rain. 

       If you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why? 
       Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passin' by. 
       Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark, 
       Fly through the night. 

       Don't cry now, don't you cry, don't you cry anymore. La la la la 
       Sleep in the stars, don't you cry, dry your eyes on the wind. 
       La la la la. La. 

       If you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why? 
       Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passin' by. 
       Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark, 
       Fly through the night. 

       All I know is something like a bird within her sang, 
       All I know she sang a little while and then flew on. 
       Tell me all that you know, I'll show you snow and rain. 
       Snow and rain. 
 

 Blackbird  [Lennon/McCartney] 

       Blackbird singing in the dead of night, 
       Take these broken wings and learn to fly, 
       All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise. 

       Blackbird singing in the dead of night, 
       Take these sunken eyes and learn to see, 
       All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free. 

       Blackbird fly, blackbird fly, into the light of the dark black night 
       Blackbird fly, blackbird fly, into the light of the dark black night 

       Blackbird singing in the dead of night, 
       Take these broken wings and learn to fly, 
       All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise. 
       You were only waiting for this moment to arise, 
       You were only waiting for this moment to arise. 
 

 Black Muddy River  [Garcia/Hunter] 

       When the last rose of summer pricks my finger, 
       And the hot sun chills me to the bone, 
       When I can't hear the song for the singer, 
       And I can't tell my pillow from a stone, 
       I will walk alone by the black muddy river, 
       And sing me a song of my own, 
       I will walk alone by the black muddy river, 
       And sing me a song of my own. 

       When the last bolt of sunshine hits the mountain, 
       And the stars start to splatter in the sky, 
       When the moon hits the southwest horizon, 
       With the scream of an eagle on the fly, 
       I will walk alone by the black muddy river, 
       And listen to the ripples as they moan, 
       I will walk alone by the black muddy river, 
       And sing me a song of my own. 

       Black muddy river, roll on forever, 
       I don't care how deep or wide, if you've got another side, 
       Roll muddy river, roll muddy river, black muddy river, roll. 

       When it seems like the night will last forever, 
       And there's nothing left to do but count the years, 
       When the strings of my heart begin to sever, 
       And stones fall from my eyes instead of tears, 
       I will walk alone, by the black muddy river, 
       And dream me a dream of my own, 
       I will walk alone, by the black muddy river, 
       And sing me a song of my own, sing me a song of my own. 
 

 Black Peter  [Garcia/Hunter] (GD1) 
 

       All of my friends come to  see me last night, 
       I was laying in my bed and dying. 
       Annie Bonneau from Saint Angel say the  weather down here so fine. 

       Just then the wind came squalling through the dark, 
       But who can the weather command? 
       Just want to have a little peace to die, 
       And a friend or two I love at hand. 

       [Jam on verse chords] 

       Fever roll up to a hundred and five. 
       Roll on up, gonna roll back down. 
       One more day I find myself alive, 
       Tomorrow maybe go beneath the ground. 
       See here how everything lead up to this day, 
       And it's just like any other day that's  ever been. 
       Sun going up and then the sun going down. 
       Shine through my window and my friends, they come around, 
       Come around, come around. 

       The people might know, but the people don't care 
       That a man can be as poor as me. 
       Take a look at poor Peter, he's lying in pain, 
       Now let's come run and see, run and see, 
       Run and see, run, run and see, and see. 
 

 Black Throated Wind  [Weir/Barlow] 

       You're bringing me down,  I'm running aground, 
       Blind in the lights of the interstate cars, 
       Passing me by,  the busses and semis, 
       Plunging like stones from a slingshot on mars. 

       But I'm here by the road,   bound   to the load, 
       That I picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars. 
       Alone with the rush of the drivers that won't pick me up, 
       The highway, the moon, and clouds and the stars. 

       Black throated wind,  keeps on pourin' in, 
       With its words of a life where nothing is new, 
       Ah, Mother American Night,   I blast from the light, 
       Oh Lord, and I'm drownin' in you. 

       I left St. Louis, the City of Blues, 
       In the midst of a storm I'd rather forget. 
       I tried to pretend it came to an end, 
       Cause you weren't the woman I once thought I'd met. 

       But I can't deny, times have gone by, 
       I never had doubts or thoughts of regret, 
       And I was a man, when all this began, 
       Who'd never think twice about being there yet. 

       Black throated wind, whisper with sin, 
       And speaks of a life that passes like dew. 
       It's forced me to see, you've done better by me, 
       Done better by me than I've done by you. 

       Now what's to be found, racing around, 
       You carry your pain wherever you go. 
       All full of the blues, and tryin' to lose, 
       You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know. 

       So I give you my eyes, and all of their lies, 
       Please help them to learn as well as to see. 
       And capture a glance, oh, Lord, and make it dance, 
       Of looking at you, looking at me. 

       Black throated wind, keeps on pourin' in, 
       With its words of a lie that could almost be true. 
       Ah, Mother American Night, burst from the light. 
       I'm turning around, that's what I'm gonna do. 

       Well I'm going back home that's what I'm gonna do. 
       I'm turning around, that's what I'm gonna do. 
       Lord I'm going back home that's what I'm gonna do. 
       Cause you done better by me than I've done by you, 
       Say whoa and I'm drowning in you. 
       I'm going, going, going back home, that's what I'm gonna do. 
       Going, going, going back home that's what I'm gonna do. 
       Well you done better by me then I've done by you, 
       So whoa, lord, and I'm drowning in you. 
       Going, going, going back home that's what I'm gonna do. 
       Well you done better by me then I've done by you, 
       Whoa, lord, and I'm drowning in you. 
       Whoa, lord, and I'm drowning in you. 
 

 Blow Away  [Mydland/Barlow] 

       A man and a woman come together as strangers. 
       When they part they're usually strangers still. 
       It's like a practical joke played on us by our Maker. 
       Empty bottles that can't be filled. 

       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]: 
       Baby, who's to say it coulda' been different now that it's done. 
       (Baby, who's to say) 
       Baby, who's to say that it shoulda' been anyway. 
       (Baby, who's to say) 
       Baby, who's to say that it even matters in the long run. 
       (Baby, who's to say) 
       Give it just a minute, and it'll blow away. It'll blow away. 

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

 Blues For Allah  [Garcia/Hunter] (GD2) 

       Arabian wind, The needle's eye is thin, 
       The ships of state sail on mirage, 
       And drown in sand, Out in no-man's land where Allah does command. 

       What good is spilling blood?  It will not grow a thing; 
       Taste eternity the swords sing: Blues of Allah In 'sh'Allah. 

       They lie where they fall,  There's nothing more to say, 
       The desert stars are bright tonight lets meet as friends, 
       The Flower of Islam, The Fruit of Abraham. 

       The thousand stories have come round to one again, 
       Arabian night, Our Gods pursue their fight, 
       What fatal flowers of darkness bloom from seeds of light. 

       Bird of paradise fly in white sky, Blues for Allah In 'sh'Allah, 
       Let's see with our heart, These things our eyes have seen, 
       And know the truth must still lie somewhere in between. 

       Under eternity, under eternity, under eternity blue, 
       Bird of paradise fly in white sky, Blues for Allah In 'sh'Allah.