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 Dire Wolf  [Garcia/Hunter] 

        In the timbers of Fennario, the wolves are running round, 
        The winter was so hard and cold, froze ten feet 'neath the ground. 
        Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me. 
        Please, don't murder me. 

        I sat down to my supper, 'twas a bottle of red whiskey, 
        I said my prayers and went to bed, that's the last they saw of me. 
        Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me. 
        Please, don't murder me. 

        When I awoke, the Dire Wolf, six hundred pounds of sin, 
        Was grinning at my window, all I said was "Come on in". 
        Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me. 
        Please, don't murder me. 

        [Bridge] 
        The Wolf came in, I got my cards, we sat down for a game. 
        I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades, 
        But the cards were all the same. 
        Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me. 
        Please, don't murder me. 

        [Jam on verse chords] 

        In the backwash of Fennario, the black and bloody mire, 
        The Dire Wolf collects his dues, while the boys sing 'round the fire. 
        Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me. 
        Please, don't murder me. 
        Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me. 
        Please, don't murder me. 
         Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me. 
        Please, don't murder me. Please, don't murder me. 
 

 Doin' That Rag  [Garcia/Lesh/Hunter] 
 

        Da da da da da da da da da da da da 

        Sittin in Mangrove valley chasing light beams 
        Everything wanders from baby to Z 
        Baby Baby pretty it up on Tuesday 
        Old. Like a rum-drinking demon at tea. 

        Baby Baby  tell me what's the matter. 
        Why, what tell me what-'s  your why now? 
        Tell me why will you never come- home- 
        Tell me what's your reason, if you've got a good one. 

        Everywhere I go, the people all know Everyone's doin' that rag. 
        Everywhere I go, the people all know Everyone's doin' that rag. 

        Take my line, go fishin' for a Tuesday, 
        Maybe take my supper, eat it down by the sea. 
        Gave my babe twenty or forty good reasons, 
        Couldn't find any better ones in the morning at three. 

        The rain gonna come,  but the rain gonna go y'know. 
        Steppin' off sharply from the rank and file. 
        Awful cold and dark like a dungeon 
        Maybe get a little bit darker before the day. 

        Hipsters, flipsters, real cool chicksters Everyone's doin' that rag. 
        Hipsters, flipsters, real cool chicksters Everyone's doin' that rag. 

        You needn't gild the lily, offer jewels to the sunset. 
        No one is watchin' or standin' in your shoes. 
        Wash your lonely feet in the river in the morning, 
        Everything promised is delivered to you. 

        Don't neglect to pick up   what your share is, 
        All the winter birds are winging home now. 
        Hey- love go, and look around you, 
        Nothing out there you haven't seen before now. 

        Wading in the water and you'll never get wet, 
        If you  keep on doin' that rag. 
        Wading in the water and you'll never get wet, 
        If you  keep on doin' that rag. 

        One eyed jacks and the deuces are wild, and the 
        Aces are crawlin' up and down your sleeve. 
        Come back here pretty baby Louise 
        And tell me the name of the game that you play. 

        Is it All Fall Down?  Is it All Go Under?  [Repeat & Jam] 

        Everywhere I go, the people all know everyone's doin that rag. 
 
 

 Don't Ease Me In  [Traditional] 

        [Chorus] 

        Don't ease, don't ease, don't ease me in. 
        I've been all night long coming home, don't ease me in. 

        I was standin' on the corner, talkin to Miss Brown 
        When I turned around sweet mama, she was way across town 
        So I'm walkin' down the street with a dollar in my hand 
        I've been lookin' for a woman sweet mama, ain't got no man. 

        [Chorus] 
        [Jam on verse chords] 

        The girl I love, she's sweet and true, 
        You the dress she wears, sweet mama, it's pink and blue, 
        She brings me coffee, she brings me tea, 
        She brings me 'bout every damm thing but the jailhouse keys. 

        [Chorus] 
        [Jam on verse chords] 
        [Chorus] 2x 
 

 Don't Let Go  [J.Stone] 

        Hear that whistle, it's 6 o'clock (don't let go, don't let go) 
        Come on baby it's time to rock (don't let go, don't let go) 
        I'm so happy to have you here (don't let go, don't let go) 
        Keep me grinning from ear to ear (don't let go, don't let go) 

        [Chorus] 
        Oo-ee, this feeling's killing me 
        Oh shucks, I won't stop for a million bucks 
        I love you so, just hold me tight & don't let go 
        (Don't let go, don't let go) 
        Hold me tight & don't let go (don't let go, don't let go) 

        Thunder, lighting, wind & rain (don't let go, don't let go) 
        Love is hummin inside my brain (don't let go, don't let go) 
        One things baby that keeps me crying (don't let go, don't let go) 
        You've been keeping your lips from mine (don't let go, don't let go) 

        [Chorus] 

        Hound dog barkin upside the hill (don't let go, don't let go) 
        Love is draggin him through the mill (don't let go, don't let go) 
        If it wasn't for having you (don't let go, don't let go) 
        I'd be barking at a hundred and two (don't let go, don't let go) 

        [Chorus] 
        [Jam] 

        Someday baby I'll get you yet (don't let go, don't let go) 
        I been running in certain wet (don't let go, don't let go) 
        One thing baby I'll never stand (don't let go, don't let go) 
        Is your lips kissing some other man (don't let go, don't let go) 

        [Chorus] 
 

 Don't Need Love  [Mydland] 

        I don't need love anymore, I don't need love anymore, 
        I don't need anyone to tell me that I do 
        I don't need love and I don't need you. 

        I try and I try to make it work, 
        I try and I try to make it work 
        I try and I try, yeah, I won't forget, I know, 
        Love gets you nowhere slow. 

        I want no more heartaches, no more goodbyes 
        Ain't no more real good love, only new love, but old love dies. 

        Ain't worth the time that it takes, 
        Ain't worth the time that it takes, 
        Ain't worth the endless hours of changes I go through, 
        I don't need love and I don't need you. 

        I don't need love anymore, I don't need love anymore, 
        I don't need anyone to tell me that I do 
        I don't need love and I don't need you. 
 

 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right  [Dylan] 

        It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe, 
        It don't matter, anyhow, 
        An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe, 
        If you don't know by now 
        When your rooster crows at the break of dawn, 
        Look out your window and Ill be gone, 
        You're the reason I'm travelin' on, 
        Don't think twice, it's all right. 

        It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe, 
        That light I never knowed, 
        An' it ain't no use in turnin, on your light, babe, 
        I'm on the dark side of the road 
        Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say 
        To try and make me change my mind and stay. 
        We never did too much talkin' anyway. 
        So don't think twice, it's all right. 

        It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal, 
        Like you never did before, 
        It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal, 
        I can't hear you anymore, 
        I'm a-thinkin' and a-wonderin' all the way down the road. 
        I once loved a woman, a child I'm told. 
        I give her my heart but she wanted my soul, 
        But don't think twice, it's all right. 

        I'm walking down that long, lonesome, road, babe, 
        Where I'm bound I can't tell, 
        But goodbye's too good a word, gal, 
        So I'll just say fare thee well. 
        I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind, 
        You could have done better but I don't mind, 
        You just kinda wasted my precious time, 
        But don't think twice, It's all right. 
 

 Drink Up and Go Home  [?] 

        You sit there in crying, braiding your hair, 
        You say you got trouble, my friend has a fair, 
        Don't tell me your troubles, I got enough of my own, 
        Be thankful for living, drink up and go home. 

        Now there is still some blind man, blind he can't see, 
        You think he's complaining, why should you appeal? 
        Don't tell me your troubles, I got enough of my own, 
        Be thankful for living, drink up and go home. 
 
 

 Dupree's Diamond Blues  [Garica/Lesh/Hunter] 

        When I was just a little young boy, 
        Papa said, "Son, you'll never get far, 
        I'll tell you the reason, if you wanna know, 
        'Cause child of mine, there isn't really very far to go." 

        Well, baby, baby wants a gold diamond ring, 
        Wants it more than most any old thing. 
        Well, when I get those jelly roll blues, 
        Why, I'd go and get anything in this world for you. 

        And down to the jewelry store packin' a gun, 
        Says, "Wrap it up I think I'll take this one." 
        "A thousand dollars, please," the jewelry man said. 
        Dupree said, "I'll pay this one off to you in lead." 

        [Bridge] 
                Well you know son, you just can't figure. 
        First thing you know you're gonna to pull that trigger, 
        And it's no wonder, your reason goes bad. 
        Jelly roll will drive you stone mad. 

        Judge said, "Son, it's gonna cost you some time." 
        Dupree said, "Judge, you know that crossed my mind." 
        Judge said, "In fact, it's gonna cost you your life." 
        Dupree said, "Judge, you know, that seems to me to be about right." 

        Well, baby, baby you gonna lose her sweet man. 
        Dupree come out with a losin' hand. 
        Baby's gonna weave it up for a while, 
        Then go out and find another sweet man's gonna cheat her with style. 

        Judge said, "Son, I know your baby well, 
        But not to say to her that I can never tell." 
        Dupree said, "Judge, well, it's well understood, 
        And you got to admit that sweet, sweet Jelly's so good." 

        [Bridge] 

        Same old story, and I know it's been told. 
        Some like jelly jelly, some like gold. 
        Many a man's done a terrible thing 
        Just to get baby a shiny diamond ring. 
 

 
 

 
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