China Cat Sunfloweri Know You Rider chords by Grateful Dead

Verse:

G                   F
Look for a while at the China Cat sunflower,
G                   F
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
G                F
Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,
G                         F     G
Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream like wind.

Solo:

G - F x

D D D D  C D

Verse 2:

G                   F
Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandanna,
G                       F
Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.
G                      F
A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle,
G                 F
To a double-E waterfall over my back.

G F x4

D D D   C  D

Solo:
E  D
B x3
A  B

G                   F
Comic book colors on a violin river Cryin' Leonardo,
G                   F
Words from out a silk trombone.
G                   F
I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls,
G                   F
In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee.

G  F x4

D D D   C D

I Know you Rider:

D            C    G    D
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
D            C    G    D
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
   F     C     F    C  F  D
Gonna miss your baby, from rollin' in your arms.

D


D               C    G    D
Lay down last night, Lord I could not take my rest;
D               C    G    D
Lay down last night, Lord I could not take my rest;
  F    C         F     C  F  D
My mind was wanderin' like the wild geese in the west.

Solo:

D            C    G    D x3
F     C     F    C  F  D


D            C    G    D
The sun will shine in my back door someday;
D            C    G    D
The sun will shine in my back door someday;
   F     C   F    C  F  D
March winds will blow all my troubles away.

D             C    G    D
I wish I was a headlight, on a North bound train;
D             C    G    D
I wish I was a headlight, on a North bound train;
F      C   F      C    F  D
I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain.

N.C.
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;