Deep Elem Blues

 

              Deep Elem Blues (Grateful Dead Version)

 INTRO (Solo Guitar on verse and chorus)

VERSE 1:
E
If you go down to Deep Elem
Put your money in your shoes
All the women in Deep Elem

           E7
Got them Deep Elem Blues

CHORUS:
A7                                             E
Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem Blues
B7                                             E
Oh sweet mama, your daddy's got them Deep Elem Blues.

VERSE 2:
When you go down to Deep Elem
To have a little fun,
Have your ten dollars ready
When the policeman comes.

CHORUS
SOLO BREAKS on Verse and Chorus

VERSE 3:
When you go down to Deep Elem,
Put your money in your pants.
'Cause the women in Deep Elem
They don’t give a man a chance.

CHORUS

VERSE 4:
When you go down to Deep Elem,
Put your money in your socks,
‘Cause the women in Deep Elem
They will throw you on the rocks.

CHORUS
SOLO BREAK:  Verse and Chorus

Once I knew a preacher,
Preached the Bible through and through,
He went down to Deep Elem,
Now his preachin' days are through.
CHORUS, then Tag last two lines of chorus