Transcribed by Jeff lewis
Words
/ chord progressions / licks / solos
Thanks
for checking out my newest Grateful Dead Guitar Tab, Morning Dew.
Although
this is not the definitive version of the song it is still pretty good
and will allow you to get the basic idea of the form and structure of the
song. The chord progression is pretty straight forward and the solos
are not to difficult to learn except for solo 2 which starts of slow, but
gets a little speedy at the end.
To get the fingering and position of the chords check out the Chord setion. This will show you how to finger the chords and what frets they are played on.
The complete song, including chord progressions, words, guitar licks and solos can be found at the following or refer to the table of contents. Everything you need to know to play this classic song is found here.
Note:
I've included a basic tabbed rhythm progression that can be played during
the verses of the song.
It
is not neccesarily what is played in this song, but is the general way
it has been played over the years. Plus it's pretty cool once you
get the hang of it. You can find it here under Basic
verse rhythm.
I've not completed all of the solos yet, so check back again to get the complete version.
Good
luck and have fun!!!
This is the scale that Jerry uses throughout this song, although certain notes maybe sharped or flatted at some points. I suggest just learning this scale proficiently first, before tackling the solo's of Morning Dew. Plus, once you've got the scale down you can better understand the structure of Jerry's solo's and the notes played.
Fret:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
E-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|
B-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|
G-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|
D-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
A-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|
E-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|
The
diagrams below show the chords used with in this song
and
the various positions that they can be played on the neck.
For
the majority of the verse, the chords are all played with in the 1st position
(1st
3 fretts), where as the upper neck forms are used during the solos mainly.
Three positions of the D chord on the neck
Fret:1
2 3 5
6 7
10 11 12
E-|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|
B-|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|
G-|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|
Do|---|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|
A-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Three positions of the c chord on the neck
Fret:1
2 3 3
4 5
8 9 10
E-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|
B-|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|
Go|---|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|
D-|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|
A-|---|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Three positions of the g chord on the neck
Fret:1
2 3 7
8 9
10 11 12
E-|---|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bo|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|
Go|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|
Do|---|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|
A-|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|
E-|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two positions of the f chord on the neck
Fret:1
2 3 8
9 10
E-|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B-|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G-|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D-|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two positions of the em chord on the neck
Fret:1
2 3 7
8 9
E-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bo|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Go|---|---|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D-|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A-|---|-o-|---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eo|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D C G D
D C G D
F C EM D
F C EM D
I
thought I heard a baby cry this morning,
I
though I heard a baby cry this today.
You
didn't hear no baby cry this morning,
You didn't hear no baby cry today.
Lick #4
I
thought I heard a young man morn this morning,
I
thought I heard a young man morn today.
I
thought I heard a young man morn this morning,
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today.
Lick #5
Where
have all the people gone my honey,
Where
have all the people gone today.
There's
no need for you to be worrying about all those people,
You never see those people anyways.
D C G D
D C G D
F C EM D
F C EM D
F C EM D
F C EM D
E-----------------------------5p3h5-5--------------------------------
A------------------------5p3h5---------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------5----5---------------------
D-----------3-------2p0----------------5H7--5H7--5H7-0---------------
A---0-2-3--3-----0h2-------------------------------------------------
E-------------0h2----------------------------------------------------
E--3--3--3--3----------------------------------5p3h5-5---------------
A--2--2--2--2-----------------------------5p3h5----------------------
G--3--3--3--3----0H2P0-------------------------------------5---5-----
D--0--0--0--0---------4-0-----3------2p0----------------5H7-5H7-5H7-0
A--------------------------3-3----0h2--------------------------------
E------------------------------0h2-----------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------8s10-----------------------8--
G--------------------------------------9s11--11B12P11P9-9h11p9--9-9--
D--0h2-2s4-4h5--7h9p7--7--7h9p7--7--10--s12-------------------12--9--
A--------------------10--------10------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--10p8--------------7------------------------------------------------
A------10-8--7----7---10-7-------8---10p8--------8--------------------
G------------7---7-7-------7-7--9--------9----------------------------
D------------7--7-------------10-----------10b9-----------------------
A----------------------------------------------10---------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
D
D D D D
C G
D
down down
up down down
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
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G--------------5p4-5-6-7--9-------------------------------------------
D--0-2-4-4h5-7--------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------
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G-------------5------------------------------------------------------
D------5-7--8--8-7----------------------------------5----------------
A----8--------------8-7-------7-5-5-7-5-------5--7-8--7--8-5-7-5-----
E--------------------------------8---8-----------------8------8------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
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D------------7-10-9--7-9-10s12-10-9--9-----10-12--10-9---------------
A------7-8-10------10--------------12-10-12------------12-10-12------
E--8-10--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------12----------------------------------
B------------------------------15--13-15-15--15h13-13p12-13-15-13----
G-------11--12-11--11-11-----------------------------------------14--
D--12-14--14-----14------------------------------------------------15
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
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G-------12-------------------16--------------------------------------
D--14-15-------------------14----------------------------------------
A---------15----14-17-16-17------------------------------------------
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D-----------------------9h10p9---------------------------------------
A-----5----5-5h7-7-7s9--------12-10-9--------------------------------
E--5h7--5-7----------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--15p13--15p13--12h13p12--------------------------------------------
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