Grateful Dead – Saint Stephen chords

[Intro]

E                 DSaint Stephen with a rose,
A                 EIn and out of the garden he goes,
E                 DCountry garden in the wind and the rain,
    AWherever he goes the people all complain.

E                 DDid Stephen prospered in his time?
A                 EWell he may and he may decline.
E                 DDid it matter, does it now?
 A                                              BStephen would answer if he only knew how.

[B Lick]

E                 DWishing well with a golden bell,
A                 EBucket hanging clear to hell,
E                 DHell halfway twixt now and then,
 AStephen fill it up and lower down and lower down again.

[Bridge]

E          D A             ELady finger, dipped in moonlight,
D                  A           E            DWriting "What for?" across the morning sky.
E                 D A            ESunlight splatters, dawn with answer,
D                   A                E   DDarkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye.
E             D A             ESpeeding arrow, sharp and narrow,
D             A                E                DWhat a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned.
E              D A              ESeveral seasons  with their treasons,
D                A               E            DWrap the babe in scarlet colors, call it your own.

E                 DDid he doubt or did he try?
A                 EAnswers aplenty in the bye and bye,
E                 DTalk about your plenty, talk about your ills,
AOne man gathers what another man spills.

E                 DSaint Stephen will remain,
A                 EAll he's lost he shall regain,
E                 DSeashore washed by the suds and foam,
 A                                              BBeen here so long, he's got to calling it home.

EFortune comes a crawlin', calliope woman,
D                     A             ESpinnin' that curious sense of your own.
E                     DCan you answer? Yes I can.
    A                               E  D    EBut what would be the answer to the answer man?