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American Beauty

Grateful Dead · 1970 Studio Album

Quick Facts

Chords verified against Rukind.com and Ultimate Guitar tab archives — not generated from memory. Nashville numbers included; capital numerals (II, III7, VI7) mark a chord borrowed from outside the home key, usually a secondary dominant. Lyrics links follow each site's standard URL pattern — if a link 404s, search the site directly by title.
Key shown per song · numbers relative to that key
American Beauty — Track Order, Verified Chords, Numbers & Links
#SongKeyChordsNumbersBassSources
1Box of RainDD, Am, Em, C, G, A, Bm, Bm7, Asus41, 5m, 2m, b7, 4, 5, 6m, 6m, 5
Songsterr notates this as a pick-bass track — plan on a pick-played tone.
Songsterr
2Friend of the DevilGG, C, D, Am, C#1, 4, 5, 2m, #4 —
3Sugar MagnoliaAA, D, G, E, C#m, F#m, B, F#1, 4, b7, 5, 3m, 6m, II, VI
Tab is an explicitly labeled 'Phil Lesh - Bass' transcription of his actual part, not a root-note reduction.
Songsterr
4OperatorFF, C, A, Dm, Bb, F#, G, A71, 5, III, 6m, 4, bII, II, III7 —
5CandymanCC, Gm, F, G, Dm, Bb, Am1, 5m†, 4, 5, 2m, b7, 6m —
6RippleGAm, D, G, C, A72m, 5, 1, 4, II7 —
7Brokedown PalaceFG, Am, Bb, F, C, Dm, AII, 3m, 4, 1, 5, 6m, III —
8Till the Morning ComesAA, E, G, D, E7#9, A7, B7, E7, C#, Dm, Am, B7#5, E9, Am7, Bm7, Bm1, 5, b7, 4, 5(7), 1(7), II7, 5(7), III, 4m, 1m, II7, 5, 1m, 2m, 2m —
9Attics of My LifeEE, Esus4, B7, A, B, G#, F#m7, F#, D, E7sus4, E7, Asus4, Bsus4, B9, Dm1, 1, 5(7), 4, 5, III, 2m, II, b7, 1(7), 1(7), 4, 5, 5, b7m —
10Truckin'EE, A, B, Bsus4, G, D, F#, F#sus4, Amaj71, 4, 5, 5, b3, b7, II, II, 4maj7
Driving repeated-note intro into a percussive groove alternating between the E and A strings — pocket playing rather than a melodic line.
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