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Blues for Allah

Grateful Dead · 1975 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
Blues for Allah — Track Order, Verified Chords, Numbers & Links
#SongKeyChordsNumbersBassSources
1Help on the WayFmFm, Cm, Eb, Dm1m, 5m, b7, 6m
Rukind notes the even bars of its intro tab are Phil's bass line answering the guitar's Fm chord stabs — Songsterr's bass track transcribes that call-and-response (AI-generated, so verify by ear).
Songsterr
2Slipknot! (instrumental)—Instrumental — Rukind charts it as eight tab segments opening in Fm and moving through Gm and Am centers (Fm, F#m7, Gm, Dm, G#m7, Em, G, F#m, F, D, A, Am)
Songsterr's standalone Slipknot! bass track is barely developed — the combined Help on the Way/Slipknot! transcription (bass rated 4/5) is the substantial source.
Songsterr
3Franklin's TowerAA, G, D1, b7, 4
Human-made transcription (the most-viewed Franklin's Tower bass track) rated 4/5 — the hardest part in the arrangement, a continuously moving line under the repeating vamp.
Songsterr
4King Solomon's Marbles (instrumental)BmBm, D, A, Em7, F#, E, B, C#m, G#m, G, C#°71m, b3, b7, 4m, V, IV, I*, 2m, 6m, b6, 2°
A Lesh composition whose head is itself a bass-register riff; Songsterr rates the bass 4/5 against 5/5 for the lead guitar (AI-generated transcription).
Songsterr
5Stronger than Dirt or Milkin' the Turkey (instrumental)BmBm, A, Em7, F#, E, B, C#m, G#m, G, C#°71m, b7, 4m, V, IV, I*, 2m, 6m, b6, 2°
No separate bass transcription — Songsterr treats this as part of the single King Solomon's Marbles arrangement (bass rated 4/5).
Songsterr
6The Music Never StoppedEE, A, C, A°7, B°/A, A6, Bm7b5, A/C#, D#°7, Dm/F, D7, D, F, G, B, F#1, 4, b6, IV°, V°/4, 4, 5ø, 4/6, 7°, b7m/b2, bVII7, b7, bII, b3, 5, II
Rukind prints a dedicated 'Phil Intro' tab (a low-E slide 12\2 into 0-2-0, then an A-string 4 / 2p0 / 3 figure) that opens the song; Songsterr rates the bass 5/5.
Songsterr
7Crazy FingersGD, C, G, Bb, F, Fm, Gsus4, Bbm, Ebmaj7, Cm, Ab, Eb, Cm/G, G7, A°7, Dmaj7, Dbmaj7, Db75, 4, 1, b3, b7, b7m, 1, b3m, b6maj7, 4m, bII, b6, 4m/1, 1(7), II°, 5maj7, #IVmaj7, #IV7
The most-viewed and hardest-rated part (5/5) in Songsterr's arrangement, matching the song's constantly shifting reggae-inflected harmony.
Songsterr
8Sage & Spirit (instrumental)—Instrumental — no published chart exists: Rukind's page has an empty tab record, Ultimate Guitar has no entry, and Songsterr's has no bass track. Auto-detected chords from Chordify/ChordU aren't a verified source, so nothing is listed here —
9Blues for AllahAF, A, Eb6, 1, 5 —
10Sand Castles & Glass Camels (instrumental)—Instrumental middle section of the Blues for Allah suite — no chord chart exists on Rukind or Ultimate Guitar
Covered only inside a combined Sand Castles / Unusual Occurrences transcription — AI-generated with almost no views, so treat it as unvetted.
Songsterr
11Unusual Occurrences in the Desertnull
Same combined Songsterr transcription as Sand Castles — AI-generated and barely viewed, so unverified detail.
Songsterr