Grateful Dead — Dead Set: Chords & Links

Quick Facts

Released August 26, 1981 on Arista — the electric companion to Reckoning, drawn from the same Sept–Oct 1980 shows
Recorded at the Warfield Theatre (San Francisco) and Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
15 tracks including the Drums → Space percussion-and-improv segment
Reached #29 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart (1981)
Original CD pressings dropped "Space" to fit a single disc; later reissues restored it

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.

Dead Set — Track Order, Verified Chords, Numbers & Links
#	Song	Key	Chords	Numbers	Bass	Sources
1	Samson and Delilah	G	G, C, D, Bmb5, C+4+9, C#mb5, F#	1, 4, 5, 3ø, 4(+4/9), #4ø, VII	Bass track is credited to Phil Lesh, so it transcribes his actual part rather than a generic root line. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
2	Friend of the Devil (slow electric arrangement)	G	G, C, D, Am, C#	1, 4, 5, 2m, #4	Songsterr hosts two transcriptions of this part (this and a separate 'Right Version') — cross-check before settling on fingerings. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
3	New Minglewood Blues	E	E, A, B, G	1, 4, 5, b3	—	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
4	Deal	A	A, C#7, F#m, E, D7, A°, G#, G, F#, B, D	1, III7, 6m, 5, 4(7), 1°, VII, b7, VI, II, 4	Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
5	Candyman	C	C, Gm, F, G, Dm, Bb, Am	1, 5m†, 4, 5, 2m, b7, 6m	—	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
6	Little Red Rooster	D	D, A7, E7	1, 5(7), II7	Howlin' Wolf original rather than the Dead arrangement: slow blues in G alternating a low walking figure with a higher-register answer, leaving space under the vocal. Big Bass Tabs	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
7	Loser	Am	Am, G, C, D, Em, C/B, A	1m, b7, b3, IV, 5m, b3/2, I*	Circulated versions are root-motion with short chromatic walk-ups between changes rather than a fixed repeating riff. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
8	Passenger	A	A, D, G, C, E, Am	1, 4, b7, b3, 5, 1m†	Human-edited transcription with a fingerstyle bass track, rated 3 of 5. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
9	Feel Like a Stranger	A	A, G, C#m, B, D, E, F#m, G/D	1, b7, 3m, II, 4, 5, 6m, b7/4	Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
10	Franklin's Tower	A	A, G, D	1, b7, 4	Human-made transcription labeled 'Electric Bass (Phil Lesh)' — hardest part in the arrangement, a continuously moving line under the repeating vamp. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
11	Drums (instrumental)	—	Percussion duet (Hart/Kreutzmann) — no chords	—
12	Space (instrumental)	—	Improvised instrumental — no chords	—
13	Fire on the Mountain	B	B, A	1, b7	One two-bar figure carries intro, verse and chorus throughout — Phil starts it an octave lower, then jumps up and varies it as the jam develops. Big Bass Tabs	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
14	Greatest Story Ever Told	C	C, F, Am, Em, G, D, Dm	1, 4, 6m, 3m, 5, II, 2m	—	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
15	Brokedown Palace	F	G, Am, Bb, F, C, Dm, A	II, 3m, 4, 1, 5, 6m, III	—	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

Dead Set — Track Order, Verified Chords, Numbers & Links

Song

Key

Chords

Numbers

Bass

Sources

Samson and Delilah

G, C, D, Bmb5, C+4+9, C#mb5, F#

1, 4, 5, 3ø, 4(+4/9), #4ø, VII

Bass track is credited to Phil Lesh, so it transcribes his actual part rather than a generic root line.

Songsterr

AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

Friend of the Devil (slow electric arrangement)

G, C, D, Am, C#

1, 4, 5, 2m, #4

Songsterr hosts two transcriptions of this part (this and a separate 'Right Version') — cross-check before settling on fingerings.

Songsterr

AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

New Minglewood Blues

E, A, B, G

1, 4, 5, b3

—

AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

Deal

A, C#7, F#m, E, D7, A°, G#, G, F#, B, D

1, III7, 6m, 5, 4(7), 1°, VII, b7, VI, II, 4

Songsterr

AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

Candyman

C, Gm, F, G, Dm, Bb, Am

1, 5m†, 4, 5, 2m, b7, 6m

—

AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

Little Red Rooster

D, A7, E7

1, 5(7), II7

Howlin' Wolf original rather than the Dead arrangement: slow blues in G alternating a low walking figure with a higher-register answer, leaving space under the vocal.

Big Bass Tabs

AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

Loser

Am, G, C, D, Em, C/B, A

1m, b7, b3, IV, 5m, b3/2, I*

Circulated versions are root-motion with short chromatic walk-ups between changes rather than a fixed repeating riff.

Songsterr

AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

Passenger

A, D, G, C, E, Am

1, 4, b7, b3, 5, 1m†

Human-edited transcription with a fingerstyle bass track, rated 3 of 5.