Grateful Dead — From the Mars Hotel: Chords & Links

Quick Facts

The band's seventh studio album, released June 27, 1974 on their own Grateful Dead Records label
Peaked at #16 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart — mainly recorded April 1974 at CBS Studios, San Francisco, chosen for the room's more 'live' sound
Cover art by Kelley/Mouse (Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley), who also designed American Beauty and Europe '72
The final studio album before the band's indefinite touring hiatus, which began in October 1974
Lesh/Petersen wrote 'Unbroken Chain' and 'Pride of Cucamonga'; Weir/Barlow wrote 'Money Money'; the rest are Garcia/Hunter

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.

Rukind blocked automated access for most of this album, so several charts come from other readable sources (Ultimate Guitar, azchords, guitartabs.cc) — each track's source link shows exactly what was read.

From the Mars Hotel — Track Order, Verified Chords, Numbers & Links
#	Song	Key	Chords	Numbers	Bass	Sources
1	U.S. Blues	A	A, A7, D, E, B, E7	1, 1(7), 4, 5, II, 5(7)	—	AZLyrics Genius Rukind
2	China Doll	Dm	Dm, Fmaj7, B°7, Bb, A7, F, C, D, A, G, Am	1m, b3maj7, VI°, b6, V7, b3, b7, I*, V, IV, 5m	Songsterr's China Doll entry rendered only an acoustic-guitar track, so a bass part there is unconfirmed. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
3	Unbroken Chain	Am	Dm7, F, Csus4, C, Am, Eb, Em, G, G/B, Fsus4, Cmaj7, Cm7, Fmaj7, Dm	4m, b6, b3, b3, 1m, #IV, 5m, b7, b7/2, b6, b3maj7, b3m, b6maj7, 4m	The Lesh showcase: the intro sits high on the G and D strings with descending hammer-on figures (7h9-7h9-7, 5h7-5, 4h5-4) and 12-14-16h17 runs, and the verses are melodic rather than root-based, walking chromatically with frequent register jumps and slides. UG Bass	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
4	Loose Lucy	E	E, A, B, E7, Eb7/E, D7/E, F#	1, 4, 5, 1(7), VII7/1, bVII7/1, II	Human-authored live transcription that makes the fingerstyle bass its default and most-viewed track, rated 5/5 — the busiest part in the arrangement. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
5	Scarlet Begonias	E	E, B, A, F#	1, 5, 4, II	Framed around a B scale with a triplet-feel verse line that Lesh shifts between octaves through the song — a movable riff rather than a fixed line. GuitarTabs.cc	AZLyrics Genius Rukind
6	Pride of Cucamonga	E	A, E, B, D, G, C, Bm	4, 1, 5, b7, b3, b6, 5m	—	AZLyrics Genius Rukind
7	Money Money	D	D, Am, E7, F, C, Dm, Gm, C/B, A, Em, G, F#	1, 5m, II7, b3, b7, 1m, 4m, b7/6, 5, 2m, 4, III	—	AZLyrics Genius Rukind
8	Ship of Fools	Bb	Bb, F, Eb, Cm, Gm, Dm, D, E°7	1, 5, 4, 2m, 6m, 3m, III, #IV°	Standard-tuned fingerstyle bass track rated 3/5 and the most-viewed part on the page — expect a moderately busy walking line rather than root-only holds. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Rukind

From the Mars Hotel — Track Order, Verified Chords, Numbers & Links

Song

Key

Chords

Numbers

Bass

Sources

U.S. Blues

A, A7, D, E, B, E7

1, 1(7), 4, 5, II, 5(7)

—

AZLyrics Genius Rukind

China Doll

Dm, Fmaj7, B°7, Bb, A7, F, C, D, A, G, Am

1m, b3maj7, VI°, b6, V7, b3, b7, I*, V, IV, 5m

Songsterr's China Doll entry rendered only an acoustic-guitar track, so a bass part there is unconfirmed.

Songsterr

AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

Unbroken Chain

Dm7, F, Csus4, C, Am, Eb, Em, G, G/B, Fsus4, Cmaj7, Cm7, Fmaj7, Dm

4m, b6, b3, b3, 1m, #IV, 5m, b7, b7/2, b6, b3maj7, b3m, b6maj7, 4m

The Lesh showcase: the intro sits high on the G and D strings with descending hammer-on figures (7h9-7h9-7, 5h7-5, 4h5-4) and 12-14-16h17 runs, and the verses are melodic rather than root-based, walking chromatically with frequent register jumps and slides.

UG Bass

AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

Loose Lucy

E, A, B, E7, Eb7/E, D7/E, F#

1, 4, 5, 1(7), VII7/1, bVII7/1, II

Human-authored live transcription that makes the fingerstyle bass its default and most-viewed track, rated 5/5 — the busiest part in the arrangement.

Songsterr

AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind

Scarlet Begonias

E, B, A, F#

1, 5, 4, II

Framed around a B scale with a triplet-feel verse line that Lesh shifts between octaves through the song — a movable riff rather than a fixed line.

GuitarTabs.cc

AZLyrics Genius Rukind

Pride of Cucamonga

A, E, B, D, G, C, Bm

4, 1, 5, b7, b3, b6, 5m

—

AZLyrics Genius Rukind

Money Money

D, Am, E7, F, C, Dm, Gm, C/B, A, Em, G, F#

1, 5m, II7, b3, b7, 1m, 4m, b7/6, 5, 2m, 4, III

—

AZLyrics Genius Rukind

Ship of Fools

Bb, F, Eb, Cm, Gm, Dm, D, E°7

1, 5, 4, 2m, 6m, 3m, III, #IV°

Standard-tuned fingerstyle bass track rated 3/5 and the most-viewed part on the page — expect a moderately busy walking line rather than root-only holds.

Songsterr

AZLyrics Genius Rukind