Grateful Dead — Wake of the Flood: Chords & Links

Quick Facts

Released October 15, 1973 — the band's first album on their own independent label, Grateful Dead Records, after leaving Warner Bros.
Recorded August 4–15, 1973 at The Record Plant in Sausalito on 24-track equipment; peaked at #18 on the Billboard 200
The first Dead studio album without Pigpen, who died in March 1973; Keith Godchaux on keys, Donna Jean Godchaux on vocals
Seven tracks, closing with the multi-part 'Weather Report Suite' (Prelude / Part I / Part II 'Let It Grow')
'Let Me Sing Your Blues Away' is Keith Godchaux's only songwriting credit on a Dead studio album — played live just six times, in September 1973

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.

Wake of the Flood — Track Order, Verified Chords, Numbers & Links
#	Song	Key	Chords	Numbers	Bass	Sources
1	Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo	C	C, E7, F, Am, G, D7, G7, Am/maj7, Am7, D9, Dm, B7, A, D	1, III7, 4, 6m, 5, II7, 5(7), 6m, 6m, II, 2m, VII7, VI, II	Songsterr's fingerstyle bass track is flagged AI-generated — treat it as machine-derived, not a verified Phil Lesh transcription. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Rukind
2	Let Me Sing Your Blues Away	Bb	Bb, F, Eb, Ab7, G7, Gb7, F7, Bb7, Ebm, D7, G, C, A7, E7, C7, G#7, C#m, A, Bm, D, B, E, Cm7, Dm7	1, 5, 4, bVII7, VI7, bVI7, 5(7), 1(7), 4m, III7, VI, II, VII7, #IV7, II7, bVII7, b3m, VII, b2m, III, bII, #IV, 2m, 3m	—	AZLyrics Genius Dead.net Rukind
3	Row Jimmy	A	A, G, D, Bm, E	1, b7, 4, 2m, 5	Songsterr's fingerstyle bass track is flagged AI-generated — machine-derived rather than a verified transcription. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Rukind
4	Stella Blue	E	E, Emaj7, Asus4, A, Em, C7, B7, B	1, 1maj7, 4, 4, 1m, bVI7, 5(7), 5	Songsterr's fingerstyle bass track is flagged AI-generated — treat the notes as machine-derived. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Rukind
5	Here Comes Sunshine	C	C, Bb, Dm, G, Am, F, Em	1, b7, 2m, 5, 6m, 4, 3m	Songsterr's fingerstyle bass track is flagged AI-generated — machine-derived rather than transcribed. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Rukind
6	Eyes of the World	E	Emaj7, A, B, Bm, C#m, D, C, G, Dsus4, C#	1maj7, 4, 5, 5m, 6m, b7, b6, b3, b7, VI	The one album track with a human-made Songsterr bass part (current revisions are editor-made, superseding an older AI one) — fingerstyle, standard tuning. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Rukind
7	Weather Report Suite (Prelude / Part I / Part II 'Let It Grow')	E	E, C#m, D, Dsus4, C#m7, F#m, A, E7, C#, G, C, B, Am7, Am, Bm, A7, Em, Bm7, F, F#m, Em7, G7, Dm, B7	1, 6m, b7, b7, 6m, 2m, 4, 1(7), VI, b3, b6, 5, 4m, 4m, 5m, 4(7), 1m, 5m, bII, 2m, 1m, bIII7, b7m, 5(7)	Songsterr's suite tab and its separate 'Let It Grow' entry both carry AI-generated bass tracks — useful as a map, not as gospel. Songsterr	AZLyrics Genius Rukind

Wake of the Flood — Track Order, Verified Chords, Numbers & Links

Song

Key

Chords

Numbers

Bass

Sources

Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo

C, E7, F, Am, G, D7, G7, Am/maj7, Am7, D9, Dm, B7, A, D

1, III7, 4, 6m, 5, II7, 5(7), 6m, 6m, II, 2m, VII7, VI, II

Songsterr's fingerstyle bass track is flagged AI-generated — treat it as machine-derived, not a verified Phil Lesh transcription.

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Let Me Sing Your Blues Away

Bb, F, Eb, Ab7, G7, Gb7, F7, Bb7, Ebm, D7, G, C, A7, E7, C7, G#7, C#m, A, Bm, D, B, E, Cm7, Dm7

1, 5, 4, bVII7, VI7, bVI7, 5(7), 1(7), 4m, III7, VI, II, VII7, #IV7, II7, bVII7, b3m, VII, b2m, III, bII, #IV, 2m, 3m

—

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Row Jimmy

A, G, D, Bm, E

1, b7, 4, 2m, 5

Songsterr's fingerstyle bass track is flagged AI-generated — machine-derived rather than a verified transcription.

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Stella Blue

E, Emaj7, Asus4, A, Em, C7, B7, B

1, 1maj7, 4, 4, 1m, bVI7, 5(7), 5

Songsterr's fingerstyle bass track is flagged AI-generated — treat the notes as machine-derived.

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Here Comes Sunshine

C, Bb, Dm, G, Am, F, Em

1, b7, 2m, 5, 6m, 4, 3m

Songsterr's fingerstyle bass track is flagged AI-generated — machine-derived rather than transcribed.

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Eyes of the World

Emaj7, A, B, Bm, C#m, D, C, G, Dsus4, C#

1maj7, 4, 5, 5m, 6m, b7, b6, b3, b7, VI

The one album track with a human-made Songsterr bass part (current revisions are editor-made, superseding an older AI one) — fingerstyle, standard tuning.

Songsterr

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Weather Report Suite (Prelude / Part I / Part II 'Let It Grow')

E, C#m, D, Dsus4, C#m7, F#m, A, E7, C#, G, C, B, Am7, Am, Bm, A7, Em, Bm7, F, F#m, Em7, G7, Dm, B7

1, 6m, b7, b7, 6m, 2m, 4, 1(7), VI, b3, b6, 5, 4m, 4m, 5m, 4(7), 1m, 5m, bII, 2m, 1m, bIII7, b7m, 5(7)

Songsterr's suite tab and its separate 'Let It Grow' entry both carry AI-generated bass tracks — useful as a map, not as gospel.

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