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China Cat Sunflower

by Grateful Dead

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Chords & Lyrics, etc.
Version
1
Created by
Bagus
Created
9/2/2025
Updated
9/2/2025
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China Cat Sunflower

G                                                                                             F

Look for a while at the China Cat sunflower,

Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.

Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,

Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream like wind.

Verse Ending:

G                         D              C   D

Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandanna,

Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.

A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle,

To a double-E waterfall over my back. Verse Ending (in G)

FULL JAM VERSE IN E: E -> D x4.

VERSE ENDING IN E:  E         B          A   B

G                                 F

Comic book colors on a violin river Cryin'

Leonardo, Words from out a silk trombone.

I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls,

In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee.

Verse Ending (in G, but stay on the D and jam)

I Know You Rider

        D                                                       C                   G                      D

I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone

I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone

                  F                      C                           F                 C     Em        D

Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms.

Laid down last night, Lord, I could not take my rest

Laid down last night, Lord, I could not take my rest

My mind was wandering like the wild geese in the West.

Jam Verse.

The Sun will shine in my back door someday.

The Sun will shine in my back door someday.

March winds will blow all my troubles away.

I wish I was a headlight, on a North bound train

I wish I was a headlight, on a North bound train

I'd shine my light through cool Colorado rain.

First Verse

Jam

Acapella Verse

End