Grateful Dead - U.S. Blues Lyrics






Red and white, blue suede shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do?
Gimme five, I'm still alive, ain't no luck, I learned to duck.
Check my pulse, it don't change. Stay seventy-two come shine or rain.
Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, skin the goat.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am; Been hidin' out in a rock and roll band.
Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan.
Shine your shoes, light your fuse. Can you use them ol' U.S. Blues?
I'll drink your health, share your wealth, run your life, steal your wife.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

Back to back chicken shack. Son of a gun, better change your act.
We're all confused, what's to lose?
You can call this song the United States blues.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.





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  1. J.... C....

    One of my favorite songs US Blues

  2. h.... ....

    I especially LOVE the piano on this AWESOME SONG!! 😜

    h.... ....

    RIP KEITH

    h.... ....

    What is your Roblox username?

  3. B.... D....

    Share your wealth? That's Social Security, comes with serious implications.

  4. p.... ....

    That was nice until the skeleton showed up, then it got scary.

  5. F.... D....

    s/o from ky..
    still the best song in the world, since i been born in 96.. to 2019 this is the most relevant song ive ever heard in my life

    F.... D....

    I live in ky.👊

    F.... D....

    @Simon Harris 👊 hell yeah cumberland born n raised

    F.... D....

    I live in Cynthiana. North of lex, got Head friends all over the state! NFA brother!

  6. C.... C....

    I was born on the 4th of july and can relate

  7. C.... W....

    Gimme five I'm still alive ain't no luck
    Learn to duck

  8. M.... B....

    Every day, the trip gets a little stranger.

  9. T.... d....

    Tune It Up to be independent 18 #July 4

  10. c.... D....

    UNCLE JERRY

  11. R.... R....

    If I was locked in a room with Jerry Garcia & Adolf Hitler & had a gun with 2 bullets I would shoot Jerry twice

  12. T.... B....

    cop a bag

  13. T.... ....

    I can't decide whether it's amusing or disturbing that the CIA actually produced a film this entertainingly trippy.

    T.... ....

    OK formally USIA was State Dept, not CIA directly. And for its time, 1976, it was definitely an attempt to showcase freedom in artistic expression. Nothing remotely this strange would have been allowed in the FSU or most of the Soviet bloc. The Czechs took risks, and their patron saint was Frank Zappa. It's great we pushed the envelope. Make art, not war.

  14. W.... D....

    Happy 4th of July! Still rocking it in 2019.

    W.... D....

    The music never stopped...

    W.... D....

    Same here, it's one of my favorite Dead songs...and funnily enough, it came on the radio right after my (fellow Deadhead) father started the car to drive us to see our town's fireworks display!

  15. A.... M....

    Happy 4th everyone

  16. C.... A....

    Happy 4th everyone!!

  17. T.... M....

    Happy fourth peeps!!!

  18. M.... H....

    Bong rips.

  19. W.... ....

    64 dislikes? Beatles fans...

  20. M.... C....

    Watching this after “So Many Roads” now I’m much happier. We miss you Jerry!

  21. D.... N....

    haha the animation rocks - similar to the animation in the dead movie

  22. M.... G....

    lovin this!

  23. K.... T....

    We miss you, Jerry Garcia!!!

  24. e.... s....

    Tittle A boom..

  25. F.... B....

    My favorite Dead song.

  26. P.... I....

    Well at least the C.I.A did something for us.

  27. c.... D....

    2019 ANYBODY LISTENING ?

    c.... D....

    2020 now :)

  28. G.... L....

    US blues says it all - the Dead had it nailed.

  29. B.... H....

    I love this arfing song.

  30. R.... ....

    "I see dead people"

  31. J.... B....

    Fuck yeah!

  32. C.... A....

    Who's playing piano on this? It's perfect

    C.... A....

    IIRC, Keith Godchaux

  33. A.... L....

    Everything about this band and about this song just makes me smile. Thank you for posting, @LongStrangeTrip710.

  34. R.... H....

    I just read that there was an actual Mars Hotel in San Francisco that was razed for the Yerba Buena center.

  35. R.... H....

    what a great rockin song! always makes me happy. love Jerry's voice and Keith's piano. smokin hot!

  36. G.... ....

    Just watching this, I can just feel the drugs kicking in.

  37. G.... ....

    https://www.elyrics.net/read/g/grateful-dead-lyrics/u.s-blues-(encore)-lyrics.html

  38. J.... G....

    Shook the hand, of pt barnam and Charlie chan!

  39. F.... C....

    Great song but what the fuck is this video. It’s a good thing I don’t have epilepsy.

  40. O.... F....

    Happy Fourth of July to all dem Grateful Dead boys! Scoot Dog!

  41. D.... S....

    You do know this song makes fun of the goverment

  42. D.... B....

    I like the content that you added -- but it would've been better if you had just taken 200 and slowed it down a bit to cover the full 4:39.

  43. Q.... C....

    Happy Independence Day :) QC

  44. S.... B....

    Was the original Vincent Collins film put to the US Blues, or was that you? Either way -- it's brilliant. Thank you! Happy July 4!

  45. S.... M....

    Happy 4th week!

    S.... M....

    Steve M it was a great weekend...

  46. D.... P....

    Love the video. Too cool.

  47. A.... M....

    Cool 😎 Beans Song & Great Video ❤️

  48. F.... Y....

    cool song

  49. D.... ....

    The Dead was the best..............................................End of Story

  50. j.... g....

    An all-time favorite!  joy

  51. B.... ....

    Really cool pairing of the video and song.

  52. J.... C....

    A production of the united states states information agency? Hmmm

  53. P.... R....

    Second to last image is a sticker on my car (~};-)

  54. H.... M....

    Gotta love the dead movie to this a great starter for a long trip for the night

  55. M.... B....

    like many of the Dead 1970's lps, it paled in comparison to Workingman's, Europe '72 and everything else that came out pre-1974. Of course there were always a couple of gems. even on these albums, like THIS

    M.... B....

    Great tune! Especially with the animation in The Grateful Dead Movie!

  56. J.... G....

    I'm so thankful to live in the greatest country on the planet ! "wave that flag....wave it wide and high"

  57. M.... D....

    The ultimate 4th of July tune!

    M.... D....

    Why not make it the national anthem?

    M.... D....

    Hell yea brother man!

  58. t.... ....

    Don't take your freedom for granted friends, wave that flag wave it wide and high. Happy fourth

  59. N.... S....

    Happy 4th merica! Just heard this at Dead and Co at Wrigley 6/30

  60. M.... ....

    Best band the CIA could muster to counteract free thinkers. Dead heads is what the government wants. Don't forget to eat your acid.

    M.... ....

    Then its my job to use it against them

  61. M.... L....

    Proud to say, I am the child of a Dead-Head.

  62. D.... R....

    Been my go-to 4 of July tune since the day it came out.

  63. T.... R....

    The backing vocals on this studio version give me motherfucking chills. Not just chills. Motherfucking chills.

  64. J.... L....

    graphics very sargent pepperish

    J.... L....

    John Lowther Peter Maxx artwork and Grapics

    J.... L....

    may have been Bob Dorough

  65. B.... M....

    Didnt take drugs, not a Dead fan, but a most likable tune, little off the wall, l guess thats why. PT Barnum and Charlie Chan!!

    B.... M....

    Bob Malack Right! Killer tune!

  66. T.... R....

    Dose me, please. <3 <3
    Fuck........come and gone, my oh my is right, Jerry <3

  67. J.... F....

    You should have been a dj.

  68. A.... R....

    trump will share your wealth and steal your wife !!!

    A.... R....

    @Mc Huelis you should read
    a book.magazines and Fox
    news are not a reliable source
    of information

    A.... R....

    +Angie Richards coming from someone who thinks "communism in theory is an admirable vision" LOL

    A.... R....

    Keep it simple..jus like..

    A.... R....

    obviously communism in
    practice is a failure due to
    corrupt,egomaniacal,
    heartless ,controlling
    men .but I appreciate
    your opinions

    A.... R....

    by cutting taxes and having a super model for a wife? lol, stay mad.

  69. K.... O....

    Watching this the day after Election Day is keeping me going. I love that you edited the vid to have the Obama graphic at the crescendo of the song. Keep on truckin'.

  70. j.... ....

    Red and white, blue suede shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do?
    Gimme five, I'm still alive, ain't no luck, I learned to duck.
    Check my pulse, it don't change. Stay seventy-two come shine or rain.
    Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, skin the goat.
    Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
    Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

    I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am; Been hidin' out in a rock and roll band.
    Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan.
    Shine your shoes, light your fuse. Can you use them ol' U.S. Blues?
    I'll drink your health, share your wealth, run your life, steal your wife.
    Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
    Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

    Back to back chicken shack. Son of a gun, better change your act.
    We're all confused, what's to lose?
    You can call this song the United States blues.
    Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
    Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

  71. 1.... 2....

    I drink your health, Share your wealth, run your life, steal your wife, wave that flag!

    1.... 2....

    1derinCali 2562 Chicken shack!

  72. m.... h....

    back to back. chicken shack

  73. m.... s....

    What an appropriate song for the 4th of July.. Thank you and happy independence day...

  74. w.... ....

    Wave that Flag!!!

  75. B.... Q....

    生日快乐, 美国,Happy Birthday, America

  76. j.... l....

    I forgot about this song. I haven't heard it in a long time.

  77. J.... M....

    "All the way to Philadelphia" .......Bernie, unlike other politicians, is keeping his promise.

    J.... M....

    lmao how did that age

  78. A.... P....

    USIA was part of the state dept. and ran out of the same studios as NPR and radio free america. It was dissolved and it's functions absorbed by the state dept. judging by how well regarded we are by the average person in the rest of the world, you can see how well austerity worked in this dept. as well.

    A.... P....

    Good point, as long as you ignore the eventual fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, which is what led to the agency's disbanding in 1999.

  79. M.... D....

    This one was awesome

  80. T.... J....

    Great work, thank you,,,,

  81. N.... M....

    USIA = "United States Information Agency" is a clever cover for the actual Agency involved, which is the "UIA"= Universe Intelligence Agency. Word.

  82. L.... F....

    Uncle Sam got fined for showing his weiner to some Whitehouse aide I'm sure.

    L.... F....

    Lucy Fur lmao😂😂😂😂😂

    L.... F....

    hahahaha

  83. A.... M....

    Just watched the first U.S. flag raised in Cuba since 1961. Thought of this song.

    A.... M....

    That's a cool image. Especially thinking of this song.

  84. P.... P....

    THAANK YOU

  85. B.... C....

    12 people were sent here from the government secret service to investigate if there were any possible anti-government messages in the lyrics.

    B.... C....

    An NKVD job, if ever there was one.

    B.... C....

    moretodowith alluminati

    B.... C....

    @Roberta Sheridan I saw that credit to Vincent Collins at USIA, but the artwork did look like Peter Maxx. I hope he got a credit for it. Thanks for that!

    B.... C....

    Yall are dumb these lyrics are the government lmfao

    B.... C....

    1+ Anna. 'we're all confused' , 'I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am. Been hiding out in a R&R band.' '

  86. D.... T....

    Iconic dead phrase: shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T.Barnum and Charlie Chan.Miss my man Garcia. Thanks for the post!!!

    D.... T....

    we are the people and I love my soiders. Freedom of speech

  87. B.... M....

    this isn't the complete video...wtf

  88. j.... ....

    WOW, what a "jewel" from the past! Thanks for sharing ;)

  89. M.... ....

    bing bong

  90. C.... G....

    happy July 4th everyone ...I'm so thankful to live in the greatest country on the planet ! "wave that flag....wave it wide and high"

    C.... G....

    ChrisAndTommy GoodTimeFolkRockShow
    You DO realize that the song is sarcasm, & anti-USA Govt. "Wave the flag..." is sarcastic as can be! It is basically an anti-Vietnam War Song being highly critical of the Govt.'s bullshit, and the nationalistic flag wavers that buy and/or bought the USA Govt.'s buuulllsshhiiitt!
    By the way, President Trump is the closest thing to a "straight shooter" who really tells it like it is, to be in the White House since JFK was brought down by "them". Reagan was at least a patriotic guy that loved the country. He was supposed to be assassinated though, because Bush always had a helluva time winning elections. Reagan did "play ball" with the ruling globalist elitists though, but they thought he was to much of a maverick or "cowboy". Reagan started to believe he actually could help the world, the rulers hated that, so they basically "put a stop to that" and his "cowboy" ways! The whole bunch or the rest of the Presidents (both parties) after JFK, and before Trump were/are crooks and puppets or an 'arm' of the corruption and evil! Johnson, Bush's, Clinton's, & Obama were straight-up EVIL & the absolute WORSE!! WAKE-THE-FUCK--UP if YOU DON'T KNOW ANY OF THIS STUFF YET!! ESPECIALLY the BRAINWASHED ANTI-GOD LIBERALS! It's sadly, most likely too late to fix NOW, without the Lords help with protecting Pres. Trump, they all are certainly doing their best to get rid of him, and/or make him an ineffective President with their obstructionistic road blocks! Despicable. Don't get me wrong. BOTH PARTIES are BAD! There ARE some VERY GOOD people on BOTH SIDES AS WELL! A LOT of Liberal policies, and thought, are crafted as though "they" think that THEY ARE GOD,(Breaking NEWS- YOU'RE NOT!!) You NEED TO FOLLOW GOD'S RULES, GOD'S LAWS, and NOT THINK YOU ATE GOD AMD MAKE YOUR OWN! Hint: GOD CREATED BORDERS! IT'S BIBLICAL! Oh crap, sorry..., forgot that I'm reminiscing and was enjoying peaceful good thoughts,and was.actually in a 'good place' with 'The Dead', LOVE 'em!! Watched a few hours of 'em this morning already. Sorry if I caused a "buzzkill" but the country is in very dire straits now, and Washington DC is majorly corrupt after Bush Sr.'s time, Clinton's 8 Years, Bush Jr./Cheney's 8 yrs, and Obama's 8 yrs.Just sickened by where this country has been, is, and will be going unless God actually has Trump's back as many-many-many born-again Christians DO BELIEVE! He isn't a corrupt politician, nor is he evil... 1st time in a long-long time we haven't had at least one, usually both of those in he White House!
    Back to peace and love for all... and back to our beloved GRATEFUL DEAD or The Dead & Co.... Hope to see The Dead & Co. once again before it's too late or impossible to do so!

    C.... G....

    +David Garrard Obama was a fascist against conservatives. Just saying. Sicking the IRS against the Tea Party, sicking the epa on The Fender guitar plant, going after Christian organizations, etc,etc,etc.

    C.... G....

    Cash....shut the fuck up. Hopefully you have cancer :D
    Fucking worthless twunt.

  91. A.... N....

    some one has to make a rock n roll im done of 2015 grateful dead help us come back

  92. e.... ....

    awesome

  93. J.... B....

    Proud to say I'm the child of a Dead Head and carrying on the loving legacy. :)

    J.... B....

    Yikes. Maybe y’all should find an identity outside of a band. It’s been 2 generations already. It’s all about the music. It ain’t a scene. Good people are good people, you don’t have to label yourself a deadhead to truly be one.

  94. j.... v....

    see ya on the other side

  95. f.... ....

    70's dead sing a along kids....!!!! jerry me!!!!!

  96. a.... ....

    great short film.   Very "Peter Max"

  97. M.... ....

    FAN-TASTIC visuals for a fantastic masterpiece!  Nicely done: thanks!