Simple Treasures - Lyrics and backstory - Dancing in the Mud at RFK Stadium Grateful Dead Concert

E*=e0,B0,G6,D7,A7,E0
E**=e0,B0,G4,D5,A5,E0
(NC)=No Chord=eBGDAE

E     G       D       A
Thank God for simple treasures
E     G       D        A
Thank God for rock and roll
E        G       D       A
An arena full of singing people...
D                         A
a blessed time to ease my soul
Chorus:
E              E* E**
Dancing in the MUD
E**        A (NC) E
in a stadium
E               E*
when I hear the drums
E**           A (NC) E
I know that I belong
E                 E*  E**
the hammer on the gong
E**          A (NC) E
and the momentum
E               E*  E**
will reveal the truth
E**           A (NC) E
hidden for so long

Thank God for simple treasures
Thank God for my guitar
it has a magic healing power
PARA VIVIR, YO CANTAR

Chorus:

Thank God for simple treasures
Thank God for my machine
I make another 30 wheels then,
take a rag and wipe it clean
Chorus:
In the factory
working all night long
making plastic wheels
until the break of dawn
.......................
"God bless this wheel
and all who ride upon it"

JUST ANOTHER MIRACLE

This lyric is about my time working at the plastic factory in Chico. We made wheels for wheelchairs. One day after work I was extremely stressed out about the miserable conditions I was working in and a wise lady suggested that I have Jesus bless each wheel and all that ride. I was handling hot plastic and working extremely quickly to fit tiny nuts into the wheel before the plastic cooled and the wheel shrank in size to be too small to fit the nuts. This basically meant that I was franticly rushing to fit 9 nuts into a wheel that was burning my fingers. She suggested the blessing as a stress reliever for me. Fortunetly, my boss came to the realization that I was the wrong person for this particular product and never made me make that type of wheel again. I did become THE wheel maker of another type. I did continue to bless the wheels. I am an atheist but... WHY NOT BLESS THE WHEEL... Eventually I made thousands of wheels. A useful way to spend my time... *




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