Mr. Charlie
Details
- Band
- The Grateful Dead
- Play count
- 78
- First played
- 1971-07-31 — Yale Bowl / Yale University
Lyrics
I take a little powder
Take a little salt
Put it in my shotgun
And I go walkin' out
Chuba, chuba, wooley, booley
Lookin' high, lookin' low
Gonna scare you up and shoot you
'Cause Mr. Charlie told me so
I won't even take your life
Won't even take a limb
Just unload my shotgun
And take a little skin
Chuba, chuba, wooley, booley
Lookin' high, lookin' low
Gonna scare you up and shoot you
'Cause Mr. Charlie told me so
Well, you take a silver dollar
Take a silver dime
Mix it up together
In some alligator wine
And I can hear the drums
Voodoo all night long
Mr. Charlie tellin' me
I can't do nothin' wrong
Chuba, chuba, wooley, booley
Lookin' high, lookin' low
Gonna scare you up and shoot you
'Cause Mr. Charlie told me so
Dear Mr. Charlie told me
Thought you'd like to know
Give you a little warning
Before I let you go
Chuba, chuba, wooley, booley
Lookin' high, lookin' low
Gonna scare you up and shoot you
'Cause Mr. Charlie told me so
Gonna scare you up and shoot you
Mr. Charlie told me, Mr. Charlie told me so
Links
Performances
| Date | Venue | Location | Set | # | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-05-26 | Lyceum Ballroom | London, UK | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1972-05-26 | Strand Lyceum | London, UK | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-05-25 | Lyceum Ballroom | London, UK | Set 1: | 5 | — |
| 1972-05-25 | Strand Lyceum | London, UK | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1972-05-24 | Lyceum Ballroom | London, UK | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1972-05-24 | Strand Lyceum | London, UK | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-05-23 | Lyceum Ballroom | London, UK | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1972-05-23 | Strand Lyceum | London, UK | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-05-18 | Deutsches Museum | Munich, Germany | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1972-05-18 | Kongressaal / Deutsches Museum | Munich, Germany | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-05-16 | Villa Louvigny | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Set 1: | 2 | — |
| 1972-05-16 | Studio du Grand Théâtre | Luxembourg City, Luxemburg | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-05-13 | Citadelle de Lille | Lille, France | Set 1: | 4 | — |
| 1972-05-13 | Lille Fairgrounds | Lille, France | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1972-05-11 | De Doelen | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1972-05-11 | Civic Hall | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1972-05-10 | Concertgebouw | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Set 1: | 2 | |
| 1972-05-07 | Festival Site | Bickershaw, UK | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1972-05-07 | Bickershaw Festival | Wigan, UK | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-05-04 | L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix | Paris, France | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1972-05-04 | Olympia Theatre | Paris, France | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-05-03 | L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix | Paris, France | Set 1: | 2 | — |
| 1972-05-03 | Olympia Theatre | Paris, France | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-04-29 | Musikhalle | Hamburg, Germany | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1972-04-26 | Jahrhunderthalle | Frankfurt, Germany | Set 1: | 2 | |
| 1972-04-24 | Rheinhalle | Düsseldorf, Germany | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1972-04-21 | Beat Club | Bremen, Germany | — | 3 | |
| 1972-04-17 | Tivoli Concert Hall | Copenhagen, Denmark | Set 2 | 9 | |
| 1972-04-16 | Aarhus University | Aarhus, Denmark | Set 1: | 4 | — |
| 1972-04-16 | Stakladen Cafeteria / Aarhus University | Aarhus, Denmark | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1972-04-14 | Tivoli | Copenhagen, Denmark | Set 1: | 2 | — |
| 1972-04-14 | Tivoli Concert Hall | Copenhagen, Denmark | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-04-11 | City Hall | Newcastle, UK | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-04-08 | Wembley Empire Pool | London, UK | Set 1: | 2 | — |
| 1972-04-08 | Empire Pool | London, UK | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1972-04-07 | Wembley Empire Pool | London, UK | Set 1: | 7 | — |
| 1972-04-07 | Empire Pool | London, UK | Set 1 | 8 | |
| 1972-03-28 | Academy of Music | New York | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1972-03-27 | Academy of Music | New York | Set 1: | 5 | |
| 1972-03-26 | Academy of Music | New York | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1972-03-25 | Academy of Music | New York | Set 2: | 9 | |
| 1972-03-23 | Academy of Music | New York | Set 1: | 7 | |
| 1972-03-22 | Academy of Music | New York | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1972-03-21 | Academy of Music | New York | Set 1: | 6 | |
| 1972-03-05 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 1: | 2 | |
| 1972-01-02 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1971-12-31 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 1: | 2 | |
| 1971-12-15 | Hill Auditorium | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Set 1: | 2 | — |
| 1971-12-15 | Hill Auditorium / University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1971-12-14 | Hill Auditorium | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1971-12-14 | Hill Auditorium / University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1971-12-10 | The Fabulous Fox Theatre | St. Louis, Missouri | Set I | 2 | — |
| 1971-12-10 | Fox Theatre | St. Louis, Missouri | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1971-12-09 | The Fabulous Fox Theatre | St. Louis, Missouri | — | 3 | — |
| 1971-12-09 | Fox Theatre | St. Louis, Missouri | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1971-12-07 | Felt Forum | New York | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1971-12-07 | Felt Forum / Madison Square Garden | New York | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1971-12-06 | Felt Forum | New York | — | 3 | — |
| 1971-12-06 | Felt Forum / Madison Square Garden | New York | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1971-12-05 | Felt Forum | New York | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1971-12-05 | Felt Forum / Madison Square Garden | New York | Set 1 | 4 | |
| 1971-12-04 | Felt Forum | New York | Set I | 3 | — |
| 1971-12-04 | Felt Forum / Madison Square Garden | New York | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1971-12-02 | The Music Hall | Boston, MA | Set I | 3 | — |
| 1971-12-02 | Boston Music Hall | Boston, MA | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1971-12-01 | The Music Hall | Boston, MA | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1971-12-01 | Boston Music Hall | Boston, MA | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1971-08-26 | Gaelic Park | The Bronx | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1971-08-23 | Auditorium Theatre | Chicago, Illinois | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1971-08-15 | Berkeley Community Theatre | Berkeley, California | Set 1: | 3 | |
| 1971-08-14 | Berkeley Community Theatre | Berkeley, California | Set 1: | 2 | |
| 1971-08-07 | Golden Hall | San Diego, California | Set 1 | 3 | — |
| 1971-08-06 | Hollywood Palladium | Los Angeles, California | Set I | 4 | |
| 1971-08-05 | Hollywood Palladium | Los Angeles, California | Set I | 2 | |
| 1971-08-04 | Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island | San Pedro, California | — | 14 | — |
| 1971-08-04 | Terminal Island Correctional Facility | San Pedro, California | Set 1 | 15 | |
| 1971-07-31 | Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT | Set 1: | 3 | — |
| 1971-07-31 | Yale Bowl / Yale University | New Haven, CT | Set 1 | 3 |
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