Level: 2
Tuning: Standard

A deep, deep Em song that personifies Death as a figure that creeps into our room like a demon from our oldest dreams. He uses the same figures and tricks that we hear in his other E minor songs, though the chord progression is more complex and emotionally moving. It is as if the Em is really used in its role as the relative minor of the Key of G. In bars five to eight he moves the song into G, brightening the mood altogether. When he gets to the B7, what is the third in G becomes the fifth of the key of E minor, serving as a bittersweet transition back to the minor.

This is one of Rev. Davis' most famous and beloved songs, coved by such artists as Bob Dylan, Jorma Kaukonen and Hot Tuna, and the Grateful Dead.