Licks Jerry plays at the very opening of the song over Dm

[Jon S.]

Seem they should be simple to nail but I've been struggling to get them exact plus when I reviewed several different concert videos on YouTube it seemed to me Jerry wasn't being exactly consistent song-to-song himself. Are these licks transcribed anywhere or do y'all have some advice you can offer here? Thanks.

[Tennessee Jedi]

If its the lick Im thinking of .... its a set of triplets I think ... kinda what I do pulling off the notes inside the Dm chord - love the intro of Shakedown !

E|-----------
B|--6--5-----
G|--------7--
D|-----------
A|-----------
E|-----------



E|-----------
B|--5--------
G|-----7--5--
D|-----------
A|-----------
E|-----------



E|-----------
B|-----------
G|--7--5-----
D|--------7--
A|-----------
E|-----------

[Pete B.]

Here are some thought I had from a while back (From a post called "Good 80's Shows"):

6-30-85 best shakedown ever

Listening to it now

http://www.archive.org/details/gd1985-0 ... sbeok.shnf

Those opening seconds are great... Jer practices his descending Dmin arpeggios right out of the open and 5th fret chord positions, doing the "half-step below the note, then the note" thing, then he kicks it off and uses the open position descending Dmin arpeggio, only now it has the Shakedown mojo.
Nice.

Open Dmin:
E|--1--
B|--3--
G|--2--
D|--3--and/or--0--
A|-----
E|-----

Sounds like he runs one of these:
E|--0--1-----------------------------------------
B|--------3-----2--3------------------------------
G|--------------------2------1--2----------------
D|---------------------------------3-----2--3--0--
A|-----------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------


Maybe what he plays in the final moments of the Intro lick:
E|--1--0--1-----------------------------------
B|-----------3--2--3--------------------------
G|--------------------2--1--2-----------------
D|-----------------------------3----0----------
A|--------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------

5th fret Dmin:
E|--5--
B|--6--
G|--7--
D|--7--
A|--5--
E|-----

Sounds like he runs this before kicking the intro:
E|--4--5-----------------------------------------------------------
B|--------6------5--6---------------------------------------------
G|---------------------7------6--7--------------------------------
D|----------------------------------7------6--7-------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------8------7--8--5--
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

[Jon S.]

I can't begin to say how much I dig this place and appreciate your tips. As always, just what I need! Thanks.

[Grateful Dad]

Bobby's Dm9 adds a nice tension/color to the opening intro chord too. He leaves out the minor third and plays the m9 instead. Then behind the riff he's got the "disco" rythym with octave f notes on the third and first string at the 10th and 13th fret respectively capped off with the high Dm at the 17th fret. Classic Weir!