Althea - Grateful Dead, guitar chords

Published: 2014-01-22 21:53
Selection chords: Henry Walker

Intro: Cm A# F A# Cm A# F x2

Cm       A#          F          A#  Cm         A#      F
I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.
Cm          A#       F      A#         Cm       A#         F
Althea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.

  A#                Dm           D#          A#
I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.
  Dm                 F         A#    Cm          A#         F
Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim.

Cm         A#          F         A#
You may be Saturdayʼs child, all alone,
Cm          A#          F
Moving with a tinge of grace.
Cm          A#         F           A#
You may be a clown in the burying ground,
Cm             A#       F
Or just another pretty face.

A#                            Dm    D#                        A#
You may meet in the fate of Ophelia sleeping and penchant to dream.
Dm                    F             Cm           A#       F
Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.

Cm           A#            F        A#
Ainʼt nobody messing with you, but you,
Cm               A#            F
Your friends are getting most concerned.
Cm             A#          F         A#    Cm       A#         F
Loose with the truth baby itʼs your fire but baby donʼt get burned.

A#                  Dm                D#                    A#
When the smoke has cleared, she said, thatʼs what she said to me.
Dm                 F             Cm          A#         F
Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy.

D#                                 F
There are things you can replace, and others you cannot.
D#                    G#
The time has come to weigh those things.
F                          Cm            A#                F
This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot.

Cm       A#          F      A#    Cm        A#              F
I told Althea Iʼm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor.
Cm         A#          F           Cm    A#              F
Althea told me, okay, thatʼs fine so now Iʼm trying to catch her.

A#                       Dm
Canʼt talk to you about talking to me,
      D#                            A#
Weʼre guilty of the same old thing.
Dm                     A#
Been talking a lot about less and less
Cm            A#            F
And forgetting the love we bring.