Althea - Grateful Dead, ukulele chords

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

Intro: Bm A E7 A Bm A E7 x2

Bm       A          E7          A  Bm         A      E7
I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.
Bm          A       E7      A         Bm       A         E7
Althea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.

  A                C#m           D          A
I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.
  C#m                 E7         A    Bm          A         E7
Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim.

Bm         A          E7         A
You may be Saturdayʼs child, all alone,
Bm          A          E7
Moving with a tinge of grace.
Bm          A         E7           A
You may be a clown in the burying ground,
Bm             A       E7
Or just another pretty face.

A                            C#m    D                        A
You may meet in the fate of Ophelia sleeping and penchant to dream.
C#m                    E7             Bm           A       E7
Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.

Bm           A            E7        A
Ainʼt nobody messing with you, but you,
Bm               A            E7
Your friends are getting most concerned.
Bm             A          E7         A    Bm       A         E7
Loose with the truth baby itʼs your fire but baby donʼt get burned.

A                  C#m                D                    A
When the smoke has cleared, she said, thatʼs what she said to me.
C#m                 E7             Bm          A         E7
Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy.

D                                 E7
There are things you can replace, and others you cannot.
D                    G
The time has come to weigh those things.
E7                          Bm            A                E7
This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot.

Bm       A          E7      A    Bm        A              E7
I told Althea Iʼm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor.
Bm         A          E7           Bm    A              E7
Althea told me, okay, thatʼs fine so now Iʼm trying to catch her.

A                       C#m
Canʼt talk to you about talking to me,
      D                            A
Weʼre guilty of the same old thing.
C#m                     A
Been talking a lot about less and less
Bm            A            E7
And forgetting the love we bring.