Chords for Althea - Grateful Dead

Tempo:
145.65 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

Bm

G

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Althea - Grateful Dead chords
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[A] [Bbm] [Bm]
[A] [E] [A]
[Am] [E] [Bm] [A]
[Em] [E]
[G] [A] [Bb] [Bm] [A]
[E] [A]
[G] [A] [E] [Bm] [A]
[E]
[Bm] I told [A]
Althea [E] I was feeling [A]
lost, [Bm] [A] lacking in some [E] direction.
[Em] [A] [Bm] Althea [A] told me [E] upon [A]
scrutiny, [Bm] had me [A] back might need [E] attention.
I [Ab] [A] told Althea [Dbm] that treachery [D] was tearing me [A] limb from limb.
[Em] [Dbm] Althea told me [E] better cool down [G] more, [A] [Bm] [G] [A] settle back, [E] ease a jam.
You [A] [Bm] [G] [A]
[G] [E] [A] [Am]
[Bm] [A]
[Em] [E] [G]
[A] [Gm] [Bm] [A]
[E] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[G] [E] [Em]
[A] [Bm] may be [A]
sad [E] today, this child [A] all grown, [Bm] moving [A] with a pinch [E] of grace.
[A] [Bb] [Bm] You may [A] be a clown [E] in the [A] burying ground, [Bm] just [A] another [E] red face.
You [Gb] [Ab] [A] may meet with the fate [Dbm] of Ophelia,
[D] sleeping and perchance [A] dream.
[G] [Dbm] Honest to the point [E] of recklessness, [Em]
[Bm] self [G]-centered [A]
to [E] the extreme.
[A] [Bb] [Bm] [A]
[G] [E] [A]
[Bb] [Bm] [Em] [A]
[Em] [E]
[A] [Bb] [Bm] [A]
[E] [A]
[Em] [Bm] [A]
[Em] [E]
[G] [A] [Bm] Ain't [A] nobody missing [E] with you [A] but [G] you.
[A] [E] [Bm] Your [A] friends are getting [E] most concerned,
[A] [Bm] loose [A] with the truth.
[E] Baby it's [A] your [E] fight, [A] [Bb] [Bm] but [A] hope don't [E] get burned.
[Gb] [Ab] [A] When the smoke [Dbm] has cleared, she said, [Em] [D] that's what she said [G] to [A] me.
[Em] [Dbm] Gonna want a bed [E] to lay [Em] your head [Bb] [Bm] in a [A] little [E] sympathy.
[A]
[E] [Bm] [A]
[Em] [E] [A]
[E] [Bm] [A]
[Em] [E] [A] [E]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [A] [G] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[E] There [D] are things [G] you can replace, [Gb] [F]
[E] and others you cannot.
[D] Time has come [G]
to weigh those things.
[F] [E]
This space is getting hot, [G] [Bm]
well you know this [A] space is [E] getting hot.
[A] [Bm]
[A] [G] [E]
[A] [Bm]
[G] [A] [G] [E]
[A] [Bb] [Bm]
[A] [Em]
[A] [Bm]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [Bm] I told [A] Althea [E] I'm a rolling [A] [G] sun, [A] [E] [Bm]
and [A] I was born to be [E] a bachelor.
[Em] [A] [E] [Bm]
Althea [A] told me, [Em] [E] okay
[A] that's [Em] fine, [A] [Bm]
now [A] you know I'm [E] trying to get you.
[Gb] [Ab] [A]
Can't talk to you [Dbm] without talking to me.
[D] We're guilty of the same [G] old [A] thing.
[Em] [Dbm]
Talking a lot [E] about less and [Em] less, [Bm] and [A] forgetting the love [Em] we [E] bring.
[A] [E] [Bm]
[A] [E] [A]
[G] [A] [E] [Bm]
[A] [Em] [E]
[G] [A] [Bm] [G]
[A] [Em] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[A] [Em] [E]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
Bm
13421112
G
2131
Em
121
A
1231
E
2311
Bm
13421112
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_ _ [A] _ [Bbm] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ [A] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] I told [A] _
Althea [E] I was feeling [A] _ _
lost, _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] lacking in some [E] _ direction. _ _
[Em] _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ Althea [A] told me _ [E] upon _ _ [A]
scrutiny, _ _ [Bm] _ had me [A] back might need [E] attention. _ _
I _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ _ told Althea _ [Dbm] that _ _ _ treachery _ [D] was _ tearing me _ [A] limb from limb. _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [Dbm] _ _ _ Althea told me [E] better cool down [G] more, [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] [A] settle back, _ [E] ease a jam.
_ You [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ [Gm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ may be [A]
sad [E] today, this child [A] all grown, _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ moving [A] with a pinch [E] of grace. _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ [Bm] You may [A] be a clown [E] in the _ [A] burying ground, _ _ [Bm] _ _ just [A] another _ [E] red _ face. _
You [Gb] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ may meet with the fate [Dbm] of Ophelia, _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ sleeping and perchance _ [A] dream. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Dbm] _ _ Honest to the point [E] of recklessness, _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ self [G]-centered [A] _
to [E] the extreme. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _
_ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ Ain't [A] nobody missing _ _ [E] with you [A] but [G] you.
[A] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ Your [A] friends are getting [E] most concerned, _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ loose [A] with the truth.
_ [E] Baby it's [A] your [E] fight, [A] _ [Bb] _ [Bm] _ but [A] hope don't [E] get burned. _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ When the smoke _ [Dbm] has cleared, she said, _ [Em] _ [D] _ that's what she said [G] to [A] me. _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [Dbm] _ Gonna want a bed [E] _ _ to lay [Em] your head _ [Bb] _ [Bm] _ in a [A] little _ _ [E] sympathy.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ There [D] _ _ _ are things [G] you can _ replace, [Gb] _ [F] _
[E] _ _ _ and others you cannot. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ Time has come [G]
to weigh those things.
[F] _ [E] _
_ _ This space is getting hot, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
well you know this [A] space is [E] getting hot.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ I told [A] Althea _ [E] I'm a rolling [A] [G] sun, [A] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _
and [A] I was born to be [E] a bachelor.
_ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _
Althea [A] told me, [Em] _ [E] okay _
[A] that's [Em] fine, [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
now [A] you know I'm [E] trying to get you.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _
Can't talk to you _ [Dbm] without talking to me.
_ [D] We're guilty of the same [G] old [A] thing.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Dbm] _ _
Talking a lot [E] about _ less and [Em] less, _ _ [Bm] _ and [A] forgetting the love [Em] we [E] bring. _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ [A] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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