Artist: | Grateful Dead (English) |
User: | Paul DeFelice |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Althea
Grateful Dead (Hunter/Garcia)
INTRO: Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E
Bm A E A Bm A E
I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction
Bm A E A Bm A E
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 E A Bm A E
Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim
Bm A E A
You may be Saturday's child, all alone
Bm A E
Moving with a pinch of grace
Bm A E A
You may be a clown in the burying ground
Bm A E
Or just another pretty face
A C#m D A
You may meet in the fate of Ophelia sleeping and perchance to dream
C#m E Bm A E
Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme
Bm A E A
Ain't nobody messing with you, but you
Bm A E
Your friends are getting most concerned
Bm A E A Bm A E
Loose with the truth baby it's your fire but baby don't get burned
A C#m D A
When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me
C#m E Bm A E
Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy
D E
There are things you can replace, and others you cannot
D G
The time has come to weigh those things
E Bm A E
This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot
Bm A E A Bm A E
I told Althea I'm a roving sign, and I was born to be a bachelor
Bm A E Bm A E
Althea told me, okay, that's fine so now I'm trying to catch her
A C#m
Can't talk to me without talking to you
D A
We're guilty of the same old thing
C#m A
Talking a lot about less and less
Bm A E
And forgetting the love we bring