CHORDS
Althea – Jerry Garcia
1st VERSE
- Bm
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- E
- A
- Bm
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- 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
- Bm
- A
- E
Althea told me, now cool down boy…Settle back easy, Jim.
2nd VERSE
- Bm
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- E
- A
- Bm
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You may be Saturday’s child all grown…Moving with a pinch of grace.
- Bm
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- E
- A
- Bm
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You may be a clown in the burying ground…Or just another pretty face.
- A
- C#m
- D
- A
You may be the fate of Ophelia…Sleeping and perchance to dream.
- C#m
- E
- Bm
- A
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Honest to the point of recklessness…Self-centred to the extreme.
3rd VERSE
- Bm
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- E
- A
- Bm
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Ain’t nobody messin’ with you but you…Your friends are getting most concerned.
- Bm
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- A
- Bm
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Loose with the truth, maybe its your fire…Baby I hope you 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
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You’re gonna want a bed to lay your head…And a little sympathy.
BRIDGE
- D
- E
There are things you can replace, and others you cannot.
- D
- G
The time has come to weigh those things.
- E
- Bm
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This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot.
4th VERSE
- Bm
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- Bm
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I told Althea I’m a roving son…and I was born to be a bachelor.
- Bm
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- A
- Bm
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Althea told me, okay, that’s fine…so now I’m trying to catch her.
- A
- C#m
- D
- A
Can’t talk to you about talking to me…We’re guilty of the same old thing.
- C#m
- E
- Bm
- A
- E
Been talking a lot about less and less…And forgetting the love we bring.