Grateful Dead – Althea (Guitar Tab)
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Intro lead:
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[Intro]
Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E
[Verse]
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 Bm A E
Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim.
[Solo]
Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A – E
[Verse]
Bm A E A Bm A E
You may be Saturday's child, all grown, Moving with a pinch of grace.
Bm A E A Bm A E
You may be a clown in the burying ground, Or just another pretty face.
A C#m D A
You may meet the fate of Ophelia to sleep and then perchance to dream.
C#m E Bm A E
Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.
[Solo]
Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A – E
[Verse]
Bm A E A. Bm A E
Ain't nobody messing with you, but you, Your friends are getting most concerned.
Bm A E A Bm A E
Loose with the truth baby it's your fire but 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 A E
Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy.
[Solo]
Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A – E
[Bridge]
D G 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.
[Solo]
Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A – E
[Verse]
Bm A E A Bm A E
I told Althea I'm a rogue inside, 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 D A
Can't talk to you without talking to me, We're guilty of the same old thing.
C#m E Bm A E
Thinking a lot about less and less, And forgetting the love we bring.
[Solo]Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A – E
[Solo]Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A – E
[Solo]Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A – E