Grateful Dead – Bertha (Guitar Live)

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Live at Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 27th, 1971 [Intro] G G G G G G G G [Verse 1]

        C                             G
I had a hard run, runnin' from your window

                C                                      G
I was all night runnin', runnin', Lord I wonder if you care

        C                        G
I had a run in, run around and a run down

               C                                       G
Run around the corner, corner, Lord I run smack into a tree

[Chorus]

         D     Am     G            C  D
I had to move, move, really had to move

C                 G            D              C
That's why if you please, I am on my bended knees

Am                     C            G
Bertha don't you come around here anymore

[Verse 2]

                  C                               G
Dressed myself in green, Lord I went down unto the sea

                        C                                 G
Try to see what's goin' down, Lord try to read between the lines

                      C                                   G
I had a feelin' I was fallin', fallin, fallin, Lord I turned around to see

              C                                    G
Heard a voice a-callin', Lord you was a runnin back to me, back to me

[Chorus]

         D     Am     G            C  D
I had to move, move, really had to move

C                 G            D              C
That's why if you please, I am on my bended knees

Am                     C            G
Bertha don't you come around here anymore

[Verse 3]

           C                                    G
Ran into a rainstorm, I ducked back into a bar door

               C                                         G
It's all night pourin', pourin', Lord but not a drop on me, not on me

         C                                        G
Test me, test me, test me, test me, test me, why don't you arrest me

                  C                                   G
Throw me into the jail house, Lord until the sun goes down, till it go down

[Chorus]

         D     Am     G            C  D
I had to move, move, really had to move

C                 G            D              C
That's why if you please, I am on my bended knees

Am                     C             G
Bertha don't you come around here anymore

[Solo] (over verse) C G C G C G C G [Chorus]

         D     Am     G            C  D
I had to move, move, really had to move

C                 G            D              C
That's why if you please, I am on my bended knees

Am                     C            G
Bertha don't you come around here anymore

[Chorus]

         D     Am     G            C  D
I had to move, move, really had to move

C                 G            D              C
That's why if you please, I am on my bended knees

Am                     C            G
Bertha don't you come around here anymore

[Chorus]

         D     Am     G            C  D
I had to move, move, really had to move

C                 G            D              C
That's why if you please, I am on my bended knees

Am                     C            G
Bertha don't you come around here anymore

[Outro]

G
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore!